Grounds and Envelopes: Reshaping Architecture and the Built Environment by Michael U. Hensel & Jeffrey P. Turko

Author:Michael U. Hensel & Jeffrey P. Turko [Hensel, Michael U.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9781317541943
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2015-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

What is interesting to note is a condition brought to light when colour images of the scheme were made available: the ground is painted flamboyantly in the colours of the Brazilian flag but the canopy is left in its exposed raw state. This feature is not evident in the typical black and white photographs of the project under construction that are best known today and that are preferred by Mendes da Rocha, thus indicating that he may not have approved of the colour scheme. In consideration of this feature it is of interest to speculate further and to pay some attention to the specific way in which the constructed landscape meets the extended surface of the surrounding context. One may consider three different versions: (1) clear demarcation of the extent of the constructed landscape by changing materiality and coloration of the ground surface at the border of the plot; (2) continuation of the surface material and coloration of the surrounding context throughout the project; (3) gradual change in the materiality and coloration of the ground surface from the border towards the centre of the plot. The first and actually built version emphasizes the discreteness and objectness of the scheme in spite of the existence of a continuous space, based on the perception of a demarcation line between project and context. The second version would operate on the perception of some kind of contraction of the context into an unfamiliar configuration. The third version would operate on the perception of a gradual movement

1.3 Five sections of the Brazilian Pavilion. The sections reveal both the continuity of the ground surface and the fact that the ground is constructed. The subterranean spaces seem to float in the mass of the ground. No complete architectural object can be discerned. Copyright: Paulo Mendes da Rocha.

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