February
12 - May 4, 2007
UN
Studio: Evolution of Space, exhibition at Yale University, Gallery
of the Art & Architecture Building
This exhibition
showcases the revolutionary approach to construction and design
developed by the innovative Amsterdam-based firm UN Studio.
Originating in the Deutsches Architektur Museum (German Architecture
Museum), this exhibition focuses on five projects that exemplify
the firm’s prototype “design models,” or planning
strategies, derived from digital technology. For example, their
submission to a competition for a redevelopment on Manhattan’s
West Side represents their holistic “Deep Planning”
approach; the double-helix shape of their heralded new Mercedes-Benz
Museum in Stuttgart primarily typifies the “Mathematical
Model.” The exhibition installation, which brings to life
the firm’s principles, is helpful, if not essential, to
understand the revolutionary “gestalt” of UN Studio
and to experience first-hand the new reality their application
of digital technology has effected.
Ben van Berkel, director and co-founder with Caroline Bos of
UN Studio, will deliver a public lecture at the School of Architecture
on April 12.
Contact:
Machteld
Kors
Communication & Development
UN Studio
PO Box 75381
1070 AJ Amsterdam
Tel.: +31-20-570-2040
Fax: +31-20-570-2041
www.unstudio.com
