# Double Triangular Pavilion for Hamburg

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In a small park near Hamburg’s Außenalster, the Double Triangular Pavilion for Hamburg stands as a walk-in installation. American artist Dan Graham created it in 1989. Its triangular space places a steel roof above glass walls, bringing a geometric object into the park. The steel roof rotates through forty-five degrees, suggesting a Star of David.

Graham made this work during his continuing exploration of pavilions, which had shaped his practice since the 1980s. That history gives the structure a clear place in his art. Depending on angle and sunlight, the semi-transparent glass reflects the surroundings and the person looking through it. The surface recalls modern office curtain walls.

That comparison connects the park structure with urban architecture and its social roles. The park setting also evokes aristocratic and bourgeois retreats. Its kiosk form changes a commercial reference into a contemplative experience. As you move inside, the glass holds the outside scene and your reflection in one view. Graham explored a related layered act of looking in Cinema, his 1981 project.

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