<h1><a href="../../index.html">Acconci Home</a></h1> <h2><a href="../../projects/index.html">All Projects</a></h2> <h2><a href="../../threads/index.html">All Threads</a></h2> <!--<h2><a href="/acconci/dev/views/">All Views</a></h2>--> <h2>3</h2> <p>CIRCLES IN THE SQUARE MARIENHOF, MUNICH 1998 SITE: A plaza that was never meant to be a plaza; it resulted from bombings during the Second World War. PROJECT: A city inside the city: spheres rise like bubbles through the surrounding buildings. In the center, and interspersed throughout, tree-filled spheres function as gardens; a spiraling ramp folds up at the edge to make a continuous bench; you sit within the foliage of trees. From the Garden-Spheres, you access other globes, other worlds: Two Subway-Spheres, that take you down into the subway station below; a Parking-Sphere; a Market- Sphere; a Theater-Sphere, whose 2-way mirrored surface exposes at night the four stages inside; an Aviary-Sphere; a Skating-Sphere, where skateboarders appear as shadows behind translucent ramps; a Swimming-Pool-Sphere, that extends down to the subway station underground. Where two spheres interlock, the shared space is closed with frosted glass. These Service-Spheroids contain toilets, storage, maintenance closets, dressing-rooms, snack-bars. </p> <p>This project view belongs to <a href="../../project/marienhof_plaza/index.html">Marienhof Plaza</a>, and is threadged with:</p> <ul> <li><a href="../../thread/1998/index.html">1998</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Buildings/index.html">Buildings</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Circle-Spiral/index.html">Circle-Spiral</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Container/index.html">Container</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Dar%C3%ADo%20N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez/index.html">Darío Núñez</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Germany/index.html">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Luis%20Vera/index.html">Luis Vera</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Marienhof%20Plaza/index.html">Marienhof Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Markets/index.html">Markets</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Mix-Swarm-Multitude/index.html">Mix-Swarm-Multitude</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Parking/index.html">Parking</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Parks%20and%20Gardens/index.html">Parks and Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Playgrounds/index.html">Playgrounds</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Spheres-Globes-Worlds/index.html">Spheres-Globes-Worlds</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Streets%20and%20Plazas/index.html">Streets and Plazas</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Theaters/index.html">Theaters</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Theoretical/index.html">Theoretical</a></li> <li><a href="../../thread/Transparent-Translucent/index.html">Transparent-Translucent</a></li> </ul> <p>(<a href="../../img/11/09_MS.jpg">I</a>, <a href="../../img/11/09_MS.jpg.large.jpg">L</a>, <a href="../../img/11/09_MS.jpg.thumb.jpg">T</a>, <a href="../../index.html">A</a>)</p>