virus vs virus
Team
Name: Lena Grudziecka
Nationality: Poland
Institution / Company: architecture student at Wrocław University of Science and Technology
-HONOURABLE MENTION of Post-Nuclear Power Plant Competition
Is there such a positive “virus” that, after inoculation in a contaminated area (negative virus), could restore the local character, returning a given part of the area to the city?
The virus vs virus project assumes the creation of a building with the function of a laboratory part. Vegetation is also produced, which would gradually feed and clean the Fukushima area. The second function of the building is a museum with the function of commemorating.
The Japanese philosophy of kintsugi teaches repair broken items instead of throwing them away. According to this principle, the building was placed in the centre of the tragedy, between the buildings of the former power plant. The very layout of the objects that exploded would remain unchanged as a landscape design.
The block is shaped like the typology of an old power plant, the form of a cuboid undercut on the front side at a height of 14 m, symbolic of the size of the tsunami wave. Reinforced concrete structure. A timeline-focused sightseeing path, from the history of the place, to current Japanese culture, ending with an exhibition on the direction of the future.
#laboratory, #museum, #memorial architecture/urbanism, #japanese culture #hydropower, #wind power, #solar power
Jury Comments
– Arina Agieieva
The strong architectural concept with convincing visualisations. The virus vs virus project aims to create a building that functions as a laboratory and a museum, with the added benefit of producing vegetation that can help clean and nourish the surrounding area of Fukushima. The design of the building itself, shaped like the typology of an old power plant, with a cuboid undercut on the front side at a height of 14 meters, symbolic of the size of the tsunami wave, is visually striking and emotionally impactful. The use of reinforced concrete as the structure material adds a sense of strength and durability to the building, which is important given the context of the project. I also appreciate the reflection on Japanese philosophy.
