9th international biennale of architecture of 2004 in venice. asymptote: metamorph installation .......................................................................................
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asymptote's interventions and design concepts for the 9th international biennale of architecture opening in september of 2004 in venice, are inspired by both historic and contemporary influences that impact this historically loaded event and its environs. the arsenale, in particular, has a colorful and noteworthy history as a place once used for the manufacture of the venetian naval sail ships from the 16th to 18th centuries where these immense spaces were used to manufacture kilometers of rope and sail cloth. asymptote's complete transformation of the cordiere emerged from producing a computer generated morphing animation sequence derived from combining perspectival geometry with the actions of torquing and 'stringing' the space. from this analytic study a number of 'key-frames' were captured and used to 'perform' the architecture utilizing curvatures, surfaces and a number of spatial situations. these formations became the design on which over 220 architects projects in models, drawings and video installations are to be exhibited. the works situated along these 'trajectories' transform the arsenal and corderie into a modulating terrain of affiliations, tendencies, forms and formations. the experience of the exhibition is primarily a spatial one, being itself an architectural work in which to move, view and meditate on architecture. asymptote's complete engagement in the exhibition from installation and exhibition design to graphic identity and catalog design ( with new york based omnivore ) provides for a seamless experience in both the arsenale as well as giardini and throughout the city of venice. this back-drop to the metamorph theme, as curated by kurt w. forster, makes explicit a number of contemporary readings and conditions concerning the state of early twenty first century architecture, where both affinities and disparities come into a vivid state of flux and metamorphosis. --- project credits asymptote: hani rashid and lise anne couture. project architects: jill leckner and noboru ota. team: eric goldemberg, asako hiraoka sperry, clarissa lenz, anabaltschun, claudia cipriani, tobias koch, stella lee, simon nageli, dominik sigg, cara solomon, charlotte schmidt-jensen, stephanie wong, christoph ziegler. graphic designer: omnivore - alice chung and karen hsu. lighting designer: arup lighting - rogier van der heide IALD. lighting consultant: marciano rizzo/ venice biennale. --- more on asymptote see articles from the designboom archive the interview with hani rashid approach the future - the asymptote experience, NAI --- short bio hani rashid and lise anne couture founded asymptote in new york city in 1988. the award winning architecture, design and art practice has produced an extensive body including the guggenheim virtual museum and a virtual reality trading environment and advanced operations center for the new york stock exchange. in 2004 asymptote was featured in various exhibitions, including ‘the non standard’ at the centre pompidou in paris, and a large scale survey show of asymptote's works at the netherlands institute of architecture in rotterdam in 2000 hani rashid represented the united states at the american pavilion of the 7th international architecture exhibition and in 2002 the work of asymptote was featured at documenta XI in kassel, germany. most recently asymptote has completed the construction of ‘hydrapier’ in the netherlands, a public building housing technology and art located near schipol airport. presently asymptote is involved in a new theater venue project for the hans christian andersen festival in odense, denmark, and is completing a crematorium and memorial chapel in rotterdam. - lise anne couture received her bachelor of architecture degree from carlton university, canada and her master of architecture degree from yale. she currently holds the davenport chair at yale university school of architecture. - hani rashid received a masters degree in architecture from the cranbrook academy of art in bloomfield hills, michigan and is presently a professor of architecture at columbia university in new york and at the swiss federal institute of technology (ETH) in zurich, switzerland. --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	metamorph installation metamorph installation (giardini) metamorph installation wireframe platform study platform study metamorph installation (arsenale)