[GUIDE] line
team 2038
In the residues of its Soviet utopian ideal, Pyramiden reveals to us a form of socialism and capitalist consumerism. It confronts us like a relic from a distant and discarded past however it is still present and tangible; naturally preserved it upholds a fore and after history. In its state of abandonment, Pyramiden explicitly confronts us with the question of what preservation means to a throwaway generation. Perhaps preservation becomes less about a reconstruction of the past but an exercise in self-reflection. Preservation is no longer static, halting change. It no longer treats the past as disciplined and purified. Our intervention aims to encapsulate the history of the site in its entirety, good and bad. It turns to the present, to the links and the tensions between then and now. This considered our intervention becomes a palimpsest. A simple, low-impact, tube like structure cuts a section across the site, it acts to guide people through Pyramiden. Deviations, formed strictly on the soviet grid, illuminate the stages of the sites history (illustrated by the map and icons). At these deviations devices highlight the moments in time; playing the sounds of the soviet community, the light sparking from the coal mine, scenes of glacial melt rivers. The intervention creates a fertile ground for reflection, a ground from which it may adapt according to the ever-changing future conditions.
soviet
mining
community
discovery
climate/nature
the future
team 2038