LA MAISON DE JACQUES by
Romy Brosseau, Rosemarie Faille-Faubert,
milie GagnÈ-Loranger,
QuÈbec (QuÈbec) Canada
Photo credit: Martin Bond
TiiLT by Sean Radford,
Chris Wiebe , Winnipeg
(Manitoba) Canada
Photo credit: Martin Bond
and understanding of the
ephemeral and temporal
qualities of space.
CYCLOPS by Craig Chapple,
architect, Phoenix, Arizona,
USA.
Cyclops is a singular object
on the landscape as well
as a singular frame of the
landscape. It is made up of
100 8-meter long tapering
timber planks held in the
shape of an inverted cone
around a central opening for
the user to occupy. These
planks are fastened to each
other at the innermost
diameter and held upright
by a 150 mm steel ring
beam at the outer diameter.
At first approach, Cyclops is
an object on the landscape,
seen as a clear, platonic
form.
Through its transparency and
porosity, however, it is an
object that is also dynamic
and changing, blending with
the environment.
By entering the central 1.5
m opening at the bottom
of the cone, the user enters
into a different relationship
with the object and the
landscape. By experiencing
it from the inside-out, the
object acts to frame the
surrounding landscape and
sky for the viewer in this
same dynamic, temporal
way by blending the manmade, platonic clarity of
the frame with the organic
and natural. The viewer
plays the central role of the
work in rediscovering the
relationship between the
object, the frame, and the
natural landscape.
Formally trained as an
architect at Yale University
but with a deep commitment
to creating art, Craig
Chapple has pursued
both architecture and the
visual arts simultaneously
throughout his career.
Craig’s work is born from
the synergy of these two
disciplines, producing work
that focuses on the overlap
of line, pattern, texture,
and process. He works in
analog and digital practices
in drawing, painting, and
sculpture.
LA MAISON DE JACQUES by
Romy Brosseau, Rosemarie
Faille-Faubert, Émilie GagnéLoranger, architectural
interns, Quebec City
(Québec) Canada.
La Maison de Jacques (or
Jack’s House from the
children’s fable Jack and the
Beanstalk) is different from
the one we know. You might
think you have just stepped
out of a children’s story. The
house is a green grove that is
enveloped in bloom.
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