Inspiration CityLab

They designed a large counter where they do all works such as melting sugar, making patterns, cutting, wrapping and selling. The studio enveloped backyard area including structural column and storage, and wrapped around the 900 mm high counter with glass so that customers can look over the entire shop. The counter is made of concrete. Concrete is not always heavy, cold and hard-edged like we usually imagine. They used fabric mold to cast concrete, and expressed softness, plasticity and warmness of the material. By touching and looking at this counter they want customers to recognize the original nature of the material.

Situated on MIT’s campus in honor of Officer Sean Collier who was shot and killed on April 18th 2013, the Collier Memorial marks the site of tragedy with a timeless structure—translating the phrase “Collier Strong” into a space of remembrance through a form that embodies the concept of strength through unity.
The memorial is composed of thirty-two solid blocks of granite that form a five-way stone vault. Each block supports the other to create a central, covered space for reflection. Inspired by the gesture of an open hand, the memorial’s shallow stone vault is buttressed by five radial walls, which extend outward toward the campus. The ovoid space at the center of the radial walls creates a passage, a marker, and an aperture that reframes the site.
The intersection of the star-shaped form and the central void creates a smooth, curved surface the underside of which acts as a bevel marker and reads “In the line of duty, Sean Collier, April 18, 2013.” The longest walls of the memorial shelter the site from Vassar Street and simultaneously create an entry into the memorial. The two most acute walls are aligned with the location of the shooting just a few feet away. Carved into the south-facing wall is an epitaph from Sean’s brother’s eulogy, “Live long like he would. Big hearts, big smiles, big service, all love.” Clusters of honey locust trees create a living canopy above the solid stone structure to mark the passage of time. In contrast, point lights set into the pavers permanently inscribe the constellation of stars in the sky the night of April 18th, 2013.

FAT - Fashion,Architecture & Taste

For the past six years FAT have worked closely with Tate Modern to develop education activities for young visitors to the gallery. As well as the games themselves, we designed a learning zone within Tate Modern where the activities are handed out and discussed and the results displayed.
The painted horizon on the walls makes reference to the Landscape Suite where the learning zone is situated. The furniture in which the games are housed is also playfully interactive, forming a tactile landscape on which children can sit, draw and play.

Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland, 2006 - 2011
Lead designer for the 4000 sq m of permanent exhibition covering 1000 years of Polish Jewish History (for Event Communications Ltd)
Scénographie pour 4000 m2 d'exposition permanente couvrant 1000 ans d'histoire des Juifs Polonais.

Amerikkka, 1991/201320,050 wooden eggs painted with polyurethane lacquer, 40,000 bullets, wood and metalInstallation dimensions variableInstallation view: Fondazione HangarBicocca, 2014Photo: Agostino Osio

The show celebrated the release of a new fabric made from woven hemp – a material made from cannabis plant fibres that was once widely used in Japanese garments, but saw a sharp decline after the prohibition of cannabis in the 1930s.

Plinths made from tall steel rods of varying heights supported the fragments of white fabric in a split-level gallery space that was filled with white gravel.

The lengths of fabric were laid out flat as the spindly structures would allow, so that visitors could hone in on the "lightness, softness, delicate thinness" of the material.

"With the calm and serene environment created, the hope is to have visitors have a fresh approach to hemp fabric and to explore the historical background to a forgotten tradition," said Seki.

"Visitors are invited to interact with the display, so the details of the piece can require more attention."

FARSHID MOUSSAVI ARCHITECTURE

Design of 'Future City Exhibition' Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK

WHAT IF…? CITIES EXHIBITION

LOUISIANA MUSEUM (DK)

Client: Louisiana, Museum of Modern Art
Date: 2009
Status: Realised
Program: Laboratory for the exhibition “Green architecture for the future”
Scope: Design, management and construction follow up

At the invitation of Louisiana contemporary art museum in the city of Copenhagen, we developed the first phase of the project What if …? Cities, which consists of an exhibition about the present and the future of cities and a web platform that invites professional and citizens worldwide to contribute with their own ideas to improve cities, becoming an active part of the exhibition.

www.whatifcities.com aims at generating databases of ideas by people from different areas of the city, who bring their own vision for an alternative urban future.