{"id":218958,"date":"2025-10-17T04:41:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218958\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T04:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:41:13","slug":"ulf-mejergren-builds-red-timber-pyramid-beacon-on-bergo-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/218958\/","title":{"rendered":"ulf mejergren builds red timber pyramid beacon on berg\u00f6 island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ulf Mejergren crafts wooden landmark for Berg\u00f6 island<\/p>\n

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Creative studio Ulf Mejergren\u00a0Architects<\/a>\u00a0(UMA) designs a landmark for the small island of Berg\u00f6, located off the coast of Vaasa in Finland\u2019s<\/a> northern Kvarken archipelago. In this region, where most residents speak Swedish as their first language, the islands form a geographical and cultural gradient between Finland and Sweden. The brief called for an artistic structure visible from a distance while also functioning as a local meeting place. The installation<\/a> stands by a bathing beach adjacent to an old fishing settlement, a summer gathering spot for both residents and visitors. Positioned between land and sea, the site naturally accommodates social interaction and community activity.<\/p>\n

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The design draws inspiration from traditional wooden<\/a> sea beacons once common along the Baltic coast, utilitarian structures reduced to essential forms, often painted in red or white. Echoing this heritage, Mejergren developed a timber pyramid-shaped structure with surfaces perforated by fish-shaped patterns in multiple sizes. These motifs reference the surrounding marine landscape and follow an internal visual rhythm: larger fish cutouts open their mouths when placed behind smaller ones, while smaller fish remain closed when positioned behind larger ones. The same pattern logic extends to the doorframe and detailing, integrating the motif throughout the design.<\/p>\n

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perforated wooden Berg\u00f6 Beacon glows from within<\/p>\n

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For the construction, the design team<\/a> at Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) relied on the island\u2019s talko tradition, a collective volunteer system through which residents regularly maintain shared infrastructure such as schools or public paths. Engaging the talko was both a practical and conceptual decision, ensuring local participation and embedding the project within the community from its inception. At night, light filters through the fish-shaped openings, turning the pavilion into a glowing wooden beacon. The projected patterns on the ground form an illuminated school of fish that visually merges with the adjacent sea. The structure serves less as a navigational lighthouse and more as a social landmark, a space for gathering, orientation, and continuity within the island\u2019s cultural landscape. Future additions, including seating and a chandelier that reflects light within the interior, aim to extend the project\u2019s role as a living artwork, evolving over time through continued community involvement.<\/p>\n

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Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) designs a wooden landmark for the island of Berg\u00f6 in Finland\u2019s Kvarken archipelago<\/p>\n

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the project occupies a site between land and sea, beside a small bathing beach and fishing settlement<\/p>\n

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the pyramid-shaped pavilion reduces its form to a simple geometric volume<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ulf Mejergren crafts wooden landmark for Berg\u00f6 island \u00a0 Creative studio Ulf Mejergren\u00a0Architects\u00a0(UMA) designs a landmark for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[73957,76,354,355,49,48,356,75,11391,105520,3869],"class_list":["post-218958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-finland","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-interactive-installation","tag-ulf-mejergren-architects-uma","tag-wood-and-timber-architecture-and-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}