Space In[g] Walls | Marco Merigo

The contemporary society is whirled with potential energy and tangible and intangible aspects. Composed as many different contradiction, the communities lie between counterpoints in which lie the intangibles spheres of understanding and the exhilarating pulses of the city. A city seeking a symbol of learning and knowledge in its social sphere invests in community life and its people as the human capital, tapping this inherent potential as an opportunity to put forward the path of change and growth.

 The society with such aspirations focuses on an invisible separation that lies between the realm of architecture and the public domain. A space that celebrates communal and collective values. A ‘container’ where urban functions collide with fluxes between history and contemporary generating an ‘intelligent’ space acting as incubator for thinking individuals. An evolution reflecting change and an ever seeking pursuit for the eternal utopia of a ‘perfect society’.

A public space not enforced but that encourages participation. The Red square, a historic symbol of oppression, offers the opportunity to define a new starting point for the contemporary society, reverting the basic meaning of this public space.

The architectural installation is tending to optimize the understanding of the fair and liberal point of view by mainly creating the same object of the past and of the history, “The wall”, from an undogmatic viewpoint.

By not occupying directly the Square and moving towards the borders, the design tends to change the “generator” itself rather than dominating the heart of the context. The change and tolerance results in a wall that is no longer close neither rigid. A wall that seems a wall but “differs from ones own” by leaving a space between itself and the past; the space that has the hospitality to everyone and is the consequence of Space In[g] Walls.