Dora Felekou by Dora Felekou

DORA FELEKOU

PORTFOLIO 2011 - 2015 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & PRESERVATION

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DORA FELEKOU GSAPP Columbia University MS Advanced Architectural Design dorafel.com, dora.felekou@gmail.com 628 Grand St. 11211 NY T. 917 699 8128

cover drawing; linear evolution of mutation within architectural space - the norm is challenged, disformed and becoming norm again excerpt from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Comedy of Divine Artâ&#x20AC;&#x153;. Adv. Studio V . Fall 2013

GUANGZHOU MUSEUM Bernard Tschumi Architects

CAMPUS RTS Bernard Tschumi Architects

ON THE HILLSIDE BLOCK722architects+

GRIGIO CONCEPT STORE BLOCK722architects+

UNDER ONE ROOF BLOCK722architects+

MATERIALS & DETAILS BLOCK722architects+

DESIGN GUIDELINES GSAPP, critic: Hilary Sample

THE PHILLY SHAKE GSAPP, critic: Keith Kaseman

THE COMEDY OF DIVINE ART GSAPP, critic: Bernard Tschumi

academic

professional

PROFESSIONAL WORK

2011- 2015

october 2014 - january 2014

guangzhou museum

GUANGZHOU MUSEUM A C O M PA S S O F H I S TO RY The site for the new Guangzhou museum is overflowing with history; it lies in the shadow of the famed Flower Pagoda and alongside the vital urban axis towards the Pearl river. The museum houses items of the city’s multi-facetted and ancient history. History and locality became driving forces behind the design. The ancient wall of Guangzhou is reinterpreted into the outer shell of the museum; the city wall will embrace the past of the once more. Contradicting the enclosure of the outer shell, the heart of the museum is a compass, pointing to the future and the wonders of modern Guangzhou.The vast openings that the compass cuts onto the outer shell frame the historic Pagoda and the Canton Tower. The interior is set as a series of these frames, offering unexpected views, points of tranquility and vast spaces of communication – a true Chinese garden.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION GUANGZHOU, CHINA BERNARD TSCHUMI ARCHITECTS LEAD ARCHITECT . BERNARD TSCHUMI PROJECT ARCHITECTS . LEE CHRISTOPHER . RUTTEN JOEL . ZHONG NIANLAI WITH POLMAN BART-JAN . HAFERD JEROME . CAMARA PEDRO . KUHN PIERRES-YVES . MAYERS JESSICA . SPOELMAN COLIN . FELEKOU DORA STATUS: FINALISTS

october 2014 - january 2014

guangzhou museum

section of museum and connection to the Flower Pagoda landamrk

october 2014 - january 2014

119m

10m

10m BB

10m

STEP 1

Visiting Scholar Laboratory 访问学者研究室

Business rm Meeting Personnel Archives 行政管理人员用房 Room 人事档案室会议室 Business rm 行政管理人员用房 Meeting Room 会议室 Business rm Reception 行政管理人员用房 Male/Female Rm. WCs 接待室 Reception Comprehensive Rm. Business rm Archives 行政管理人员用房接待室综合档案室 Finance Archives Finance 财务档案室 Office 财务人员用房

WC female 厕所

STEP 2

Bookstore 书店

STEP 3

25m

Staff Restaurant 职工餐厅 Exchange Exhibition Gallery - Small 交流陈列展区（小）

STEP 4

STEP 5 WC male 厕所

WC female 厕所

Male/Female WCs

Cleaning room 清洁工作室

Administrative Logistical Warehouse 行政后勤仓库

Recreational & Sports Activity Center 文体活动中心

Gallery storage 展厅储藏

STEP 6

VOID OVER LOBBY 中央大厅上方

STEP 7

3.8m

7.5m

25m

General Affairs 总务人员用房

18m

Publicity & Ed. Promotion Dept. Visiting Scholar 宣传教育推广部 Laboratory Calligraphy 访问学者研究室 Research Dept. Guangzhou Hist. 书画陈列研究部 Research Dept. Nature Display 人事人员用房 Research Dept. 自然陈列研究部 Pers. Pers. Guangzhou Hist. Affairs Affairs Display Exh. Research Dept. Planning Dept. 历史陈列研究部陈列展览策划部 Personnel Archives 人事档案室 Ethnic Folk Business rm Display 行政管理人员用房民族民俗陈列研究部

WC male 厕所

General Affairs 总务人员用房

STEP 8

129m

Exchange Exhibition Gallery - Large 交流陈列展区（大）

Admin/Sec. Printing Rm 行政、文秘 Rm. 文印室 +4.00m

STEP 11

25m

+4.00m

STEP 12 DD

VOID OVER LOADING & UNLOADING AREA 装卸区上方

6.8m 6.8m

VOID 中央大厅上方

STEP 13

WC male 厕所

VOID OVER SERVICE AREA 服务区上方

WC WC female family 厕所保育室

Gallery storage 展厅储藏

STEP 14

Nature Gallery 自然馆

VOID OVER NATURE GALLERY 自然馆上方

LEVEL +2.5 +8.00m

STEP 10

26m Exchange Exhibition Gallery - Medium 交流陈列展区（中）

Sculpture, Spatial Model, & Landscape Manufacturing Room 雕塑、模型、景观制作室

STEP 9

Spray Printing & Professional Staff Design Rm General Exhibit Creation Workshop 专用人员设计室彩喷及辅助展具制作

+8.00m

Storage/Elec. Cleaning Rm. room 清洁工作室储藏室/配电房

Property Management Office 物业员工用房

Machine Room II 机房二

Office Machine 业务人员管理用房 Room I 机房一

FALL WATER 水幕

STEP 15

GUANGZHOU MUSEUM L2 - L2.5

+8.00m

Elev/Esc. Gallery room storage 展厅储藏配电间

PYK

guangzhou museum

left: typical plan of exhibition gallieries right: overview of museum and framing conceptual sketch

october 2014 - january 2014

3,000m2 of Photovoltaic Panels 3000平米的太阳能板

Shading Canopy 遮阳顶棚 Natural North Light 北向自然光

Green Roof 屋顶绿化

Air circulation and natural ventilation 空气流动和自然通风

“Infinity Pools” “隐边水池” Main Atrium 中央大厅

Opaque outer wall with thermal mass 隔热的厚重外墙

Cascade 层叠水幕

Environment & Light conditioning 光和环境调节 Protected promenades 遮蔽阳光和雨水的走道 Locally produced energy 本地生产的能源 Order of roof vegetation and infinity pools 屋顶水池和植被序列 Step 15

Step 14

Bauhinia Japonica

Bambusa Multiplex

日本羊蹄甲

蓬莱竹

January 一月

Step 12

Step 11

Vinca Minor

Buddleja Asiatica

Aucuba Japonica

Buddleia Davidii

多年生黑麦草

青木

白背枫

Step 13

小蔓长春花

February 二月

Color variation of the roof during the year

March 三月

Step 10

April 四月

Step 9

May 五月

Step 8

June 六月

Step 7

Step 6

Catharanthus

長春花

July 七月

August 八月

Step 1

Step 5

Step 4

Step 3

Bothriochloa

Lolium Perenne

Vanda coerulea

Plumeria Rubra

大叶醉鱼草

臭根子草

大花万代兰

緬梔花

September 九月

October 十月

Step 2

November 十一月

December 十二月

屋顶年内颜色变化

guangzhou museum

left: sustainabilty diagram, roof lanscaping and interior gallery section right: overview of museum as approaching from the main pedestrian axis

october 2014 - january 2014

guangzhou museum

elevations of Guangzhou museum in relation to the surrounding park and streets

july 2014 - october 2014

campus RTS

CAMPUS RTS HEADQUARTERS OF THE SWISS RADIO-TELEVISION THE HYPER-GRID The program of the new headquarters for the RTS (Radio-Television Suisse) is very complex and intertwined; technical spaces that accommodate the main body of video and audio production, office space and leisure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; open spaces that invite the general public inside. The concept of connecting different spaces and audiences through modern technology gave rise to an all encompassing hyper-grid. Rather than being used as a space defining device, the grid articulates programs. The grid regulates articulation, connection and intersection. Office lines are broken by collective meeting spaces, the lobby opens up to a vast public amphitheatre, mirrored in its turn by the grid into a collective open-air plaza. It is urban and intimate, introvert and extrovert.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND BERNARD TSCHUMI ARCHITECTS LEAD ARCHITECT . BERNARD TSCHUMI PROJECT ARCHITECT . JOEL RUTTEN WITH . POLMAN BART-JAN . HAFERD JEROME . CAMARA PEDRO . KUHN PIERRES-YVES . MAYERS JESSICA . SPOELMAN COLIN . JITARIOUK OLGA . FELEKOU DORA STATUS: FINALISTS

july 2014 - october 2014

campus RTS

left: grounf floor plan and aerial view of Campus RTS right: exploded axonometric of ground floor, first floor and typical office floor

july 2014 - october 2014

campus RTS

from top left and clockwise: west, south, north and west elevations

2011-2013

syros I&II

ON THE HILLSIDE A G G R E G AT E & S E G G R E G AT E Both residences are situated in the island of Syros. The main intention of Syros I was to unify the various spaces of the house under one roof facing the Aegean, whereas the approach at Syros II was to create multiple volumes clustered together. In both cases, the entrance is situated in the back, following a gentle descent through continuous miniature courtyards, planted with local aromatic herbs. The landscape and sea are gradually revealed. In both cases, the common areas are the main core of the house, antagonized by the outdoor areas, a relationship vivid in all examples of traditional island architecture.

OFFICE BLOCK722ARCHITECTS+ POSITION: PROJECT ARCHITECT TEAM: SOTIRIOS TSERGAS, DORA FELEKOU , KATJA MARGARITOGLOU STATUS: COMPLETED

2011-2013

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syros I&II

left: main floor plan and elevation of Syros I right: exterior & interior views

2011-2013

syros I&II

left: main floor plan and elevation of Syros II right: exterior & interior views

2011-2013

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syros I&II

left: catalogue of implementation documents: custom design cabinets, bathroom detailing, stone and brick walls, right: lighting study, planted roof waterproofing detail

READY READYMADE MADE&&PRÊT-À-PORTER PRÊT-À-PORTER S TA G I N G T H E D E TA I L S The main design purpose is the creation of a multifunctional space that will offer a completely unique shopping experience, involving a “secret” café and garden in the back. The boundaries of the inside and outside are constantly blurred with the presence of plants, swings, outdoor lighting and doors in the inside space. For this reason a six metre glass facade is designed that lets the view to the patio at the back of the building unhindered. An open green space is created at the back that extends the function of the cafe during the summer months. ALL ELEMENTS INSIDE THE NEW GRIGIO STORE ARE DESIGNED FROM SCRATCH, using objects and images in unexpected ways. Doors become tables for showcasing accessories and jewelry, wooden frames surround hangers and weathervanes navigate the view to the café while functioning as clothing hangers as well. The walls, stripped of any old and unnecessary materials are left bare, roughly painted white and all ventilation and heating pipes are unhidden. The use of trompe-l’oeil prints creates unexpected views. A passageway space from the street to the back is created where the shopping and socializing experiences constantly intertwine.

OFFICE BLOCK722ARCHITECTS+ POSITION: PROJECT ARCHITECT TEAM: SOTIRIOS TSERGAS, KATJA MARGARITOGLOU DORA FELEKOU, KOLIGLIATI KONSTANTINA PHOTOGRAPHY: ACHILLEAS MENOS STATUS: COMPLETED

december 2012

grigio concept store

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01. iron&glass facade, 02. framed counter, 03. weathervane hanger, 04. display table, 05. iron&glass front entrance, 06. pillow fabric design and palette, 07. bar wall print, 08. staircase wall print, 09. display stools, 10. fabric changing room prints, 11. hangers, 12. iron handrail

UNDER ONE ROOF A Q U A B AY H O T E L In designing the space and landscaping of a 5* hotel in Zakynthos, Greece. the main concept of the common areas focuses on a game between the various lobby functions, visually broken down and readjusted in the scale of a house. The landscaping and exterior of the hotel are dominated by the hotel’s roofs. The various wings’ roofs are unified into one, spanning across the building and extending to the outside, reminiscent of the intense topography of the area. The in-between space offers patio and water areas that follow the slope and create diverse promenades.

OFFICE BLOCK722ARCHITECTS+ POSITION: DESIGN ARCHITECT TEAM: SOTIRIOS TSERGAS, KATJA MARGARITOGLOU DORA FELEKOU, KOLIGLIATI KONSTANTINA PHOTOGRAPHY: ANNA PERELA STATUS: COMPLETED

2012- 2013

aquabay hotel

left: 01. floor plan, 02. paving and 03. lighting study for the lobby refurbishment right: 04. reception desk and corridor partitions, 05. pool area between the two main wings, 06. custom wall print on pre-painted and treated wood panels, 07. lobby bar

2012- 2013

aquabay hotel

left: 08.-09 exploded axonometric of typical balcony,10-11. sample of lobby details, 12. roof detail right: 13. room under the roof, 14. view of main lobby refurbishment, 15. custom made lanterns, 16. view from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;atticâ&#x20AC;&#x153;

01. ground floor plan, 02. fireplace and cabinet elevation, 03. fireplace and cabinet section

MATERIALS & DETAILS

R E S I D E N C E R E N O V AT I O N

OFFICE BLOCK722ARCHITECTS+ POSITION: DESIGN ARCHITECT TEAM: SOTIRIOS TSERGAS, KATJA MARGARITOGLOU DORA FELEKOU, KOLIGLIATI KONSTANTINA PHOTOGRAPHY: ANNA PERELA

2011

09. first floor plan, 10. custom sliding door panel order, 11. custom sliding door detail 12. custom door frame, 13. master bathroom details

kavouri residence

04. master bathroom partition, 05. guest restroom, 06. master bedroom personal storage space, 07. office entrance, 08. master bathroom

ACADEMIC WORK

2010- 2014

LEARNING FROM RIO DAS PEDRAS

PART A DES IGN GU IDELINES Studying the urban conditions and programmatic typologies of the Rio das Pedras favela, an adjacent site is populated. Rio das Pedras is homogeneous in its built elements but heterogeneous in its open spaces, the spaces that constantly shrink due to the augmented occupation. The use of decorative elements, especially ceramic tiles, is prevalent. Tiles are a guiding element of the analysis and the design process. Tiles imply elevation differentiation but also different densities when they are scaled up to a neighborhood and treated as programmatic plan elements. Different tiles are created, each according to design guidelines developed specific for Rio das Pedras. Their interweaving according to multiple scales and orientations creates a fabric that incorporates the heterogeneous and open qualities of the Brazilian favela.

SPRING 2014 STUDIO CRITICS - HILARY SAMPLE, VISHAAN CHAKRABARTI

DORA FELEKOU, MARIA LOZANO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING & PRESERVATION

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ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT CONDITION Urban and unit typologies found within Rio das Pedras. The existing condition reflects a super dense, super programmed condition. Retail, residential, religious, educational, office, crafting space and service cores are clustered in the most unexpected ways. The sections across the streets of the favela reveal different layers of coverage and mass density. The whole analysis was framed in a book, submitted in Columbia Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio-X in Rio de Janeiro, to forward further research on Rio das Pedras. 50

rio das pedras design guidelines

left: 01. mapping of informal elements along the favela’s main street, 02. catalogue of informal elements, 03. catalogue of street sections right: pages from the book “Learning from Rio das Pedras“, by Dora Felekou & Maria Lozano, currently in the libary of Studio X, Columbia University in Rio de Janeiro

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01 The massive points nodes of importance possible program: administration, education, health, recreation

The wave

02 The diagonal

flow and continuity possible program: administration, health

05 The microchip

playfulness possible program: education, residential, recreation, retail

complementariness possible program: residential, recreation, retail, craftmanship, lifelong learning

07 The curve

08 The mosaic

inside and outside possible program: administration, education, residential, recreation, retail

incremental growth possible program: residence, health facility, open air recreation, retail, office

03 The rigid array

service grid possible program: small health, retail spaces, offices

The toaster enclosure possible program: residence, health, offices

The singular bulk aggregation possible program: health, open air recreation

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LEARNING FROM RIO DAS PEDRAS

PART B TILES + TEC TO NIC S Steps for a programmatic mosaic! Conserve the existing buildings, remixing their use between private and public. Introduce a walkable distance grid, interrupted by pre-existing elements and axes. Introduce heavily programmed node tiles in the grid intersections. The majority will be gradually removed due to unavoidable overlapse. Pay attention to the borders of the grid with the nature, introducing the border tiles, continuous bands that will serve as transitional elements between the nature and the urban. Create a pole of centrality. Then, break and alter the grid in the selected pole as a special moment in the urban fabric Disrupt the homogeneous moments of the grid by introducing the decorative tiles. Those tiles will be located only where they have no touching condition with any other previously located program. Culture and production tiles are set! Allow growth to happen!

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NODE TILE

DECO TILE

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TILE

Nod

left: the proposed architectural tiles, implemented in rio das Pedras right: analysis of the architectural tile components; paving typologies, facade tectonics, view amplification

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physical models of the border tiles (left), node and decorative tiles (right)

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left: view from the border tile - the proposed buildind-tiles encompass a new urban space right: view from the roof of the repurposed AMBEV factory (node and border tiles are visible)

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“WHAT WE WANT IS PRECISELY TO MAINTAIN AND AMPLIFY WHAT WE’VE FOUND HERE, NOTHING MORE...” Lina Bo Bardi

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THE PHILLY SHAKE

ON STIMULATIONS AND URBAN STIRRING-UPS Philly Shake focuses on projecting urban futures through multiple operations. An arsenal of strategies was developed through model making and site observations. The strategies were implemented in the urban fabric of Philadelphia. The multifaceted character of Philly led to specific observations. Its history is not linear. Its multiple stimulation points are variable. Urban shaking usually occurs through demolition and restructuring of the urban front. It is on the grid that the shake is more radical and stimulating.

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THE GRID IS SHAKEN. MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS, SCALES AND LEVELS ARE INTRODUCED. The urban block is not an enclosed and solidified entity. There are visual, olefactory, audible, gustatory and tangible stimulation points scattered around the block. The points deform the normative grid, revealing openings and enclosures that were previously unseen. Philadelphia is the ground where the remixing and deformative strategy is applied. The existing urban elements are sorted out according to use. Through the shake, programmatic and volumetric scoops occur. The void is amplified by the insertion of volumes into the ground, gaining purpose. The results of the shake are new urban typologies that create new experimental ways of understanding the urban fabric through scoops of space and time, happening in multiple scales and depths of erosion.

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THE INVERTED TOPOLOGY

THE ENCLOSED COURT

THE VERTICAL WAREHOUSE

THE IMPOSED CLUSTER

THE OUTDOOR STORAGE

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THE ROTATING CONUNDRUM

THE PERFORATING WEDGE

THE SCATTERED UNIT

THE AMPLIFIED SHED

THE HIDDEN VORTEX

THE REMNANT CONNECTION

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the mega market

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*SHAKE GENERATOR!

*REMNANT CONNECTION! *OUTDOOR STORAGE! *MEGA MARKET! *AMPLIFIED SHED! *ENCLOSED COURT!

*IMPOSED CLUSTER!

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*INVERTED TOPOLOGY!

*BULKING PROGRAM!

*SCATTERED UNIT! *PERFORATING WEDGE!

*MEMORY AMPLIFIER!

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THE COMEDY OF DIVINE ART

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THE TRANSGRESSIONAL SPACE

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IS THE SPACE OF AND FOR MUTATION

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CHROMOSOMIC MUTATION NOTATION

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MUTATION TRIGGERING

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THE BUILDING WILL APPEAR

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ONLY AFTER THE PLAY HAS ENDED the parts are dissociated, intuitevely connected by the user

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THE COMEDY OF DIVINE ART

ntering the market, the hero was bored. The art scene was surprisingly similar to everywhere else. Emptiness, he said. Suddenly a bright, inviting façade lured him inside a gallery. More galleries were stacked, similar in every way. The hero started getting used to art, wanting more. An opening MARKET led further inside.

he hero found himself in a paradise. Art was abundant, art was everywhere. The hero felt privileged to be inside the building’s spiral and never-ending mechanism. Art was worshipped inside the speakeasy galleries. The spiral continued downwards, to the unconscious purgatory. Art, the true light, was leading the way. This is how everyday life should be. This is how everyday PURGATORY life became.

glimpse of a small light atop the spiral stairs appeared. He ran upwards, hoping for a change. How lucky he felt when the exit appeared clear, just at the end of the long magnificent corridor.The exit is there, just a little bit further! He is deceived – the exit is just a window, higher than the street level. Following a keyhole, he hopes to find FUGA a downward path.

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I T W

nside the observatory, large spaces and realities are revealed through the keyholes. Only vision can offer stimulation. The openings start becoming tiresome; he has to stretch in order to reach them. Art disappears gradually, filling the hero with sadness. Color appears. Light. Emotions. Only now does he realize that he was bending OBSERVATORY all along.

he exit is near.There is no obvious and tangible art beyond this threshold. Everything dissolves under the natural light. Strangely, there is no urge to rush â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the ramps offer vision, movement, lightness and catharsis. The hero moves freely, becoming part of the building that has no art but turns into CATHARSIS art its very existence.

hen the hero left the space, the neighborhood seemed inviting. Besides the exit there is a hidden space, a sad mirror of the interior. People were caressing the walls, staring at blank material. They were not yet ready to leave. Disappearing in the distant threshold, secretly sneaking in, only REHAB to start anew.

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BEHIND THE SCENES

ARTISTIC ACTIVITY C AN OPEN OBSTRUCTED PASSAGES, LEVELS OF REALITY KEPT APART The art critique generator inverses the art experience by challenging the notion of familiar and unfamiliar art. Familiar in the front is perceived as projection, transparency, attractiveness, marketing. Unfamiliar is perceived as loss of materiality, delicate exposure. The space choreography is mandated by the mutating path. The scene of the market episode is a repetition of the normative gallery condition. The purgatory scene is constructed as a collage of fragmented spaces. The false escape scene takes place in a long corridor that transverses grids, spaces and volumes, ending in the picture window, the urban reflection to the inside. The keyhole space is entirely dedicated to distorted projections and exhibitions. The final catharsis space is a direct mutation of the double helix staircases in the second part of the building. The spiraling move is connected with purification and a mild, regenerating movement towards the exit. The exit is hidden underneath the ramp, personal and intimate.

front facade | consumerism, back facade| sculpture

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THE BUILDING APPEARS

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second floor plan, main and lateral sections

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A MUTATION CAN BE SILENT OR VIOLENT. THE RUPTURES ARE THE CAUSE OF CHANGE, THE TRIGGERS OF MUTATION. THE PROCESS IS TRANSGRESSIONAL, PERPETUAL, VIVID.

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