3-ply facemasks and everyday discarded plastics make up this turntable dome in new jersey

SLO architecture transformed discarded everyday plastics into turntable, a rotating public installation, and a transcendent common space for reflection in camden, new jersey. the piece features an outer skin made from thousands of two-liter soda bottles and an interior dome fashioned from 3-ply polypropylene facemasks.

all images courtesy of SLO architecture

SLO architecture’s aim was to create a piece that reconsiders camden NJ’s lost history to transcend the city’s current problems with illegal dumping and to form a space to envision the cycles of camden’s history and potential energy ahead. with turntable, the discarded is unearthed and reconsidered. at coopers poynt park, a wind-powered beacon becomes a shoreline focal point. using wind energy captured by thousands of cut two-liter soda bottles, a cylinder spins above a ring of scaffolding.

inside, a lightweight dome of discarded 3-ply polypropylene facemasks with an oculus open to sky, forms a space to contemplate our coming together after a year of covid. turntable is part of a new view, which will transform six highly visible spaces along camden’s public transportation corridors from eyesores used for illegal dumping into multi-purpose community forums. these converted spaces will host dynamic temporary art installations and creative programming that will provide a new view to the more than 65,000 people who travel through camden daily and its 77,000 residents.

project info:

name: turntable

architects: amanda schachter & alexander levi | SLO architecture

location: coopers poynt waterfront park, camden, NJ

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edited by: yasmina karam | designboom