OPENING MOTION MATTER BY UNSTUDIO AT AEDES BERLIN

For many years UNStudio has been investigating the potential of temporary installations as an experimental testing ground for manifold architectural concerns and it is these investigations that form the basis of the exhibition ‘Motion Matters’. The exhibition presents ten of UNStudio’s milestone projects, in addition to conveying their perspective on 25 years of architectural production, their current approach to architectural practice and the wider discourse that determines design challenges today.
UNStudio, founded in 1988 by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos, is a Dutch architectural practice specialising in architecture, urban development and infrastructural projects with offices in Amsterdam and Shanghai.

The effects of situation, light, colour, and material on viewer perception are tested in a spatial installation of shifting perspectives. Within a trajectory of transitional spaces, optical illusions and trompe l’oeil effects are brought to contemporary structures, generating an experience that negotiates the ideal and the relational. The many interactions possible between building, programme and user which can engage the public in a dynamic and challenging confrontation is a key element in UNStudio`s designs. The exhibit itself is not merely a showcase, nor an object to passively observe, but instead interacts with the visitor whilst simultaneously demanding active participation in order to create a spatial and dynamic experience.

Credits: photographs by Christian Richters.

Speaking at the opening will be:

Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Berlin

Dr. Bart Hofstede, Head of Press and Culture Department, Dutch Embassy Berlin
Daniel Birnbaum, Director Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
Ben van Berkel, Co-Founder and Principal Architect, UNStudio

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