M.A.C.

Italian NGO Made in Earth coinceived a building in Tiruvannamalai, India, as a semitransparent wall, a kind of curly ribbon changing its curvature and height.

The M.A.C. (Music, Art & Cultural academy) will be the place where children, parents and tutors can gather and meet other citizens of Thiruvannamalai, India. The building is conceived as a semitransparent wall, a sort of curly ribbon changing its curvature and height: the actual gathering space is placed at the end of this spiral.

Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, Tiruvannamalai, India, 2017
Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, Tiruvannamalai, India, 2017
Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, Tiruvannamalai, India, 2017
Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, Tiruvannamalai, India, 2017
Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, Tiruvannamalai, India, 2017
Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, wall drawing
Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, plan
Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, elevation

  The perforated texture reduces the sense of enclosure, while people approaching the building can perceive overlapping surfaces. Poster boards will be placed along the wall to narrate the NGO history. Beside being a spatial sequence marking a path to the Hall, the wall visually represents a chronological journey from the beginnings of the NGO till now.

Made in Earth, Music and Art Centre, Tiruvannamalai, India, 2017


Music and Art Centre, Tiruvannamalai, India
Program: community centre
Architects: Made in Earth
Design team: Giancarlo Artese with Flavia Scognamillo, Alessandro Turchi
Area: 430 sqm
Completion: 2017