[AND]SCAPES

2727, South Rockford Road, Tulsa, OK, United States

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[AND]SCAPES

2727, South Rockford Road, Tulsa, OK, United States

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Type

Landscape + Planning › Public Park

YEAR

2005

BUDGET

$10K - 50K

One of five winners of an invited competition for innovative pavilion structures titled LANDed, which implies both a connection with and detachment from site, [AND]SCAPES attempts to bring together ground, landscape, and sky through the direct manipulation of views. [AND]SCAPES hovers above the ground - a doorless, floorless cinematic space - operating externally as a level against which the natural terrain is registered. Internally, the pavilion is a double-ended viewing appartus, framing and extending the landscape. One end is a deep frame that edits the horizontal vista looking south. The side walls of this frame are reflective, visually extending the landscape through mirrored repetition, distorting its features in the process. A 45-degree mirror on the north offers a visual slice of extended/recombined sky and tree canopy. To access the device, visitors duck under side panels, conscious of the soil/topography with which they are in constant contact - the pavilion’s natural floor. Design Team: Lyn Rice, Astrid Lipka, Anne Schiffmann, Erik CarverConsultants: Buro Happold