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The Tour D'encore

The VErtical Maze

Pia Grung Olivier Bouvais

Dan Dorocic

PROCESS

cut

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Site

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labyrinth

tube!

vertical labyrinth

hostel Bath

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PROCESS

cut

tower !

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frame!

labyrinth

tube!

vertical labyrinth

hostel Bath

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labyrinth !

tower !

tube!

October November

October November

October November

labyrinth !

tower !

tube!

November december

November december

November december

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Riga

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Lecture at the University of Vigo

Location: Rua Oporto 1, Vigo, SpainDate of Constuction: 1999-2003

Park Diagonal MarLocation: Barcelona, SpainDate of Constuction: 1997- 2000

Istanbul, TurkeyCompleted 2007

The Ground-Shed Meydan shopping square

Silahtara Bigli Powerplant

Structure

by Han TümertekinLocation: Istanbul, TurkeyDate of Constuction: 2002- 2007

Program

The gate as transition

We propose to create a physical transition between the urban and the green landscape and a conceptual transition between the camino world and the real world. The traditional citygate is an inspiration for the pro-

ject. In the existing site there is a number of layers progressing from the urban public space (the street, the park), the private(the house), into the semiprivate(the backyard) and finally into the semipublic(the square).

This creates a new ”citywall” that cuts off the outer periphery where the camino runs from the countryside to the city. As there already exists an opening into the city adjacent ot our site, we hope to create more of a

doorway, an alternative ”labyrinthine” connection with the urban fabric.

The labyrinth as camino

The maze which sits immediately in front of our site is a symbol of not just the fabric of the city of Santiago, but also a microcosm of the topography and circulation in the immediate context of our site. The labyrinth

is an ancient symbol that is connected with the pagan galician mythology as well as with cristian symbolism as well as the camino as the universal labirynthine spiral. The camino is a place to be lost and found spiritu-ally, although you always see the signs of the route, just as in a labirynth you see the walls, without knowing

exactly where you are. In this way, the labyrinth is used both in social group rituals and in individual medita-tion. We want our albergue to play along the rules of the labirynth, not to get lost but to extend the experi-

ence of moving between its functions.

Our intent is to do this vertically in the form of staircases.

“Some books (guidebooks in particular) suggest that mazes on cathedral floors originated in the medieval period as alternatives to pil-grimage to the Holy Land, but the earliest attested use of the phrase "chemin de Jerusalem" (path to Jerusalem) dates to the late 18th cen-tury when it was used to describe mazes at Reims and Saint-Omer.[30] The accompanying ritual, depicted in Romantic illustrations as involving pilgrims following the maze on their knees while praying, may have been practiced at Chartres during the 17th century. [30] ”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth

the site

the approach

from the camino labyrinth

- Conclusion - Overview- elucidation- preparation for departure -

We want to use our intervention to introduce the user to Santiago, to both make her reflect on the journey, to slowly wind her through her experiences from the walk there and to open up a possibility for her to stay

longer in Santiago de Compostela.

Introducing her to the cityscape will increase the qualities of the experience in Santiago and the number of nights spent in the adjacent hostels.

Overview/ eLucidation

going up

walled labyrinth Garden labyrinth

city labyrinth

camino labyrinth

from the camino labyrinth

labyrinth of walls

city labyrinth

Garden labyrinth labyrinth of walls

city labyrinth

the site

the views

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final stop of the caminoThe Cathedral:

monastery + alberge

the schoolmonastery + alberge

behind the monastery : the eisenman cultural center

park

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the Cathedralthe school

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The concept for the vertical maze is not the design of a building but of an intervention that is in itself an event.

The views on offer become stops, the void space becomes event.

Tour D'Encore

Labyrinth motif

Facade Iteration 1

EWS

Facade

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11/15/12 One version of the path through a "Cretan" type of labyrinth

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starting small

to not block the view

growing

what happened to the bath and the hostel?

growing up

to show the view

why grow?

reroute camino

activate park attract + SHOW

magnet

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first tower /traditional iteration

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TOp

how to you finish the top?

Perspective from the park

the tower dominates the park the locals aren't happy

traditional iteration

what if .... ?

Couldn't it be more of a vertical labyrinth?

Couldn't it be more sculptural?

Couldn't it be less of an eyesore?

Couldn't it be less over-bearing?

what if .... ?

STRUCTURE + SKIN

Circulation 'maze'

CITY

PARK

ROUTE 1

WALKING ON THE ROOF

REFLECTION ROOM

OPENS

VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL

VIEW ONTO PARK (SE)

VIEW ONTO CITY CENTER(NW)

PATH ‘CLOSES’

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experience

The program is nested in the walls of the building which are perforated with a labyrinthine motif, openings to let in light to invite inside, to create qualities in to the inside of the circulation.

The building is the camino frozen in time and suspended in space.

Circulational Narrative

Route 2

CITY

PARK

ROUTE 1

WALKING ON THE ROOF

REFLECTION ROOM

OPENS

VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL

VIEW ONTO PARK (SE)

VIEW ONTO CITY CENTER(NW)

PATH ‘CLOSES’

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experience

Circulational Narrative

CITY

PARK

ROUTE 1

WALKING ON THE ROOF

REFLECTION ROOM

OPENS

VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL

VIEW ONTO PARK (SE)

VIEW ONTO CITY CENTER(NW)

PATH ‘CLOSES’

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experience

CITY

PARK

ROUTE 1

WALKING ON THE ROOF

REFLECTION ROOM

OPENS

VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL

VIEW ONTO PARK (SE)

VIEW ONTO CITY CENTER(NW)

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Route 2route1

articulation in the context

conclusion

The tower becomes the camino as embodied experi-ence. The TOWER/TOUR becomes a vertical camino experience of reflection on the walk passed. It is both memory and present. Both reflection of the past and

the reflection of the present surroundings.

This experience/ event does not offer fullCLOSURE but attests to its impossibility.

ENCORE - insistent enjoyment that is never fully satisfied- always AGAIN.

The Tour Encore subverts the traditional view of the tower as monumnetal/ mono-lithic/ totalizing edifice. The labyrinthine kink and disorienting circulation rather make it a manifestation of a walk in the

sky.

The Encore Tour as tower, and tour as a second tour.

TOUR D’ENCORE

Why is the tower the dominating structure in the site?

Sun Study

Sunrise

Evening

Morning

Sunset

Noon

conclusion frame !!

transparent iteration

transparent iteration

close tor open

transparent iteration

see the school tower

walking on the roof

see the cultural center

main entry

connection to the plaza

see the camino

See the cathedral

Plaza

the Boxes

Neighbouring Wallframe Boxes

Interior mazes

see the school tower

connection to the plaza

Plaza

vertical strata

sky strata

cathedral strata

tower strata

Roof strata

street strata

park strata

Monastery Darkbox

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throwing away the frame keeping the viewpoints

keeping the viewpoints

Searching for the right stacking Principle s

antimonumental tower

Finally the Tour Encore subverts the traditional view of the tower as monumnetal/ monolithic/ totalizing edifice. Rather, the labyrinthine kink and disorienting circulation make it a manifes-

tation of a walk in the sky.

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modules

easy stair

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traverse

end panel

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perforated steel

facade expression

easy transportation

3 modules easily fit on a truck

prefab possibility

construction process

modularity = flexibility

sculpture in the park

modules

load distribution

under the circulation

inside the sculpture

inside the circulation

View up from the center of the structure

The entrance onto the vertical maze is from the park and and into a network of steel tubes, which make up the DNA- the structure of the intervention. A steel lattice system with perforated metal plates is filled with stairs and ramps to articulate the circulation. The space is a squiggle in the landcape that creates a bridge from the park to the city. From the camino to the finale. It engage the user to transform her walk from the horizontal to the vertical. One does not just pass through, but rather one comes in one end, re-experiences the camino and comes out on the other side transformed.

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perspective

The entrance onto the vertical maze is from the park and and into a network of steel tubes, which make up the DNA- the structure of the intervention. A steel lattice system with perforated metal plates is filled with stairs and ramps to articulate the circulation. The space is a squiggle in the land-cape that creates a bridge from the park to the city. From the camino to the finale. It engage the user to transform her walk from the horizontal to the vertical. One does not just pass through, but rather one comes in one end, re-experiences the camino and comes out on the other side transformed.