Stargazing

INTENTION PROGRAM

The drawing represents the division of the architecture in three

worlds.

The first one is the traditional world. It represents the roots

and the DNA of the inhabitants, their culture and customs.

The second one is the physical world. It is what surround the

architecture and was there before it: the forest, the river, the

weather, and the boundaries. The third one is the sensitive

world, It is the one that affects in the mind of the users. It is

represented by the sky because it is the mistery, the dreams

and the imagination.

Architecture has to be a transition between theses three worlds.

THE FORM

My project wants to be these transition . The tower is designed

to be an ascension from the ground to the sky. It is divided in

three steps or cubes that represents the progression between

the three worlds.

The first cube is related to the inhabitants. It is the meeting

point where the open walls work as a welcome signal for the

users. The second cube is linked with the surroundings. It is

orientated and in the same level as the trees and it walls are

less open to make the users feel that they are inside the forest

and be part of the vegetation. The third cube is the stargazzing

point. The roof is completely open, while the walls are closed, to

frame the view in the sky.

THE PLACE

The situation of the tower works also as a transition between

boundaries in the area. The culture path extension to get to

the tower link three parts: the housing area, the forest and the

cultive fields. The tower is in the limit between the forest and

the open field, the limit between the flat land and the steep

land and the limit between the wild nature and the controlled

ground.

Situation plan