Height measurement signal

Context: This project represents a phase in the aesthetic and conceptual preliminary study for a tower block being built by Raiffeisen Bank. Presented as part of the “Month of Architecture”, it features a vertical light installation stretching above the city, juxtaposed with its environment, the urban texture, and its inhabitants.

“The project is an artistic attempt to step out of the existing, well-defined height of the urban skyline. Due to current regulations, the silhouette of Budapest acts as an imaginary horizontal plane spreading over the city at a fixed height.

The aim of the experiment is to examine the hidden potentials revealed by breaking through this plane at an arbitrary point in the city, and to think in a previously unobserved dimension. Through the dynamics of spectator interaction, the project also symbolizes an open discussion about the cityscape.”

From a prosaic point of view, it is a virtual-real elevator conquering the “y+” dimension of space, demonstrating the true vertical potential of a Budapest building plot.

Event Details

Location: Teve utca, Budapest, Hungary
Date: 30th October 2006.

Creator, Concept: Kozma Péter
Visual Coordinator: Ferenczi Zoltán
Project Manager: Sütő Attila
Sponsor: Raiffeisen bank

Contributors:

• Kovács Ivó

• Mozgó Videó Studió

• Párniczky Máté

• Perness Norbert

• Réthey Prikkel Tamás

• Somogyi Endre

• Törőcsik Ambrus

• Végh András

• Vicsek Viktor