FORMULA_X Series: PLASMA STUDIO Nodal Landscapes

+++ In physics the term ‘plasma’ describes a particular state of matter in which energy is readily conducted through a material. Folding space into space, Plasma Studio draw landscapes into buildings, streets into facades, inside to outside. The exhibition at the DAZ presents their characteristic approach within a jump in scale; from built projects in Europe to recent work-in-progress planning in China. It is the start of FORMULA_X, the new DAZ exhibitions series, dedicated to presenting architectural positions of the up-and-coming generation. In a triptych, three emerging offices will show their sustainable ideas and individual ways of working within the overlying theme of ‘Visions’.+++

EXHIBITION: 02.10. – 14.11.2010 // DAZ Scharoun Saal
Tue to Fri 12.00 am - 7.00 pm, Sat + Sun 2.00 pm - 7.00 pm
Admission: 3,00 EUR / reduced 1,50 EUR
Free admission on the 1st Sunday of every month and during events.

OPENING: 01.10.2010
7.00 pm, Lecture // DAZ Taut Saal
PLASMA STUDIO Nodal Landscapes
Eva Castro, Holger Kehne, Ulla Hell
Introduction: Kristien Ring, Director DAZ, Curator FORMULA_X
8.00 pm, Opening Party // DAZ Scharoun Saal

In physics the term ‘plasma’ describes a particular state of matter in which energy is readily conducted through a material – the fluid spaces of Plasma Studio’s architecture work by the same principle. Folding space into space, the architects draw landscapes into buildings, streets into facades, inside to outside. Transformative tectonics set spaces, planes and bodies into unforeseen relationships that challenge conventional topographies and spatial codes.
For the last 10 years the office, currently based in London, Southern Tyrol and Beijing, has been widely recognized as one of the leading international architecture and design practices of the emerging generation. From small scale installations to large scale master planning, Plasma Studio`s projects bear strongly the mark of a digital design process. Propelled by the partners’ academic research and teaching at the Architectural Association in London. Plasma Studio develops architectural solutions by mediating between the scales of topography & context on the one hand, and sensory & physical relationships on the other. Their holistic design process enables an elastic response to completely varied contextual conditions and assignments. The exhibition at the DAZ presents their characteristic approach within a jump in scale; from built projects in Europe to recent work-in-progress planning in China.

Plasma Studio
Plasma Studio was founded by Eva Castro and Holger Kehne in London in 1999. They are co-founders of GroundLab, an emerging international practice of Landscape Urbanism and since 2002 both teach at the Architectural Association. Eva Castro is the director of the MA Land-scape Urbanism programme. Holger Kehne is the Unit Master of the Diploma Unit 12. Currently the two hold positions as Honorary Professors at Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology in China. Eva Castro studied architecture and urbanism at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and subsequently completed the Graduate Design programme under Jeff Kipnis at the AA. Holger Kehne graduated in architecture at the Münster School of Architecture in Germany and at the University of East London. Since 2003 the architect Ulla Hell is Associated Partner of Plasma Studio and represents the second office location in Sesto near Bolzano, Italy. She studied at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and the TU Delft and TU Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

FORMULA_X Series
The German Center for Architecture DAZ will launch a new exhibition series called FORMULA_X in the autumn of 2010. This new format is dedicated to the national and interna-tional up-and-coming generation of talented architects. With FORMULA_X, the DAZ will give an insight onto different architectural stances and the facets of sustainable ideas. –From micro-architectures to urban planning, from new answers for conventional building tasks to futuristic concepts. After a Call-for-Entries three offices have been selected, who will picture their architectural positions in monographic exhibitions, directly succeeding one another, as well as in a lecture and in interviews: The London based office Plasma Studio, the interdisciplinary network ecosistema urbano from Madrid as well as AFF Architekten from Berlin will present their individual design methodology and design processes. The theme of the first series is “Visions”: How does one succeed, despite the demands of the commercial market, to form and preserve in maintaining a consistent architectural position while translating the idea and vision for a sustainable environment into the built form? This issue will also be raised at the DAZ in the upcoming lecture series “Visions and Visionairies“, which will present protagonists from various disciplines, whose ideas and visions offer inspiration for a sustainable architecture and city planning.

The German Center for Architecture, DAZ, is dedicated to the promotion of architecture and building culture, and utilizes the media of exhibitions, events and publications. With our program, we aim to build bridges between architectural professionals, building industries, clients, policy makers and the interested public on a regional, national and international level. The DAZ is an Initiative of the Association of German Architects, BDA.

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