I am pleased to present the PORTAL project that I developed for the Energy Park Bazenheid (recycling centre for energy resources, district heating and phosphorus recovery) in the art and building competition. The project reached the final  round with two others. However, another project was awarded the commission.

Poster for the project in A0 format
Video of the 3D model for the project

I have developed a film in real time, starting from a real existing projection: every evening a street lamp casts the shadows of a leafy tree onto an unintended screen. By manipulating objects, new shadows are added. Maison Baron and its entire garden with small temporary architectures, as well as the cranes of the Pictet construction site and the buildings in the neighbourhood create a tableau vivant, of which a nomadic mirror captures fragments. The different things exist in relationships that influence each other. Production, projection and reflection take place in real time and make it possible to go beyond selective perception. The visual overload can become the ability to bring controversial things to the fore. The different conditions of the urban redevelopment of the territory are laid bare: the demolition of the entire neighbourhood, the intact island of the Maison Baron with its small park and the open building site. Shadow Construction shows in a simple way the carrying and manipulation of tools and poses questions, both concrete and abstract, about their possible use, indicated by shadows.