Erazo Pugliese designed and built the architecture installation named Vessel within the framework of Færderbiennalen’s (dance and architecture festival). The project was selected through an international open call as one of two projects that were constructed as part of the festival activities.
Vessel is a site specific temporary architectural installation located on the historic site of Slottsfjellet, a protected archeological area which also houses the city’s Historical Heritage Museum, located in the city center of Tønsberg, south of Oslo, Norway.
The installation, built of wood and agricultural fabric, references vessels that have been built for centuries in the region— and have been the means by which humans not only explore the oceans beyond the horizon but also share crafts, technology and knowledge through generations and between cultures.
This asymmetrical “Vessel,” lays on the rocks of the hill and invites the visitors to experience their proximity to nature and the horizon as perceived from a ground perspective.
Sebastian Erazo
The fabrics mounted on the timber frame structure invite users to experience the sound and intensity of the wind shifts, and the framed views present the relationship between human made artifacts and the landscape. In moments of calm, it is possible to relax, contemplate and let go to the existential feelings that can be experienced in nature.
Due to the conditions of the location proposed by Faerderbiennalen, a protected archeological zone where Viking’s archeological remnants might be present under the ground, the structure was designed and built without foundations in order to avoid all possibilities of digging the soil and at the same time adapting to the topography and terrain through its construction/assembly system, highlighting once more its ephemeral nature.
Stefano Pugliese
This metaphorical vessel, in constant movement due to the billowing fabrics, and built with a sequence of repetitive, rational stations (frames) and ‘sails’, pretends -despite its non-permanent condition- to establish lasting memories by stimulating the senses of the visitors.
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Bruno Giliberto
