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Architects of Air creates "sense of wonder" with inflatable architecture maze



The Daedalum maze, which consists of 19 interconnected egg-shaped domes made from translucent material, is the latest piece of inflatable architecture designed by Alan Parkinson, founder of Architects of Air.
Named after Daedalus ? the architect of the Labyrinth of Minos in Greek mythology ? the blow-up maze was created to let people experience the "phenomenon of light".

Architects of Air installed the inflatable structure at the Royal Albert Dock, in London, from 21 to 23 June as part of the Greenwich + Docklands International Festival.
"I design the structures to create a particular encounter with the phenomenon of light," Parkinson told Dezeen. "I devise an architecture to encourage a sense of wonder."
The latest maze in a succession of inflatable mazes designed by Architects of Air, Daedalum is constructed from a  variety of different coloured pieces of translucent material to create varied light-filled spaces.
"Daedalum aims to be the most mysterious of our luminaria in terms of the journey that visitors would take inside," Alan Parkinson explained.
"The key influences are the structures that preceded Daedalum ? each new structure we build gives indicators for what we do with the next. I do have a fondness for Islamic architecture, geometric solids ? structures that lend themselves to be interpreted pneumatically."

Visitors enter the maze through an air lock, after taking their shoes off, before exploring the inte...
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