As part of the “States of Design” series, Paola Antonelli talks about Green Design on the January issue of DOMUS magazine. She explores the approach of “ZERO WASTE” in Architecture using our Expandable Surface Pavilion as an example.

Atlantic city boardwalk Holocaust Memorial

Record

The holocaust striped uniform, a second skin used to mark and recognize. Just a piece of fabric, that keeps memories in every thread.

Rewrite

The fabric is projected into the site. Every stripe is now land and void, it contains depth. They become the measure.

Re-act

This new striped land creates a dual experience. On top (outside) the “meditation plaza”, a peaceful open public space, facing the horizon in an irregular floor. On the inside “the memorial of souls”, a sequence of translucent planes containing white dots, as Jewish souls, are lit up by the sun coming from the gaps above between stripes, creating a quiet and never ending atmosphere, where the outside sounds are perceptible as a notion, as whispers of people, waves and wind.

The experience is now spatial, becoming an act of memory.

Project Title: Expandable Surface Wall
Location: London, England, UK
Architectural Association – Emergent Technologies and Design (EmTech)
Project Year: 2011
Design Team: Nacho Martí, Pablo Zamorano, Jacob Bek
Fabrication Team: Cesar Martinez, Gabriel Ivorra Morell, Yasaman Mousavi, Sebastian Partowidjojo, Sahil Jain, Jeroen Janssen, Nico Martí

Contact Details: info@nachomarti.org, info@pablozamorano.com, info@madouhbek.com

Thanks to our director and editor Sahil Jain!