A pop-up pavilion, designed and crafted in India, wins an international award | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

A pop-up pavilion, designed and crafted in India, wins an international award | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Shiny Varghese |Updated: April 25, 2019 6:27:47 am

A pop-up pavilion, designed and crafted in India, wins an international award

Shortlisted among submissions from across the world, the handcrafted pavilion is an ode to the friendship between India and France.

Helmed by project partners and co-founders of SpaceMatters, Amritha Ballal and Suditya Sinha, the pavilion design for the third edition of the festival included exhibits around art, architecture, food, literature, travel and design.

The Bonjour India Pavilion (2017-2018) won the first prize in the Arts & Culture category at the Archmarathon Awards 2019 in Milan last month. Shortlisted among submissions from across the world, the handcrafted pavilion is an ode to the friendship between India and France. Researched and curated by Delhi-based architecture firm SpaceMatters and Institut Francaise en Inde, the modular structure travelled three cities within the country as part of the Bonjour India Festival, which celebrates Indo-French partnerships. From India Gate in New Delhi, to Cross Maidan Garden in Mumbai and Salt Lake Central Park in Kolkata, the pavilion aptly reinforced the jury comment of its “strong capacity to be nomadic”.