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at: villa foscari la malcontenta, venice, italy
from: 14th september – 23rd november, 2008
to mark the 500th anniversary of palladio’s birth zaha hadid and patrik schumacher have created ‘aura’, which will be installed at villa foscari la malcontenta as part of the venice architecture biennale 2008. the installation is made up of the two sculptures ‘aura-S’ and ‘aura-L’, each will be shown in a separate room. via designboom
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Exhibition discussion with Eric Owen Moss, Lisa Iwamoto, Craig Scott and representatives from Buro Happold: Friday, 08.15.08 at 7pm
The SCI-Arc Gallery is pleased to present Voussoir Cloud, a site-specific installation by San Francisco based architecture and design practice IwamotoScott in collaboration with Buro Happold. Voussoir Cloud’s design explores the coupling of potentially conflicting constructional logics – the pure compression of a vault with an ultra-light sheet material. Opening August 8, this installation will be fabricated by IwamotoScott in association with SCI-Arc students.
Voussoirs, the wedge shaped masonry blocks that make up an arch, are redefined in Voussoir Cloud using a system of three-dimensional modules formed by folding paper thin wood laminate along curved seams. The curvature produces a form that relies on the internal surface tension to hold its shape and allows for a structural porosity within the constraints of sheet material. The resulting dimpled, concave modules pack together; naturally creating vaulted forms with a light porous surface. The form-finding exploration of the whole is thus dependent on the geometric performance of the individual units and their relation to the gallery walls. read more
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We were able to get some images from the Re-sampling Ornament show and an article that was published in Switzerland. We plan on having more spicific content on the individual projects later in the week. So for now enjoy>>>>> read more
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A great exhibition on R. Buckminster Fuller is currently on view June 26 – September 21, 2008 @ the Whitney. There is a great collection of videos on the site and some basic background info that would bring you up to speed if you knew very little about Fuller. We will have some tricks & treats dealing with Buckminster’s work later in the week, for now have a look at the video below. read more
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Skylar Tibbits: Tesselion is a project by Skylar Tibbits which proposes a system of flat panel tessellation derived from complex surfaces to enable ease in constructability and a directly evolved spatial environment through lighting, programmatic adaptation and structural simplicity. Each panel’s uniqueness is afforded by the efficiency of digital fabrication while coded parametric relationships allow an emergent structural efficiency, from a single panel to the complete adaptability of the surface as a whole. read more
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