Potemkin (architecture)

Potemkin (architecture)

Potemkin is a steel made architectural park by Casagrande & Rintala for Kuramata village in Japan 2003. A steel made mix between a temple and machine. [ [http://www.arch.tku.edu.tw/teacher/marco/index.htm] - Tamkang University: 卡馬可 Marco Casagrande 2004 ] The work consists indoor and outdoor spaces for post-industrial meditation. [ [ http://www.oppositionalarchitecture.com/CFOA/download%20reader.pdf] - Camp for Oppositional Architecture 2004 ] Potemkin is commissioned by the Echigo-Tsumari Contemporary Art Triennial 2003. [ [http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2003/07/echigotsumari_art_triennial_2003.html] - Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial 2003 ]

The site is a former illegal dumping ground turned into a riverside park. [ [http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e7651.html] - Japan-Guide: Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial Festival Highlights ]

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