Authors: Maria Golubova, Veronika Panfilova, Ekaterina Guselnikova
Course: 1
Institute: Moscow University of Humanities and Technology — Moscow Institute of Architecture and Construction (MGTU-MASI)
— Who wrote the life lows? Why is everything given birth?
—To watch how the natural chaos. Is becoming the song of Earth
The Shell
— This space is so narrow as if it's about to collapse but when I look up I can't see the end of these walls.
Our team has found archive records from unknown archaeologist, whose notebook was passed hand-to-hand, until it reached us. We would like to share what we found there with all of you.
Page 1
«Wandering mindlessly along the coast I came across this landscape. Unexpectedly, a passage was discovered in the mountain landscape.»
Page 2
«Once i entered I felt constrained. The place around me was so narrow that i couldn't even spread my arms even if i wanted to. Out of curiosity, I continued on the way through the strange labyrinth. Walls were still squeezing me. Light that came through the entrance was nonexistend by now so i could barely make sense of the passages. Do they lead somewhere or nowhere? It was quite easy to navigate intuitively in this space but the walk was more challenging than on the shore. This made me realise that while walking through this space I might be ascending the mountain. Then, I heard a sound from really far away. It felt familiar, like I heard it before when I was a child but I still couldn't make cense of it.»
Page 3
«I think i can see the light now! After entering yet another curved passage, I came into an open space and saw a breathtaking view. A huge opening in the mountain revealed the deep blue sea from below. It crushed into rocks? foaming and howling. That mesmerized me, thrilled me. I felt the grandeur of the element. I wanted nothing but to stay silent and feel waves' calming hum.»
Page 4
«I don't remember how long was I standing on the top: it could be a few minutes, maybe hours.... When I decided to go back I noticed that the familiar sound that I heard before was actually the sound of the ocean. On my way back I studied the space around me. Its strange layered structure reminded me of an ancient fossil that I found on one of my expeditions not so long ago. The structure reminded me of a shell. And the most beautiful thing about this was that this place was untouched by men. The form and curved paths was created by nature. My theory is that this area was formed by fossilized creature from the past. If that's the case I made a grand discovery!»
Our team decided to recreate this structure based on the notes. We present to you a 3D model!
