7 posts tagged “expo”
The main qualities for the project formed the mainframe of the topological surface. The software output consisted of an extensive array of subtly varying surface conditions. According to their performative behavior the population of over one hundred individual entities where scrutinized for their fitness according to different criteria, such as the potential to fulfill the program, the performance as structural entity and the affect generated by its appearance. This process reduced potential candidates to a very small number. Finally this candidates ran trough a series of algorithms (various remeshings, subdivisions, optimizing the size of the spatial pockets etc.) which eliminated all candidates but one.
This technique can be described as an evolutionary process driven by a series of intensive forces, such as the specific compartmentisation of the pouches, the loadbearing qualities of curvilinear conditions and the allover sensual experience of the space. The numerous explorations and investigations of SPAN into the nature of topological bodies, throughout the recent years, served as basis for the design process. One of the results of these investigations was a series of models only dedicated to seamless, continuous circulations within architectural bodies and apertures in complex curved geometries. These two fundamental architectural conditions, opening and circulation, are discussed in the project of the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 in an alternative way.
The lecture describes the design process of the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010, as well as the construction method. The lecture depicts the advanced fabrication methods involved in the construction of the Project, such as the use of simulation softwares, building information modeling and CNC fabrication.
So, here is the new studio task for next semester in the Dessau Institute of Architecture:
DIA Dessau Institute of Architecture Advanced Architecture Studio WS09/10
Prof. Matias del Campo: The Tangling Line - Urban design for the Expo 2012, Yeosu, Korea
Braiding, Weaving and Bifurcations…
This semesters studio is focused on the idea of tangled structures—massively distributed networks made up of relatively weak cross-linked fibrous components that are the dominant mode of formation of structures in nature. This elegant concept of material assembly follows a long lineage in architectural history, from gothic interweaving to Art Nouveau braiding; textile techniques from two-
to three-dimensional weaving (Miyake, Northsails); Fine Arts from Pollock to Eliasson; Mathematics from topology to tangle theory; and science from advanced composites to tissue engineering demonstrate the omnipresence of this concept of matter assembly. A crucial characteristic of this structural morphology is that patterning, form, and organization are inherent conditions emerging out of the design process. The studio projects will explore in depth the aesthetics and performative parameters of tangled and patterned surface conditions as an alternative to prevailing assembly strategies in a
contemporary design environment, using the most advanced digital design tools and computer controlled fabrication methods, such as 3D printers and Laser Cutters. Design research is conducted into the architectural potential for this idea in the context of advanced engineering and contemporary construction methods.
The main task of the studio is to explore braiding, weaving and bifurcations as design tools for urban scale structures. The site and program for these explorations is the Expo 2012 in Yeosu, Korea. The site offers the opportunity to work on distributed, tangled networks along the coastline of the Expo Project. All the necessary data, such as plans and information about the site will be available from the studio master. Due to the size of the project group work is encouraged, limited to a maximum group size of 3 students.
For more information please visit the studio blog: http://bifurbication.blogspot.com/
It is highly recommended that prospective students of this studio pick up the reader Deep Ornament: Primer that is available in the DIA Office. This reader forms the theoretical basis of the work in the studio.
The current Issue of Frame magazine
focusses on the issue of color. This edition also features the Austrian
Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 by SPAN & Zeytinoglu.
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The design of the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 made it on to the cover of the renowned Austrian architecture magazine Architektur & Bauforum. The editorial by journalist Brigitte Amort describes the history of Austria´s contribution to various World Expo´s, starting with the hosting of the 1873 World Expo in Vienna, through the various contributions such as in Sevilla, Aichi and Zaragosa to the upcoming world Expo in Shanghai 2010. The project is described extensively within the editorial. Architektur & Bauforum is available at the kiosk of your choice.
We are happy to show the Austrian Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010 at this exhibition...
aast///advanced architecture settimo tokyo
Generative Architecture events in Settimo Tokyo, promoter CASARTARC Settimo Torinese Association. aast is a group of events intended to spread Generative Computational Design, becoming an Advanced Architectural Research International Exhibition. aast gives the opportunity to professionals and students to test a new approach to design, using innovatory tools. aast is a survey of researches on new generations of architects oriented to understand the huge transformation of contemporary architecture perspectives. aast’s aim is the promotion of 3D parametric software, which is able to integrate all the building components and data into one parametric model. All the building information becomes highly manageable throughout all the design and construction phases. aast deals with the parametric software brand-new trend as generating design and extending design creativity. We will discuss about complex forms impossible to be generated before and also raise a series of new design theories, methods and tools.
SPAN & ZEYTINOGLU WIN THE COMPETITION FOR THE AUSTRIAN PAVILION AT THE EXPO SHANGHAI 2010
VIENNA, Austria – March 30th, 2009 – A jury of nine members today announced that SPAN & Zeytinoglu, Vienna, won the architectural competition for the design of the Austrian Pavilion at the EXPO Shanghai 2010
The Topology of Sound
„ The main driving force behind the design of the Austrian Pavilion for the EXPO in Shanghai 2010 can be described as acoustic forces, or more accurately as music. Music as a concept that reflects continuity in terms of architectural articulation that seamlessly connects the various spaces within the program. The embodiment of the sonic conditions within the space manifest the architecture of the pavilion, which resonates to the rhythm of the Video Jockeys (VJs) performance – the conductor of the atmospheres within the main space. The rich history of Austrian musical tradition makes it possible to create a performance program reaching from Baroque Music, to the classic area to the Modern age to contemporary acts. The space unfurls from within the topological body, from the main space, the audience chamber, to the exterior epidermis. This process creates pockets, pochés that include the rest of the program such as Shop, Restaurant, Office, and the VIP Area. Each one of those programmatic areas includes qualities co notated with the quality of living within Austrian conurbations: Music, Culture, Culinary expertise, urban textures, opulent landscapes and lavish foliages.“ (SPAN)
SPAN:
Vienna based Architecture Firm SPAN, headed by Matias del Campo and Sandra Manninger, is driven by a compulsive desire to speculate about architectural opportunities in the presence of animated matter, organic entities and their underlying geometrical and mathematical presence. Their award winning architecture designs are informed by specific sources within the fields of mathematics, geometry, botany, biology and life sciences. The manifold inspirations are fused into projects applying the most advanced digital design tools and casted into form by computer controlled machinery, making SPAN one of the most innovative architecture practices. Their activities include Architecture Design, exhibitions and lectures as well as teaching in various countries and institutions, such as the University of Applied Arts Vienna, the Bauhaus Dessau and the ESARQ in Barcelona.
The jury that selected the winning design was comprised of the following members:
Prof. Will Alsop – (SMC Alsop),
Dietmar Steiner – Director Architecture Center Vienna (AZ W)
Bettina Götz – architect, Artec, Vienna
Christian Knechtl – architect, Knechtl Studio, Vienna
Dr. Thomas Angyan – Director Wiener Musikverein.
Peter Rantasa – Mica, Vienna
Mag. Gudrun Hager – WKÖ
Prof. Richard Trappl – Confucius Institute, University Vienna
Mag. Gabriele Tschürtz - BMWFJ
customer:
BMWFJ und WKO
Management: EXPO Office Austria
For Press images, full project description and further information contact SPAN: press@span-arch.com
Please join in for the lecture of my partner Sandra Manninger on the work of SPAN at the conference LIQUID SKY - Horizons of Architecture and Design in the 21st Century. The conference is part of the program of the Austrian Pavilion at the EXPO in Zaragosa and explores the inherent qualities in the work of a group of Architects and Designers dedicated to advanced design methods. The Lecture of Sandra Manninger is entitled Liquid Codes and explains the desires and obsessions driving the forms and design of our practice as well as a series of projects in more detail, showcasing how we cast our explorations and inspirations from fields like the Life Sciences, Biology, Mathematics and Geometry into architectural projects. Among the projects shown in the lecture are the Blossom Store, the Brancusi Musem and the Gradient Scale.
Other lecturers include Dietmar Steiner (Director Az W), Peter Noever (Director MAK), Enriq Ruiz Geli (Cloud 9), and Marta Male Alemani.
8th of September, Palacio de Congresos, Zaragosa, Spain.
Check out more about the program of the Austrian Pavilion here
