Resident Courtyard at the Navy Pier Waterfront, Washington DC

Team Kyle Miller &Tim Scofield

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MANTLES

Five modular sculptures

Outdoor UV paint on steel, 90 inches high, 40 inches diameter

Installations of MANTLES at GUILD resident courtyard at the Navy Yard in Washington DC.

The playful and colorful concept offers a site where residents can explore and interact with the outdoor space. The vitality of the setting of five modular sculptures translated from cardboard into steel structures organically circulate throughout the courtyard

MANTLES, reflecting on coats or coverings of all sorts, act as sculptural modular elements that offer spaces for play, rest, and respite. MANTLES are an integrative installation for

a residential multi-use space for lounging and entertainment options. The ground level provides a natural feeling for all residents that include recreation, gatherings, and activities. A flowing design, sculpturally succinct, and BAUHAUS oriented design features, integrates into a contemporary concept.

MANTLES expand into the larger environment of a built community while staying true to arts and gilded field of design. The installation site offers generous openings and easy passages. Connecting people with the building activates the space and engages the public realm as connectors, dividers or privacy screens. MANTLES in their vertical appearance offer ‘fabric’ folds for socialization and lingering in numerous nooks, where residents can sit, stand, lean on or play. This connection creates a unique experience for visitors while suggesting a warm climate of living, coexistence and interactions that occupies common spaces, provoking a dialog about space as a field of possible action.

The concept is based on the idea to create a unique experience of respite and fluctuation understanding place as changeable, dynamic and harboring at the same time. The setting functions as a spatial activator and amplifies the surrounding scenery that creates a field of possible action. The sculptural setting allows for recreation, gathering and play that is promoted through the openings of the installation and implicated spheres of activities.