In Shenzhen in China as part of the Biennale for Urbanism and Architecture organised by Shenzhen / Hong Kong in 2010 a primary series of PublicTrailers© was set up to expand the city’s public space with new components that transcend commerce, and at the same time to continue the tradition of informal tactics in the Asian urban environment. The mobile Speakers’ Corner sees itself as homage to the possibility of free speech in the public space; PublicKaraoke is a mobile analogue karaoke unit exploiting the medium’s success in order to dynamise underdeveloped urban districts. UrbanBoxing is an instrument that aspires on the one hand to divert the latent aggression of a society – officially based on harmony – in a spirit of fair play, and also to acknowledge the great tradition of martial arts in the Chinese urban environment.
Location
Shenzen, CN
Year
2009
Client
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale für Städtebau/Architektur
In Shenzhen in China as part of the Biennale for Urbanism and Architecture organised by Shenzhen / Hong Kong in 2010 a primary series of PublicTrailers© was set up to expand the city’s public space with new components that transcend commerce, and at the same time to continue the tradition of informal tactics in the Asian urban environment. The mobile Speakers’ Corner sees itself as homage to the possibility of free speech in the public space; PublicKaraoke is a mobile analogue karaoke unit exploiting the medium’s success in order to dynamise underdeveloped urban districts. UrbanBoxing is an instrument that aspires on the one hand to divert the latent aggression of a society – officially based on harmony – in a spirit of fair play, and also to acknowledge the great tradition of martial arts in the Chinese urban environment.
Location
Shenzen, CN
Year
2009
Client
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale für Städtebau/Architektur
PublicTribune and PublicScreen are versatile mobile platforms and a projection facility developed for the project “Hyperolympics” as part of the 2010 London Festival of Architecture; its purpose was to investigate the transformation of the public space through the approaching Olympics and the constant surveillance of London’s public environment.
Location
London, UK
Year
2010
Client
London Festival of Architecture
PublicTribune and PublicScreen are versatile mobile platforms and a projection facility developed for the project “Hyperolympics” as part of the 2010 London Festival of Architecture; its purpose was to investigate the transformation of the public space through the approaching Olympics and the constant surveillance of London’s public environment.
Location
London, UK
Year
2010
Client
London Festival of Architecture
Mobile Bike Units for the Public Space
PublicTrailer© is an armada of special bike trailers developed for specific urban situations. Ecological and flexible, they can react and be adapted vey easily to all kinds of conditions on site. They open up hidden areas of the urban space as arenas of activity with a new poetry of everyday life. In combination with each other they are more than the sum of their individual parts and through the dynamism of their users create a piece of urban life.
Location
Milan, IT
Year
2010
Client
Public Design Festival, Salone del Mobile
Mobile Bike Units for the Public Space
PublicTrailer© is an armada of special bike trailers developed for specific urban situations. Ecological and flexible, they can react and be adapted vey easily to all kinds of conditions on site. They open up hidden areas of the urban space as arenas of activity with a new poetry of everyday life. In combination with each other they are more than the sum of their individual parts and through the dynamism of their users create a piece of urban life.
Location
Milan, IT
Year
2010
Client
Public Design Festival, Salone del Mobile
Survivalkit for traffic victims
FILEkit© is a project tackling a veryunpleasant everyday problem: traffic congestion, “file” in Dutch. The project was part of the first International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam with the focus on the theme of mobility. In addition to a permanent installation in the exhibition space of the Biennale, the project FILEkit© also includes a series of events on the motorways around Rotterdam. FILEkit© encourages drivers to go beyond the physical and mental limits of their own vehicles and communicate with the unexpected, the unknown.
Awards: Karl-Hofer-Award of the University of the Arts Berlin, DE / Nominee for the Communication Award the Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, NL / Bauhaus Award 2004, Recognition prize – Dessau, DE
Location
Rotterdam, NL
Client
1st International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam
Cooperation Partner
ARTGINEERING, D+.NL Ole Schilling
Year
2003
Survivalkit for traffic victims
FILEkit© is a project tackling a veryunpleasant everyday problem: traffic congestion, “file” in Dutch. The project was part of the first International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam with the focus on the theme of mobility. In addition to a permanent installation in the exhibition space of the Biennale, the project FILEkit© also includes a series of events on the motorways around Rotterdam. FILEkit© encourages drivers to go beyond the physical and mental limits of their own vehicles and communicate with the unexpected, the unknown.
Awards: Karl-Hofer-Award of the University of the Arts Berlin, DE / Nominee for the Communication Award the Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, NL / Bauhaus Award 2004, Recognition prize – Dessau, DE
Location
Rotterdam, NL
Client
1st International Architecture Biennale of Rotterdam
Cooperation Partner
ARTGINEERING, D+.NL Ole Schilling
Year
2003
