emergent architecture // european solidarity center
The massing of the project relates very specifically to the existing landform of the Solidarity Square. This square has an existing topography which is inclined toward the ESC site. The proposal is to extend this slope upward to define a low, stealthy building mass which becomes a long-span Shell. This Shell is the figural opposite of the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers, which is defined by its symbolic upward thrust. In this way, the proposal avoids competing with it spatially and symbolically. It is characterized by cellular apertures which are generated in a way to maximize visual connections to Solidarity.
