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ARCHITECTURAL INSTALLATION FOR GALERÍA-ESPACIO TEMPORAL (GET)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
2012
 

Client: National Gallery of Puerto Rico/ ICP
Status: Built
Dimensions: 8,000SF

Revuelo is a 450-kite canopy installed over the 8,000 square feet central courtyard of the National Gallery. This spatial articulation system rewrites the area bounded by the sober colonial facades of the museum by means of an intertwine kite assemble and a series of dynamic suspended elements, overtaking the space with a ludic ambiance and transforming the courtyard into a large-scale playground.

Using a contextual approach that incorporates an easily recognizable national pop culture referent—The Gayla Kites flown in family outings in the nearby grounds of the Spanish-ruled-era fortress, El Morro —the canopy modulates the central courtyard by reinforcing and articulating the open sky above through chromatic contrast and continuous movements, rendering sounds, lights and shadows as visible, live characters of the space. The poetic transfiguration of space allows Revuelo to immerse the viewer into a visual, aural, and tactile experience that celebrates our tropical landscape and the way in which we all relate to it, while reaffirming our identity as a people.

The built project consisted of three main programmatic components: 1) A translucent and permeable kite canopy, 2) A flexible projection screen, 3) An array of moveable floor pillows 

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AWARDS
2012. 1st Prize, Spatial Design Category BID12. III Biennale of Ibero-American Design - Madrid, Spain. 

2012. Puerto Rico Delegate BID12. III Biennale of Ibero-American Design - Madrid, Spain. 

2011. 1st Prize Galería: Espacio Temporal (GET) Design Competition - San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Design Team: Vladimiar Garcia, Doel Fresse

Part of Revuelo Team: Beatriz Hernández, Javier Román, Luis A. Maldonado, Marissa Peral, Nayade A. Miranda, Ulrik López

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