Hyundai Pavilion PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games

Asif Khan’s super-black pavilion for Hyundai at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games was an immensely brave and pure architectural project. The structure’s 10-metre-high parabolic facades were coated with a super black material: Vantablack VBx2 making it the world’s largest continuous nanostructure. Inside the 35m x 35m structure, a vast multi-sensory hydrophobic water installation captured visitors imaginations and moved the experience from the infinite scale of the cosmos to the scale of water droplets in a few steps.

Alchemy was appointed by Asif Khan to provide design management services as part of the integrated project delivery team.

Delivery of this complex project in such a short period of time was only possible through an integrated delivery model. Key subcontractors (building coating, façade, interactive hydrophobic installation) were integrated within the team to fast-track the design and manufacturing phases and enable the fastest possible start on site. A key factor in the project’s success was Asif Khan’s Studio’s innovation and incredibly robust approach to iterative testing and prototyping.