to see a video from the installation go to:
www.mabarchitects.com/plinthos photography by Christos Drazos concept:
Clay brick has been one of the most commonly used
building materials, which exists for thousands of years.
It has always been a symbol for solidity and reliability, for
human scale, and in many cases it has also been admired
for its sensual qualities.
With plinthos pavilion we want to explore these same
characteristics and add another quality – transparency,
something that is normally not associated with clay brick.
21816 bricks are used to build a continuous floor and
walls. Usually hidden perforated sides of the bricks are
exposed thus creating permeable surface, which allow
the flow of air, light and sound.
interactivity:
Plinthos pavilion is a room that breathes. Visual transparency
created by the perforated brick wall, becomes the
channel of interaction between the visitors and the structure.
A constant background sound-scape and an expanding
RGB light communicate through the wall, transforming
the structure into a living organism in which the visitor
is completely involved.
The interactive mechanisms are engaged by touching or
shaking stem light fittings installed in the floor. A camera
records the movement of these fittings and transmits it to
a computer. The computer transforms the visual signal
into frequencies and finally translates them into a visual
and audio installation. Each of the stem light fittings triggers
a distinctive interplay of sounds recorded from the
pavilion construction phase and affect the color changing
lighting performance. This generates layering of interweaving
media reactions that engulfs the visitor from
multiple directions and let him/her become the performer
and the observer at the same time.
Plinthos pavilion is a multi-sensorial experience. It binds
the tactile emotion of the rough brick surface, as a memory
of ancient construction, with new technologies which
stimulate the sense of the passing of time, relating the
past with the future.
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