Img.1 Lucía Martínez and Raquel Durán, Immersion, Festival des Architectures Vives, 2017. Photo Raquel Durán Puente
Img.2 Lucía Martínez and Raquel Durán, Immersion, Festival des Architectures Vives, 2017. Photo Paul Kozlowski
Img.3 Lucía Martínez and Raquel Durán, Immersion, Festival des Architectures Vives, 2017. Photo Raquel Durán Puente
Img.4 Lucía Martínez and Raquel Durán, Immersion, Festival des Architectures Vives, 2017. Photo Raquel Durán Puente
Img.5 Lucía Martínez and Raquel Durán, Immersion, Festival des Architectures Vives, 2017. Photo Paul Kozlowski
The idea behind the installation was to transform the courtyards into “containers of emotion”. The design team wanted to push this idea to its limits, using balloons. Feeling like a sea of balloons, the installation offered the public an experience of total inclusion. Some found peace feeling isolated, hidden and protected, while others went back to childhood; an annoyed person could simply vent his frustrations and return to serenity all over again. Pleasure, euphoria, well-being, anguish, playfulness, disorientation… whatever the feeling, the architect’s goal was to leave no one indifferent.
Immersion, Montpellier, France
Program: outdoor installation
Venue: Festival des Architectures Vives
Architects: Lucía Martínez and Raquel Durán
Dimensions: 6 x 4 x 3 meters
Completion: 2017