Project
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Status
Material
Function
Team
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DIVING BOARD
2022
Design proposal
Sponge
Pavilion at Sursock Museum
Etienne Bastormagi
Sandra Richani
Nada Borgi
Mike Chaiban
Andrew Gerges
Karim Karam
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Following the devastating explosion that took place on August 4th, 2020, Studio Etienne Bastormagi, along with Hatch Architects and Planners have designed a modular public installation for the historic Sursock Museum in Beirut, Lebanon, a structure that was heavily impacted by the explosion and is currently undergoing renovations. Titled "Diving Board", the installation creates a new link between the museum and visitors by opening up the structure’s gated esplanade, creating a new interchangeable public space within the culturally-rich district.
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Diving Board is a 400 sqm intervention made of soft rearrangeable foam pieces that become a raised platform once assembled together. The installation invites passersby to leave the bustling city streets and enter the serene plaza, stepping into a more inclusive and interactive place that contrasts the historic architectural identity of the museum.
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Diving Board is a temporary installation conceived as an interactive platform. Composed of soft, reconfigurable foam elements, it forms an accessible circular landscape that invites visitors to pause, sit, play, and observe, transforming the site into a shared space of interaction and collective appropriation in dialogue with the existing architecture.