The Inverted Aquarium

Project Location: Paseo de Castellana, Madrid, Spain
Project type: Academic Construction Workshop at  IE University, Spain
Supervisor: Manuel Perez Romero
Project Status: Submitted Spring 2013

Transforming the materiality of an object to a material that would not work in the same circumstances thus causing a catastrophe. When dealing with the catastrophe, our task is to be inspired by and invent solutions with a technically informed and creative approach of the Frankenstein Strategy. The selection of an inverted aquarium leads to the rethought ts envelope and its relationship to the ocean under-water environment thusly, where the catastrophe will be implemented. By transforming the materiality of the envelope to flexible carbon fiber glass, a challenge of structure brings itself forth.