Deezen

MAY 22, 2023

Curated by architect Lesley Lokko , The Laboratory of the Future includes a number of installations exploring themes of decolonisation and decarbonisation. In this roundup , we spotlight nine projects from its main exhibition , The Laboratory of the Future. According to Clottey, the work aims to investigate global material cultures.

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Deezen

JULY 5, 2023

These rules of the grid are also there to be deconstructed and disrupted, offering unlimited possibilities." I think one of the biggest misunderstandings of tartan is that it has stood still, being one of the most documented and regulated textiles in the world," she said. The Scottish Register of Tartans now has over 11,000 entries.

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Architizer

AUGUST 25, 2022

The design of the façade was limited by local regulations, and several rounds of revisions were made to finalize the current state. The installation mirror is inspired by the convex mirror in the convenience store, which presents a psychedelic and romantic atmosphere. What drove the selection of materials used in the project?

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Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio Coop Himmelb(l)au coined the phrase Architecture Must Burn, which expressed their desire to radically rethink architecture, as part of its Blazing Wing installation (pictured) in 1980 in Graz, Austria. He designed the Parc de la Villette in Paris, which he describes as the "largest deconstructed building in the world".

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2020, the French government passed a sweeping antiwaste law that, among other things, increased the cost of waste disposal; it also required extensive inventories of deconstructed site materials and provided incentives for their reuse. Working with reused material encouraged the designers to embrace a diverse material color palette.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

Right: Public Farm 1, a 2008 installation on the grounds of Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 by Amale Andraos’s firm, WORKac; the museum described the installation as “a living structure made from inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at PS1”; images via MoMA PS1 and Archinect. Gabriela Etchegaray.

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