https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/3759 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18025 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18025-snapshot-a-bulbous-buckminster-fullerinspired-pavilion-rises-along-the-tennessee-river goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) 1312-marc-fornes-theverymany.asp Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/6396-marc-fornes-theverymany The pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist-in-residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage. Although it is approximately 11 feet tall and 20 Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyBrooklyn, New YorkThe pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist-in-residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage. Although it is approximately 11 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter, the work can be broken up into sub-assemblies and packed in a 14-by-12-by-9-foot crate. Fornes’s fabrication files included information about how the project’s thousands of elements would be positioned on the aluminum sheets they were cut from. The pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist-in-residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage. Although it is approximately 11 feet tall and 20 Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyDouble Agent WhiteAtelier Calder, Saché, FranceThe pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist-in-residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage. Although it is approximately 11 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter, the work can be broken up into sub-assemblies and packed in a 14-by-12-by-9-foot crate. Fornes’s fabrication files included information about how the project’s thousands of elements would be positioned on the aluminum sheets they were cut from.Photo © Guillaume Blanc The pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist in residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage and transport. Although it is approximately 11 fe Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyDouble Agent WhiteAtelier Calder, Saché, FranceThe pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist in residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage and transport. Although it is approximately 11 feet tall and more than 20 feet in diameter, the work can be broken up into sub-assemblies and packed in a 14-by-12-foot by 9-foot-tall crate. Fornes’ fabrication files included information about how the project’s thousands of elements would 'nest' on the aluminum sheets they were cut from.Photo © Guillaume Blanc The pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist in residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage and transport. Although it is approximately 11 fe Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyDouble Agent WhiteAtelier Calder, Saché, FranceThe pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist in residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage and transport. Although it is approximately 11 feet tall and more than 20 feet in diameter, the work can be broken up into sub-assemblies and packed in a 14-by-12-foot by 9-foot-tall crate. Fornes’ fabrication files included information about how the project’s thousands of elements would 'nest' on the aluminum sheets they were cut from.Drawing courtesy TheVeryMany The pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist in residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage and transport. Although it is approximately 11 fe Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyDouble Agent WhiteAtelier Calder, Saché, FranceThe pavilion that Fornes designed and built while an artist in residence at the Atelier Calder in Saché, France, can be taken apart for storage and transport. Although it is approximately 11 feet tall and more than 20 feet in diameter, the work can be broken up into sub-assemblies and packed in a 14-by-12-foot by 9-foot-tall crate. Fornes’ fabrication files included information about how the project’s thousands of elements would 'nest' on the aluminum sheets they were cut from.Drawing courtesy TheVeryMany Fornes helped Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton create a pop-up store that was installed at Selfridges in London during the late summer and fall of 2012. Doubly curved V-shaped 'slices' o Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyPop-Up StoreLondonFornes helped Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton create a pop-up store that was installed at Selfridges in London during the late summer and fall of 2012. Doubly curved V-shaped 'slices' or segments of carbon fiber comprised the installation’s pumpkinlike shapes. Kusama’s signature polka dots, which were water-jet cut into the individual elements, made the pieces lighter and easier to handle.Photo © Stephane Muratet Fornes helped Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton create a pop-up store that was installed at Selfridges in London during the late summer and fall of 2012. Doubly curved V-shaped 'slices' o Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyPop-Up StoreLondonFornes helped Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton create a pop-up store that was installed at Selfridges in London during the late summer and fall of 2012. Doubly curved V-shaped 'slices' or segments of carbon fiber comprised the installation’s pumpkinlike shapes. Kusama’s signature polka dots, which were water-jet cut into the individual elements, made the pieces lighter and easier to handle.Photo courtesy TheVeryMany Fornes helped Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton create a pop-up store that was installed at Selfridges in London during the late summer and fall of 2012. Doubly curved V-shaped 'slices' o Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyPop-Up StoreLondonFornes helped Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama and Louis Vuitton create a pop-up store that was installed at Selfridges in London during the late summer and fall of 2012. Doubly curved V-shaped 'slices' or segments of carbon fiber comprised the installation’s pumpkinlike shapes. Kusama’s signature polka dots, which were water-jet cut into the individual elements, made the pieces lighter and easier to handle.Drawing courtesy TheVeryMany For the 2011 Art Basel in Miami Beach, Flroida, Fornes created a piece that seems to be inspired by sea coral. Its more than 12,000 parts are made from 256 sheets of aluminum. The resulting self-suppo Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyLabrys FrisaeMiami, FloridaFor the 2011 Art Basel in Miami Beach, Flroida, Fornes created a piece that seems to be inspired by sea coral. Its more than 12,000 parts are made from 256 sheets of aluminum. The resulting self-supporting skin, held together with rivets, is strong enough to bear the weight of a standing person.Photo courtesy TheVeryMany With his permanent installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens, Fornes has made a skylit stair erupt in tropical color. Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyChromataeDenverWith his permanent installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens, Fornes has made a skylit stair erupt in tropical color.Photo courtesy TheVeryMany With his permanent installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens, Fornes has made a skylit stair erupt in tropical color. Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyChromataeDenverWith his permanent installation at the Denver Botanic Gardens, Fornes has made a skylit stair erupt in tropical color.Photo courtesy TheVeryMany For the permanent collection of the FRAC Centre in Orléans, Fornes and his team have developed a pavilion made of elements that branch away from each other and connect at nodes to describe open Marc Fornes/TheVeryManynonLin/Lin PavilionOrléans, FranceFor the permanent collection of the FRAC Centre in Orléans, Fornes and his team have developed a pavilion made of elements that branch away from each other and connect at nodes to describe openings and create enclosure.Photo © Francois Lauginie For the permanent collection of the FRAC Centre in Orléans, Fornes and his team have developed a pavilion made of elements that branch away from each other and connect at nodes to describe open Marc Fornes/TheVeryManynonLin/Lin PavilionOrléans, FranceFor the permanent collection of the FRAC Centre in Orléans, Fornes and his team have developed a pavilion made of elements that branch away from each other and connect at nodes to describe openings and create enclosure.Photo © Francois Lauginie Plasti(k) is made of 150 4-by-8-foot sheets of polyethylene held together by more than 1,300 bolts. Washington University architecture students helped fabricate and assemble the piece, which was insta Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyPlasti(k) PavilionSt. LouisPlasti(k) is made of 150 4-by-8-foot sheets of polyethylene held together by more than 1,300 bolts. Washington University architecture students helped fabricate and assemble the piece, which was installed in the spring and summer of 2011 as part of a playground they designed for the Botanical Heights neighborhood.Photo courtesy TheVeryManye Plasti(k) is made of 150 4-by-8-foot sheets of polyethylene held together by more than 1,300 bolts. Washington University architecture students helped fabricate and assemble the piece, which was insta Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyPlasti(k) PavilionSt. LouisPlasti(k) is made of 150 4-by-8-foot sheets of polyethylene held together by more than 1,300 bolts. Washington University architecture students helped fabricate and assemble the piece, which was installed in the spring and summer of 2011 as part of a playground they designed for the Botanical Heights neighborhood.Photo courtesy TheVeryMany Y/Surf/Structure, part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, has more than 7,000 parts assembled with 32,000 rivets. The perforations here, and in other works by TheVeryMany, make the in Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyY/Surf/StructureParisY/Surf/Structure, part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, has more than 7,000 parts assembled with 32,000 rivets. The perforations here, and in other works by TheVeryMany, make the individual components easier to handle during installation, says Fornes. They also allow the flat aluminum sheets to be twisted into compound curves.Photo © Brice Pelleschi Y/Surf/Structure, part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, has more than 7,000 parts assembled with 32,000 rivets. The perforations here, and in other works by TheVeryMany, make the in Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyY/Surf/StructureParisY/Surf/Structure, part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, has more than 7,000 parts assembled with 32,000 rivets. The perforations here, and in other works by TheVeryMany, make the individual components easier to handle during installation, says Fornes. They also allow the flat aluminum sheets to be twisted into compound curves.Photo © Brice Pelleschi Y/Surf/Structure, part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, has more than 7,000 parts assembled with 32,000 rivets. The perforations here, and in other works by TheVeryMany, make the in Marc Fornes/TheVeryManyY/Surf/StructureParisY/Surf/Structure, part of the permanent collection of the Centre Pompidou, has more than 7,000 parts assembled with 32,000 rivets. The perforations here, and in other works by TheVeryMany, make the individual components easier to handle during installation, says Fornes. They also allow the flat aluminum sheets to be twisted into compound curves.Click here to view enlarged drawing.Drawing courtesy TheVeryMany