Dawn Town Competition 2013

We have come a long way in both virtual and physical aspects, from the Great Pyramids pointing to the sky, to Eiffel's Tower looking down at the city. From Galileo's Scope gazing at the moon, to Apollo 11's Moon Landing in 1969.

As an extremely young & energetic city, Miami has been studying the old world and learning its new technologies. Now, along with its great success & growth in the past decade, Miami has become a NODE for many events attracting a myriad of internationally known Architects, Musicians, Designers and much more.

However, lacking considerable changes in elevation, and thus a place in which to satisfy the natural human fascination with height, Miami's real-estate has moved towards a more vertical approach. An approach that comes from an ideology in which sitting atop a mountain and watching the world below is somehow more satisfying than being at the ground level experiencing the world alongside everyone else.

Today we challenge that fascination with Tower City, because "For an icon to become iconic it has to Tao into the zeitgeist of a place. This is the same question a monument has to address - what memory do we want to fix in time and place?" - Winifred N.

With the latest growing trends of Music Festivals, this ideology is becoming a lesser truth.
As one enters the entertainment and music realms, one begins to see that there are multiple destinations, thousands of people and millions of opportunities.
It is no longer about watching, its about being watched. It is no longer about knowing where you are, it's about having a good point of reference.
This becomes apparent as one watches more and more people shove themselves towards the music at ground level, much like iron shavings would toward a magnet.

Celerius Luce is the first proposed urban public space where users will have the opportunity to interact with the latest sound and light technology.
Its aim, to provide Miami with a good reference point to and from Miami, which can also act as great meeting location for all of
Bayfront's Cultural events such as: Ultra Music Festival, Identity Festival & Redbull's Flugtag.

Celerius Luce Provides distinct describable spaces, and Infinite Reference Lines, for a great user experience. Here you will find:

THE WATERFALL:
DAILY MEETING SPOT. NIGHTLY LOOKOUT SPOT.
- Iconic Advanced Laser Lighting Systems
- Circular Engineered Soundscape Systems, designed to come at you from all angles. Great for Public Sound Installations & Performances

THE POND:
DAILY SKATING RINK. NIGHTLY SOUNDSCAPES
- Circular Engineered Soundscape Systems, designed to come at you from all angles. Great for Public Sound Installations & Performances
- Fogged Mirror & Laser Lighting Systems order to allow the users to situate themselves within the soundscape.

THE WINGS:
DAILY SUN TANNING. NIGHTLY STAR GAZING
- Un-programed user realestate.
- Grass and concrete materials.Perfect for yoga, sun tanning, ocean or  star gazing and more.

THE SPINE - DAILY SHADE / NIGHTLY LIGHT
- Gridded wood trellis with recessed lights. Provides a
SHADED WALKING PATH during the day.
Allows for a safe WELL LIT PATH at night.