Avian Observatory Birdcage
The studio emphasized small-scale objects and built environments as integral to our everyday experience. This project centers on exploring the relationship between the human body and objects, generating forms through a series of spatial transformations such as rotation, extrusion, shifting, rearranging, and merging to create a structure that redefines visitor-bird interactions through spatial prepositions: ‘above,’ ‘around,’ ‘below,’ and ‘beside.’ Drawing inspiration from Bernard Tschumi’s iconic follies at Parc de la Villette in Paris, France—a groundbreaking 1980s deconstructivist project featuring a grid of 35 red, cube-like structures. Prepositions fundamentally shape human spatial experiences; by embedding them into the design, the birdcage offers varied viewing angles, enhancing observation of avian morphology and behavior. Partially submerged in the river, it allows birds to descend for drinking water, fostering a harmonious integration with the natural environment while inviting visitors to engage sensorially and spatially with the installation.
