vienna AUSTRIA

University of Applied Arts Vienna

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Daniel REIST & Valcu HORATIU: The project “Peak ‘Eye'” was awarded 2nd prize at the Think Space Unconference 2012 in Zagreb, Croatia. Adrian Lahoud operated as guest curator, and he decided to create a special cycle of competitions.

This cycle of competitions aimed to hold a mirror to the architecture discipline to reflect the changes of the last 30 years by revisiting three competitions that radically transformed architectural culture: “The Peak” (1982), “Yokohama Port Terminal” (1994) and “Blur Building” (1999).

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vienna AUSTRIA

University of Applied Arts Vienna

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

daniel REIST: What is the definition of a building? Something that is built for human habitation. It can also be described as a structure that has floors and walls. But why should a building always stay at one place. Ships are one of the largest entities that human mankind has ever constructed. If we take the the aircraft carrier as an example. It is not just a ship, it is also a hybrid of programs, a connection between air and water. Hans Hollein was referring to the spatial performance of this vessel in his project “der Flugzuegtraeger in der Landschaft”. Besides the Aircraft carrier as ship typlogy I want to mention one special vessel.

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