qingdao CHINA

Following selection in a 2011 competition, UNStudio’s World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao has been realized.

The World Horticultural Expo 2014 takes place the Chinese city of Qingdao (from April to October 2014) and is expected to attract 15 million international visitors. . . .

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london UNITED KINGDOM

When we talk of motion within architecture we not only refer to buildings and their potential effects, but also to shifts or twists in the integrated practice of the profession.

lecture: Ben van BERKEL, “Motion Matters.”
Thursday, 02/06
6.00 pm / Lecture Hall
Architectural Association
36 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3ES

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new york NEW YORK

To mark its 10th anniversary and 29th issue, Log presents In Pursuit of Architecture, a conference featuring recent built work selected from an open, international call for submissions. Join architects & critics for a daylong discussion of architectural ideas, what it takes to build them, & how we measure the cultural value of architecture.

conference: “In Pursuit of Architecture” w/ PERSYN, BARKOW, CAPPAI & SEGANTINI, NAPOLITANO, MOS, DENARI, GEERS, COHEN, REISER + UMEMOTO, van BERKEL, JACOB, LAVIN, PETIT, & WHITING.
Saturday, 09/21
10.00 a.m.–5.00 p.m. / The Museum of Modern Art, Film Entrance
11 West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019

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new york NEW YORK

Given the social, economic, environmental, and even media demands on architecture today, how are architectural ideas sustained beyond conception to become buildings? In a special, tenth anniversary issue, Log 29: In Pursuit of Architecture presents ten outstanding architectural projects from the past decade—some well-known, others completely new—in a full-color portfolio format that illustrates the concepts and processes of each building. Selected from an open call for work built since 2003, these buildings illustrate a range of architectural ideas, and together open a conversation about the production and significance of architecture today. To situate the ten-project portfolio, Log 29 includes essays by four critics who reflect on recent and emerging themes in architecture and directions the discipline may develop.

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berlin GERMANY

For many years UNStudio has been investigating the potential of the temporary installation as an experimental testing ground for manifold architectural concerns and it is these investigations that form the basis of the exhibition “Motion Matters.” The exhibition presents ten of UNStudio’s milestone projects, in addition to conveying their perspective on 25 years of architectural production, their current approach to architectural practice and the wider discourse that determines design challenges today.

opening: UNStudio, “Motion Matters” at Aedes Gallery
Friday, 05/17–07/04
6.30 pm / Aedes am Pfefferberg
Christinenstr. 18-19
10119 Berlin, Germany

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boston MASSACHUSETTS

Harvard GSD

critic: Ben van BERKEL

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Yaohua WANG: VFX is short for visual effects. VFX industry is in a stage of its middle-age. It is younger than the mature and defined financial industries but older than the pimply and adolescent .com startups. At the moment, the middle-age VFX industry, is facing transitions.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

“The profession of architecture has expanded and now finds itself in a position to engage with a broader series of cultural references. The architect can now refer to film, fashion, literature, philosophy, music, art etc. and as such greatly enrich the cultural side of the profession. However with such an exclusive focus, the functionality of architecture—the rational and scientific side of the profession—is sometimes forgotten. As there is still much to discover in these more pragmatic areas of the practice, I believe that in the future the profession will become increasingly oriented towards knowledge and expertise . . .”

Ben van BERKEL, “Architecture and its Future”
intro. by Eric Owen MOSS
Wednesday, 02/20
7.00 pm / W.M. Keck Lecture Hall
SCI-Arc
960 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles, California 90013

london UNITED KINGDOM

The profession of architecture has expanded and now finds itself in a position to engage with a broader series of cultural references. The architect can now refer to film, fashion, literature, philosophy, music, art etc. and as such greatly enrich the cultural side of the profession. However with such an exclusive focus, the functionality of architecture—the rational and scientific side of the profession—is sometimes forgotten. As there is still much to discover in these more pragmatic areas of the practice, I believe that in the future the profession will become increasingly oriented towards knowledge and expertise . . .

Ben van BERKEL, “Architecture and its Future”
Wednesday, 12/05
6.30–8.00 pm / Christopher Ingold Auditorium
The Bartlett School of Design
UCL Chemistry Building
20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ

stuttgart GERMANY

The Haus am Weinberg is located in a setting that is at one time rural, yet suburban. The location of the villa affords pastoral views of the stepped terraces of an ancient hillside vineyard on one side and cityscape vistas on the other.

The inner circulation, organisation of the views and the programme distribution of the house are determined by a single gesture, “the twist.” In the Haus am Weinberg the central twist element supports the main staircase as it guides and organises the main flows through the house. The direction of each curve is determined by a set of diagonal movements. Whilst the programme distribution follows the path of the sun, each evolution in the twist leads to moments in which views to the outside become an integral experience of the interior.

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stuttgart GERMANY

“Virtual Engineering in the New Inventive Economy”

Ben van Berkel / UNStudio’s Centre for Virtual Engineering (ZVE) realized and receives Gold certification from the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)

The Centre for Virtual Engineering (ZVE) for the ‘Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO’ in Stuttgart has been realized. The official opening takes place today with an opening ceremony during which the German Sustainable Building Council (DNGB) will award the building with a Gold certification.

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