Rites of Passage

by Lasse Rau

A loose gathering of thoughts on environments, materials, and landscapes and their passing in time. Presented are transcripts of personal curiosities arising from visiting specific places, taking the form of research-infused imaginaries, out-of-body travels and productive conflations. Rites of passage is a travelogue between natural and artificial, pasts and futures, realities and speculations.

Lasse Rau / SMArchS Architecture and Urbanism 2022

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Rites of Passage

A timely trip of observation

Rites of Passage

The Great Refractor was not simply an observation device, peeking through the crevice of the roof and onto the gleams of distant stars; it was used to measure celestial movements and tell time.

Rites of Passage

On ice

Rites of Passage

Ice suggests that split second of instability, the shock of almost losing connection to the ground. Or dare say, we slip.

Rites of Passage