"LAND OF GIANTS" WINNER OF THE BSA
15/08/2010.
Unbuilt Architecture Award
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
metalocus, PEDRO NAVARRO
A design that transforms mundane electrical pylons into monuments on the Icelandic landscape.
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
The Land of Giants™, Iceland. Images: Choi+Shine Architects
In June of this year, the male and female pylon-figures won one of the Boston Society of Architects Unbuilt Architecture Awards. The project was initially submitted for a 2008 competition held by the Icelandic power transmission company, Landsnet, in conjunction with the Association of Icelandic Architects. The submitted design consisted of a single male pylon-figure as shown in the images. The Icelandic jury awarded the design an honorable mention. At the award ceremony, Landsnet asked Choi+Shine to submit the design of the female pylon-figure, which was shown as a sketch on the competition board. Landsnet expressed interest in building the male and female pylon-figures as functioning monuments at the gateway to Reykjavik. Perhaps due to Iceland's unfortunate economic crisis, the pylon-figures have not (yet) been constructed. A patent was granted for the design submitted to the Iceland competition.
