academy project
date: 2011
assignment: ‘design a pavilion for exposing jean cocteau’s work’
location: museuminsel hombroich, neuss, germany

‘life is like a horizontal fall’ jean cocteau said.
the experience of reality – of being – in his work is expressed
in esoteric symbology acting like an abstract fairy tale.

as the circle may stand for infinity, the mirror or axis
might symbolize the ambiguity of being and not being.
like a mirror as portal for two separate worlds.
consciousness versus obliviousness is the paradox of being,
a game without a start nor ending.

the personal architectural goal was to create awareness
of cocteau’s philosophical quest without defining an answer.

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