NGO STUDIO | Floating Fields

Client

Completion

Location

Size

Team

N/A

2015

Colombo, Sri Lanka

17 - 22 m

Henry Ngo

FLOATING FIELDS

SRI LANKA

THRESHOLD

a

A project with the notion of the city becomes the moment to be see and to be seen , a platform for people not only experience the physical threshold such as fences or walls that limits, but also enables them to have the social mobility and also visual mobility. Threshold in the floating fields not only could be found at the horizontal frontier but also having another level to conquer the city. The concept of land ownership here comes from aggregation of the community not only owning the land by anchoring to the neighbour but also having a community that creates a flexibility that allows outsiders to aggregate closer to the community that they want to be part of it where Slave Island can be part of the city itself with its own characteristic.

DRY SEASON When the water level decreases, the land instantly became fertile and suitable for vegetation. Villagers starts to negotiate this in between zone by extending their territories. The air ballon rises up slowly to informing the whole society that the water is running out so they can manage the water before the drought comes. MONSOON SEASON The villagers share part of their boats to create a pontoon bridge that uses floats or shallow-draft boats, supporting a continuous deck for pedestrian and vehicle travel. It uses for a temporary connections to across the canal during monsoon season. The supporting boats floats can be open or closed, temporary supporting a whole new living life for the society.

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