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Domes Village – New Clark City

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Project Summary

The Domes Village is a series of four dome-like structures linked by suspended bridges, and located in the River Park in New Clark City, Philippines. 

Both a large-scale outdoor art installation to be visited and a playground to be explored, it forms an interactive site of creativity and play for both children and grownups.

The domes are made out of the reclaimed, dug up hardwood of historical houses that were interred during the disastrous eruption of Mount Pinatubo, a nearby volcano that erupted violently in 1991. 

Using skilled carpentry, combined with custom-made and computer-machined steel connections, and designed using parametric modelling, it is a marriage between vernacular forms and high-tech precision.

The Domes Village consists of four structures connected by three consecutive hanging bridges, occupying an area of 50 by 70 metres. The structures are circular or spherical in design, and referred to as “domes” for that reason. 

The architecture between the domes varies, and refers to natural or mathematical forms: the ‘coral’ dome, the ‘natural’ dome, the ‘mangrove’ dome, and the ‘geodesic’ dome. 

The suspended bridges connect the domes, creating a raised path of 90 metres in length to follow along the entire installation. The bridges, spanning between 12.4 and 28.2 metres, are made from steel wire rope and reclaimed timber boards.

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Staircases

The modular parametric staircase is a script originally tested as an art installation for Arco Madrid.

This unique design makes the staircase look like it is “floating” above the ground and it can be adapted for use within and outside modern interior office spaces or large residences. The staircase design can be uniquely adopted and customised, with or without railing, for varying locations and uses depending on your requirements. With its contemporary look and versatile functionality, this staircase can be an exclusive centrepiece that is completely functional.

Decorative Ceilings

A room and its use can be transformed by changing or adapting the shape of its ceiling. In past projects we have been challenged to precisely that; what can be done in order to change the look and feel of a particular space.

Likeminds, a theatre foundation in the Netherlands, approached us to transform a rehearsal space for a theatre company in Amsterdam into a space that exudes warmth and was acoustically better suited for an audience.

In conjunction with ‘Baranowitz Kronenberg Architecture’, Jasper Niens through “superproject”, his former collaboration, was engaged for the design, engineering and supervision of the 400 m2 stretch ceiling of the event space of the W Hotel in Amsterdam.

Geodesic Domes

Check out our article on the Geodesic Dome Installation for the Sea Games in New Clark City

Free Form Parametric Space Truss Systems

Derived from the grid-shell pioneered by Vladimir Shukhov, ‘Free-Form Parametric Space Truss System’ is a build technique that emanated as a result of Jasper’s development of free form sculptures. First pioneered in his art piece titled 510. It was further developed such that the skin was made an integral part of the structure in 510-II, and its applications were tested even further in UTMT.