“It is flexible enough to be positioned in any open-air public space or even indoors. Its shape and size can be varied and when it is deflated it occupies very little space,” explain designers Pere Buil Castells, Jordi Fornells Castelló and Toni Riba Galí. On the outside the semi-transparent surface can be used as a projection screen from images. The internal space is simple but welcoming and furnished in accordance with sustainable criteria: the sandbag bench running around the circumference is covered in waste fabric (to be recycled at the end of the event) and also serves to anchor the balloon to the ground. A series of standard lamps lend a homely feel to the environment. E.S.
Architecture Balloon
At Lleida, near Barcelona, the big balloon designed by Vora Arquitectura welcomes visitors of Animac, Catalonia’s annual festival of animated cinema.
“It is flexible enough to be positioned in any open-air public space or even indoors. Its shape and size can be varied and when it is deflated it occupies very little space,” explain designers Pere Buil Castells, Jordi Fornells Castelló and Toni Riba Galí. On the outside the semi-transparent surface can be used as a projection screen from images. The internal space is simple but welcoming and furnished in accordance with sustainable criteria: the sandbag bench running around the circumference is covered in waste fabric (to be recycled at the end of the event) and also serves to anchor the balloon to the ground. A series of standard lamps lend a homely feel to the environment. E.S.