A matter of light.

Eduardo Chillida designs a project which aim is to create a space that make us “feel smaller than we think we are and more tolerant to one another, a place of tolerance”. The idea is to create a cavernous space of an empty room obtained by digging  the Tindaya mountain, experienced by the advanced of the sunlight and the light of the moon. 

 

In contrast to the two former projects, Tindaya does not permit any views to the outside as the project is meant to be carved in the inside of a mountain. On the opposite, there are only two openings to the exterior through which natural light is absorbed into the gigantic space. Those are designed as the two main focal points of light energy: everything in the interior is illuminated and therefore visually appreciated because of the natural light coming through. 

 

If one had to live in this space, the only way to get to know the time of the day and the season of the year is according to the projection of sunlight in the interior spaces and therefore the creation of lines of shadow. This projection is constantly alternating and moving along the space as time passes by. 

 

The two openings are built on the form of skylights at the top of the room, none of them covered. This means that personal experiences changes together with the climate conditions, as the inner atmosphere also varies. 

 

The project final construction has not been accomplished yet (and no one knows if it will ever be) but with his conceptual design and representation, Chillida lets us feel the mystical atmosphere and sense of harmony that could be lived through if calling on the magical space.