Next to the University for applied Arts Die Angewandte you can find the the Museum of Applied Arts Vienna. Short MAK.
They are displaying there different expositions from ancient clothing to sculptures and art you can find a wide range of objects of different centuries and countries. Also a small architecture section is included: see the Steinhaus by Günther Domenig.
Study model of the Jewish Museum by Studio Daniel Liebeskind.
Designed by Ron Arad the "Rotator" is a shower and bathtub combination. The magic moment is when the water inside the tub is splashing out through the slow rotation movement.
Anish Kappor is "shooting into the corner"! His huge sculptures made out of red vaseline and wax are transformed permanently by shooting, scratching and smearing of moving structures applied.
Last week the final presentations in architecture took place at Die Angewandte in Vienna. All three studios Lynn, Hadid and Prix showed their work to the jury and public.
Patrik Schumacher and Ali Rahim discussing the endterm projects of studio Hadid.
Diploma project of studio Hadid.
CNC milled model of a studio Prix project.
Show me your pants baby! Grasshopper script definition displayed for a thesis.
STL printed model for a bath on the Danube river.
Nice model of a Cern extension project at studio Lynn.
First of all I want to wish you all the very best for the next year 2009. Hopefully you survived the days better than me, still struggeling with illness. Go and get some impressions from christmas partying in vienna.
Intern slavery uniforms: Roman and me starting the evening at the office party.
What the ...?! Suddenly this thing appeared in front of the office. A friend organized the jaga-bus crew to come around and join in. Damn cool vehicle.
Stunning white interiors. The whole bus is equipped with a translucent foil surface with coloured light behind. Different light scenarios are possible via touch panel controls.
Another great architect from France: Manuelle Gautrand speaking at the TU about her works and the responsibility as an architect for our society.
I think the best knowen project of her is the showroom for citroen called C42. Located directly at the world famous Champs Elysees they have created a pure space for (nearly) only cars behind a folded glass fassade showing the abstract company logo of citroen.
And of course she showed some of the awesome towers they did. For example the winning entry for a proposal at La Defence, Paris.
So this is what I'm doing right now in my spare time after work. As a plug-in for Rhino the Panelling Tool provides a huge range of possibilities in populating components on a surface. You can choose how to subdivide the sufaces and also create, save and edit your own components. Basically it's a much more primitive form of GC but with an embeded script support a really great thing. Check it here.
Basically the whole thing feels like one continuous space. The stripe of glas below the couch area on the right acts as the structural supporting element.
This cantilevering bed! I nearly jumped onto it honestly.
Not able to believe his eyes: Daniele in heaven.
The kitchen sideboard moving out of the ground: see the included control panel for all lights, devices, screens etc.
This is not living, its pure recreation. Roman W and Daniele enjoying the view above the city.
The architectural office R&Sie(n) was set up in 1989 and is lead by Francois Roche (1961, France), Stephanie Lavaux (1966, France) and Jean Navarro (1971, France). The office is based in Paris. The organic, oppositional architectural projects in the practice are concerned with the bond between building, context and human relations.
During the lecture of Francois Roche at Die Angewandte at vienna he explained his strategies and visions in explaining and showing several projects.
This is an image of the project olzweg. A competition they did in 2006.
Also R&Sie(n): The hypnosis room exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris 2005.
Architects, designer and scientists such as Greg Lynn, Marc Fornes and many more are talking about ongoing projects and research regarding topics like the personal genome, brain visualization, generative architecture, and collective design.
How could the world look like today in the internet? "New City" project by Peter Frankfurt, Greg Lynn and Alex McDowell
Click on the link below to see all the videos of MIND08.
Time to move to several exhibitions and partys out there. The Vienna Design Week is callin.
Departure as one of the main supporting institutions for the creative industry vienna is calling for the Look/Book release event as a mirror of their ongoing projects.
At the same time its the last party of the vienna design week and an opportunity to have some fun with friends. Damn the buffet was awesome - barbecue and a lot of beck's.
Längst überfällig kommen endlich ein paar Bilder zum Arbeitsplatz. Watch out the nice rooftop extension in front of my workspace at DMAA - the house Ray 1.
Thats my every good morning cookie.
The meeting room where all the guys are gathered around to celebrate things like won competitions, birthdays, new employees etc etc.
Good old after work beer - love it.
At last a shot of our nice canvas astronaut - a bit of cosmic radiation on the toilet.
Ofroom is basically an event about interior design. Different manufacturers exposing their new and fresh products like door handles, wallpapers, desks, tables etc.
I feel very sorry that we missed the final performance of two guys playing with buttermilk and nutella nude! Yes.
