Ghanaian studio Limbo Accra has created the Duho Pavilion within the grounds of a ruined hotel on Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands.
Designed in collaboration with landscape architect Malthe Mørck Clausen, the permanent installation consists of a pebbled path that snakes through the overgrown premises of the hotel, abandoned almost 20 years ago after being damaged in a hurricane.
A series of 30 reflective aluminium poles are arranged around and across this path to form the Duho Pavilion ? the latest in a series of installations created by Limbo Accra that relate to unfinished buildings, although this one sits alongside the ruin rather than within it.
Limbo Accra has created the Duho Pavilion
"Inspired by the building's organic transformation as an oasis for plant life and various non-human species, such as frogs, serpents, butterflies and lizards, we decided to shift our focus from the building's concrete shell to the new ecosystem it created," Limbo Accra founder Dominique Petit-Frère told Dezeen. "We were interested in the ecological entanglements of the site and how we could integrate this experience into an architectural gesture," she continued.
"Our goal was to create a space that honours the existing landscape, carving a direct path through and installing reflective aluminium poles along it to blend the boundaries of the pavilion and the natural surroundings."
It consists of 30 vertical aluminium poles
The pavilion aims to honour the i...