A Hall for Hull Installation by RIBA, Trois Points de Vue Photos, Felice Varini
A Hall for Hull Installation
Royal Institute of British Architects Project in UK City of Culture 2017, England
3 Oct 2017
A Hall for Hull Installation
RIBA opens its monumental installation for Hull City of Culture 2017
Design: architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Chile) / artist Felice Varini (Switzerland)
A Hall for Hull with ?Trois Points de Vue? ? a joint commission from The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Hull UK City of Culture 2017 ? has been unveiled to the public (2 October, 2017). The monumental temporary installation has transformed Trinity Square with sixteen galvanized steel columns arranged in a grid formation in front of Hull Minster to form a new outdoor ?room? for the city. Photos below by Thomas Arran:

Chile-based architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen have collaborated with Swiss artist Felice Varini to create the ambitious structure which responds to the historic heart of Hull and will remain in place until 11 November 2017. It has been commissioned to encourage local people to see their city in new and memorable ways and to become a focal point for national and international tourists.

The installation will provide visitors with a range of different experiences as they enter each of the six-metre-high columns, open to the sky. Perforations across the columns? frosted-like steel skin creates a delicate interplay of light and shadow across the interiors of each ...