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Submission panel for 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition

Design
2009 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Using the landscape of the Museum as a test site, the V&A invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of refuge and retreat. Responding to specific locations in the Museum, the architects explored themes such as study, work, play, performance and contemplation. Seven of the proposals were then selected for construction at full-scale.

These projects promoted an attitude to architecture where to 'dwell' meant something more than simply to find shelter. Each building invited the participation of the viewer. These immersive environments reawakened people's ability to inhabit architectural space on both a physical and an emotional level.

Inspired by fairytales, dreams and magic mirrors, the two proposals isolate and intensify natural elements found in the V&A's John Madejski Garden. They blur the boundaries between reality and invention. Situated on top of an ellipse pond and around a tree, each one uses mirrors to create an immersive, contemplative space - an infinite sea and an infinite forest.

Object details

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Object type
TitleSubmission panel for 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Digital print
Brief description
70°N Arkitektur; Submission panel for 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces exhibition, Tromso, 2009
Physical description
Design, digital print on paper for 'endless sea' and 'forever forest' project, with elevation and site plan at top right, perspective section and perspective plan of 'endless sea' at the left, and perspective plan and perspective section of 'forever forest' at the right, with line drawings of people seen from the side and above throughout.
Dimensions
  • Height: 84cm
  • Width: 59.4cm
Credit line
Given by 70°N Arkitektur
Summary
Using the landscape of the Museum as a test site, the V&A invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of refuge and retreat. Responding to specific locations in the Museum, the architects explored themes such as study, work, play, performance and contemplation. Seven of the proposals were then selected for construction at full-scale.

These projects promoted an attitude to architecture where to 'dwell' meant something more than simply to find shelter. Each building invited the participation of the viewer. These immersive environments reawakened people's ability to inhabit architectural space on both a physical and an emotional level.

Inspired by fairytales, dreams and magic mirrors, the two proposals isolate and intensify natural elements found in the V&A's John Madejski Garden. They blur the boundaries between reality and invention. Situated on top of an ellipse pond and around a tree, each one uses mirrors to create an immersive, contemplative space - an infinite sea and an infinite forest.
Collection
Accession number
E.1422-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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