P.01 - Preliminary Brief

What paths do you follow? Where do they take you?

Articulation and interweaving of paths, choices. Sometimes a simple path, sometimes a vertiginous swirl that leads to return. The repetition, and, at the same time, the advancement into the unknown, the surprise before the unexpected. A reunion with yourself, and also always a discovery.

The look led to a line, but sometimes thrown into the unknown, to the unusual, to the new. A tangle of mistakes and hits, of haste and waiting, of tension and relief, of encounter and mismatch, but also of farewell, going and not going, yes and no. A line that stops, that raises, that dominates, that is dominated.

"I walk alone

Inside forests.

But the source is mine."

Cecília Meireles

Our intention is to create an experience, a “get away” destination for the urban citizen. It is meant to be a place that favors the disruption of daily routines, the disconnection to constant stimuli provided by smartphones and social media, and the detoxification of noisy streets and visual pollution, characteristics of major urban centers. We propose a decompressing journey, when nature and history are absolute values; when the curiosity is encouraged by the mysteries of shadows, textures and sounds.

We are targeting casual backpack travelers, desperate for adventure and breathtaking views. We propose immersion to the human self, being nature and history the two main ingredients. Visitors are invited to, little by little, peel layers of heaviness, refocusing their attention into routs, ups and downs, lefts and rights. By getting lost, re-encountering their path, they are able to unwind.

“Down at the end, round by the corner Close to the edge, just by a river Seasons will pass you by I get up, I get down Now that it's all over and done, Now that you find, now that you're whole “

Close to the Edge,-Close to the Edge, Yes