Two Curtains

YEAR : 2018
TYPE : Commission
MATERIALS : Kvadrat Hammerwool, Kvadrat Ace, PVC, Molton, leather, customised rail systems
DIMENSIONS : Site-specific, integrated into the building
COMMISSIONER : Naturstyrelsen, DK
SITE : Besøgscenter Hammershus, Slotslyngvej 9, DK-3770 Allinge, DK
ARCHITECTS : Arkitema / Poul Schülein and Christoffer Harlang Architects
TEAM: AVPD, Martin Padalak, Emil Wittrup, Shaun Ryder, Alexandra W. Emilianov, Angeliki Piligkou, Sine Lindholm
COLLABORATORS : Kvadrat A/S and Vase A/S
CLIENT: Naturstyrelsen, DK
TEAM: AVPD, Martin Padalak, Emil Wittrup, Shaun Ryder, Alexandra W. Emilianov, Angeliki Piligkou, Sine Lindholm
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Jonas Madsen / Vase A/S
PHOTOGRAPHY / ILLUSTRATIONS: AVPD © 2018
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The commission consists of two curtains: a twenty-metre grey five-layer acoustic curtain and a twenty-five-metre white pleated curtain. The two curtains are installed between the café and a classroom dedicated to introducing the history of the Hammershus Castle Ruins. The five-layer curtain is constructed with acoustic sound-absorbing qualities.

The outer layer of the curtain is covered with an additional surface of wool from the sheep that graze the landscape of the Hammershus Castle Ruins. The white curtain is composed of a semi-transparent fabric pleated in a twenty-five-metre asymmetrical sequence creating ever-changing variations of tonalities and shadows from the incoming daylight.