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A House of Salt

A House of Salt

Concept design and ongoing research about salt, erosion and temporary architecture

Salt sculpture closeup — © May Bee, 2024

House of salt is a one semester project done at Royal Academy of the arts in the Hage now turning into a graduation project about the relation in between salt, erosion, time and architecture.

Why sharing House of Salt?

In the building industry, there is a huge resistance to thinking about the impermanence of structures. This is mainly related to our difficulty in accepting change that we cannot control. House of Salt, as a theoretical project, goes sharply against that, proposing that the audience accept chance, decay, and aging.

About Magdalena Salinas

May Bee is an independent architecture and art firm from Argentina, founded by Magdalena Salinas. Based in The Hague, Netherlands, explores speculative architecture and its intersection with other arts.

The House of Salt, Before and After — © May Bee, 2023

Salt sculpture and closeup, model 001_003 — © May Bee, 2024

The house of salt, interiors over time — © May Bee, 2023

Salt sculpture erosion and closeup, model 001_001 — © May Bee, 2024

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