3. the magic of temporality & fleetingness

experimenting with an architecture more of time than of space

concept development

2019
m. arch. y1 s1

the magic of ephemeral instances within the context of a prolonged temporary state of latent potential.

context

finding the existing magic in marsa & amplifying it

garages in marsa: portals to alternate realities spontaneously pop up

power station crater: the presence of absence alternate history (nuclear explosion?) & future projections (community pop ups?)

intent:

one cannot design such fleeting moments, but can design for them to allow them to happen; to encourage them at best.

first, in order to appreciate these moments, a change in personal psychology is required to ensure the right mindset. this can be achieved through the fulfilment of the latent potential of the people of marsa, triggered by the primary instigator (i.e. the intervention).

after all, these are the people that built & powered malta. one only needs to plug the community’s energy back into itself.

proposal:

thus, the proposal developed from an urban scale strategy seeking to amplify the fleeting moments within marsa. this was then filtered down into a micro strategy for more localised interventions followed by the specific interventions themselves.