The relation between art and structure is the projects
basic concept.
Structuring happens at the moment of awareness of the building weight and "new"
structure.
For a clear sensation, all attitudes that demand artistic composition must
be prevented.
Everything is centered in the incision of the "I" beam in the space
removed from the pillar. The sizes must follow the distances between the pillars,
the beam dimensions, necessary weights, etc...
In resume, all the posterior plastic solutions to the choice between the two
presented options must be subordinated to this first sensation and the structural
technique.
In this work the weight idea is central. Although we bring to the space only
some beams (about 500 kg), we will be working on a 200 - 300 tons sculpture.
It is the result of two previous projects, Lages, in Arte/Cidade (97) and Grande
Budha (86). The first one because the relation with architecture and its attempt
to reorganize it through the new tension and shift, and the second one because
the sensation of the incision, only that now in structural, not natural, elements.
It is the same work in a new situation and context, or better, field.
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