“The man in the course of his space travels, needs the body messages to ensure the stability of their visual world. Not having this body information, the human being loses the connection with the world.” PALLASMAA, Juhani; The Eyes of the Skin, 1994

Our capsule is an outer skin of human, connecting him with the world, which he can interact with the shadow of sunlight or artifical light. It is an intimate space in public where he is alone by himself or with the people in intimate distance. It is the expansion of interiors into public space where he confronts the city with his body. He experiences himself in the city, and the city exists through his embodied experience. The city and his body supplement and define each other.

“Our bodies and movements are in constant interaction with the environment; the world and the self inform and redefine each other constantly.” Juhani Pallasmaa, Idem, 27

We started to our research with different types of hydrogels and the ways of interaction with the materiality.  Hydrogel is a network of polymer chains that are hydrophilic. They are highly absorbent natural or synthetic polymers.

In order to test liquidity and colour intensity we used water, oil and colouring materials.

PROCESS OF ASSEMBLING OUR CAPSULE:

The area that we propose to assemble our capsule in Santiago.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX04uRM2zlY&feature=youtu.be