The inflatable object is a prototype for a portable seclusion vessel.The accomodation measures about 15 x 20 x 10 feet in the inflated state and is partly submerged under the water line. It is built of black rubber tubes and allows for balanced floatation on water.

The featureless topology of the landscape is seamlessly interwoven with the interiority of the labyrinth. A thin layer of water will drip over the rim of the site perimeter and accumulate in shallow water ponds. The landscape is built of white sand. The edges of the site merge with the horizon, blurring the edge between water and sky. The landscape is anorganic but in constant change.

The place of seclusion is designed for the inhabitant of the contemporary city, to re-discover and reflect the origins of architectural longing and fear. The visitor will explore the space between the “other” body of architecture and his own.

He will face extreme horizons – an abstract topological landscape without reference points at the exterior and a dark, warm and soft organic enclosure inside. The visitor is asked to establish his relationship to the proposed environment between claustrophobia and agoraphobia.

The lenght of stay is not prescribed. The intuitive impulse of affection, fear or boredom are part of the self-exploration.