Lygia Pape Gallery - Site Plan

This building was designed for one particular purpose: to house a single installation by Brazilian artist, Lygia Pape. The installation, a cube of 68.8976 ft * 68.8976 ft* 19.85 ft (21m*21m*6m), preset the dimensions of the building; as the installation consisted of a light show, the construction had to be completely dark- hence its hermeticity.

The shape of the building responds to the size of the plot available to it, and to it being directly after a slope; the building fit so narrowly into it, that the architects decided to soften the project's shape to make it less harsh and to make it appear less abruptly as one approaches the end of the slope; the angles make it look like it's further away than it is.