"They have strong architectural properties: they create space, they provide shelter and shade, they change the thermal and acoustical properties of the surrounding context and thus they enable new activities and programs to take place. But also, they can live empty without looking like empty buildings...” — The Creators Project
Land art installations stand majestically against the pristine Montana landscape at the Tippet Rise Art Center, a working sheep ranch turned art destination that opened in June about an hour away from Billings and 2.5 hours north of Yellowstone. Ensamble Studio principals Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa briefly talk about the collaborative design process behind the Center's masterplan and the landscape works they created.
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just another fetishization of the mountain west as a pristine ecosystem to be consumed by the coastal elite.
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