The subject of the competition project was the design of a temporary tourist service center during the 13th edition of the contemporary art exhibition, Documenta, in Kassel (Germany). The main competition topics were: project innovation, clarity of the solution, temporality, project-exhibition relationship, and sustainable development.

Along the entire length of the square, between the trees, with a gap for Frankfurterstraße, I've placed a platform that, in height, aligns with the wall running along the rows of trees. During the Documenta exhibitions, the clearly axial layout of the greenery on the square disappears, and the entire square becomes an equal space where artistic installations are displayed, and people move freely. Therefore, I treat the entire platform as the "audience" of the square, with stairs running along its entire length.

The three rows of trees define two corridors, where I've placed the pavilions. The first corridor consists of transparent structures through which the opaque volumes of the second-line pavilions can be seen. The transparent pavilions, finished with Lycra membrane, mainly provide spatial rather than visual separation and house functions that, in the specific format of Documenta, in my opinion, should maintain visual contact with the surroundings, such as meeting places, exhibition spaces, or an internet café. The second row consists of pavilions made of OSB boards, which primarily house auxiliary functions —restrooms, cloakrooms, and a staff room—as well as spaces requiring isolation from the surroundings, such as a seminar room and a press center.

All pavilions are treated as freestanding structures, with free movement between them. Most pavilions do not have their own roofs — the covering consists of membranes distanced from them, based on a system utilizing the even spacing of the trees. However, to avoid the risk of damaging the greenery, the roof has an independent structure. Thanks to this solution, we obtain a cohesive space where one can move freely even in unfavorable weather conditions.

The roof’s distance from the upper edges of the pavilion walls creates a kind of connection between the interior and the surroundings. To create a project aligned with the principles of sustainable development, I focused primarily on the selection of materials, the modularity of the design, and the ability to reassemble the structures multiple times.

The materials I used in the project are primarily OSB boards, solid wood, steel, ETFE foil, and Lycra.