A building
that listens.
The architecture employs water and concrete as the delivering materials for light, darkness, sound, and silence to travel. Water level dictates the ratios of senses as it distorts them: from a bathhouse to a diving center in the control of one factor.
When flooded, Sentium becomes a tranquil, immersive space where water softens its angular design. Light filters through the surface while acoustics shift to a calm, echoing ambiance.
Interior Render · Dry State
Interior Render · Flooded State
"The experiential core was represented with film."
Utilizing the four main elements: water, light, sound, and silence. The film captured what drawings alone could not. Sound was as crucial as the visuals. Engulfed in the film, the viewer experiences the architecture before ever entering it.
Each frame of the contact sheet corresponds to a sensory threshold: the moment light meets water, silence overtakes sound, or darkness consumes the space entirely.
Sentium provides a variety of experiences within the same space, controlled by water level. It can go from a bathhouse to a diving center just in control of that factor. Truly programless architecture pushing the boundaries of what a venue can mean, under which circumstances.
