Reja – The Cloud

Reja – The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013

Detailed Information

Reja – The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 is designed by multi award-winning Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. The Pavilion is a delicate, three-dimensional structure; each unit comprises fine steel bars of 800 and 400 mm rectangles. It forms a semi-transparent, irregular canopy, simultaneously protecting visitors from the elements while allowing them to remain part of the landscape. The footprint of the structure is 350 square-metres and the Pavilion has two entrances. A series of stepped terraces provide seating areas that allow the Pavilion to be used as a flexible, multi-purpose social space.

The delicate quality of the structure, enhanced by its semi-transparency, creates a geometric, cloud-like form, as if it were mist rising from the undulations of the park.

Note from the Project Director

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Reja will be a public space by day and a forum for live and special events curated in collaboration with local and international partners, including the “Nights in the Cloud”, “Cine in the Cloud”, “EDU in the Cloud”, “Family in the Cloud”.
The realization of “REJA” the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 in Tirana has only been made possible thanks to the support of the Mayor of Tirana and enormously generous contribution of individuals, companies and foundations that have pledged sponsorship, or sponsorship help-in-kind to the project.

Welcome Notes

Mayor of Tirana Mr. Erion Veliaj

I am very happy to welcome REJA in the wide open sky of arts and public spaces in Tirana. This superb piece of art will bring to the citizens of Tirana a new and unique space to meet, rest, meditate, discuss, as well as enjoy REJA and the artistic events that we will organize in and around it. We are also proud for our city as by hosting this wonderful piece of art we testify to our appreciation for the arts and our desire to enhance our credentials as a friendly and welcoming city for arts and artists