Crazy Junkyard

400 red umbrellas suspended over the new pedestrian mall in the city of Talca to create a visual impression of the inhabitants of a city in which it is uncommon to see daring displays in public spaces. The project is done by students Jaime Latorre and Pablo Retamal of the 5th Year Architecture Workshop under the guidance of Professor Juan Román at the University of Talca’s School of Architecture. The project, which had a the total budget of  26 million dollars, didn’t have any functional reason not even to provide a stepping stone shelter, but rather was just done to make people think differently about landscapes by adding a new layer of experience to it. Anyway, the visual effect of the Red Umbrella Project is huge, inspiring and remarkable as well, although the budget might have been a little less.