Static space - Elastic space
The concept of two complexly connected architectural units is a result of the striking inter-woven situation of the building site.
The eighteenth century stately, stuccoed buildings of the ICA on The Mall can be read clearly as an institution. It stands for all that is known in the everyday world. In contrast to this 25~8 reveals insights into the future; it is an elastic space of undiscovered realms and countless transitions.
Within 25~8 the present and the future, the known and the still unknown and the still unknown are conceived in a spatial arrangement configured to provoke public curiosity. As an extension of the ICA, located on the 1st floor terrace, a new urban art space is expressed; a terrain consisting of access ramps and light diffusing surfaces merging the inside and theoutside and resulting in a dynamic sequence of spatial events. In this way, an energised complex is created which corresponds ideally to the diversity of creative exchange.
This drawing represents my starting point for 25~8. The light of my elastic.LIGHT is enclosed within the form, and through a combination of surfaces, light and shadow is woven through the structure to create an intimate and dynamic environment.
25~8 will be designed from inside out, beginning with light