Hiatus within an Inverted Social Monument
Ioana Anca Butiri. Brussels, Belgium
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Name of work in English
Hiatus within an Inverted Social Monument
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Name of work in original language
Terra Continuum as a habitat for immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
Prize year
Young Talent 2018
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Work Location
Brussels, Belgium
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Author/s
Ioana Anca Butiri
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School
Faculty of Architecture - KU Leuven.
Brussels, Belgium
Young Talent 2018 YT Nominees
Hiatus within an Inverted Social Monument
Terra Continuum as a habitat for immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
Program
Collective housing
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Labels
Social · Complex
The surrealism of the Terra Continuum’s existence is an oxymoron. Through monocle design tools, the setting is anthropocentric with an incidental architecture as the only choice for allowing the commencement of spatial justice within the architectural oasis envisioned in the cosmopolitan swamp of Brussels.
A new world was prevailed in front of everyone’s eyes. Two rectangular walls stacked with homes and activities. The larger one, three stories above ground floor was the one greeting the people approaching from North Station. Dashing towards the garden, I perceived the reception area as an altar for redemption. Another transformation will take place and everyone was ecstatic. Into what sort of category will this translation proceed, no one knew, yet everyone was imminently about to face it. Arriving within, the seekers are received in the underground garden with an atmosphere of festive tranquility. They are finally safe, surrounded by bliss and acceptance while devastated with delight. Singulars were given a single room in one of the three towers. It was small, but cozy. I was home. Elderly couples and parents with children until the age of ten were given a one bedroom respectively a two-bedroom unit within the smaller wall, below the ground floor, in order to facilitate easy access to the garden and activities. Also, this association aided both categories to exchange benefits. Young couples and parents with children over the age of ten received a one bedroom, respectively a two-bedroom unit in the larger wall above ground. Everyone went into their designated homes, unpacked and prepared for yet another dinner at the long white table.