We were invited to Ludwigshafen, Germany to participate in “WERTstadt – Performative Urbanität” (cityVALUES – performative urbanity).

 

Through performances and temporary architectural interventions, our assigned mission was to transform three different sites underneath the elevated highway that cuts through Ludwigshafen.

 

WHITE NOISE (Day 02)

 

The elevated highway tangents and traverses the megastructure of the Rathaus Center – a hybrid building consisting of a shopping mall, a parking garage, an 18-floor highrise containing the city hall, and a subway station in the basement. Here the yard of the depot on the backside of the building complex is covered by three lanes of the elevated highway.

 

Within this massive brutalist structure we found an overseen island.  Here, the columns of the elevated highway hit the court of the depot.
By carefully hanging a soft, yet geometrically defined structure between the columns, we introduced an alien cocoon. By entering it,  you can levitate in a hammock on the inside and hide in plain sight. The visual distractions of the surrounding volumes and geometries fade out and only soft light enters the space. Traffic noise and sound that bounce off the surrounding surfaces convert the depot into a huge instrument. A meditative state of mind can be achieved by hovering weightlessly inside the installation and listening to the white noise.




We were invited to Ludwigshafen, Germany to participate in “WERTstadt – Performative Urbanität” (cityVALUES – performative urbanity).

 

Through performances and temporary architectural interventions, our assigned mission was to transform three different sites underneath the elevated highway that cuts through Ludwigshafen.

 

WHITE NOISE (Day 02)

 

The elevated highway tangents and traverses the megastructure of the Rathaus Center – a hybrid building consisting of a shopping mall, a parking garage, an 18-floor highrise containing the city hall, and a subway station in the basement. Here the yard of the depot on the backside of the building complex is covered by three lanes of the elevated highway.

 

Within this massive brutalist structure we found an overseen island.  Here, the columns of the elevated highway hit the court of the depot.
By carefully hanging a soft, yet geometrically defined structure between the columns, we introduced an alien cocoon. By entering it,  you can levitate in a hammock on the inside and hide in plain sight. The visual distractions of the surrounding volumes and geometries fade out and only soft light enters the space. Traffic noise and sound that bounce off the surrounding surfaces convert the depot into a huge instrument. A meditative state of mind can be achieved by hovering weightlessly inside the installation and listening to the white noise.