伦敦:全球设计之都
The London 设计 Festival is an annual celebration of London as the world capital of design. The festival launched back in 2003 and has carried on each fall for the past 16 years. Visitors from across the globe come to check out the wide array of events which include lectures, 表演, 和安装.
This years week-long festivities took place from September 15-23. IBI staff in London were lucky enough to check out some of the exciting installations- and some even had the opportunity to showcase their own work in the festival!
结构管, 克拉丽莎埃文斯, visited the coinciding London 设计 Biennale which was devoted to the theme “Emotional States”. 参与国, 城市, 领土反映了相关的文化, 社会, 以及政治问题来为他们的贡献提供信息.
Australia’s submission, entitled “全谱”, was designed by lighting artist and designer 弗林托尔伯特. Talbot’s installation brought a heartwarming glow to the exhibition amidst dismal global affairs. His interactive rainbow lights encourage visitors to reflect on love, just as Talbot was inspired by Australia’s recent approval of same-sex marriage.
Tinkah, on behalf of the UAE, presented “时间是主观的” at the London 设计 Biennale. The work addresses both the history of the UAE as well as its future as one of the youngest countries in the world. The installation is comprised of 70 desert sand hourglasses, which rotate endlessly and embody that constant motion of the country while also symbolizing the most important decade in the UAE’s history (the 1970’s).
全谱 (左), 时间是主观的 (右)
Open House London was another overlapping augmentation to the London 设计 Festival where IBI’s Mental Health Lead, Wendy de Silva participated on behalf of her interactive architecture firm, 机会·德·席尔瓦. Wendy and her partner Stephen Chance worked together with electronic musician/composer Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) on their project 烦恼. In 2014, the group was invited to exhibit an installation based on 烦恼 在威尼斯双年展上. The physical building and musical composition were completed in situ in 2017.
The architecture/ sound collaboration is inspired by Erik Satie’s 18-hour looping piano piece, 烦恼. The result is a three-storey home in Stroke Newington, fully integrated with music inside and around the building. 三人组使用声音来设计, and wrapped sheet music around the design model of the building to inspire the placement of windows and doors based on musical notations.
自完工以来，该项目赢得了2018年的奖项 RIBA伦敦奖 一直是英国皇家建筑师协会的候选名单 年度最佳房屋 奖.
