SAVIOUR NEXUS
The Future Sea Guardian Typology
Project Brief : Redefine a contemporary lighthouse typology and take into consideration advances in technology, development of sustainable systems and its metaphorical value which has made it one of the most inspiring structures in the world. New Lighthouse should become a tribute to the Costa Concordia Disaster and highlight the vulnerable borders between the elements of Land and Sea, Sky and Ground, Light and Darkness.
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Organized by : Matterbetter
Submission Date : 24th May 2015
Building Type : Memorial Lighthouse
Site Location : Isola del Giglio , Italy
Team Members : Amir Izzat Adnan + Muhammad Tarmizi Mohd Ismail
The ‘Saviour Nexus’ serves the original purposes of a lighthouse which are to act as a navigation aid and to warn boats of dangerous areas. The light emits from several sources into the ‘Nexus’ and diverges to the dangerous area while the main light will roam around to navigate the boats around it. The ‘Savior Nexus’ not just to become a traffic sign on the sea, but also a memorial in remembrance of an awful tragedy caused by the rocky site of Giglio Porto. The light being cast from the structure from several directions into the ‘Nexus’ which it works like a diamond, and it refracts then reflects the light to specific directions.
Memorial of the tragedy
The form of the lighthouse was derived from the rocky site of Giglio Porto which is expressed through the structure. The space frame structure symbolizes the total victims during the tragedy that include the 1023 crews and 3229 passengers, which it had taken 32 lives. The structure emerged from the sea and forms a sculptural movement towards the sky. The partly submerged structure symbolizes the struggle of the sunken souls. This structures located right at the tragedy site where the boat grounded and rolled onto. While the one emerged towards the sky, symbolizes the one who survived from the tragedy. Each one of the joints radiates glowing light for the remembrance of the tragedy that involved each one of the passengers and crews. The structural movement holds a pole with the ‘Nexus’. As one perceive towards the ‘Nexus’, there is a reminiscing platform overlooking towards the tragedy site.