天镜
Sky Mirrors
伊塔帕里卡岛是一个岛屿,四周环绕着萨维罗斯岛上的渔民、独木舟和帆船,岛上的居民有一位女王:伊曼扎,水上女神,一位有五个名字的海妖,还有一位强大的坎多姆布雷女神奥里克斯。这是一个岛屿,其景观与豪尔赫·阿马多的文学作品、多里瓦尔·卡伊米的歌词和皮埃尔·维杰的形象有关。伊塔帕里卡岛位于萨尔瓦多对面的万圣湾,是巴西巴伊亚州最大的沿海门户的中心,与海洋的旋回紧密相连。它的人口与水的关系是绝对的,这是一个独特的自然环境,那里的海岸景观每天都随着月球潮汐周期的变化而变化。
Itaparica is an island surrounded by a landscape of fishermen in saveiros, canoes, and sailboats, where its inhabitants have a queen: Iemanjá, the lady of the waters, a siren with five names and a powerful orixá of the Candomblé. This is an island whose landscapes are associated with the literature of Jorge Amado, the lyrics of Dorival Caymmi, and the images of Pierre Verger. Located across from Salvador in All Saints Bay, the center of the biggest coastal gates of the state of Bahia in Brazil, the island of Itaparica is closely connected to the cycles of the sea. Its population’s relationship to the water is absolute hosted by a unique natural setting where the coastal landscape changes daily with the lunar cycles of the tides.
© Ivan Juarez
© Ivan Juarez
© Ivan Juarez
© Ivan Juarez
© Ivan Juarez
© Ivan Juarez
Baixa mar,espelhos do ciél的现场干预包括与通过海洋周期性变化产生的自然进行对话。低潮期间,在沙丘上挖掘了一系列池塘,以提供个人空间或小绿洲,用于从海岸欣赏该岛提供的壮丽景观:海湾地平线、马雷岛和弗雷德斯岛的轮廓以及萨尔瓦多市的轮廓。它们还可以作为观察渔船上的渔民和广阔沙丘上的蛤蜊收割机的场所。但最重要的是,它们允许通过潮汐的运动来观察海洋每天提供的自然景观。日落时,当潮水上涨时,沙丘和它们的池塘消失在海里;第二天,随着退潮,这些小绿洲有可能重新被发现,这次是天空的镜子。
The site-specific intervention Baixa-mar, espelhos do ciél, consists of creating a dialogue with nature generated through the cyclical transformation of the sea. A series of ponds are excavated on the dunes during the low tide to propose personal spaces, or small oases, for contemplating the view of the magnificent landscape that the island provides from the coast: the horizon of the bay, the profiles of the Maré and Frades islands, and the profile of the city of Salvador. They also serve as settings to observe the fishermen in their boats and the clam harvesters in the extensive dunes. But above all, they allow the observation of the natural daily spectacle offered by the sea through the movement of the tides. At sunset, when the tide rises, the dunes and their ponds disappear into the sea; the next day, it is possible to rediscover these small oases with the low tide, this time as mirrors to the sky.
Design: x-studio: Ivan Juarez
Location: Itaparica Island, Bahía, Brazil
Design year: 2012
Image & text credits : x-studio: : Ivan Juarez
Promotor: Sacatar Foundation