Savina Romanos − Cooper Union, New York
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Savina Romanos − Cooper Union
Source: Photo: Barb Choit
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Savina Romanos − Cooper Union, New York
Tutors: David Turnbull, Hayley Eber, Urtzi Grau, Lydia Kallipoliti, Dean Anthony Vidler
Dark Earth: Fire Centers and Territories
Fire is both a destructive and constructive phenomenon. The act of burning permanently transforms an artefact, as it perishes and renews, degrades and then repairs. Amid decay and destruction, architecture can use fire to construct. The forested areas throughout Greece have seen wildfires annually since 1995. The project introduces kilns to protect the unburned landscape. The intervention reintroduces control with a ‘cool fire’ (a controlled burning) by activating a system of forest maintenance: collecting excess fuel, drying and coaling it, and then planting the charcoal to fertilise the soil. This system works with fire, allowing for a transformation rather than complete destruction. The kilns then become ‘fire centers’ from which a ceramics studio will grow.
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