Breathe by Terhi Tuominen and Jitan V. Patel, Helsinki
To see a clock is to sense an accelerating tempo of our social existence.
Breathe is a space for us to step into, take time out and decelerate. The concept revolves around geometric forms. The circle in particular. We see it everywhere. From grains of soil to the stars. A circle means completeness and unity. It's democratic. It's the centre of everything.
The space has three core elements. The floor, the furniture and the partitions. Breathe embraces curves allowing it to become a central space. It is versatile in usage, its modularity allows a range of activities from play, to learn, to work to heal. It is a place to take a breath. The moveable partitions enable flexibility and scalability. It is possible to arrange breakout areas of different sizes. It breathes.
