Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
13/07/2022.
[Bilbao] Spain
metalocus, CARLOS RUBIO
metalocus, CARLOS RUBIO
The RUBIN Museum's concept proposes a journey through "Mandala Lab", which on this occasion was designed by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio, and is located in the Doña Casilda de Iturrizar Park, also known as Doña Casilda Park. This green space is located in the Biscayan capital of Bilbao, in the Basque Country, Spain.
The laboratory is an interactive installation that invites curiosity about our emotions. It reflects on how complex feelings manifest themselves in people's daily lives and considers how they can be transformed.
The laboratory is an interactive installation that invites curiosity about our emotions. It reflects on how complex feelings manifest themselves in people's daily lives and considers how they can be transformed.
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
Ground floor plan. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio.
Section and Façade. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio.
Axonometry. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio.
"Mandala lab" by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio is configured from 5 playful experiences that invite reflection, where sensory experiences such as videos and aromas are included. To all this is added a sculpture that invites collective breathing and instruments.
The roof of the building is light and allows light to pass through to illuminate the entire space, both central and radial. Large openings in the wall allow ventilation of the space and generate views to the outside. These vary in their morphology, with different geometric shapes such as circles or triangles.
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio.
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio.
The roof of the building is light and allows light to pass through to illuminate the entire space, both central and radial. Large openings in the wall allow ventilation of the space and generate views to the outside. These vary in their morphology, with different geometric shapes such as circles or triangles.
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio.
Experiencing space through the senses. Mandala Lab by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio.
Description of project by EXTUDIO / ENORME Studio
The Mandala Lab is an interactive installation that invites curiosity about our emotions. Consider how complex feelings show up in your everyday life and imagine how you might have the power to transform them.
Inspired by powerful Buddhist principles, the Mandala Lab features 5 thought-provoking, playful experiences—including videos accompanied by scents, a sculpture that invites collective breathing, and curated percussion instruments dipped in waters—that guide you along an inner journey focused on self-awareness and awareness of others. See, smell, touch, and breathe your way through the space, designed to inspire connection, empathy, and learning.
The Mandala Lab includes artist contributions from:
Laurie Anderson / Sanford Biggers / Tenzin Tsetan Choklay / Billy Cobham / Amit Dutta / Sheila E. / Peter Gabriel / Dame Evelyn Glennie / Sarah Hennies / Huang Ruo / Shivamani / Wang Yahui / Palden Weinreb / Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Bora Yoon / Scents created by Christophe Laudamiel / Select gongs manufactured by Ryan Shelledy or Matt Nolan, UK.
About Mandalas and Emotions
Mandalas are Buddhist teaching tools that can be used to learn how to confront and transform feelings of pride, attachment, envy, anger, and ignorance. Known as kleshas in Buddhism, these five afflictive emotions cloud our understanding of the world. Through a deep, sustained investigation of these emotions, some Buddhist practitioners cultivate corresponding wisdom and skills that help them shift their view of the world, themselves, and others. Each activity on the floor is designed to help you examine these specific emotional states.
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Dates
2022. Open to public 1-17th June 2022.
Location
Doña Casilda Park, Bilbao, Spain.
Photography
estudioballoon. Javier de Paz García.
Carmelo Rodríguez, Rocío Pina and David Pérez ENORME STUDIO
ENORME Studio is the evolution of three co-founders of PKMN Architectures, they're Carmelo Rodríguez, Rocío Pina and David Pérez. After having collaborated for ten years on more than one hundred projects they've just started with a new shared initiative that keeps the same radical approach to architecture. They design and build ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS based on industrial systems and typological innovation.
They're specialists in mobile systems design applied to housing, office design and retail. They have changed the traditional concept of room in architecture, creating spaces that are easily converted through simple gestures. They design and perform participation dynamics in the domain of city construction through their creative services platform CIUDAD CREA CIUDAD and the creation of CITIZENSHIP BRAND IDENTITIES. Their aim is to foster alternative ways to examine urban issues and to motivate the creation of a proactive citizen culture. They design and apply TACTICAL URBANISM tools that transfer teamwork strategies and collective thinking dynamics into public and private space design and management. Their aim is to give the city back to citizens as an emotional, plural and relational space.
They're specialists in mobile systems design applied to housing, office design and retail. They have changed the traditional concept of room in architecture, creating spaces that are easily converted through simple gestures. They design and perform participation dynamics in the domain of city construction through their creative services platform CIUDAD CREA CIUDAD and the creation of CITIZENSHIP BRAND IDENTITIES. Their aim is to foster alternative ways to examine urban issues and to motivate the creation of a proactive citizen culture. They design and apply TACTICAL URBANISM tools that transfer teamwork strategies and collective thinking dynamics into public and private space design and management. Their aim is to give the city back to citizens as an emotional, plural and relational space.
Néstor Montenegro. Extudio
Extudio is a architectural studio based in Madrid, founded and led by Néstor Montenegro. They are a transversal office dedicated to thought, creation and production of Architecture in several fields such as individual and collective housing, commercial and work spaces, public venues and city infrastructures, interior design and efimeral instalations.
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