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BLACK TWISTER
Proposal for the Rotunda, Guggenheim Museum, NY
Project by MAP OFFICE [Gutierrez + Portefaix]
Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum
Curated by Nancy Spector and David van der Leer
New York, 12 February – April 28, 2010

A tropical depression that intrudes the museum; a strong wind that impose a dynamic pressure and depression on the architecture; using the principles of climatic techniques, Black Twister proposes an environment capable of generating a new spatial poetics but also experiencing a moment of fragility inside the museum.

http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/upcoming/contemplating-the-void