Celebrating

Celebrating the finished project.

Team

The whole team fits inside.

Night

Miilu by night.

Opening

Crowd at the opening party.

Finished

Miilu is finished!

Construction

Timelapse video showing the construction of Miilu.

Wood

A timelapse video showing the wood used for the construction.

Background

The almost finished construction with the Nordic pavilion in the background.

Almost

The construction is almost done.

Outside

The outside facing the walkway past the Nordic pavilion.

Assemble

Starting to assemble the roof.

Shape

The project takes shape.

Progress

Steady progress.

Office

The Rintala Eggertsson office for the week.

Speeding

The progress is speeding up.

Elements

Pre-cut elements ready for assembly.

Alterations

Continuous design alterations. There is a constant back and forth between designing and construction.

Cut

Finalizing the floor. The hole for the fireplace is also cut.

Calculations

On-site calculations by cellphone.

Need

The shops are now open again and we can get what we need to finally begin assembling.

Replaced

The floor has been replaced with a new dimension.

Placement

Initial placement of the floor.

Plan

Floor plan.

Foundation

The interns planning and constructing the foundation on the site.

Site

Choosing the site.

Stacked

The wood is sorted and stacked inside the pavilion to keep it safe from the non-stop rain.

Challenges

Not a single piece of wood is of the dimensions we ordered. This is not that unusual but presents some challenges.

Concept

Early concept sketch.

Maintenance

We prepare our stay by doing some maintenance of the pavilion and the surrounding area.

Arrival

The wood for the project arrives by boat, naturally.

Rintala Eggertsson in town!

Rintala Eggertsson have arrived to Venice. We will spend the week in the pavilion with 17 interns from NTNU and Politecnico de Milano, building a fireplace in the yard in front of the "pyramid" steps.

Soon leaving

Arrivederci Venezia from Byggstudio.

Last visitors

"1970s plant"

Matching more

Honey moon tree

In India.

Israelian tree

Writing tree stories

The pavilion was very dark today, dark rainy skies in Venice.

Condensation scribble

The pavilion is very humid today. Like a greenhouse.

Plant meanings

This German couple rearranged the status ladder, putting the Orchid at the bottom and moving the evergreen up. They are very tired of Orchids and think that "office plants" will hace a comeback soon. They say they prefer simple, green plants.

Rental flats and Geranium

More matching

Matching styles

Kids rearranging the models.

Poor Buxus semperviren

The scale shifts

Lemon and evergreen

Nice office plant

Before this was placed in the private section of the diagram. Some plants people have quite opposite views on, like the orchid and evergreen.

Ladies and house models

Mostly kids haven been very enthusiastic about this interaction.