Inspired by Nepal and NASA
floating between
two InfInItIes
The SPACe WAS DeSIgNeD FOr A COrPOrATe
CLIeNT AS AN INNer reTreAT. IT COuLD eASILy
hAVe BeeN IN A hOme Or AN OFFICe BuILDINg.
Travis L Price III, FAIA | Travis Price Architects
1028 33rd St NW, Ste 320, Washington, DC 20007
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24 ISS U E N O. 6
uiet is its essence. Baffled walls absorb all echoes of
unwanted sound. Color on the walls behind the wood
baffles evaporates in disappearing shades to simulate
dawn and dusk, the quiet inner times of the day. The
Bang-Olufsen console seeks soothing tonal vibes as
wanted. The Odegard carpet echoes Tibetan Prayer
Flags dissipating into winds as prayers into the universe. At one end lit
yellow bowls of water cast infinite reflections left and right into a curving
infinity drawing on memories of burning candles surrounding Bodhnath
Temple in Kathmandu. At the other end a high definition screen in “real
time” shows the earth turning from a dedicated NASA satellite. Time
turns excruciatingly slow, yet at speeds unimagined. It is the only truth left
on a TV these days! One rocks on the drifting sofa, pulled by two infinities,
one real, one digital, rock on!
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by Travis L. Price III, FAIA