Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1884 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Nicolás Saieh
  • Lead Architect: Guillermo Hevia García
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Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García  - Exterior Photography, Forest
© Nicolás Saieh
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Plan - Context

Text description provided by the architects. The project is a large-scale installation made for a music festival held in a public park, aimed at raising awareness of the pollution of the oceans by disposable plastics.

Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García  - Exterior Photography, Forest
© Nicolás Saieh
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Plan 01

The pavilion presents the accumulated plastic and waste in its actual discarded state, just as it is found floating on the sea, like a veritable island. We had no interest in attractively presenting the garbage, preferring to make an impact by showing it in its raw condition.

Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García  - Exterior Photography
© Nicolás Saieh
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Plan 03

We therefore raised a ton of plastic and other waste material above the heads of spectators and visitors. To hold it we built a transparent inverted dome, using fishing nets and tensors, to be filled up with garbage and discards.

Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García  - Exterior Photography, Forest
© Nicolás Saieh
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Elevation

An inverted dome is a unique and singular shape that generates a noticeable space underneath itself.

Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García  - Exterior Photography, Forest
© Nicolás Saieh
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Axonometry - Project

The wooden structure is configured by the repetition of a single section that refers to the wooden piers found on every coastline in the world.

Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García  - Exterior Photography, Forest
© Nicolás Saieh
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Axonometry - Construction

The structure can be easily set up and taken down, without generating further waste, to be put to a new use in a different place.

Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García  - Exterior Photography
© Nicolás Saieh

The project is an artifact that stands out unexpectedly in the middle of the park. The perimeter structure can be used to sit and rest but also to walk on, while the inner part, beneath the dome, provides a place for gathering and being together.

The plan is circular, a form that functions very well in the open space of the park, since it looks the same from every angle and can be inserted anywhere. A circumference is the most efficient form to sustain the inverted dome, since the weight and forces are distributed equally across the structure.

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Project location

Address:Ranco Lake, Los Ríos, Chile

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Cite: "Inverted Dome / Guillermo Hevia García " [Domo Invertido / Guillermo Hevia García ] 01 Dec 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1010490/inverted-dome-guillermo-hevia-garcia> ISSN 0719-8884

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