Pavilion of the Moment by Waugh Thistleton Architects
Global Design Forum İstanbul, Placemaking Installation
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Pavilion of the Moment by Waugh Thistleton Architects will make its debut as part of Global Design Forum İstanbul this May.
The Pavilion is part of the Forum’s Placemaking programme of public installations and sits within the curatorial framework titled Praise of Transience by Melek Zeynep Bulut.
Under Bulut’s artistic direction, designers and architects have been invited to reconsider the ancient relationship between the human body and architecture through the notions of transience and permanence. Together, the installations consider the structure not as an object resistant to time, but as an organism that works with time and accompanies the body.
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Constructed from slender pine boards, Pavilion of the Moment by Waugh Thistleton Architects, draws on the sense of transience found in the repetition of traditional patterns. The pavilion echoes the geometry of the adjacent Hagia Irene, abstracting the relationship between cube and sphere into a meditative, centred space. Lightweight and demountable, the structure offers a deliberate contrast to the surrounding monumental architecture. Rather than asserting permanence, the pavilion proposes a space for pause where architecture is experienced as something temporal, rhythmic and gently dissolving.
Waugh Thistleton Architects is an award winning, RIBA chartered architecture practice recognised internationally for its leadership in sustainable design and the pioneering use of engineered timber. Founded in London in 1997 by Andrew Waugh and Anthony Thistleton, the practice is widely regarded as a global authority on low carbon architecture, delivering high quality buildings that combine environmental responsibility with architectural excellence.
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Pavilion of the Moment has been realised under the creative brief by Melek Zeynep Bulut, in collaboration with the National Wood Association and TORID (Turkish Forest Industry and Business Association). The installation forms part of a wider series of public interventions, all developed under Praise of Transience that include contributions from universities, design studios and İstanbul’s creative community.
Together, these public works position placemaking as an active, shared process – one that unfolds across the city and reinforces İstanbul’s role as a capital for design dialogue and exchange.
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