PARACHUTE PAVILLION
2005
PARACHUTE PAVILLION
CONEY ISLAND, NEW YORK
Coney island-amusement area, Brooklyn, N.Y…over a million people came to Coney on weekends after the subway arrived in 1920…Wave-a ridge or swell on the surface of a body of water…Water- Inorganic compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen (H2O)…colourless, odourless, tasteless…covers about 75% of Earth’s surface…Plastic- Polymer that can be moulded or shaped, usually by heat and pressure…lightweight, transparent… Glass- solid material, typically a mix of inorganic compounds…transparent or translucent, hard, brittle…Swimming-the propulsion of the body through water by combined arm and leg motions… Diving-Sport of plunging into water, usually headfirst and often following the execution of one or more acrobatic manoeuvres… Play-actions that have all the elements of purposeful behavior but are performed for no apparent reason… Beach– Sediments that accumulate along sea or lake shores… Ocean– large, continuous body of salt water… dream-series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep… fantastic and surreal… A Coney Island of the Mind-Lawrence Ferlinghetti- black night on the boardwalk with the ferris wheel and the parachute drop all decked out in colored lights off in the distance… hear the ocean… it’s a quiet night on the boardwalk…The biggest playground in the world-Lindsay Denison- at night, the radiance of the millions of electric lights which glow at every point and line and curve of the great play city’s outlines light up the sky and welcomes the home coming mariner 30 miles from the shore…
Architectural Competition organized by Van Alen Institute