In collaboration with Kenneth Amoah
completed for the Calamity Atelier edition of the Young Architect’s Competition
Geometry modeled with Rhinoceros, and Grasshopper.
Renderings produced with Vray and Adobe Photoshop
Diagrams produced with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
Arte Sella, a 3km long open-air museum in Trento, Italy, was founded on cardinal principles-
“Nature is not only protected, but interpreted even in it's absence”
“Our interventions must accede to this”
”They come from the landscape and then return to nature”
”Nature completes the work”
The storm that recently barrelled through the park recalls these foundational statements.
In response, a series of atelier studio and auditorium spaces are proposed
To cultivate new spaces for rumination and articulation, spiraling monoliths are buried, furtively punctuating the varied landscape.
The rammed earth walls comprise of on-site processed soils. Waste products of nearby timber and paper mills can be processed into effective pozzolan, providing increased strength and weather resistance. Environmental impact is reduced and future expansion is accomodated through the use of local materials and low costs construction
Sunken scenes provide physical santuary from the momentum of the world above; apart, but never removed.
The enfolding space provides a stage for meditation, action, and creation. Visually, acoustically, and thermally, the earth takes center stage. The intervening forms aim not to overshadow the majesty of ifts habitat, nor aspire to dismiss the native power so recently and potently demonstrated.
Providing retreat for the keen artist or curious visitor, the Earth, exhumed and forged, provides rememberance of art and artists once standing.
Narratives and phenomena once imbibed, commemorate the tumult that transformed moment into memento.
uprooted masses stand submerged, waiting to be uncovered or buried, discovered or forgotten.
Section cuts of salvaged works are placed on rammed earth plinths. Replaced in their original location, the museum of past works is decentralized.
The totems provide opportunities for visitors to interact with past works through personal devices with cameras.
