Anisotropia 0.1

Exploration of possibilities for view and light transmission through a lamella surface.

Project Credits

Photographs: Frank Ufer

Kyma 0.2

Exploration of pattern generation using multi-linear scale and bending transformations.

Atmosphères

In a similar way that A Frozen Sound is the transformation of a sound into space, Atmosphères is the translation of a composition. Based on Atmosphères for orchestra by György Ligeti, time, peak-frequencies and melodic ranges have been translated from time-based dimensions into spatial dimensions, the object becomes a three-dimensional transformation of the orchestra piece.

A Frozen Sound

Based on the idea that sound can be translated into space by translating its intangible time-based attributes into tangible spatial dimensions, Orproject started investigations into notating sound in three-dimensional form. Using digital processes, various acoustic attributes of a sound can be analysed and extracted. For the piece A Frozen Sound, time, melodic range and peak frequencies have been translated into a multi-dimensional spectrogram. The result is as much an object as it is notation, analysis and representation of the sound.

Kinetika

Kinetika is a formation based on a deflector-orthogonal particle movement. The third dimension reflects the velocity of the request point during its two-dimensional movement.

Pera

The centre piece in the entertainment room of a private client in Mumbai has been designed as a suspended structure. A surface of stainless steel segments is hiding the columns and forms a separation between two programmatic areas. The system forms a cortex membrane around a set of tree diagrams, which have been algorithmically developed based on natural venation processes.

10m³ of Break

10m³ of Break is an urban installation which helps us acknowledge the value of space in the city and the growing necessity for green cars. It was built for the Salone del Mobile 2009 in Milan.

A field of green ‘grass leaves’ takes hold of the urban space, offering 10 cubic meters of relax for the people passing by. Interaction with this grass field and the possibility of immersion within it allows us to escape from the traffic and confusion. The silhouette allows us to visualise the volume occupied by every car. The substitution of that volume with green suggests a progressive re-appropriation of the natural territory. At night the silhouette becomes a fluorescent veil, the memory of a shape emptied of its content.

The installation is made up of industrial and common use materials: green rubber hose pipe with a core in metal rod. Two wider industrial pipes are filled with concrete and painted yellow becoming two stools on which people can sit observing the city through a different natural perspective.

Project Credits

Designed by: Laura Micalizzi
Sponsors: Wired Magazine

Aquagarden

Aquagarden is an artificial garden that functions as a rain water distribution and collection system. Unlike conventional recycling systems, AG doesn’t hide its functional apparatus, rather it embodies it in its structured matrix, the branching system. Moreover AG operates as a cooling system through the evaporation of the trickling water. Rain water becomes the protagonist of the perceptual games, opening new potentials in the conception of ecologic infrastructures for the built environment.

Project Credits

Architects: Orproject in collaboration with Ecologic Studio

So Uncool Office

The design for the offices of the film company So Uncool in Beijing have been constructed to a very tight schedule and budget. A contemporary and minimal design has been applied to most of the office, and the central lounge area has been created as a special place to receive guests, for discussions and relaxation. Inexpensive but high quality materials have been used, and the design and construction of the bespoke furniture has been developed in close relationship with the construction company.

Project Credits

Photographs: Rolando Rodriguez-Leal

Rhein View

The interior design of the apartment next to the river Rhine in Cologne, Germany, makes use of the fantastic views and the constant relation to the neighbouring water. Contemporary materials have been used throughout, creating a space which is modern and warm at the same time.