Team leaders: Suzana Milinović, Rufus van den Ban
Team: Shanice Abbey, Filip Cerha, Johanna Richter, Marta Irma Zabik, Casper Hylkema
This year, the repeated demands for ice cream from this part of Hello Wood veterans was going to go unheard no more. If there won’t be ice cream to survive the baking heat of Hungarian summers, then they would simply have to provide the ice cream themselves. But there’s a deeper meaning to the installation, one that leverages Carnival’s notorious time for feasting at its centre. Ice cream is not a nourishing food, but one eaten purely for its enjoyment; it is modern feasting, eating for the enjoyment of it rather than the need. In translating this concept to architecture, however, the ice cream truck is representative of the underlying theme of the project: ornament. Much like a feast of cold treats, ornamental design is not done so with purpose but instead with glorification, the human touch and form over functionality at its core. The fact that the truck can dole out ice cream to on-lookers and participants of the parade is just a fun extra for those with a sweet tooth.
Photos: Zsuzsa Darab, Tamás Bujnovszky