Skin By NEON

“Skin” is designed as a critique of modernist architecture. As the regeneration of our cities becomes ever more “developer led”, architecture has become increasingly “efficient” in order to maximize the financial returns on investment. Buildings are designed according to strict guidelines and minimum dimensions, wall thicknesses are reduced in depth and in terms of their ornamentation. The human experience has become severely neglected in the design conversation. This architectural approach is highly prevalent in Finland which was a heavy adopter of “Functionalism”. Skin is an inhabitable sculpture that speculates on an alternative architectural approach, one that prioritises the human body over all other design parameters. The body is used as the aesthetic driver for the sculpture, its form, constructed from skin coloured tights, appears from afar like a stretched and distorted piece of flesh. From within the sculpture also imitates the aesthetic of human flesh to create a feeli