Qaammat Pavilion, Sarfannguit Building, Greenland, Architects, Architecture Photos
Qaammat Pavilion, Sarfannguit Greenland
16 July 2022
Design: Konstantin Arkitekter
Location: Sarfannguit, Greenland

Photos by Julien Lanoo
Qaammat Pavilion, Greenland
The Qaammat Pavilion designed and built by Architect Konstantin Ikonomidis in cooperation with UNESCO and the Qeqqata Municipality, located in Sarfannguit, Greenland wins A+Awards.

Located in Sarfannguit, a cultural landscape in West Greenland and a UNESCO Worl Heritage site since 2018, the Qaammat pavilion by Konstantin Ikonomidis is designed to celebrate and promote the Inuit intangible cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of the environment.

Characterized by the two fjords that meet on Sarfannguit?s easter tip on the hills, the pavilion?s location has been carefully chosen by the local community, site manager Paninnguaq Fleischer-Lyberth and architect Konstantin Ikonomidis for its impressive view over the Sarfannguit municipality.
Set on the planned trail between Sarfannguit and Nipisat, this site-specific installation will serve as a landmark and a gathering point and dissemination site, where the World Heritage site?s beautiful surroundings can be experienced by locals and visitors to the village. The Qaammat pavilion is designed as a poetic and aesthetic object, but most importantly as a symbolic gesture acknowledging the natural site and rich history, the distinctiveness of the Greenlandic culture, and the spir...