Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw, Poland.
When opened, Hala Stulecia was the largest reinforced concrete
structure in the world. With a diameter of 65m it was home to the
largest dome built since the Pantheon in Rome eighteen centuries
earlier.
The piece proposed for the Centennial Hall of Wroclaw is based around
the notion of timelessness in architecture, and the idea of what future
has meant throughout the 20th century.
Taking the 1910’s as a starting point (the dome was erected in 1913),
historical and artistic references were used to reveal the architecture
of the space.
By using references such as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis or the utopian
projects of Archigram to confront the different visions of the future at
different times, Romain Tardy and Thomas Vaquié were interested in
trying to create a vision of a future with no precise time reference. A
timeless future.
the making of the piece
