Hotel Gent by Tazu Rous

The Japanese artist Tazu Rous (aka Tatzu Nishi, Tazro Niscino, Tatzu Oozu and Tatsurou Bashi) creates spatial ‘encounters’ with unusual proportions using iconic objects taken from public space.  He is constructing a hotel room setting around the tower of Sint-Pieters Station. The division between public and private space is eliminated, because the huge clock that normally towers high above the people will now come palpably closer. In the intimacy of Rous’ room, the visitor comes face to face with a public monument which, in the course of his daily routine, he always observes at a distance, only half consciously and in a fraction of a second.

from archdaily.

Designing the Extraordinary Exhibition at the V & A

As part of a season of events celebrating British design, the V&A presents the first major solo exhibition of the work of Heatherwick Studio, one of the most inventive and experimental British design studios practising today.

As part of the exhibition, Heatherwick studios installed 'Theshold',  suspending 208 white traffic cones as a canopy to the main entrance of the museum.


The exhibition runs from 31 May - 30 September 2012. 

Architectures of Change Exhibition at P3

Architectures of Change; Four Continents, Five Perspectives Exhibition Open: Friday 29 June - Sunday 15 July 10:00-18:00 Mon-Sat, 11:00-17:00 Sun Ambika P3 is delighted to invite you to the opening of the exhibition Architectures of Change: Four Continents, Five Perspectives, organised by the British Council as part of the International Architecture and Design Showcase 2012,  and jointly presented by the University of Westminster to coincide with the London Festival of Architecture on Thursday 28 June 18:00 - 20:00. The exhibition will include architecture and design from the Caribbean, Namibia, Serbia, South Africa and Taiwan andremains open every day until 15th July.   In addition the Department of Architecture has organised a series of talks and discussions to take place within the context of the exhibition, and further information is available at www.p3HubSpace.org.uk   Ambika P3  University of Westminster 35 Marylebone Road London, NW1 5LS  t. 020 7911 5876 www.p3exhibitions.com p3.exhibitions@westminster.ac.uk

BA Interior Architecture at OPEN 2012

A few photos by recent graduate Olivia Dunin of the current BA Interior Architecture installation at University of Westminster's OPEN exhibition.  The installation, which re-purposed discarded office chairs and incorporated student designed and fabricated frames from The Tell-the-Tale Detail Exhibition, will be transported to Freerange at the Truman Brewery and then on to the VOLA London Showroom as part of the London Design Festival. 


See a photo of last year's installation here.

Free Range 2012

Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame by Trahan Architects

From Archdaily:

"Designed by Trahan Architects, in coordination withMethod Design and CASE, the new $12.6 million venue", is currently under construction and "will house donated memorabilia.  Being the focus of the organic interior space, the atrium will serve as a space for community gatherings and special events. A system of 1150 unique cast-stone panels will be washed with natural light, sculpting the interior walls."

More at Trahan Architects and Archdaily.

Berndnaut Smilde makes real clouds appear inside gallery

Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde makes real clouds form inside of empty rooms. He uses a fog machine and carefully adjusts the temperature and humidity to produce clouds just long enough to photograph.

Watch a video of Smilde creating a cloud at booooooom.com.

OPEN 2012

Bartlett Summer Show

Make a point of going.

Interior Urbanism Workshop: Florence 2012

for more info: https://sites.google.com/site/interiorurbanismflorence/

workshop lecture series: https://sites.google.com/site/interiorurbanismlectureseries/

blog: http://interiorurbanism.blogspot.co.uk/

Conference Hall by SelgasCano

Madrid-based architects selgascano designed an 18,500-square-metre seaside auditorium and conference hall in the port city of Cartagena, Murcia. The double facade of translucent extruded polycarb panels exposes the building's metallic structure and adds to the game of transparencies and tonalities created by injecting tiny dabs of neon paint into each piece, with different colours and intensities.

More images and text at domus.

Issey Miyake Turns Plastic Bottles Into Glowing Origami

In collaboration with Italian lighting brand Artemide, Miyake’s Reality Lab researched and developed a translucent fiber made from recycled PET plastic bottles (which likely held water or soda in their previous incarnations). The seven 3-D geometric shapes in the series were created using mathematic programs, but the effect is less technical than ethereal--no surprise considering IN-EI is Japanese for “shadow, shadiness, nuance.” Convenience isn’t on that list, but it could have been--each piece can be collapsed, but will retain its shape without the need for an interior frame when expanded again.


more at Fast Co. Design