2022 art recap: reimagining the future of arts
by Vatsala SethiDec 31, 2022
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by STIRworldPublished on : Sep 05, 2020
Shiver House is a profound reinvention of the vernacular Finnish Hut (mökki), designed by NEON, an award-winning design practise based in Margate, UK. The project is also a new version - celebrating NEON’s fifth anniversary - of their earlier installation for the Barfotastigen exhibition in Korppoo, Finland in 2015.
Built out of Finnish airplane ply, the project is an “animal-like” kinetic structure that moves and adjusts to surrounding natural forces. Shiver House envisions the idea of architecture being an emotional link between its occupants and the natural world it sits within, and between people and the buildings they inhabit. The architecture embodies ‘animateness’, with the purpose to induce a 'deep and long-lasting relationship' between structure, person and nature.
Shiver House employs 600 kinetic counter-weighted shingles that transform it from a functional shelter into an experiential design. The shingles rotate into open and closed conditions, reacting to changing weather conditions like rain and snow. People sheltered by the structure can enjoy the dynamic environment as the moving shingles modulate the internal light levels and reveal views of the landscape.
“While the world is adjusting to the new reality of COVID-19 I feel that there needs to be a greater emphasis given to the way architecture, art and design might be used as a means of reducing anxiety, connecting us with nature and bringing people together again in public spaces. Shiver House’s architecture is in a constant state of transformation and ‘performs’ with the ever-changing flows of the wind, it is an ideal means of grounding people in the present moment,” says Mark Nixon of NEON.
A simple timber structure serves as the framework that holds rows of tensioned steel wires. The steel wires are employed as batons and are designed to hold the airplane ply shingles counterweighted using a stainless-steel nut and bolt. The shingles are cut and folded, and then soaked in a protective oil kindly donated by Virtasen Maalitehdas.
The original installation was so successful that it was kept on-site beyond its four-month term, soon witnessing summer concerts as part of the renowned Jazz festival “Korppoo Sea Jazz”. The conceptual piece presents architecture as a poetic, living and dynamic element that has the potential to change the way we relate to the landscape around us.
(Text by Ankitha Gattupalli, intern at stirworld.com)by Akash Singh Mar 17, 2023
Employing principles of adaptive reuse, Studio Atakarchitekti designs the IGI Library, in a Czech Republic neighbourhood, as a democratic public space.
by Pooja Suresh Hollannavar Mar 16, 2023
The airport design project focuses on Iceland’s progressive goals, establishing a relationship between economics, employment opportunities, and sustainable development.
by STIRworld Mar 14, 2023
The ambitious project in Rotterdam involves the adaptive reuse of the Provimi warehouse into Danshuis or dancing house, celebrating the beauty of movement and performing arts.
by Amarjeet Singh Tomar Mar 13, 2023
With Saltviga House, Kolman Boye Architects create a poetic intervention, making use of thousands of wooden offcuts in Grimstad, Norway.
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