BRIDGE THE GAP Architectural creation is a gesture of union, connection. These bridge the gap. Both of them are an accommodation for only
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two concepts, creation and connection, are intrinsically tied: one person; they host every human needs. Each structure is an in Michelangelo’s fresco Adam is created by a primordial elongated path with several architectural events distributed effort, a physical tension between him and the Creator. In the in 150 meters of length. It starts from outside thanks to a same way Man creates architecture in order to define a space ramp that goes into the belly of the Grand Canyon. When you inside Nature, in order to go beyond the constraints imposed by enter it you will get lost, alone inside of it. Then, a sequence the reality. There is a dialectical, tough relationship between of desirable spaces will appear in front of you: the space to Man’s actions and the inhospitable architecture of Nature. sleep, the space to eat, the space to see, the space to hear, the
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Construction is the materialization of this tension. This space to read. And then you will find a painting room, and a statement is the base of our project. Architecture is a bridge: swimming pool. At the end of this path of lonely meditation a an extraordinary attempt to connect two realities separated small frame sets the opposite side of the Canyon: Man, now, by the void. Two men are trying to bridge this gap created by can find himself and the connection with the natural world
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nature. They can see themselves from two separated sides. again. He can see his image mirrored on the opposite side. 5
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There are two equal and symmetrical buildings that try to Another Man is doing what he does.
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