Project by Mario Ramirez-Arrazola
An analysis and transcription of the haptic, structural, and perspectival qualities of SANAA’s Toledo Glass Pavilion informs the project. A nimble and prefabricated structure sits upon backyards in the Salt Lake Valley soaking up the sun’s rays. It acts as an addition to the various garages scattered throughout the landscape. Glaucomatic layers of photovoltaic ETFE enwrapped the structure, allowing for opacity within while also shrouding vision simultaneously. The building then binds itself not through mortgage, land, or debt, but through solar value. The term floaters is a double entendre, signifying specks and lines that drift within our vision, while also signifying the worthiness of the edifice to service the needs of our future floaters–the socially deprived–not through program, but through experience.
