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Project: Synaesthetic Filter
Architects: Stefan Rutzinger and Kristina Schinegger
Client: “Ohrenstrand mobil 2008” design competition
Location: Mobile
Intent: A mobile pavilion for experimental music, both performances and sound installations set to be temporarily placed in public interior spaces.
Features: The structural elements change shape tailored to specific acoustical qualities during performances, which in turn changes the overall spatial and visual qualities. The light structure allows users to feel immersed in space instead of contained and integrated in their surroundings rather than separated. A simple footprint allows flexibility to where the stage and the audience will be placed based.
Structure: Orthogonal wireframe, approx. 32’ x 40’ x 15’, is composed of aluminum tubes. Each tube is equally bent and spiked at 30 degrees, which creates a rotational pivot for the acoustical elements that undulate. The acoustical elements are C-shaped aluminum plates that are either reflective or absorptive, which are rotated during particular music pieces. The structure can be easily assembled on the ground into 6 parts, then placed together through interlocking joints, then disassembled and transported.

More Information:
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/18/synaesthetic-filter-by-stefan-rutzinger-kristina-schinegger/

Project: The GlobeTrotter
Architects: Office of Mobile Design (OMD)
Client:
Location: Mobile
Intent: A mobile, modular vehicle that can transform into a theater on any reasonably flat land intended for Shakespearian plays.
Features: A 12’ x 50’ vehicle contains a stage roughly the same size of the original Globe theater in London. Wing-walls flank the stage to offer lighting effects and acoustics. On the opposite side of the vehicle, 6 pneumatic “pods” are inflated for production offices, dressing rooms, concession and ticketing, and sleeping quarters for the cast and crew. The vehicle’s center acts as shower, sink, and production equipment storage. The seating is entirely inflatable as well.
Structure: The vehicle is based off a typical container, but equipped with PV panels on the roof for electrical support.

More information:
http://www.designmobile.com/globetrotter.html

Project: Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space
Architects: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
Client: The Bavarian State Opera Munich, Germany
Location: Munich, Germany
Intent: A temporary space for music performances for up to 300 people.
Features: The architects worked around the contradiction of mobility and acoustical integrity, as good acoustical properties require physical mass, which is not an ingredient of mobility. For this, the theory that a greater surface area and tilted walls produce better sound within a space was incorporated. The building also acts as a sound reflector to the nearby vehicular traffic, which also increases the acoustics within the space.
Structure: Composed of aluminum pyramids, designed to reflect external sounds, absorb interior sounds, and increase surface area. The pyramids were generated by overlaying the sound frequencies of “Scuse me while I kiss the sky” by Jimi Hendrix and “Don Giovanni” by Mozart.
More Information:
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/11/17/pavilion-21-mini-opera-space-by-coop-himmelblau/

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Project: The Yorkshire Diamond Pavilion
Architects: Various Architects
Client: Yorkshire Forward Design Competition
Location: Mobile
Intent: A temporary pavilion for small to large events, including film and music performances.
Features: The pavilion is composed of inflatable tubes that can be fully inflated within an hour, an air compressor constantly monitors its inflatable condition, even if torn or opened, it will stay up. The exterior look is based on the coal mines found throughout Yorkshire, with the diamond being both aesthetically appealing and structurally sound as well. Multiple configurations are possible, from a large “introverted” space for larger gatherings and presentations, to an “extrovert” position where the pieces face out to be entered from two sides, and lastly, the pieces can be divided and opened up into two in order to allow larger outdoor events. Sustainable ideas were integrated by the light, fully recyclable structure, easy transportation, and natural ventilation and lighting. Also, the pavilion is electrically charged during transport by PV panels on the two 20’ long containers that are hooked up to batteries in the containers. A small wind turbine offers additional electricity during use.
Structure: The structure begins with 5 sqft floor panels with adjustable legs to provide a stable base. The tubes are CNC cut, fire retardant PVC coated with a woven cloth base that is 100% recyclable. The diamond-lattice superstructure encloses an optimal, column free interior space.

More Information:
http://www.dezeen.com/2009/02/28/the-yorkshire-diamond-pavilion-by-various-architects/

Thesis Talk

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Conceptual Models:

Ideas include Open Score, Mobile Design, Assembly, Transportation, and Site Specific upon Environmental 'mood'
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Music As...Project,. It was not a Stop but more of a Roundabout

INspiration: Looking toward music for concept/site/programming ideas

In the 1950’s, composers such as Earl Brown and Gyorgy Ligeti questioned the linearity of musical scores, where the composer would recite the score perfectly without any improvisations, and sought out a flexible score that could offer both the performers and the composer choices rather that a set path for a musical work. Their choices may be dependent on their current moods, and the atmosphere in which they are currently in. This flexibility was obtained through the use of sections and fragments within the score, where rearranging the parts was not only endlessly possible, but encouraged. This lead to a measure of unpredictability in the final work of music. Traditional logic, predictability and linearity was exempt from the music process. Ligeti looked at Calder Mobiles (shown below) for analogies to this idea, where the color, shape, and elements of the pieces were fixed, while the movement of these pieces and thus the compositions were constantly in motion.

This idea is similar to architecture in which for several decades, architecture was communicated without a sense of interpretation. The building (musical work) was communicated through building plans (scores) that were to be performed exactly as planned regardless of the current mood or atmosphere of the site or the user.

The mobile idea of the music center follows the question of linearity Brown and Ligeti performed in music, where the architect (composer) cannot always predict the final outcome. The construction of the center is communicated through building plans, each with a sense of flexibility in the final outcome. This flexibility is sought out to let the current site conditions (mood/ atmosphere) and the users be the determining factor in the building’s composition, thus making it site specific, just like a static building. The static element in a music score, being the staff, and the shape and color of the calder mobile's pieces, is architecturally analogous the building frame, while the sections and fragments will be the panels used to wrap the frame, offering a series of options. The chosen configuration will be relative to the site to account for sun paths, access points, weather conditions, views, and context.

Mobile Case Study 1

Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion

Architect: Zaha Hadid

Client: Chanel

Year Completed: 2008

Typology: Mobile pavilion set to exhibit contemporary art and Chanel products all across the world, from Paris, Tokyo, and New York.

Key Facts: Two elements seperated by a court yard, the structure is a series of continuous curved components, each approx. 2.25m wide, covering a lighweight steel frame that can be assembled and unassembled in under a week. The overall size of the pavilion is 29m x 45m totaling 700sqm. The height is only 6m with the floor raised 1m above the existing ground surface. Exterior lighting allows multiple effects on the structures surface for a variety of programs for different cities. The glazed ceiling adjusts to different temperature and climate conditions of the current city it enters.

More information:

http://www.chanel-mobileart.com/

http://zahahadidblog.com/projects/2007/06/13/zahas-travelling-exhibition-pavilion-for-chanel

Mobile Case Study 2

Prada Transformer

Architect: Rem Koolhaas and AMO Think-Tank

Client: Prada

Typology: A Mobile exhibit for music, art, fashion, and theater performances

Year Completed: 2008

Key Facts: A 20m high tetrahedron structure set to accommodate cultural, artistic, and fashion events for Prada. The structure, which is covered by a smooth elastic membrane, can be rotated to best suit the chosen event, with 4 different facades that can become the floor, walls, or ceiling. These facades, all built in a steel-frame, are unique by their shapes, being a hexagon, a cross, a circle, and a rectangle. LG Electronics supported the Transformer along with Hyundai Motor Co. and others.

More Information:

http://prada-transformer.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc5dZ7lnoG0&feature=player_embedded

Mobile Case Study 3

Austrian Pavilion at Expo 2010

Architect: Span and Zeytinoglu

Client: World Expo 2010 Shanghai

Year Completed: 2010

Typology: A temporary pavilion to showcase Austrian music, from Baroque to Contemporary

Key Facts: Music is the concept, reflecting continuity and seamlessness ssthroughout the architecture’s various spaces. Those spaces include the chamber, a restaurant, shop, offices, and a VIP Area. Each area was diagnosed and created through mathematical and geometrical processes that embody SPAN, which is known as one of the most innovative architectural practices.

More Information:

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/04/09/austrian-pavilion-at-expo-2010-by-span-and-zeytinoglu/

http://www.span-arch.com/show_content.php?hid=3

Mobile Case Study 4

Mobile Art Gallery Concept:

Architects: Victor Paixao, Miguel Felipe, Muralha, Paula Sertorio, Thiago Florez, Andre Mack and Bruno Castro

Client: London 2008 competition organized by Arquitectum

Typology: A mobile barge set to travel down the Thames River in London to showcase art.

Key Facts: The transparency of the building offer different perspectives of the city as it travels down the river. Internal and external spaces seem to blur. Three ellipses were generated to evoke the three different uses of the space while a second layer of glass uses a ‘switchable glass” system controls the opacity of the glass given a particular use. Uses include temporary exhibitions, an auditorium, multiple observation areas, and cafe areas.

More Information:

http://www.dezeen.com/2009/01/21/adaptable-architecture-gallery/