Infinite Openness

Year: 2022

Location: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Arkansas, USA

Area: 48 m2

Design Team: Pablo Pérez Palacios, Miguel Vargas, Andrés Domínguez, Sergio Delgado, Emilio Calvo, Jonathan Reséndiz

Photography: Casey Dunn

As we thought of a home for the future, we had to return to what we have lost as human beings. Architecture needs to recover the idea of presence, of being part of a place and time.

The unbuilt space is just as important as the built one

As we thought of a home for the future, we had to return to what we have lost as human beings. The homes of tomorrow must respond to an urgent need for sustainability and values enhanced by available technology. Architecture needs to recover the idea of presence, of being part of a place and time.

All construction must use the local resources and construction methods to give a sense of belonging. At a time when the human presence in nature has never been so extreme, architecture should be the key to creating this connection. Each space must have the possibility to be flexible. A highly valued exterior and a defined should be: we must not deny the natural environment, the city must not eat nature ;in housing, what’s left unbuilt is equally as important as the built space, we must provide balconies, patios, outdoor spaces.

The construction system must be flexible and adapt to its location, although our proposal is\a metallic structure and Danpal system, by being a system of frames and a skin, basically it can adapt to any climate and system: bamboo columns, wooden skin, etc.

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