UNスタジオが建築テクノロジー会社「UNSense」を設立していて、様々なテクノロジーを盛り込んだ都市プロジェクト「100 Homes Project」を公開しています。以下がその解説動画。簡潔な英語でのキャプション入り。
Arch tech company UNSense, founded by UNStudio, is going to build an adaptive residential area of 100 houses in Brainport Smart District, Helmond. In this neighbourhood – a real-life testing environment – all kinds of smart services will be developed and tested in the areas of housing, energy, mobility and health, which will make life in this neighbourhood more sustainable and liveable. Technology at the service of the well-being of the inhabitants.
The Kunsthaus in Zürich, Switzerland, just opened a major solo exhibition by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Eliasson’s show is titled “Symbiotic Seeing”. It presents many of his new works. At the center of “Symbiotic Seeing” is a large scale installation of the same name. Olafur Eliasson created the work exclusively for the Kunsthaus Zurich. It “addresses a key issue of our age: the relationship and interplay between human and non-human actors on Earth.
In ‘Symbiotic seeing’, Eliasson tackles themes such as coexistence and symbiosis and aims to bring about a fundamental shift of perspective. The exhibition invites us not only to reflect on climate change – as a consequence of human action – but also to comprehend the human being as part of a larger system. The socially and environmentally committed artist, who was appointed Goodwill Ambassador for climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals by the UN in September 2019, proposes an idea of the world based on coexistence and collaboration rather than competition.
Eliasson’s art translates complex theoretical deliberations into spatial works that not only appeal to people rationally but also touch them emotionally and move them physically.
He has been working for over twenty years with an interdisciplinary team that includes craftspeople, architects, media specialists and cooks. He is known for space-filling works, light works and sculptures that prompt audiences to reflect on themselves and the world as they experience them.”(excerpt from the info text).
Curated by Mirjam Varadinis, the exhibition runs until March 22, 2020.
藤森照信への、ルイジアナ美術館によるインタビュー動画「A Feeling of Freedom」です。日本語での受け答えに英語字幕付きです。
Meet Terunobu Fujimori, one of Japan’s most influential architects, who has enchanted the world with his playful, often elevated buildings made of natural materials such as wood, earth and stone. In this short video, Fujimori talks about his original interpretations of a traditional Japanese building – his iconic raised tea houses.
“I started to design tea houses because I was interested in the idea of flexibility and a fun design in a small space.” One of the reasons why the teahouses have flexibility, Fujimori explains, is due to the caste system of 400 years ago (when the Japanese style building was first established), which was suspended inside the tea house: “Everyone was equal inside the tea houses and enjoyed being together. And it is the same now. Inside the tea houses, we don’t think about social status, rich and poor. We just spend time together.” This feeling of freedom inside the tea house is what he tries to preserve when designing the building. In connection to this, Fujimori comments on architecture’s unique ability to please people regardless of their preferences: “So its role is to make people comfortable when they use it.” Moreover, it is essential for Fujimori to place the tea houses in such a way that they blend in with nature, and because of this, he builds with only natural materials from the location.
The Johnson Wax Headquarters in Racine Wisconsin, which opened in 1936 is a modern masterpiece designed by legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright. To celebrate the iconic building Squint/Opera created an immersive 360 film that allows viewers to explore the ground-breaking design from an intimate perspective.
Footage is accompanied by interviews with building occupants conducted with ambisonic microphones to provide a 360 degree representation of sound. Employees stories demonstrate the intricate beauty and innovation of the architecture within which they work alongside design flaws which are sometimes comical. Three-legged chairs were sleekly designed but unstable and often caused employees to fall over. From above, large domed windows with concentric patterns flood open spaces with natural light but would often leak and ruin documents or in the summer, make conditions too hot to work in.
Throughout the building, the incredible attention to detail and unique geometry is inspiring. Nothing was missed, even the underground parking spaces have beautiful domed structures and the elevators are like rounded bird cages floating through the building.
The film was written and produced by multi-award winning filmmaker and Squint/Opera Creative Director Callum Cooper and Carrie Budge, a multimedia producer whose award winning portfolio includes films for the Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Vice.
The film was played during Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda’s announcement and used as part of a carefully choreographed presentation by Bjarke Ingels. At the heart of the design concept is how we experience the city, from how we interact with each other in our homes to new mobilities and sustainability. To bring this to life we needed to create a more immersive way for viewers to experience an architectural vision, so the film was made to be an eye-level tour with Bjarke Ingels transplanted into the digital proposal as a physical tour guide. As Bjarke explains his design philosophy the woven city is revealed around him.
In 2019, the MADness continued as we:
*Topped out on “UNIC” – our first residential complex to be realized in France;
*Broke ground on two concert halls in China: “China Philharmonic Concert Hall” in Beijing, and “Yiwu Grand Theater” in Yiwu;
*Became the first China-based architectural agency to have a permanent collection exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris;
*Opened our fourth office worldwide in Jiaxing, China;
*Continued design development and construction on buildings around the globe.
We bring you a review of MAD’s developments from the past year, and look ahead at what’s to come in 2020.
GAME CHANGER. Apis Cor is happy to announce the recent huge project! Hired by Dubai Municipality we 3D printed the 2-stories administrative building. That’s the biggest building ever 3D printed on-site! The project is unique and groundbreaking and opens a new chapter both in the concrete 3D printing industry and construction industry. The main goal of the project was extensive R&D work dedicated to testing the equipment under harsh climatic conditions, developing the 3D printing material and construction technologies, and testing the equipment during a long period of time. The next project are scheduled in California and Louisiana as part of affordable housing initiatives.
