Stargazing

Plan 2: gradually heating at dusk.

The municipality asks for a fireplace at the site, so the new

structure can function as a meeting place for school excursions

and family walks. However, the astronomer Jonas told about

fire as the stargazers worst enemy; light pollution and smoke

destroy the view. With this proposal I wish to unite these

two voices. With firing for several hours, you prepare for a

transformation of the place. When the stars turn up at night, it

is time to change the space that surrounds you.

Along the culture path there is a small path continuing

alongside an open field. Before you, on the edge of the forest,

lies a peculiar tent. You sneak under the structure, balance

over a couple of stones and find yourself in front of a fireplace,

surrounded by a sloping floor, nice to sit on. Above, a canvas is

rustling, filtrating some of the daylight.

During the afternoon we watch after the fire so it keeps burnig,

soon the little room is nice and warm. Slowly something is

happening with the stone floor in the center; is it getting

warmer? (plan 2)

The dark evening wraps around you. It is time to look for the

stars. We lie down in the middle of the room, the surface has

become warm. The adults quad down the cancas. Now the

overwhelming sky almost hit your nose. (plan 3) Finally they tilt

the wooden floors up under the ceiling. Endlessly it seems, the

dark landscape extends around you. (plan 4)

TRANSFORMATION

Plan 3: opening up towards the sky.

Plan 4: lifting the floor - exposed to the landscape.

Situation.