Nine six-metre tall poles planted along a single straight line with a hole in the middle of each pole are associated with the various buildings in the village. If we set off from the first such pole and stick to the line, stopping at the second, third and finally the ninth pole as well, we will have passed the village’s kitchen, bar, parliament, former baths and caravanserai. Since in many cases these stops are buildings that concentrate more on their inner courtyards and exclude the outside world, the poles help the spaces above open towards one another and help us travellers to get a little glimpse into the projects.
But the poles do not only create larger connections between individual elements of the village, they also develop a private dialogue between each project and the stake erected next to it. During the course of construction, it was very important to communicate with the neighbouring building in determining how the pole could help and complement the project. This is how the pole near the former baths became a washing line, and this is why another pole collects rainwater a little farther off. More than one of the poles, which can be perfectly adapted to the environment, make use of the properties of the trees that break the continuity of the straight line. This is how, for example, the final pole has a tree-house on top shaded by the leaves of a nearby tree.
Team leaders: Rufus van den, Ban Suzana Milinović,
Joao Prates Ruivo, Keimpke Zigterman
Team members: Alžběta Brůhová, Melissa Jin, Adam Brown, Theresa Lohse, Bruno Ganem Coutinho, Annsofi Björkman, Maria Gracia Latorre, Henry Lyle, Varga Mátyás, Yu Jie, Ao Tang, Atdhe Hogoshti, Edyta Skiba, Matteo Rossetti, Shruti Maliwar, Edyta Baran, Czinger Jákob, Bíró Bianka, Mark Winkler, Tatiana Munoz Melo
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky