RAUM 6
BY JOHANN SCHORR, TIMO BÄCKER AND UWE KRAMER
"RAUM 6" IS A SCULPTURAL OBJECT THAT DOES NOT DEPART FROM ARCHITECTURAL CONVENTION. IT ALLOWS FOR MUSEUM-LIKE MOVEMENT IN OPEN SPACE, SHIELDED BY A HEXAGONAL STRUCTURE, WHICH UNITES CONVENTIONAL MATERIALITY AND FUTURISTIC DESIGN.
THE FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THIS GRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE IS A TWO-DIMENSIONAL CARDBOARD STRUCTURE FOLDED UP INTO HEXAGONAL BODIES. A STEEL BRIDGE PROVIDES TANGIBLE DISTANCE FROM THE SURROUNDINGS AND ALLOWS THE VISITOR TO “STAND OVER EVERYTHING” IN AN IRONIC MANNER.
ON THE HEXAGONAL PLATFORM, SEATS INVITE VISITORS FOR A DESTRUCTIVE GAME - NOT LOUD OR AGGRESSIVE, RATHER RESERVED AND CASUAL. A DOWN-SCALED ELEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE IS AVAILABLE IN LARGE QUANTITIES FOR RIPPING, NIBBLING, AND BREAKING OPEN. MINOR THINGS BECOMES CENTRAL PREOCCUPATIONS AND TURN "RAUM 6" INTO A MEDITATIVE ENVIRONMENT, BUT ALSO A MEETING PLACE FOR COMMUNICATION AND DISCUSSION.
