Spatial concept

As the original Satellite projects is a carbon copy of the headquarters building in Montreal, it also presents its three floors as separate but connected Mozilla Hubs rooms. This makes navigating the space less intuitive but, on the other hand, enables 75 visitors to simultaneously enter the Satellite as the maximum visitor number per Hubs room is 25. Considering that our project was technically building in the existing (digital) fabric, we had to find a way to respectfully work with the old Satellite while putting a new spin on it. The final solution features three Mozilla Hubs rooms which pick up dominant architectural situations from the old floors and using them in a new way.

THE FIRST WORLD, the brainchild of the first floor, showcases a strikingly big hall. We meander through it and admire the huge columns. Here and there, the walls are broken and one can steal a glimpse into the boundless vastness of space - has there been a crash? Why are there particles floating around everywhere and what happens at the end of the hall?

THE SECOND WORLD picks up the seemingly endless corridor of the second Satellite floor and makes a maze out of it. It quickly transpires that something with the teleportation must have gone wrong! We are now miniscule compared to our surroundings. To make matters even more difficult, this space has the distinct air of a labyrinth about it. Where is what? Was that a whale floating in mid-air and what awaits us at the end of the ominous red thread?

THE THIRD FLOOR uses a more ominous reference: The half-spherical 360° cinema has become a large planet we get to explore. Our odyssey through space nears its end as we approach a giant planet with two rings. It seems like there is something at the back of the planet. Can we risk a look?

Fg. 20: The first world

Fg. 21: The second world

Fg. 22: The third world

32: The second world

Fg. 33: The second world

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Fg. 20: Drawing by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 21: Drawing by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 22: Drawing by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 23: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 24: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 25: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 26: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

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Fg. 28: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 29: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant and Kerem Yilmaz

Fg. 30: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 31: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 32: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

Fg. 33: Screenshot, scene built by Carla Sauvant

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