Architecture spaces can be formed in many ways, the new environment depends on the object which will be forming a part of it. Going against trends and occupying spaces, using contrast elements to reconstruct it. The project looks for new and unusual territories in small and dark underground spaces investigating it and using different parts to construct through the eyes of botanist. One of the objectives is to construct an underground environment, to build up the space for the hybrid orchids species. The architectural idea is to interlace the delicate and pure organism of nature with dark, deep and hidden subterranean spaces. Since the begging of my project I was always interested in a dualistic approach and two spaces above and below ground, the connection of two things, looking through the totality about the connection between opposites in the spaces.
I'm trying to develop and reconstruct something that can be inhabited and planted in the subterranean space. The aim of my project is to seek, activate and define new roles for the new place, new territory underneath and digging deep below the surface to make the whole underground to grow. As in the architectural terms, creating an environment for the growing orchids, creating space of living that would be a new living space for plants which would allow to articulate spatially and to deal with it architectonically. The film "Adaptation" ( by Charlie Kaufman 28/02/2003) is a great and inspirational movie, especially related to orchids and the idea how they adapt to different environments. It is based on Susan Orlean's non- fiction book "The Orchid Thief" through the self- referential events.
SITE
The special underground location to develop my architecture is situated at the intersection of cardinal roads with the cave sitting underneath of crossroads in Royston. The two ancient roads forming the crossroads around which Royston developed. This below the surface artificial cave has different suggestions about the way it was created. This cave is unique in Britain for its numerous carvings, unknown mysterious origin, symbolism and unfamiliarity. The real origin and one of suggestions were humans interacting with the landscape in which the crossing of two roads was visualised as 'axis mundi' . The meaning of "axis mundi" describes the vertical connection of both spaces above ground and below ground there the cave is also very important part of it and Phillip Coppens in his article "Royston Cave: creating a medieval magical centre" emphasizes the unique combination of the site'' ... the creation of roads and crossroads was an important aspect- the crossing of two roads was visualised as an axis mundi: an axis of the world, in which not only two roads on the horizontal plane crossed, but a vertical line existed that connected Earth both to Heaven and the Underworld...." (Phillip Coppens "Royston Cave: creating a medieval magical centre ", article appeared in "Hera" nr.90, july 2007). The fascinating part of subterranean cave is narrow shafts leading up to the ground level, different carvings, holes, opening going through to the dark and hidden areas and connecting them with the other spaces of the cave. In my project these underground openings could be transformable spaces, using the sections through them and the landscape building up the new network of the caves and creating the new below ground living.
I'm trying to develop and reconstruct something that can be inhabited and planted in the subterranean space. The aim of my project is to seek, activate and define new roles for the new place, new territory underneath and digging deep below the surface to make the whole underground to grow. As in the architectural terms, creating an environment for the growing orchids, creating space of living that would be a new living space for plants which would allow to articulate spatially and to deal with it architectonically. The film "Adaptation" ( by Charlie Kaufman 28/02/2003) is a great and inspirational movie, especially related to orchids and the idea how they adapt to different environments. It is based on Susan Orlean's non- fiction book "The Orchid Thief" through the self- referential events.
SITE
The special underground location to develop my architecture is situated at the intersection of cardinal roads with the cave sitting underneath of crossroads in Royston. The two ancient roads forming the crossroads around which Royston developed. This below the surface artificial cave has different suggestions about the way it was created. This cave is unique in Britain for its numerous carvings, unknown mysterious origin, symbolism and unfamiliarity. The real origin and one of suggestions were humans interacting with the landscape in which the crossing of two roads was visualised as 'axis mundi' . The meaning of "axis mundi" describes the vertical connection of both spaces above ground and below ground there the cave is also very important part of it and Phillip Coppens in his article "Royston Cave: creating a medieval magical centre" emphasizes the unique combination of the site'' ... the creation of roads and crossroads was an important aspect- the crossing of two roads was visualised as an axis mundi: an axis of the world, in which not only two roads on the horizontal plane crossed, but a vertical line existed that connected Earth both to Heaven and the Underworld...." (Phillip Coppens "Royston Cave: creating a medieval magical centre ", article appeared in "Hera" nr.90, july 2007). The fascinating part of subterranean cave is narrow shafts leading up to the ground level, different carvings, holes, opening going through to the dark and hidden areas and connecting them with the other spaces of the cave. In my project these underground openings could be transformable spaces, using the sections through them and the landscape building up the new network of the caves and creating the new below ground living.
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