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Monster’s Footprint by MAD
Beijing architects MAD have created an installation of two large monster's footprints as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong bi-city Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in China.
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Called Monster’s Footprint in the Citizen Square, the project consists of 120 square metres of pink rubber sunken into the ground.
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See our previous stories about MAD:
Urban Forest by MAD
Taichung Convention Center by MAD
Hutong Bubble 32 by MAD
Superstar: A Mobile Chinatown by MAD
Sinosteel International Plaza by MAD
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See also our previous stories about the Shenzen & Hong Kong Biennale:
Bug Dome by WEAK!
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale photos
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Mésarchitectures
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Here's some more information from MAD:
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MAD’s design for the Urbanism\Architecture Shenzhen & Hongkong Bi-city Biennale, the Monster’s Footprint debuted in the Citizen Square of Shenzhen.
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It is a sunken space shade of a giant footprint, paved by pink EPDM material, functioning as the playground for the citizens in the city center.
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Shenzhen is a village turned city overnight. Enchanted by the bursting power of economic development, the city center is filled with extensive, and yet indistinctive icons.
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The coarse scale and preposterous symbolism of these icons have detached themselves from people’s daily experience. The Monster’s Footprint attempts to enter this very surreal reality, and offer a possibility for city dwellers to find their own freedom and joy in the Citizen Square.
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Type: Public art installation
Material: EPDM
Size: 120sqm
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