Wednesday 20 February 2019

The Pavilion at the Cabral Yard - Kochi-Muziris Biennale visit, and evening tea at the Bench Restocafe

The Cabral Yard, one of the venues of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is just a few yards away from the Aspinwall house, the main venue. The yard is a huge plot surrounded by a compound wall that comes alive during the time of the Biennale. It goes back into its natural state with vegetations growing and as of now, there are no structures built permanently.

The Pavilion is a  creative installation by the Anagram architects designed temporarily at the Cabral Yard which consists of a dome resembling a 'Koothambalam', the apex is simply beautiful! Koothu is an ancient and popular traditional art-form where the main artist performs a certain dance like moves at the same time narrating stories with humor, mostly from the epics,

The concept of this installation is wonderful. Designed in such a way, an easily removed structure erected respecting nature and when the Biennale will be over the structure will be removed and the yard goes into its natural state until the next Biennale. Numerous programs take place during the Biennale here.

What fascinated us is the apex of this magnificent pavilion! Of course, there are iron beams all around somehow e get the feel that these are submerged into the wooden poles, the sky, and natural light illuminating the interior! Marvelous! I was thinking about how beautiful it would be here with moonlight embracing the yard and a star-studded sky visible through the roof! 


It was a very sunny day and we were tired already.  On the way to the beach, we spotted this beautiful cafe, the Bench Restocafe.

 It was refreshing to enjoy a cup of tea after a long and tiring walk!

The bread and butter sprinkled with balsamic vinegar was yummy.

Lemonade with soda!


I do not think anyone would disagree with the fact that Biennale is getting better and better over the years. Fortkochi is witnessing a steady inflow of people from all over the world and the star attraction is Biennale!


Liked this post? Well..., I have one more interesting blog, click here to check the latest updates there too 😊

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome article.

Anonymous said...

The stuff is rather unique.

Anonymous said...

I like checking your web sites. Regards!

Giga said...

Certainly, interesting events take place in these temporary, but nice facilities. I would also drink lemonade :). Greetings.

Rajiv Sankarapillai said...

Thank you so much, Giga😊

Anonymous said...

These are truly wonderful ideas in on the topic of blogging.
You have touched some good points here. Any way keep up
wrinting.

Anonymous said...

Everything is very open with a very clear explanation of the issues.
It was really informative. Your website is useful. Thanks for sharing!

Tanza Erlambang said...

nice photos and look delicious cake.
have a great day

Anonymous said...

Great article, totally what I needed.

Linda said...

Interesting architecture! Have a nice weekend.

Anonymous said...

I am actually glad to glance at this web site posts which includes lots of helpful
facts, thanks for providing such statistics.

Rajiv Sankarapillai said...

Tanza and Linda, Thanks so much. Have a nice weekend!

Anonymous said...

Awesome article.

Anonymous said...

you're truly a just right webmaster. The site loading pace is incredible.
It kind of feels that you're doing any distinctive trick.

Moreover, The contents are masterpiece. you've performed a wonderful
process on this matter!