Are balloons the new symbol of optimism in architecture? During the last few weeks several proposals have been unveiled that resemble or include balloons. It is a little different too than the history of pneumatic structures we normally think of (Kenzo Tange & Frei Otto in Antarctica, Reyner Banham's Un-house or pavilions at the Osaka Expo), since in many of the examples below the balloons have a more symbolic function.
MAD proposal for "Contemplating the Void".
DS+R for Hirshhorn (The least balloon-like from a semiotics standpoint or maybe not?)
SO-IL at PS1
BIG at PS1
My favorite: The Townshift Competition proposal by Paisajes Emergentes. More poetic zeppelin than exuberant childhood relic.
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