The project, «High Dominants», is a study of how unique high-rise structures shape a visual image and create the very unforgettable silhouette by which we learn the city. My task was to translate this vast, almost heavenly image into a tactile and personal format of a souvenir, a wreath that becomes a sort of miniatural monument that can be carried with it.
The key method in my work is architectural deconstruction. I have studied carefully every vertical selected to find its most recognizable, characteristic details: the longlines of the bell, the shape of the tent, the shape of the spires, or the ausural elements. These architectural fragments were then stylized and turned into beads. So the process of building the keyboard from these beads becomes a metaphor: we kind of re-building the tower in the miniatur, creating not an exact copy, but its essential, recognizable image, missing through the lens of personal perception.
The 3D printing technology was selected to produce the logs because it is optimally suited to all the requirements of the project. This method allows for detailed reproduction of architectural elements. At the same time, modern polymeric press materials have the necessary impact strength and durability to guarantee the durability of souvenirs, which will be used daily on keys, bags and backpacks. In addition, technology provides flexibility: it allows for easy replication of the series. The 3D seal has the perfect balance between artistic expression and practicality.
Moscow
The spire of the main building of the MGU is a symbol of the Soviet high-rise architecture. His step-by-step silhouette and star form the recognized orientation of the western sector of the city.
Ivan the Great is a visual and sacrial center, a historic zero kilometre of Moscow. His silhouette is the story of the city itself.
Jaroslavl
The Church of John Prefecti is the most beautiful and complex silhouette seen with Volga — the city’s architectural business card.
The Bell of the Church of Ilya the Prophet is a classic dominant of the main square, raising the scale of the historic center.
Scratch
The Rizopologen Monastery’s belly is the tallest vertical of Suzdal, its thinst silhouette is visible from all over the world and creates a dialogue with another monastery dominant.
Spazo-Eufimieva Colony of the Monastery is the main high-rise dominant on the approach to the city, a powerful vertical accent in the panorama.
Visualization
