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Project • By Alexandre Vicente Studio • Exhibitions
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Translation, by definition, is not limited to the conversion of one language into another. It is the diffusion of an entity between disparate mediums, dependent on a hierarchical synthesis and transmission of concepts between ambiguous yet demarcated layers.
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The act of adapting information is an intrinsically imperfect operation as it is simultaneously a reinterpretation, where conscious and unconscious decisions influence authored output. Ideas are often complex and convoluted, with constituents inevitably added or subtracted in the process.
Alexandre Vicente Studio
Architects, similar to translators, interpret concepts and drawings to make buildings. Converting two-dimensional representation into three-di... More
News • News • 27 May 2022
New Novartis Pavilion in Basel features a distinctive zero-energy media facade
The Novartist Pavilion by AMDL CIRCLE is a new exhibition, meeting and event centre at the Novartis Campus Basel. The first publicly accessible building on the campus site, which includes a collection of other high profile buildings completed by architects such as David Chipperfield, Frank Gehry, and Tadao Ando, the project aims to promote dialogue about life sciences and serve as a resource that showcases the past, present, and future of healthcare. In particular, the building houses the Wonders of Medicine, a permanent multimedia exhibition designed by ATELIER BRÜCKNER.
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The distinctive, zero-energy media façade was developed through a series of parametric designs by AMDL that determined the geometric and gra... More
News • News • 6 Nov 2020
He Art Museum by Pritzker-prize winner Tadao Ando draws from local architectural traditions
Located in China’s Guangdon province, the He Art Museum (HEM) by Pritzker-prize winning architect Tadao Ando features the architect’s signature use of concrete and natural elements including light, water and wind. The design is further influenced by Lingnan architectural culture and circular/elliptical forms.
Credit: Chen Xiaotie
At the centre of the design, a double-helix pair of staircases rise up four floors. A skylight inspired by Lingnan building tradition bathes the interior in natural light and helps to draw light deep into the floorplan.
Credit: Chen Xiaotie
A total of 16,000 square meters and with 8,000 square meters of exhibition space, the building comprises four circular floor plans that increase in size... More
Palazzo Grassi Venezia
The Palazzo Grassi is situated in Venice (Italy) and inaugurated in 2006 and 2009. Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana are the two contemporary art museums of the Pinault Collection in Venice. The building, where personal and collective exhibitions are shown, has been renovated by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Palazzo Grassi aims to share with the public the knowledge and love for contemporary art through the extraordinary Pinault Collection and to strengthen the priviledged relationship the institution has developed with artists, especially thanks to works specifically conceived for its exhibition spaces.
Since May 2013, the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi complements this artistic and cultural programme. Conceived by Tadao Ando, this 2... More
Project • By Secco Sistemi SPA • Museums
Punta della Dogana
Located in a strategic point from where the city interactswith the lagoon, Punta della Dogana, transformed in the17th century from salt storage into ancient mercantile customsof Serenissima, is a triangular shaped building, like the prowof a ship, which is dominated by an imposing sculptural group:a bronze sphere held by two statues of atlas and toppedby Lady Luck who rotates in the direction of the wind.In 2009, the former customs house, under the instructionof the François Pinault Foundation, was the subject of anew transformation. The project patronised by Tadao Ando,preserves the original architecture, yet reconfigures the spaceto convert it into a contemporary art centre. The modulationof natural light and the originality of the... More