The three elements that make up the project are the inflatable donut, an infrastructure that acts as a living room with a patio with palm trees inside. A bubble camp that works as changing rooms and spaces for socializing, are organized in structures of two bubbles, each one creating two different spaces. Finally, a palace that consists of three changing rooms for the headliners.
Project description by Langarita Navarro
Olimpo Nômade is a portable city for artists at music festivals. It serves as the hub for musicians to gear up and kick back, providing a lightweight, collapsible, transportable, galactic space for memorable experiences and legendary encounters.
During its first implantation, it was deployed on the sandy beach of Portimao in the Portuguese Algarve. The needs of the festival were covered by a series of devices, creating open-air plazas and recreational areas protected by various types of palm trees and fishing nets.
The palace complex consists of a stretched doughnut, bubbles, and a reflective palace that can disappear into its surroundings, creating an oasis of sand and palm trees. The donut is a 500-square-meter, white, borderless, continuous inflatable lounge with a tranquil courtyard lined with palm trees.
Olimpo Nômade by Langarita Navarro. Photograph by Luis Díaz Díaz.
The bubble camp serves as changing rooms, each made up of two different sized bubbles for dressing and socializing. The palace consists of three changing rooms for the headliners, with a mirrored cube on a scaffolding structure with a blue view and a reflective bib that seems to float over the surroundings.
The aim of the project is to provide a practical, durable and foldable infrastructure that can be stored and transported in the fewest possible number of containers, maintaining its aesthetic relevance for as long as possible without sacrificing its mythical monumentality. It is a portable Olympus for contemporary gods.
