COMPETITION Think Space

JURY: Charles Renfro and Ricardo Scofidio

Honour mention, PROJECT exposed at STOREFRONT Gallery, NY

The main idea is to open the point of view of the visitor to the landscape. A new higher point of view like the “god eye” described by Michel de Certeau. The visitor will experience what it feels to live many meters above the lake. This new scale will give him a new perspective of his HABITAT, linking his mind to the universe. And this is done thanks to gigantic periscopes. The main building is then reminiscent of dinosaurs or prehistoric animals. It refers to the prehistoric condition of the place where the visitor lives, creating an amazing surrealist final effect. The project re-interprets a Zoological Architecture, similarly to the The Colossal Elephant of Coney Island. The palyful experience of deplacement and the new perspective give a new dimension to the context.