Veech Media Architecture » Exhibition

Unfolding Square Sculpture

stuart — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:47:03 +0000

Vadim Kosmatschof´s “Unfolding Sqaure” kinetic steel sculpture prototype is recently part of the permanent collection of the Landesmuseum Niederösterreich.

Kosmatschof Unfolding Square

Kosmatschof Unfolding Sqaure

Facts & Figures:

Project: Unfolding Square

Exhibition: „Movement in a Square – The Square in Painting, Kinetic Art and Animation at Museum Ritter – Stuttgart, Germany: 22.10.2006 – 11.03.2007

Exhibition 2: „Adventures of the Black Square“ Exhibition at the State Russian Museum – St. Petersburg,

June, 2007

Exhibition 3: “The Love for Objects” Exhibition at the Landesmuseum Niederösterreich: 17.11.2007 – 10.08.2008

Location: Traun, Upper Austria

Design Team: Collaboration with Vadim Kosmatschof

Production Partner: Stahlbau Arnold

Material: Stainless steel with kinetic form

Dimension: 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5m

Collaboration with Vadim Kosmatschof: http://www.kosmatschof.com

Ambient Gem – VMA Designs Swarovski Stand at Baselworld 2008

stuart — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:00:51 +0000

The design concept to create a trade fair interior pavilion for the presentation of ENLIGHTENED^TM Swarovski Elements gemstone brand at the BASELWORLD Watch and Jewellery Show 2008 is based on translating the fascination exerted by a gem into a magical and sensual three-dimensional experience. The form of the space follows the logic of the folded faceted structure, which originally derived from the need to conceal the extremely restrictive and rather banal geometry of the existing outer tent construction and ultimately took the shape of a cut gem. The structure itself is composed of a pneumatic membrane divided into inflated facets. Animated lighting and sound design transformed the space into a spacious free-flowing subtle visual, acoustic and tactile spatial experience. VMA’s long-term creative partner, the British graphic designer Neville Brody/Research Studios, devised a series of animated graphics that highlight and enhance the key elements of Swarovski’s new brand while harmonising completely with the unique luminescent space created by VMA’s gradually alternating lighting cycles. Expertise in the area of new materials as well as the integrative approach to the lighting and multimedia components helped the VMA designers to reinterpret the archetypical idea of a crystal creating an expressive and iconic brand space.

Ambient Gem - Swarovski Baselworld

Data:
Client: D. Swarovski & Co. / Enlightened Swarovski TM
Category: Corporate Architecture / Trade Fair Design
Time period: 01.04.–10.04.2008
Design team VMA: Stuart A. Veech, Mascha Veech-Kosmatschof, Peter Mitterer
Animated graphics: Neville Brody/Research Studios, London

Structural design: Werkraum Wien Engineers

Lighting/Sound: Gahrens & Battermann
Lighting concept: Stuart A. Veech
Photos: © Mag. Eveline Tilley-Tietze and Stuart A. Veech

Kunsthalle Wien Televisions Exhibition

stuart — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:10:38 +0000

Exhibition design for a group of over 70 international artists presented in a vaulted 900m2 Kunsthalle Wien exhibition space. The primary space was dissected by a 45 meter bridge, constructed from aluminum scaffolding and spanned with a translucent membrane, which connected second level galleries whilst introducing a new elevated gallery space with secondary floating walls. The new circulation pattern emphasized the second level condition and enhanced the viewer curiosity and `viewing-to-be-viewed´ experience.

Kunsthalle Wien Televisions Exhibition Design

Facts & Figures:

CLIENT: Kunsthalle Wien

TYPE: Museum Exhibition Design

DATE: October, 2001-January, 2002

CONSULTANTS: Werkraum Wien Engineers

Kunstlerhaus Global Tools Exhibition Installation

stuart — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:55:26 +0000

The theme `Insights´ in medicine, science, and technology was superimposed on the architectural installation on an fluid organic translucent form situated between two adjoining spaces acting as a mediator between the viewer and the media exhibits projected onto and fused into the suspended membrane. A group of electric motors connected to the supporting cables activated the surface and animated the visual experience of the `interior´ volume with reference to the human body.

Kunstlerhaus Global Tools Exhibition Design

Facts & Figures:

Project: Global Tools Exhibition

Client: Kunstlerhaus Wien

Location: Kunstlerhaus Wien – Vienna, Austria: July-August, 2001

Location 2: Gallery Osto – Helsinki, Finland: December, 2001 – February, 2002

Design Team: Stuart A. Veech, Mascha Veech-Kosmatschof

Consultant: P. Michael Schultes, Schultes-Wien

Latent Utopias Exhibition

stuart — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:04:14 +0000

VMA´s installation as part of the `Latent Utopias´ exhibition examines the unconventional use of materials currently used in conventinal building construction and explores new applications and techniques which generate new possibilities in terms of creating flexible architectural spaces. VMA´s intention is to highlight a small segment of our current research on lightweight structural intelligent membranes which can be manipulated through computer technology thus yielding programmable interior and exterior interactive spaces. An expandable material is inserted into the space and a process of transformation occurs by blurring the boundaries between existing floor, wall and ceiling conditions, and creating a seamless three-dimensional architectural environment. A mechanical device interacts with the membrane and slowly animates its surface introducing a constant state of fluctuation and fluid deformation. The sequential articulation of extruded forms under tension quietly evolving along the horizontal plane provides a landscape which can be used as seating whilst new forms protrude from the vertical plane and define frames for video monitors integrated into the skin. The media implants illustrate video sequences documenting VMA´s rigorous process of experimentation in temporary, mobile, media, virtual/real, and real/virtual environments.

LATENT UTOPIAS Exhibition

Facts & Figures:

Project: Latent Utopias Exhibition

Client: Landesmuseum Joanneum

Curator Team: Zaha M. Hadid/Patrik Schumacher

Location: Graz, Austria: 26.10.2002 – 2.3.2003

Design Team: Stuart A. Veech, Mascha Veech-Kosmatschof, Alexander Ott

Consultant: Ange Weppernig

Participants: AA-DRL (GB), Angélil/Graham/Pfenninger/Scholl Architecture (CH), Asymptote (USA), Branson Coates (GB), COOP Himmelb(l)au (A), dECOi (F), Foreign Office Architects (GB), Greg Lynn FORM (USA), Zaha Hadid Architects (GB), Kolatan/Mac Donald (USA), Ross Lovegrove (GB), MVRDV (NL), NOX (NL), o.c.e.a.n. D (GB), o.c.e.a.n. NORTH (FIN), Pichler & Traupmann (A), propeller z (A), Karim Rashid (USA), Reiser & Umemoto (USA), Sadar Vuga Arhitekti/The Designers Republic (SL), SERVO (USA), Softroom (GB), Andreas Thaler (A), the nextENTERprise (A), UN Studio (NL), VMA – Veech.Media.Architecture (A).

http://www.latentutopias.at

Window

stuart — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:00:20 +0000

Stuart A. Veech and the sculptor Vadim Kosmatschof were invited to develop a symbol for Europe´s third largest window manufacturer Internorm located in Upper Austria. The 8.5 meter stainless steel sculpture elegantly frames the four kinetic glass elements reflecting the surrounding landscape as they gracefully balance and hover in the air. The 3.5 ton asymmetric form is structurally held on one point and tilted to add a more dynamic dimension as the viewer moves around the circular roundabout traffic route.

Window

Facts & Figures:

Project: WINDOW

Client: Internorm AG

Location: Traun, Upper Austria

Design Team: Stuart A. Veech, Vadim Kosmatschof

Production Partner: Metallbau Treiber

Material: Stainless Steel, four Glass elements

Dimension: 8.5 x 3.8 x 0.4m

Collaboration with Vadim Kosmatschof: http://www.kosmatschof.com