Reja – The Cloud

Reja (the Cloud) is a contemporary art work that stands in front of the National Gallery of Arts.

Sou Fujimoto, a Japanese architect, developed Reja. The installation’s structure, the white transparency, forms a geometric shape that resembles a cloud, and it seems as though mist is rising in the park in front of the Gallery.

This work is available to visitors from the capital city as well as international tourists, and it is part of a series of events organized by the Tirana Municipality.

“The Cloud” has a surface area of about 541 square meters and a maximum height of 7 meters. “The Cloud” functions as a self-contained facility with a comprehensive calendar of events, developed in collaboration with local cultural partners, people, educational institutions, communities, and so on. Because the pavilion is designed to be a free communal place, Fujimoto describes it as a translucent ground, a fragile construction, three-dimensional, and each unit is made up of steel rods.

It’s a good location to relax, socialize, and talk. It’s often utilized as an open-air theater, particularly during the summer, when a movie is shown there every night at 20:00. Reja also hosted several film festivals on occasion. It somehow functions as a public place and a venue for live and special events.