Jonas
De Vleeschouwer
The Unreachable
2 freighters modified to create tensions between connection and dissolution starring an unreachable landscape.
The Unreachable:
With the 2 principles "viewing from a distance" and "the unreachable" I started a design process, translated on 2 former freighters.
Placed in a location chosen with a very wide stretch of channel which allowed one boat in direct connection with the quay/surroundings, and the other boat tens of meters further completely isolated from the mainland.
The two boats are each other's opposite and called the " Connected " and " Disconnected ". The Connected is reached via a floating pier that invites visitors to come in, this boat is a social place where people gather, have a drink and take a seat to take a look at the water. All windows on this boat generate a view of the Disconnected boat mysteriously bobbing in the distance. The Disconnected boat is framed and put in the spotlight in such a way that creates a general desire to want this place reach .
People always want to be where they can't get to, so I offer them the opportunity to make the crossing to the Disconnected boat. Using a raft and a rope one can pull oneself to the other side, the crossing is a journey into the unknown. A maximum of 4 people can take place on the raft to allow the experience to continue in all serenity. A first limit of inaccessibility is exceeded.
Once arrived on the Disconnected, the raft floats there so that no other unwanted guests can disrupt the experience. The visitor is still completely ignorant of what there is to experience on the Disconnected boat. From the deck there is a long balustrade around the whole boat, from which one can look down at an atypical landscape that seems so alienating that it automatically silences you.
I was inspired by Icelandic lunar landscapes, volcanic craters and the moon itself. Places that form the backdrops of science fiction films because these are always places where normally people can never be, it has something otherworldly and alienating.
This is just the trigger to want to be there so badly. Millions of people share the same dream of landing on the moon because they know it's next to impossible. The fact that my landscape lies at a depth in a boat that one cannot reach, brings a kind of eternal inaccessibility.
Those who feel compelled to spend the night on the boat, an accommodation is provided that also generates a panoramic view of the inaccessible landscape. A unique quarantine. The landscape consists of a mix of massive rocks. Because of the mass, the boat lies deep in the water to isolate it more from the outside world. During heavy rainfall, puddles form in the irregular surface. Instead of a drainage system, I put underfloor heating under the rocks that will absorb the heat and become so hot that the water mass gradually evaporates. This is a reference to sulfur fumes emanating from a volcanic crater or a geyser becoming active. People can see the boat steaming from afar, it provides extra mystery and curiosity...
After you have been able to enjoy this desolate beauty, you return to the Connected boat. Visitors can retell their experience, but to believe it you have to see it with your own eyes. There will be a continuous back and forth movement between the 2 boats until someone decides to spend the night there. However, all this is not communicated which makes it all very unpredictable and makes the experience all the more exclusive.
The Unreachable:
With the 2 principles "viewing from a distance" and "the unreachable" I started a design process, translated on 2 former freighters.
Placed in a location chosen with a very wide stretch of channel which allowed one boat in direct connection with the quay/surroundings, and the other boat tens of meters further completely isolated from the mainland.
The two boats are each other's opposite and called the " Connected " and " Disconnected ". The Connected is reached via a floating pier that invites visitors to come in, this boat is a social place where people gather, have a drink and take a seat to take a look at the water. All windows on this boat generate a view of the Disconnected boat mysteriously bobbing in the distance. The Disconnected boat is framed and put in the spotlight in such a way that creates a general desire to want this place reach .
People always want to be where they can't get to, so I offer them the opportunity to make the crossing to the Disconnected boat. Using a raft and a rope one can pull oneself to the other side, the crossing is a journey into the unknown. A maximum of 4 people can take place on the raft to allow the experience to continue in all serenity. A first limit of inaccessibility is exceeded.
Once arrived on the Disconnected, the raft floats there so that no other unwanted guests can disrupt the experience. The visitor is still completely ignorant of what there is to experience on the Disconnected boat. From the deck there is a long balustrade around the whole boat, from which one can look down at an atypical landscape that seems so alienating that it automatically silences you.
I was inspired by Icelandic lunar landscapes, volcanic craters and the moon itself. Places that form the backdrops of science fiction films because these are always places where normally people can never be, it has something otherworldly and alienating.
This is just the trigger to want to be there so badly. Millions of people share the same dream of landing on the moon because they know it's next to impossible. The fact that my landscape lies at a depth in a boat that one cannot reach, brings a kind of eternal inaccessibility.
Those who feel compelled to spend the night on the boat, an accommodation is provided that also generates a panoramic view of the inaccessible landscape. A unique quarantine. The landscape consists of a mix of massive rocks. Because of the mass, the boat lies deep in the water to isolate it more from the outside world. During heavy rainfall, puddles form in the irregular surface. Instead of a drainage system, I put underfloor heating under the rocks that will absorb the heat and become so hot that the water mass gradually evaporates. This is a reference to sulfur fumes emanating from a volcanic crater or a geyser becoming active. People can see the boat steaming from afar, it provides extra mystery and curiosity...
After you have been able to enjoy this desolate beauty, you return to the Connected boat. Visitors can retell their experience, but to believe it you have to see it with your own eyes. There will be a continuous back and forth movement between the 2 boats until someone decides to spend the night there. However, all this is not communicated which makes it all very unpredictable and makes the experience all the more exclusive.
The Unreachable:
With the 2 principles "viewing from a distance" and "the unreachable" I started a design process, translated on 2 former freighters.
Placed in a location chosen with a very wide stretch of channel which allowed one boat in direct connection with the quay/surroundings, and the other boat tens of meters further completely isolated from the mainland.
The two boats are each other's opposite and called the " Connected " and " Disconnected ". The Connected is reached via a floating pier that invites visitors to come in, this boat is a social place where people gather, have a drink and take a seat to take a look at the water. All windows on this boat generate a view of the Disconnected boat mysteriously bobbing in the distance. The Disconnected boat is framed and put in the spotlight in such a way that creates a general desire to want this place reach .
People always want to be where they can't get to, so I offer them the opportunity to make the crossing to the Disconnected boat. Using a raft and a rope one can pull oneself to the other side, the crossing is a journey into the unknown. A maximum of 4 people can take place on the raft to allow the experience to continue in all serenity. A first limit of inaccessibility is exceeded.
Once arrived on the Disconnected, the raft floats there so that no other unwanted guests can disrupt the experience. The visitor is still completely ignorant of what there is to experience on the Disconnected boat. From the deck there is a long balustrade around the whole boat, from which one can look down at an atypical landscape that seems so alienating that it automatically silences you.
I was inspired by Icelandic lunar landscapes, volcanic craters and the moon itself. Places that form the backdrops of science fiction films because these are always places where normally people can never be, it has something otherworldly and alienating.
This is just the trigger to want to be there so badly. Millions of people share the same dream of landing on the moon because they know it's next to impossible. The fact that my landscape lies at a depth in a boat that one cannot reach, brings a kind of eternal inaccessibility.
Those who feel compelled to spend the night on the boat, an accommodation is provided that also generates a panoramic view of the inaccessible landscape. A unique quarantine. The landscape consists of a mix of massive rocks. Because of the mass, the boat lies deep in the water to isolate it more from the outside world. During heavy rainfall, puddles form in the irregular surface. Instead of a drainage system, I put underfloor heating under the rocks that will absorb the heat and become so hot that the water mass gradually evaporates. This is a reference to sulfur fumes emanating from a volcanic crater or a geyser becoming active. People can see the boat steaming from afar, it provides extra mystery and curiosity...
After you have been able to enjoy this desolate beauty, you return to the Connected boat. Visitors can retell their experience, but to believe it you have to see it with your own eyes. There will be a continuous back and forth movement between the 2 boats until someone decides to spend the night there. However, all this is not communicated which makes it all very unpredictable and makes the experience all the more exclusive.
The Unreachable:
With the 2 principles "viewing from a distance" and "the unreachable" I started a design process, translated on 2 former freighters.
Placed in a location chosen with a very wide stretch of channel which allowed one boat in direct connection with the quay/surroundings, and the other boat tens of meters further completely isolated from the mainland.
The two boats are each other's opposite and called the " Connected " and " Disconnected ". The Connected is reached via a floating pier that invites visitors to come in, this boat is a social place where people gather, have a drink and take a seat to take a look at the water. All windows on this boat generate a view of the Disconnected boat mysteriously bobbing in the distance. The Disconnected boat is framed and put in the spotlight in such a way that creates a general desire to want this place reach .
People always want to be where they can't get to, so I offer them the opportunity to make the crossing to the Disconnected boat. Using a raft and a rope one can pull oneself to the other side, the crossing is a journey into the unknown. A maximum of 4 people can take place on the raft to allow the experience to continue in all serenity. A first limit of inaccessibility is exceeded.
Once arrived on the Disconnected, the raft floats there so that no other unwanted guests can disrupt the experience. The visitor is still completely ignorant of what there is to experience on the Disconnected boat. From the deck there is a long balustrade around the whole boat, from which one can look down at an atypical landscape that seems so alienating that it automatically silences you.
I was inspired by Icelandic lunar landscapes, volcanic craters and the moon itself. Places that form the backdrops of science fiction films because these are always places where normally people can never be, it has something otherworldly and alienating.
This is just the trigger to want to be there so badly. Millions of people share the same dream of landing on the moon because they know it's next to impossible. The fact that my landscape lies at a depth in a boat that one cannot reach, brings a kind of eternal inaccessibility.
Those who feel compelled to spend the night on the boat, an accommodation is provided that also generates a panoramic view of the inaccessible landscape. A unique quarantine. The landscape consists of a mix of massive rocks. Because of the mass, the boat lies deep in the water to isolate it more from the outside world. During heavy rainfall, puddles form in the irregular surface. Instead of a drainage system, I put underfloor heating under the rocks that will absorb the heat and become so hot that the water mass gradually evaporates. This is a reference to sulfur fumes emanating from a volcanic crater or a geyser becoming active. People can see the boat steaming from afar, it provides extra mystery and curiosity...
After you have been able to enjoy this desolate beauty, you return to the Connected boat. Visitors can retell their experience, but to believe it you have to see it with your own eyes. There will be a continuous back and forth movement between the 2 boats until someone decides to spend the night there. However, all this is not communicated which makes it all very unpredictable and makes the experience all the more exclusive.
The Unreachable:
With the 2 principles "viewing from a distance" and "the unreachable" I started a design process, translated on 2 former freighters.
Placed in a location chosen with a very wide stretch of channel which allowed one boat in direct connection with the quay/surroundings, and the other boat tens of meters further completely isolated from the mainland.
The two boats are each other's opposite and called the " Connected " and " Disconnected ". The Connected is reached via a floating pier that invites visitors to come in, this boat is a social place where people gather, have a drink and take a seat to take a look at the water. All windows on this boat generate a view of the Disconnected boat mysteriously bobbing in the distance. The Disconnected boat is framed and put in the spotlight in such a way that creates a general desire to want this place reach .
People always want to be where they can't get to, so I offer them the opportunity to make the crossing to the Disconnected boat. Using a raft and a rope one can pull oneself to the other side, the crossing is a journey into the unknown. A maximum of 4 people can take place on the raft to allow the experience to continue in all serenity. A first limit of inaccessibility is exceeded.
Once arrived on the Disconnected, the raft floats there so that no other unwanted guests can disrupt the experience. The visitor is still completely ignorant of what there is to experience on the Disconnected boat. From the deck there is a long balustrade around the whole boat, from which one can look down at an atypical landscape that seems so alienating that it automatically silences you.
I was inspired by Icelandic lunar landscapes, volcanic craters and the moon itself. Places that form the backdrops of science fiction films because these are always places where normally people can never be, it has something otherworldly and alienating.
This is just the trigger to want to be there so badly. Millions of people share the same dream of landing on the moon because they know it's next to impossible. The fact that my landscape lies at a depth in a boat that one cannot reach, brings a kind of eternal inaccessibility.
Those who feel compelled to spend the night on the boat, an accommodation is provided that also generates a panoramic view of the inaccessible landscape. A unique quarantine. The landscape consists of a mix of massive rocks. Because of the mass, the boat lies deep in the water to isolate it more from the outside world. During heavy rainfall, puddles form in the irregular surface. Instead of a drainage system, I put underfloor heating under the rocks that will absorb the heat and become so hot that the water mass gradually evaporates. This is a reference to sulfur fumes emanating from a volcanic crater or a geyser becoming active. People can see the boat steaming from afar, it provides extra mystery and curiosity...
After you have been able to enjoy this desolate beauty, you return to the Connected boat. Visitors can retell their experience, but to believe it you have to see it with your own eyes. There will be a continuous back and forth movement between the 2 boats until someone decides to spend the night there. However, all this is not communicated which makes it all very unpredictable and makes the experience all the more exclusive.
The Unreachable:
With the 2 principles "viewing from a distance" and "the unreachable" I started a design process, translated on 2 former freighters.
Placed in a location chosen with a very wide stretch of channel which allowed one boat in direct connection with the quay/surroundings, and the other boat tens of meters further completely isolated from the mainland.
The two boats are each other's opposite and called the " Connected " and " Disconnected ". The Connected is reached via a floating pier that invites visitors to come in, this boat is a social place where people gather, have a drink and take a seat to take a look at the water. All windows on this boat generate a view of the Disconnected boat mysteriously bobbing in the distance. The Disconnected boat is framed and put in the spotlight in such a way that creates a general desire to want this place reach .
People always want to be where they can't get to, so I offer them the opportunity to make the crossing to the Disconnected boat. Using a raft and a rope one can pull oneself to the other side, the crossing is a journey into the unknown. A maximum of 4 people can take place on the raft to allow the experience to continue in all serenity. A first limit of inaccessibility is exceeded.
Once arrived on the Disconnected, the raft floats there so that no other unwanted guests can disrupt the experience. The visitor is still completely ignorant of what there is to experience on the Disconnected boat. From the deck there is a long balustrade around the whole boat, from which one can look down at an atypical landscape that seems so alienating that it automatically silences you.
I was inspired by Icelandic lunar landscapes, volcanic craters and the moon itself. Places that form the backdrops of science fiction films because these are always places where normally people can never be, it has something otherworldly and alienating.
This is just the trigger to want to be there so badly. Millions of people share the same dream of landing on the moon because they know it's next to impossible. The fact that my landscape lies at a depth in a boat that one cannot reach, brings a kind of eternal inaccessibility.
Those who feel compelled to spend the night on the boat, an accommodation is provided that also generates a panoramic view of the inaccessible landscape. A unique quarantine. The landscape consists of a mix of massive rocks. Because of the mass, the boat lies deep in the water to isolate it more from the outside world. During heavy rainfall, puddles form in the irregular surface. Instead of a drainage system, I put underfloor heating under the rocks that will absorb the heat and become so hot that the water mass gradually evaporates. This is a reference to sulfur fumes emanating from a volcanic crater or a geyser becoming active. People can see the boat steaming from afar, it provides extra mystery and curiosity...
After you have been able to enjoy this desolate beauty, you return to the Connected boat. Visitors can retell their experience, but to believe it you have to see it with your own eyes. There will be a continuous back and forth movement between the 2 boats until someone decides to spend the night there. However, all this is not communicated which makes it all very unpredictable and makes the experience all the more exclusive.