After two life-altering years in the making, MPavilion 2021— The Lightcatcher —designed by globally acclaimed architects Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel of MAP studio (Venice), opens today in the Queen Victoria Gardens. Renowned for responding to existing sites in a way that is both sensitive and celebratory, MAP studio’s MPavilion heralds a milestone for Melbourne, representing a significant path back to re-energising the creative and cultural life of our city.
A mirrored kaleidoscopic cube featuring an open steel structure on four u-shaped concrete columns, The Lightcatcher was conceived as an urban lighthouse – the angled mirrored panels acting as a container of ideas that reflect and amplify both the people and cultural activity taking place in MPavilion, and its ever-changing environment in the Queen Victoria Gardens. Commissioned by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, The Lightcatcher is the seventh in an ongoing series of architect- designed summer pavilions made specifically for Melbourne.
