Vcuq team 6

VisitScotland

Designed by: Amani Abbara Samira Abbas

Feb 20, 2012, IDES 202

Cultural Kiosk

A HISTORY OF A NATION EMBEDDED IN NATURE

“No matter what they were robbed off, no man could ever

take their most precious worths : their highland spirit and their highland heart. A little of them will ever be in

this land….”

David Eustace

POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES

The primary purpose of the Kiosk is to communicate a clear and positive message that represents the Scottish national identity through the Scottish land.

AN INSPIRATIONAL THE HIGHLANDS

MATERIALIZING NATURE

The sculptural Kiosk inspires its visual organic forms from the sensuous Scottish highlands. It is an individual entity that has its own time and space frame.

EVOLUTION THROUGH TIME

The Kiosk’s topographic structure reflects the evolution and formulation of the Scottish solid identity that emerged out of various cultures through the time.

FLOOR PLAN AND ELEVATION

PERSPECTIVE SKETCHES

THE BENCH

MOVING INTO SCOTLAND

The curved interior walls of the Kiosk will be covered with an LED screen that features video clips of the Scottish landscape. It creates and transmits the mystical mood of the highlands.

MATERIALS

MOOD

A COMMANDING PRESENCE

The Kiosk is a rising temple that transforms the Scottish highlands into a naturally-generated raw design .It is about pride and power….

A GLOBAL CONTEXT

FUNCTION

SCOTLAND