During NYC Design Week the busiest location of New York city, Times Square, has been transformed into a meditative state by Amsterdam based architecture firm zU-studio. Their installation Parenthesis invites people to experience consciousness and stillness while re-lying on one of the seven pieces. Together they form a circle in which people will experience a collective meditative state.
The installation will remain at the public plaza permanently.
2018
2018
zU-studio architecture
Parenthesis Project
In this period of technological revolution where our lives are becoming more and more stressful due to the anxiety accumulated in our bodies and our minds, our aim is to invite people experience stillness, awareness, quietness and peacefulness at the most crowded and noisiest public plaza in the world.
Parenthesis (where people (re)-connect) is the moment and the space to connect with our inner world, to feel our presence, to feel creative and to dream.
We started analyzing the daily body postures of human beings. Our working and living environments are changing as our necessities evolve, but somehow the furniture hadn’t change that much in terms of functionality.
We are willing to explore and discover new body postures.
We are conscious on the impact of body positions on people’s physical and mental health.
On the first prototype, we are presenting a new verb. It is not reclining, it is not lying down, but it is re-lying.
Re-lying is beneficial for our respiratory, digestive and circulatory systems.
Re-lying reduces the pressure on the lumbar discs, reduces your heart rate, improves your breathing and basically, reduces our anxiety..
The creation of a new perspective, from where we can observe new details.
The circular disposition of our installation as a sign of love, peace and unity between human beings.
Seven furniture pieces, in honor to seven chakras in our body.
Our vision is to implement this concept in airports, museums, schools, office spaces and public spaces from all over the world.
What if we could use our waiting moments to dream and create, instead of checking and re-checking our social media?
zU-studio architecture
Javier Zubiria Gallastegui
Design Pavilion . NYCXDesign .
Photos by Hugo Iglesias
