L’acrobate
This project was about constructing the psychological profile of a character and translating it into an architectural response within a maximum volume of 60 m³.
I chose John, a disciplined and very introspective acrobat, whose relentless pursuit of self-improvement and perfection often becomes a prison of his own making.
- Year
- October 2024
- Level
- Master 1
- Discipline
- Interior architecture
- Volume
- 60 m³
Rather than designing a space for acrobatics, I designed a space that behaves like its occupant. A space that mirrors him.
The cubic frame embodies a mind that is structured, rational, and confined by self-imposed boundaries, while a continuous cable materializes John’s psychological state.
I chose to pair acrobatics with meditation because, despite appearing as opposites, they demand the very same qualities: balance, discipline, patience, focus and complete control of both body and mind.
Whether through the intensity of acrobatics or the discipline of meditation, each training session becomes an opportunity to release accumulated pressure.
The goal is not to reshape John’s nature, but to gradually untangle his inner world, allowing moments of clarity, accomplishment, and self-acceptance to emerge through repeated acts of perseverance.
Hand-stitched by John himself onto the cubic frame, the cable is never fixed. He continuously reconfigures its tension according to his emotional state and the challenge he seeks.
When loosened, it softens the space, inviting meditation, balance, and controlled movements. When pulled taut, it transforms the architecture into resistance, demanding greater physical effort, until exhaustion becomes release, and accomplishment becomes self-validation.
Within the limits of a single 60 m³ volume, the project explores how architecture can externalize invisible emotions, allowing its user to quite literally shape the space according to the state of his own mind.
