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UN Studio invited us to provide a projected lighting design for their contribution to the exhibit “Out There: Architecture Beyond Building” at the Arsenale as part of the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice 2008. The UN Studio installation explored the transformative potential of the material world. We used lightmapping to dynamically alter the architectural installation with the innovative use of virtuality to provide alternatives to presently held conceptions.

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Can architecture still have autonomy? 

According to UN Studios the lesson is to “switch it on, switch it off” … to find autonomy in brief moments of liberation.

The installation structure presents an architecture that is as supple as a textile, in which floors, walls, and ceilings flow into each other.

Arrangement of 9 projectors © UN Studios / MESO Digital Interiors
© UN Studios / Christian Richters

The installation structure presents an architecture that is as supple as a textile, in which floors, walls, and ceilings flow into each other.

...and in this case, the walls really are bendy.

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On the inside of the installation, visitors encounter a kaleidoscopic world full of people posing, where they can observe different modes of interaction with the changing room and reconceptualize their own relationship to the space and beyond.

We developed a then ground-breaking software to map videos to the geometry of the architecture. The bank of videos was curated by the software, which searched YouTube for videos tagged with the keyword “change” and projected them onto the walls of the space.

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Behind the scenes

The Arsenale (empty) (no ladders) © Arsenale
more ladders. © MESO Digital Interiors
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Tweaking the multi-projection mapping on-site. 

Diki calibrating (in process) © MESO Digital Interiors
Projectors integrated into the ceiling

We modified ultra-short throw projectors to integrate them in the ceiling so that the projectors were flush.

We were responsible for technical setup under the hood to aesthetic quality assurance before the opening.

Diki, developing © MESO Digital Interiors (Max)
Architects Mr. Veddeler (Center) and Mr. van Berkel of UN Studio © MESO Digital Interiors

We were responsible for technical setup under the hood to aesthetic quality assurance before the opening.

Curious about our approach? Feel free to get in touch!

Max Wolf Partner +49 69 24 000 322 +49 69 24 000 322

MESO Digital Interiors GmbH
Gutleutstr. 96 . 60329 Frankfurt . Germany

Team

Sebastian Oschatz, Philipp Dikmann, Ingolf Heinsch, Tim Findeisen