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exhibition-event

01.06.2014

“Migrating Cities” during Venice Biennale

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Antarctic Pavilion: Antarctopia
7 June–23 November, 2014
Fondaco Marcello, Grand Canal, Venice

The Antarctic Pavilion brings together leading international architects and artists to explore present and future models of living with Antarctica. The Pavilion’s status as a ‘[trans]National Pavilion’ also constitutes a polemical engagement with the Biennale’s nationally over-determined structure: a quasi-institutional claim to represent a transnational sphere, out of line with the festival’s politics of territorial representation. More importantly, it points to Antarctica as a Giardini of sorts, in which the sovereignty-obsessed cultural ambitions relevant two centuries ago still seem to hold sway – for the worse.

Analogous to birds and other migratory species, the hovering “buildings” move freely across the continent adjusting to the continuously expanding and contracting ice formations and terrain conditions creating new temporary agglomerative cluster communities to escape the hostile environment and desolate isolation.

Location
Fondaco Marecello,
San Marco 3415 (Calle dei Garzoni), 30124
Venezia

Publication
A catalogue entitled Antarctopia will be published by Oceanic Fund Projects & Papergraf to coincide with this exhibition.

http://www.antarcticpavilion.com/antarctopia-events.html

news

15.03.2014

Casinos Austria and Austrian Lotteries Headquarters nominated for German Lighting Design award 2014

Veech x Veech have completed a comprehensive internal and external redesign of the main entrance of the Casinos Austria & Austrian Lotteries Headquarters and also converting the foyer of the in-house venue STUDIO 44 into a multifunctional event space, the STUDIO 44 LOFT. The design focus creates a strong architectural identity for public assessable entrance areas, in respect to the complex functional and technical premises.

Such as, high security, energy efficiency and social responsibility, within given constraints of the existing building. The main foyer was completely restructured providing space for a visitor lounge, the entrance façade retrofitted with frameless 6,60m high extra clear glass elements achieving the design objective of reaching the maximum level of transparency and lightness.

The 400m² refurbishment of the STUDIO 44 LOFT space central focus is the synchronicity of customized visual and lighting material surfaces. Creating unique individual ambient atmospheres enhances the multifaceted requirements of daily corporate, cultural and social events.

In recognition of VMA´s innovative custom design solution integrating advanced lighting technologies within an original architectural footprint the project has been nominated for the prestigious German Lighting Design Award 2014.