Digital Architecture: Passages Through Hinterlands, a book showcasing the work from the exhibition, is now available.
Digital Hinterlands features a diverse range of work, selected in consultation with Arup, by some of the best recent architecture graduates from London’s Architectural Association, Bartlett, Royal College of Art, and University of Westminster.
Curated by Ruairi Glynn, this exhibition reveals how the latest computational design and rapid manufacturing processes are providing new ways of understanding and designing space.
From built models, 1:1 fragments, material experiments and installations to interactive devices, virtual worlds and robotics, Digital Hinterlands presents the ideas of a wave of young designers operating on the speculative edge of spatial exploration.
The exhibition runs from 8 September to 2 October at Phase 2, and marks the launch of London Digital Week.
Featured works include:
Sara Shafiei, Theatre for Magicians
This project explores the role of magic and illusion in architectural design based on a study for a "Theatre for Magicians" in the National Botanic Gardens in Rome. Inspired by the sumptuousness of baroque ornamentation, the laser cutter is used to create detailed patterning on the facade of the building, allowing light to filter through the skin and create a glowing theatre, which can be seen from a distance.
Christian Kerrigan, The 200 Year Continuum
Kerrigan is interested in society's relationship to emerging technologies and the natural world - in this case, the last remaining yew forest in the UK, Kingley Vale in West Sussex. Using 3-dimensional drawing technologies and historical references to the existing site, he creates a fictional narrative whereby the developing structure of a ship is based upon the growth of trees.
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