Glass Tank
isolation box Professional Work Anthens Heart Design Competition 2013 Place
| Athens Heart Mall, Peireus 180
Program | Isolation Pavillion 5m2 .Shortilisted .Exhibited as printed panels at Athens Heart Mall
The proposal includes a box, reference to a glass tank as a relaxation and isolation tank. Alterability, flexibility and reuse of the construction using the edge of technology. A cubic morphology aiming to emphasize the materiality of the construction and its uniqueness. A basic volume causing intimate feelings, leaving the observer unaffected to the structure, and free to focus on the interaction. A switchable glass box making it possible for the user to control its opacity. Indoors one finds a wooden table, based in glass surfaces and two designer’s seats. The furniture is possible to be removed or replaced by young creators’ projects, fact that turns the Glass Tank into an exhibition aerea. Playing with the opacity, when on zero, projection areas are created peripheral and inside the cube. The outside can be handled by the mall’s management group projecting offers, news, art, videos or advertisements. The inside converts to projecting area projecting the preferences of the user. An interactive cube, juggling among art, advertisement, high technology and unexpected results providing a brand new perspective and functionality surprising the user, suprassing the norms, making privacy a live fact in a crowded place.