Curtain

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Curtain

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Snarkitecture

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Government + Health › City Hall Court/Post Office

Curtain is an architectural intervention into the lobby of the
Stephen P. Clark Government Center. Surrounding the escalators that lead
to the courtrooms and public assembly hall on the second floor, Curtain
descends from this double height space and appears to wrap the
escalators in an undulating form that allows glimpses into and through
its folds. Moments where the form is raised allow people to walk within
the surrounds of the curtain and access the escalators, while areas
where the form is dropped nearly to the floor create moments where both
visitors and the existing architecture are concealed and revealed by the
drapery.

Made entirely from reinforced fiberglass, Curtain oscillates
between a form in motion and one suspended in time. Appearing as a
familiar object in an unfamiliar context, its condition of being
simultaneously flowing and rigid is designed to give pause to viewers as
they reconsider their relationship with the surrounding environment and
architecture. A continuous light cove rings the inside of the curtain,
illuminating its surfaces to a bright white and bringing light into the
surrounding area at the center of the lobby.