Major Project research and site-specific installations for the MA Situated Practice, at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
May - November, 2024
London, UK and São Paulo, Brazil
Space Residues is the result of the research project conducted during the MA Situated Practice programme, at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. The focus of the work was to discuss the concept of space—the only abstract concept that relies on a physical manifestation in order to exist—by having the investigation of residual spaces through a series of site-specific installations.
The work was compiled in a publication divided in two complementary volumes: ‘on Space’ and ‘about its Residues’, respectively. The first volume composes the theoretical basis of the work and has two main chapters, while Volume II continues with the practical part of the work presenting each one of the four site-specific installations.
A digital version of the book—with the complete texts and more photographs— can be found in: https://simplebooklet.com/spaceresidues#page=1
Installations
The intervention series’ main objective is to draw attention to residual spaces, highlighting their existence in a delicate and not so obvious manner, while trying to create a new way of sculpting space.
The project was developed in four stages, each one resulting in a different site-specific installation, and can be divided into two parts: the introductory work and main installations. Composed of Space Residue I and Space Residue II, the introductory work presents the first two pieces made. Their simpler characteristics evidence that they were presented in the earliest stages of the research process, being responsible for laying the foundation for the next steps.
Space Residue I, May 2024
Here East, London, UK
0.8cm aluminium tube, 0.5mm fishing line
100cm x 0.8cm
Space Residue II, June 2024
UCL Institute of Education, London, UK
0.3cm aluminium sheet, 0.05cm fishing line, 0.5cm aluminium wire
70cm x 6cm
The main installations, Space Residue III and Space Residue IV, are the biggest and most complex of the four works. Although more documented than the previous two, they would never be achieved without the reflections and ideas born in the first steps.
Space Residue III, August 2024
Club Athlético Paulistano, São Paulo, Brazil
1484 2x2cm ceramic tiles, 0.3 mm stainless steel wire
210cm x 54cm x 0.5cm
Space Residue IV, October 2024
UCL Institute of Education, London, UK
0.3mm - 1.0mm colored aluminium wire
508cm x 268cm x 40cm
