VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews (see links below), but I was fascinated by the way it reflected and fractured the sky and neighboring buildings. It’s dynamic abstract art that changes with the sun, clouds and your own motion. Do the top and bottom clash? Do the odd angles annoy? You be the judge.
- Name: VCU Children’s Pavilion
- Location: 1000 East Broad Street
- Year Completed: 2016
- Architect: HKS Inc.
- Style: Postmodern
- Style Weekly: Architecture Review: The VCU Children’s Pavilion Looms Over East Broad Street
- Architecture Richmond: CURRENT: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA’S NEW CHILDREN’S PAVILION
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews but the way it reflects and fractures the sky and neighboring buildings is dynamic abstract art.
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews but the way it reflects and fractures the sky and neighboring buildings is dynamic abstract art.
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews but the way it reflects and fractures the sky and neighboring buildings is dynamic abstract art.
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews but the way it reflects and fractures the sky and neighboring buildings is dynamic abstract art.
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews but the way it reflects and fractures the sky and neighboring buildings is dynamic abstract art.
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews but the way it reflects and fractures the sky and neighboring buildings is dynamic abstract art.
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VCU Children’s Pavilion got mixed reviews but the way it reflects and fractures the sky and neighboring buildings is dynamic abstract art.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken October 2019 with Canon 5D Mark iv
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