In spring 2008, the team appointed to develop the pavilion ALICE Overflow realized, a large scale architectural installation that reacts to the tide of the River Thames in London. This is a polystyrene structure measuring 11 x 15.7 meters, manufactured and tested at the premises of the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne (ECAL). Subsequently, overflow was erected and exposes them ephemeral of June 20 to 22 on the platform of Southwark, opposite the famous Tate Modern. On July 3, 2008, the jury of the National Architecture Student Festival (NASF) has decided to reward Overflow In bestowing the award for "Best Project" and "Signpost".
Even if the installation was finally facing the Tate Modern, Overflow was originally projected for Tower Bridge Plaza. This site, located at the southeast end of the famous bridge, had been strategically chosen to amplify the effect of the evolution of the tide in space contains instead. Thus, the movement generated by the natural phenomenon have been transposed on Tower Bridge Plaza through a curtain of space, constantly changing the perception of London panorama from the place. It is also important to note the change in tide level observed by almost unnoticed this part of town, since it is an oscillation more than six meters.
The geometry of the structure is based on the idea of a radial pattern. In this way, the visibility from the platform to the opposite shore is constantly changing, from a combination of motion generated by tidal forces and a more or less porosity of the mesh. Finally, overflow was conceived as a collection of 426 different modules constituting a cruciform structure flexible polystyrene powered by a system of ropes introduced to the interior thereof. In addition, the entire object was made and attached to the parapet of the quay pivotally by the amplitudes of the tide.
Team: Monica Rita Moukarzel Basbouss / Malaïca Cimenti / Esteban Coto Chavarria / Nathalie Egli / Clio Gachoud / Loic Jacot-Guillarmod / Augustus Michaud / Luc Pham Minh / Philip Edward / Christopher Tan / Sandro Tonietti / Andres Tovar Nuez
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