Title
In Between Spaces


Year
2023


Place
London


Commission
Academic \ Royal College of Art


Title
In Between Spaces


Year
2023


Place
London


Commission
Academic \ Royal College of Art





Abstract


In Between Spaces redefines the pavilion as a fragment of a journey. Using water as a key element, it invites visitors to traverse a changing landscape, contemplating time and space while reshaping the environment through their presence.



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In Between Spaces is a project that delves into the fluid relationships between time, landscape, and human experience. Drawing inspiration from Lacan’s mirror stage theory, it questions how identity is shaped through movement and how we perceive our surroundings in time. The project builds on this theoretical foundation by examining the interplay of landscape and memory, using water as a central medium to create a changing collective experience.


The pavilion is conceived as a fragment of a path, situated in Hyde Park between two poles. Its form evokes a diorama, first revealing water pockets as glimpses of a future journey. Upon entering the centre, visitors are surrounded by a panorama of the park, where the roof neutralizes the light, and the water ceases to mirror the sky, anchoring them in the present. Once they leave, the view back transforms the pavilion into a diorama of the past path, emphasising time’s cyclical nature.


The pavilion rejects traditional permanence, reflecting the impermanence of human presence and interaction. Visitors walking through the space carry droplets of water to central pockets, subtly reshaping the landscape with each step. This mirrors the Shinto-inspired philosophy of “in between,” where voids, transitions, and pauses articulate meaning. Water, in this context, embodies time’s fluidity, echoing the works of Song Dong and Kim Tschang in its capacity to symbolize life’s transient beauty.


As a pavilion, it resists static interpretation, becoming an un-pavilion where its core dissolves into experience. Only from the edges can one observe the water reflecting the sky and feel the interplay of past, present, and future. By doing so, the project crafts a dynamic landscape that evolves with its visitors, turning their movements into markers of time.


In Between Spaces celebrates the ephemeral, offering a fragment of landscape, a fragment of time, and a fragment of self.


In Between Spaces is a project that delves into the fluid relationships between time, landscape, and human experience. Drawing inspiration from Lacan’s mirror stage theory, it questions how identity is shaped through movement and how we perceive our surroundings in time. The project builds on this theoretical foundation by examining the interplay of landscape and memory, using water as a central medium to create a changing collective experience.


The pavilion is conceived as a fragment of a path, situated in Hyde Park between two poles. Its form evokes a diorama, first revealing water pockets as glimpses of a future journey. Upon entering the centre, visitors are surrounded by a panorama of the park, where the roof neutralizes the light, and the water ceases to mirror the sky, anchoring them in the present. Once they leave, the view back transforms the pavilion into a diorama of the past path, emphasising time’s cyclical nature.


The pavilion rejects traditional permanence, reflecting the impermanence of human presence and interaction. Visitors walking through the space carry droplets of water to central pockets, subtly reshaping the landscape with each step. This mirrors the Shinto-inspired philosophy of “in between,” where voids, transitions, and pauses articulate meaning. Water, in this context, embodies time’s fluidity, echoing the works of Song Dong and Kim Tschang in its capacity to symbolize life’s transient beauty.


As a pavilion, it resists static interpretation, becoming an un-pavilion where its core dissolves into experience. Only from the edges can one observe the water reflecting the sky and feel the interplay of past, present, and future. By doing so, the project crafts a dynamic landscape that evolves with its visitors, turning their movements into markers of time.


In Between Spaces celebrates the ephemeral, offering a fragment of landscape, a fragment of time, and a fragment of self.








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With a master's degree in architecture from both the Royal College of Art [London] and the Politecnico di Milano [Milan], and a bachelor's degree in architecture from LaCambre Horta, ULB [Brussels], followed by an art foundation year at the College of Art & Design [Brussels].
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