Infinite Landscapes
Transcending the limitations of the physical space of the courtyard through the use of mirrors, we propose an immersive environment where visitors feel as they would step into a fantasy world in another dimension. Infinite Landscape blurs the lines between physical and ethereal creating a harmonious, quiet and sensual space. The sculptural manipulation of the bamboo flooring creates a dynamic landscape of endless wooden dunes, challenging the notions of art as landscape and landscape as art, inviting visitors to interact with it freely and organically.
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Location: Changsha, China
Client: Skycity Broad Group
Timeline: August 2017
Status: Competition winner - 2nd place
Size: 720m2 interior design
Programme: 360m2 exhibition space, 360m2 lounge area
Team: Konrad Weka, Artur Zakrzewski
The landscape surface is lifted of the ground in order to create two ambient spaces within the same footprint. Lower space acts as an ambient environment while upper provides immersive visual experience. Floor slab is adjusted to create more dynamic landscape above and better ceiling height below. Bamboo trees punch through the floor slab and create a forest above.
By using mirrors, bamboo are multiplied endlessly in space creating an experience of walking through a forest, a primary experience that connect dwellers with the earth. Perforated ceiling panels letting the small percentage of the existing lighting through, create a visual effect of the stars in the galaxy, resembling an open sky in the traditional definition of a courtyard.
One way mirror - view from the inside.
One way mirror - view from the outside.
The existing courtyard has no access to daylight.
Proposed design intervention.
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