ABAO Aurora Borealis Arctic Observatory

 Function:
Observatory
Development:
2012
Under:
TUL

From the outset, the most important aspect that formed the theoretical basis of the project, was the actual personal experience of Northern Lights. Taking the phenomenological stance of Edumnd Husserl, concerned with the domain of perception, revealed major obstacle that mediated experiences posed towards the actual first hand perception. To counter this reality, the proposal is taking a form of materialised theory of detachment, where full awareness of all aspects of given fact is enabling one to detach himself from previous second hand perceptions and allowing him to experience the phenomena in its given reality.

To attain this goal, the proposal is divided into four stages guiding visitor through the process of detachment. First, the volume of the hotel, is connecting to our sensual perceptions, followed by long upward sloping path grafted from unearthed rock, attending to the process of cognitive development of human perception. Just before reaching the top, one is forced to descent into the volume of observatory, where the scientific observations consummate the knowledge attaining process. At this point one, is faced with extreme operation, realising that knowing everything factually means knowing nothing, therefore attaining the state of detachment. Entering the last stage, the north oriented deck, visitor, surrounded only by barren rock faces, can finally face the phenomena of Aurora Borealis and experience it in its given originality.


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