Refuge.
Toronto
Toronto
Competition 2020
Winter Stations 2021 Edition
For the Winter Stations 2021 edition, we may reflect back on the year we have left behind and consider what refuge means to each of us: a shelter; a place of comfort and security, a sanctuary. As a community we may offer refuge. As individuals, we may protect one another, providing respite from danger or insulation from harsh realities. Refuge evokes discovery and the idea of exploring remote places. It reflects a renewed appreciation of the outdoors, while highlighting the importance of our safe spaces.
Proposal
We are going through a period of history in which our daily life, our personal freedoms and even our possibilities of movement have been inhibited by an unprecedented phenomenon.
The question of Refuge is because of this once again of prime importance. Instead of making a statement, the proposal aims to launch an issue into the air.
About shelter understood as a place where one does not have to be completely protected from the elements, where there does not necessarily have to be a heat source.
About the concept of refuge as a point of meeting, reflection and observation. Of appreciation of the outside.
It aims to establish a dialogue between the outside and the inside, the weather - rough, and the shelter - gentle.
It aims to highlight the dualism between the massive and the ephemeral, the absolute element in the landscape and the detachable element in the promenade.
The whole generation of the concept for the volume of the Refuge Pavilion comes from the interpretation of the constructed element, the logs, and the integration of the preexisting element, the Lifeguard Stand. The inside room pretends to work as a sanctuary, in which the tower is the central piece, also used to appreciate the surroundings. In the short elevations, the geometry of the tower matches perfectly with the door openings.
From the outside, the pavilion intends to reinterpret the most simple geometry of what a refuge is supposed to be. In the long elevations, the top edge of the tower matches with the low edge of the openings.
Images by: Maischa Hohm
Winter Stations 2021 Edition
For the Winter Stations 2021 edition, we may reflect back on the year we have left behind and consider what refuge means to each of us: a shelter; a place of comfort and security, a sanctuary. As a community we may offer refuge. As individuals, we may protect one another, providing respite from danger or insulation from harsh realities. Refuge evokes discovery and the idea of exploring remote places. It reflects a renewed appreciation of the outdoors, while highlighting the importance of our safe spaces.
Proposal
We are going through a period of history in which our daily life, our personal freedoms and even our possibilities of movement have been inhibited by an unprecedented phenomenon.
The question of Refuge is because of this once again of prime importance. Instead of making a statement, the proposal aims to launch an issue into the air.
About shelter understood as a place where one does not have to be completely protected from the elements, where there does not necessarily have to be a heat source.
About the concept of refuge as a point of meeting, reflection and observation. Of appreciation of the outside.
It aims to establish a dialogue between the outside and the inside, the weather - rough, and the shelter - gentle.
It aims to highlight the dualism between the massive and the ephemeral, the absolute element in the landscape and the detachable element in the promenade.
The whole generation of the concept for the volume of the Refuge Pavilion comes from the interpretation of the constructed element, the logs, and the integration of the preexisting element, the Lifeguard Stand. The inside room pretends to work as a sanctuary, in which the tower is the central piece, also used to appreciate the surroundings. In the short elevations, the geometry of the tower matches perfectly with the door openings.
From the outside, the pavilion intends to reinterpret the most simple geometry of what a refuge is supposed to be. In the long elevations, the top edge of the tower matches with the low edge of the openings.
Images by: Maischa Hohm