ROY (American, founded 2000)
Lindy Roy (South African, born 1963)
Okavango Delta Spa, Botswana, Rendering
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ROY (American, founded 2000)
Lindy Roy (South African, born 1963)1997
Okavango Delta Spa, Botswana, Rendering
ROY (American, founded 2000) Lindy Roy (South African, born 1963) →architectural drawingphotograph
Date
1997
Medium
Durst Lambda print on paper, 2/5 limited edition
Dimensions
30.5 × 43.2 cm (12 × 17 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
National Docent Symposium Fund
The concept for this commission for a Botswana spa was to merge the world of the sophisticated traveler with the bush experience. The pods (pavilions) collectively evoke a provisional setting. Each unit’s enclosure comprises a low deck with a massage table and chair, a slightly raised area for sleeping, and a tethered fiberglass bathroom unit. Below the water level is an infrastructure that allows the site’s overall structures to function. Above water level is a more topographical composition of elements, such as curvilinear walkways that are tethered to abandoned termite mounds leading to the individual pods.
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