- 27 March:
BALTAN goes NATLAB – Experiments in architecture
| 12/11/2009 16:30 to 18:30 |
On Thursday, 12 November BALTAN Laboratories hosts the sixth in its series of BALTAN GOES NATLAB presentations at the former Philips NatLab at Strijp-S in Eindhoven. This session is dedicated to new experiments in architecture, specifically focused on the use of light and technology. Speakers include Jerome Decock from Brussels-based LAb[au], who will present some of their recent projects, including the interactive kinetic light sculpture framework f5×5×5; and Marc Maurer (Maurer United Architects [MUA]), who will discuss the Indemann, a 36-metre-high watchtower near Aachen, Germany, with a programmable facade consisting of 40.000 LED lights, designed by MUA.
This session takes place during the 4th edition of Glow – International Forum of Light in Art and Architecture in Eindhoven (November 6-15, 2009).
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Date: Thursday, 12 November 2009
Time: 16.30 to 18.30 (doors open at 16:00)
Location: Auditorium of the former Philips NatLab, entrance on the Kastanjelaan, Strijp-S in Eindhoven
Public Transport: Bus 401, 402 of 18 from Station Eindhoven CS, stop Kastanjelaan. See map.
Entree: Free
Language: English
BIOGRAPHIES
Jerome Decock, LAb[au] (Brussels, BE)
LAb|au| developed a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach based on different artistic, scientific and theoretic methods, examining the transformation of architecture and spatio-temporal structures in accordance to the technological progress within a practice entitled ‘MetaDeSIGN’. Metadesign [ meta = information about information ] displays the theme of space-constructs relative to information processes – architecture as a code. It concerns the transposition of inFORMational processes in n-dimensional form.
Founded in 1997 and based in Brussels, LAb[au] mainly creates interactive artworks, audiovisual performances and scenographies, for which it develops its own software and interfaces. Its four members (Manuel Abendroth, Jerome Decock, Alexandre Plennevaux and Els Vermang) also run since 2003 a digital design gallery, ‘MediaRuimte’, in the centre of Brussels.
http://lab-au.com
Marc Maurer, Maurer United Architects (Maastricht, NL)
Marc Maurer (1969) was born in Eindhoven. After having passed the Leverkusen secondary school ‘Carl-Duisberg-Gymnasium’ (Germeny) he studied architecture at the Eindhoven University of Technology. In 1995 he received his masters of science degree in architecture and urbanism. His graduation work was nominated for the National Archiprix 1996 (best student plans). In 1998, Marc and his partner Nicole Maurer established Maurer United Architects [MUA] in Eindhoven. MUA is known for investigating and redefining the borders of the architecture design field, resulting in architecture, design and media projects on various scales. In 2004, MUA established a second office in Maastricht, with its focus on building practice and masterplanning. MUA works as a team. All team members are dedicated and have their own specialty. Currently the team counts leven members.
Marc Maurer is also one of the founding artistic advisors of BALTAN Laboratories, along with artists Gideon Kiers, Geert Mul and Lucas van der Velden.
ABOUT POEME NUMERIQUE
Research projects undertaken in 2009 and 2010 by Telcosystems, Geert Mul and Maurer United Architects are elaborated under the umbrella of Poème Numérique, a contemporary investigation of interdisciplinary collaboration and integration of media. It is a research trajectory that represents a common ground for the work, ideas and collaboration of Telcosystems, Mul and MUA that investigates the power of these different media and perspectives coming together in physical space. It will culminate in a presentation of a larger utopian vision at the end of the pilot phase of BALTAN in 2010. This innovative research is inspired by the renowned Poème Electronique, the Philips pavilion from the world exhibition in Brussels in 1958.
