JAJA Architects: The Watchman’s Hut
To be honest, this reminded me a lot of our current Ninja of the Month, Dan Hisel, and his Cadyville Sauna project. That said, it still seems interesting – especially that multiple small, reflective buildings may interact with one another, somehow directing users at particular, chosen views and landscapes.
The non-profit project – Watchmans Hut is a guest artist studio that gives artists the opportunity to commit themselves for a period of self-imposed exile in nature – an opportunity for inspiration, tranquility and reflection in pristine nature.
The project address the human inevitability of leaving traces in a nature one wishes to see untouched.
How do you place a man-made object in a pristine nature?
How do you leave an imprint that not spoil but rather enhance the experience of nature?
We proposed to create a basic hut that is covered with mirrors. By doing so, there emerges a mutual interaction between two seemingly diametrical opposites culture and nature.
The hut is then perceived through its surroundings and, vice versa, the nature is accentuated through the hut.
.:more on this project->via JAJA Architects
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Posted: June 5th, 2009
at 1:03pm by orangemenace
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