first 3 uncanny spaces
There is something about these uncanny spaces, like the piers in south of England, the abandoned water towers in New York, Tschumis follies or Plecniks giant cone...



Where does the attraction of these structures come from? Is it just because they appear "without sense", "lost", "uncanny", "somehow misplaced" or "metaphysical"?
The term metaphysics stands for "beyond the physical nature". Many parts of human lives are metaphysical: thoughts, feelings, memories, dreams, ideas or any other thing that goes beyond the physical existence. Humans have dealt with these intangible elements since the beginnings of consciousness.
Having said that, I want to absolutely emphasize the space of the boundary as the "lost" void. The architecture, should deliver the metaphysical experience. Deliver a memory, understanding, produce feeling. Feeling? It should be so attractive as public space, that it will literary PROVOKE to be programmed.
I have started with 3 spaces. Below are some sketches.
1. Cantilevers
A bridge which will never be connected. Even though the gap of 2 meters is ALMOST enough to reach a hand out and touch the fingers of someone else, who is on the other side. Even though the people of the opposite sides see, hear and interact with each other. Even though it is SO near - but eternally disconnected.
It is only the program which can connect the cantilevers into a bridge. Physical space will always be disconnected.

2. Top of a tower
Being just a dot on the line of the boundary. The absolute isolation. No mans land. How do we enter? What do we see?

4. The forum
Using the two sides of the boundary to develop a public forum, where the audience will always be on one side and the performance on the other. The event does not exist without them both, therefore it is again the program which connects the space.


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