ABSTRACT
The Nordic Pavilion in Venice by the Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn (1924-2009) is essentially an art gallery consisting of one room. The space measures about 470 m2 (5059ft2) and has no interior vertical supports. On two adjacent sides there are concrete walls closing off a more or less square plan, while the other two edges permit an almost invisible transition between interior and exterior space, achieved by means of sliding floor-to-ceiling glazing. This visual openness brings the surrounding park into the building; the only element indicating the boundary between inside and out is the limit of the slate tile floor covering.
