Nove e mezzo (9 1/2 or 9.5)

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Typology: Ephemeral installation, pavilion, winter station

Location: Ontario, Canada

Year: 2021

Stage: Competition proposal

Team: Adrian Aguirre, Regina Sanchez, Samantha Lopez

Nove e mezzo

Ascend, disappear, interact.


A “post-contemporary” interpretation of pneumatic/ inflatable installations from the 60’s 70’s and visions of temporary structures from Russian suprematism.
9 1/2 speculates through a static inflatable structure the role of a winterstation in architecture, exploring transparency and solidity as means to develop a “soft” ground and a “floating” shelter.
9.5 encourages visitors to engage and interact with the cloud, filling a “sanitizing vapour gun” with water to create a fading breeze around the installation and capture it whilst the breeze disappears, relating to the ephemeral nature of the installation whilst shifting the main purpose of the gun (sanitize) to a playful one. A cloud (helium inflated) for human interaction.
Along with the installation a Spark AR bespoke filter for Instagram will be developed to enhance and expand through social media the virtual limits of the archetype (virtual rain).

Published by AA

AA focuses on design and research. We have experience in all sectors. We aim to establish a new architectural discourse, where site is defined by proximity of elements, and architectural spaces have been replaced by heterogeneous fields of interaction. We aim to amplify human interaction at all scales creating adaptable, evolutive and flexible systems