We've long advocated temporary design with a tiny footprint,
but no structure is more temporary, nor more beautiful, than this awesome
Bubble Building by DUS Architects. Created this Spring as part of the
ZigZagCity festival in Rotterdam, the iridescent pavilion consists of 16
hexagonal-shaped ponds full of soapy water that together make up 35 square
meters of reflective space. Visitors create their own buildings by stepping
into the ponds wearing rubber boots and then pulling up steel handlebars to
construct fleeting soap walls around them.
At first glance, the Bubble Building is just a fun way to
spend an afternoon, but for DUS Architects, it also addresses more serious
design, environmental, fiscal and social issues. The visitor’s inclination to
build and rebuild the bubble building once it pops makes tangible the
never-ending cycle of building and rebuilding in real-life architecture, which
has serious environmental consequences.
The bubble’s inevitable pop makes reference to the global
economic crises, while the community aspect of the temporary pavilion points to
the necessity of cooperation in architecture. More than one person is required
to build the “walls” of one cell, while a greater number of people together can
create something much larger. This is true in society as well. But mostly DUS
Architects wanted people to experience their soapy experience (however brief)
into a lifelong mental monument that is far more powerful than any physical
building could ever be. If you like this project, you’ll enjoy “Solace” – an
art installation that explores the properties of soap bubbles.
Courtesy: inhabitat
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