behind the scene

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behind the scene

1st price - ideasforward 24h competition

http://www.if-ideasforward.com/#!results-24h-8th-edition/c19ux

team: therese leick and wilhelm scheruebl

In consequence of the significance of particular places, surroundings loose their relevance, even though they carry history of their own. Being overshadowed by the main attraction, the neighbouring spaces are mainly used for transition. Moving from one place to another, the spaces in between blur and get less and less noticed, further they become non-places.

“To walk is to lack a place.” Michel de Certeau 1980

In our proposal we focus on the center of Vienna and its landmark, the Stephansdom, which is visited by numerous tourists a day. Because of the enormous stream of visitors, people would not expect the area around the dome being a non-place according to Marc Auge’s theory. Due to our assumption, Icons generate a meaningless void around them, with our project we react against the weakening of the site.

The modest intervention of angled mirrors, restricts the view at the monument and renews the spectators point of interest. By redirecting the perception on the forgotten place, people get animated rethinking their cognition of places “behind” the scene.

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jury comments via ideas forward:

”Out of the box" . A perfect understanding of the nature of non- places. The material worked is between the urban voids and everyday brightness. It is in fact the trips that the nature of non-places better is revealed . A risky response but above all, very aware “.Pedro Novo

”This proposal is the most realistic and viable one, however it doesn’t get deeper into imagination or exploration. Furthermore this project can became true with little perfect so it is perfect to build it and to offer an experience”. Rafael Gonzalez del Castillo Sancho

“Simplicity in the proposal with significant (non) place awareness impact. Although with an side- effect impact on the place, origin of the selected (non) places type (residue places around significant monuments), the project proposes a double impact, dissolving the non-place awareness with magnification of the original place itself. Partially hides for later reveal it”. João Rocha

“A small intervention that maximizes and adds value automatically that often forgotten. It should be an element of limited use, avoiding devalue what pretend to hide”. Fran Silvestre

“A very interesting and original way of looking at the problem, remembering that in non.places there is always a discontinuity in-between local urban tissues, sometimes 'voids' other times massive and globalized zones. Very communicative panel and very clear and well defined solution, an installation underlining concept”. Carlos Lampreia

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