Shiseido Co., Ltd. / clé de peau BEAUTÉ presents “REVERBERATION - Pavilion of Light and Sound” Desig

The Shiseido Group’s high prestige brand “clé de peau BEAUTÉ,” will exhibit “REVERBERATION─Pavilion of Light and Sound” designed by Shigeru Ban. The exhibition will be on view from May 8th (Friday) to May 9th (Saturday) in the courtyard of the Palazzo Pisani Conservatory in Venice, Italy. The project will be on simultaneous display with Vernissage of the 56th Venice Biennale, the greatest celebration of contemporary art worldwide.

This project, by producing a pavilion designed by Shigeru Ban, one of the most renowned architects, is a collaboration to take on new creative challenges, and is part of the clé de peau BEAUTÉ brand’s global strategy.

The site for the exhibition, the Palazzo Pisani Conservatory, was built in 1603, and is one of the most refined historical buildings in Venice. Shigeru Ban was inspired by the “Lights of Venice” theme of clé de peau BEAUTÉ’s 2015 Autumn / Winter Collection, and has created a dynamic design, that at the same time has a delicate and sensitive visual presentation of the brand’s concept. Inside the unique pavilion space created with approximately 90,000 makeup cases, visitors can experience the mysterious light and shadows of Venice, and also enjoy musical performances.

Message from Shigeru Ban

When enveloping together a space using the minimum material and power, a tensile structure* is ideal. To cut out a space surrounded by the narrow historical facade of Palazzo Pisani, I have used acrylic sheets for the exterior of the pavilion, and allowed them to hang in a natural suspension, creating a parabola.

The first time I saw the palette of clé de peau BEAUTÉ, the dark blue colors looked to me like a tile that reflects and absorbs light. So I’ve taken this palette and stuck them on both sides of the acrylic sheets, spaced in 9 mm gaps, just like tiles. They reflect light, and make darkness in the interior and through the spaces between them, a wavering light which is characteristic of Venice, flows into the structure reflected from surface of the water functioned as a fixed weight.

When I stood in the courtyard of the Palazzo Pisani Conservatory, I heard sounds from out of nowhere. These sounds were not music per se, but rather a component of the unique environment of this space.

This is a space filled with mysterious light and shadows, and harmonious sounds. This is not makeup applied to a historical facade, but rather a method for drawing out the charm of the existing context.

* Tensile structure: A structure that maintains stability not through pressure and flexion, but instead is held together by tension.

Exhibition Information

Title: “REVERBERATION─Pavilion of Light and Sound” Designed by Shigeru Ban

Time: May 8th (Friday) – 9th (Saturday), 2015

* A press preview is planned on May 7th (Thursday) from 12 – 3 pm.

Venue: Palazzo Pisani Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello

San Marco 2810, Venezia Italy

Organizer: Shiseido Co., Ltd. “clé de peau BEAUTÉ”

Exhibition planning and Coordination: Rumiko Ito + Misa Shin & Co.

Pavilion Design: Shigeru Ban, Architect

Lighting Design: Akari-Lisa Ishii

Acoustics: Daniel Commins

Music Program: Keiko Mitsuhashi, Conductor

BAN Shigeru

Born in Tokyo in 1957. Graduated from the Cooper Union, New York. Worked for Arata Isozaki in 1982 ─ 1983. Founded Shigeru Ban Architects in 1985. Became consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1995. Established the NGO, Voluntary Architects' Network (VAN) in the same year to support disaster relief.

Selected works include Curtain​Wall House, Japan Pavilion at the Hannover Expo, Nicolas G. Hayek Center, Centre Pompidou- Metz, Cardboard Cathedral, Aspen Art Museum and Oita Prefectual Art Museum.

Recipient of multiple awards, including Grande Médaille d’or de l’Académie d’architecture (2004), Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture (2005), Honorary Doctorate from Technische Universität München (2009), Auguste Perret Prize (2011) and L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France (le grade de commandeur) (2014). Served as Professor at Keio University (2001 ─ 2008), Visiting Professor of Harvard University GSD and Cornell University (2010), and currently Professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. Laureate of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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