The intervention “Sea of Mirrors” is the result of a partnership between Cebrace, Grupo Cataratas and Instituto do Vidro, designed by Cité Arquitetura. Occupying AquaRio, a reference point in the harbor region of Rio de Janeiro, the installation proposes a journey of discoveries for its visitors using image and sound technologies associated with the most diverse current glass and mirror solutions.
At the edge of Guanabara Bay and with the reinvention of Rio de Janeiro's harbor as its backdrop, the city of Rio de Janeiro and its nature became the greatest source of inspiration for the project's narrative. The twilight reflected on the waves, the glistening water running down the mountainous slopes, the peaks that cut through the mist on winter mornings, the reflections on buildings: small details that translate the world around us inspire this intervention in its poetry.
References for this space emerge from natural and human constructions, where each crevice translates into architecture a way of reading the world and the people who are here, their passions and concerns. The path created had each room designed according to elements of nature, folklore or Brazilian vocabulary, especially from Rio de Janeiro, turning them into feelings such as calm, disorder, peace, surprise, torment and others.
Starting from the space Afluência, like the meeting of two rivers that will flow together, a path of unveiling our surroundings, bodies and images starts. In a sequence of twists and turns, interspersed with a careful selection of sound and light, the visitor follows Escarpas, Clareira, Ia
After a thousand reflections and fragments of ourselves, the public encounters another version of themselves. As they say, “no one can step into the same river twice, because the waters are not the same, nor the individual”. Thought to provoke, “Sea of Mirrors” instigates from start to finish and leaves us with the question: what world is around us?
Team:
Client: Grupo Cataratas e Instituto do Vidro
Construction: Ricardo Tendler e Alexandre Rodolfo
Architecture: Cité Arquitetura (Celso Rayol e Fernando Costa)
Collaborators:Daniel Osório, André Caterina, Lúcia Andrezo, Vanessa Moreira, Bianca Naylor, Carla Felix, Carol Santos, Eduardo Romano, Fernanda Chreem, Giovanna Soares, Júlia de Queiroz, Leonardo Leal, Leonardo Milano, Lila Monteiro, Lucas Apostolo, Luiz Eduardo Rayol, Mateus Keiper, Mateus Fragoso, Taís Barcellos
Consultants: Suzane Queiroz, Carolina Pimenta, Thiago Nascimento, SincaVidros
Management: William Castro
Structure: Ricardo Tendler, Alexandre Rodolfo
Photography: Ari Kaye, Dani Leite e Mateus Keiper
Installations: Grupo Cataratas, Ricardo Tendler, Alexandre Rodolfo, Marcelo Garga
Fire: Grupo CO2
Lighting Design: Inov
Automation and Audiovisual: Unloop
Images: Ari Kaye
Material Used:
1. Suppliers: Inov, Beaulieu, Stillo Rio, Cebrace, Blindex, Vidros Belém
