The Post-Wall The wall, as an element of strong political connotation, becomes an expanded, porous and fluid space, where orchids and other non-human species can coexist, in a post-anthropocene fiction.
Walls have had, in recent times, a controversial role, as a political instrument, both physical and symbolic, altering human lives but also all non-human ecosystems. This project proposes a re-reading and re-signification of it, in the key of the Latin American vernacular traditions. .
A porous, lightweight and curved wall, created with economy of means, that arises from the structural logic of its form, becomes the ideal substrate to shelter and support an orchid pavilion. At the same time it generates a dialogue with the surrounding buildings and proposes a historical-affective connection with Latin American thin-shell brick structures tradition
A self-supporting ruled surface made of a single-thickness brick, created from a wavy guideline at ground level and straight at the top, generates a series of spatial sequences that go beyond interior - exterior notions, and which solves the requested program. This single element creates the spaces, it’s structure and the enclosure, supports and protects the orchids and their infrastructures, filters the light and regulates the humidity.
The orchid pavilion is a structure that can be used in multiple ways. It consists of an open central space, which will function mainly as an educational area, flanked by two spaces to house the orchids, that can be used both open or closed by means of an ETFE enclosure.