In our cities we are used to seeing new buildings and architecture that sacrifice aesthetics and the impact they have on the environment in favor of functionality and comfort. Fortunately, there are professionals and architects who base their work on those aspects that are often forgotten.
One of these is certainly Konstantin Ikonomidis, Swedish architect and founder of Konstantin Arkitekter studio. His work aims precisely at merging architecture, art, environment and scientific research into a single thing. 

His projects are deeply linked to the places in which they come to life and the climatic conditions: after graduating in 2014, he worked on the design of housing solutions for different areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where in addition to the heat, diseases cannot be ignored. 

His latest work, however, has taken him to a place that is just the opposite of Africa, namely Greenland. Here, specifically in Sarfannguit (a UNESCO heritage site), last fall he completed the Qaammat pavilion, on which he worked for about two years. 

Sulla cima di una delle colline rocciose che caratterizzano il paesaggio e che si affacciano sul fiordo, Konstantin Ikonomidis ha ancorato al suolo una struttura composta da due pareti semi-circolari che formano una specie di torretta che presenta due aperture, una che può essere utilizzata per accedere all’interno della struttura e una che incornicia il panorama. 

In addition to the structural elements that are made of rock and metal, the bricks that make up the walls are completely made of glass. This is the main feature of the Qaammat Pavilion: the glass creates a game of transparencies, changing the appearance of the structure according to the point from which you look at it, sometimes taking the colors of the sea, other times the warm shades of the rock illuminated by the sun, other times the pink tones of the sky at sunset. 

The Qaammat Pavilion thus becomes a part of the landscape, merging with it. 

PH: Julien Lanoo