7PF > SEVEN: PERFECT FUTURE > CONCEPT

TO CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL EDITION, MONITOR TEAM IN COLLABORATION WITH 10 CORSO COMO PRESENTED 7PF (7 PERFECT FUTURE) EXHIBITION, TAKING PLACE IN MILANO AND COINCIDING WITH SALONE DEL MOBILE 2003. 7PF DEMONSTRATED SEVEN UNBUILT PROJECTS BY SEVEN INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTS/ARCHITECTURAL STUDIOS, EACH OF THEM RENOWNED FOR THEIR INNOVATIVE, FAR FROM STANDARD APPROACH. VISITORS WERE INVITED TO GET A GLIMPSE OF OUR POSSIBLE FUTURE

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01_EDGE / .HK // GARY CHANG >> IN HIS SEARCH OF NEW SOLUTIONS, CHANG TREATS THE WORK OF AN ARCHITECT OR DESIGNER AS SOMETHING AIMED TO DISCOVER «ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE BENEATH THE SURFACE». FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE COMES FROM RECOGNISING RELATIONS AND CONTEXTS, RE-INTERPRETING IMAGES, LOOKING FROM OTHER ANGLES AND GENERATING NEW DEFINITIONS
PROJECT PRESENTED: THE TOWER OF MUTANTS

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02_JAKOB+MACFARLANE / .FR // DOMINIQUE JAKOB AND BRENDAN MACFARLANE >> THEIR WORKS ARE CREATED FROM A SERIES OF ONGOING INVESTIGATIONS, MOTIVATED MORE DIRECTLY BY AN INTEREST IN SPECIFICITY. RECENT WORK EXPLORES DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AS BOTH A CONCEPTUAL AND FABRICATION MEANS, USING NEW MATERIALS, AS A POSSIBILITY TO CREATE A MORE FLEXIBLE, RESPONSIVE, IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT
PROJECT PRESENTED: PAVILION FOR THE FABRICATION OF IMAGES

03_LEESER ARCHITECTURE / .US // THOMAS LEESER >> FOR THOMAS LEESER, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IS A COMPLEX FORM OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION DIRECTLY IMPLICATED IN, AND A REFLECTION OF EMERGING SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMICAL PATTERNS. LEESER'S WORKS ARE CHARACTERISED BY THE HIS PROFOUND INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR USE IN CREATING FLEXIBLE, INTERACTIVE ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS
PROJECT PRESENTED: EYEBEAM ATELIER

04_LOT/EK / .US // GIUSEPPE LIGNANO AND ADA TOLLA >> LOT/EK TEAM EXPLORES THE «ARTIFICIAL NATURE», EXTRACTING PREFABRICATED OBJECTS, SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO BE USED AS RAW MATERIALS TO GENERATE UNEXPECTED SPATIAL/FUNCTIONAL SOLUTIONS. THEY RE-THINK THE WAYS IN WHICH THE HUMAN BODY INTERACTS WITH PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL/TECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE, RE-INVENTING DOMESTIC/WORK/PLAY SPACES AND FUNCTIONS AND QUESTIONING CONVENTIONAL CONFIGURATIONS
PROJECT PRESENTED: MDU — MOBILE DWELLING UNIT

7PF > PARTICIPATING ARCHITECTS AND PROJECTS

05_MAKOTO SEI WATANABE / .JP // MAKOTO SEI WATANABE >> REVISING THE WAYS OF USING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN HIS REALM, MAKOTO SEI WATANABE IS AIMED TO CREATE TRULY DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE, CROSS-BREEDING SCIENTIFIC PRECISION, FUNCTIONALITY AND LOGIC WITH IRONIC ASSOCIATIONS AND UNLEASHED WORK OF A CREATIVE MIND
PROJECT PRESENTED: NATIONAL DIET (PARLIAMENT) BUILDNG

06_MOUSSAFIR ARCHITECTES ASSOCIES / .FR // JACQUES MOUSSAFIR >> FEELING CLOSE TO THE LEGACY OF LOUIS KAHN AND HIS SWISS FOLLOWERS, TREATING ECONOMY AS A VIRTUE AND ALLYING ARCHITECTURE WITH TIME AND TIME, IN ITS TURN, WITH MEMORIES, MOUSSAFIR CALLS ARCHITECTURE «AN ASCETIC, MENTAL DISCIPLINE». HE DESCRIBES HIS APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE AS RELIGIOUS, CALLING IT «A SOUL-SEARCHING EXPERIENCE IN QUEST OF HIS PAST»
PROJECT PRESENTED: CANAL LOCKS FOR RHINE-RHONE CHANNEL (IN COLLABORATION WITH BERNHARDT BUCHBERGER) // NOTE: WHILE WORK ON 7PF SHOW WAS IN PROGRESS, IT WAS DECIDED TO BUILD THE CANAL LOCKS ON RHINE-RHONE CHANNEL

07_SU11 / US // FERDA KOLATAN AND ERICH SCHOENENBERGER >> EDUCATED AS ARCHITECTS, KOLATAN AND SCHOENENBERGER SEEK TO COMBINE MANY DIFFERENT FIELDS AND ASPECTS OF DESIGN IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE MORE ADAPTIVE AND INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS. ONE OF THEIR FOREMOST GOALS IS TO RETHINK AND RE-CONCEPTUALISE ARCHITECTURAL SPACE ACCORDING TO THE INCREASINGLY CHANGING LIFESTYLE AND PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN CULTURE. THEY OPT FOR A MORE FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE, ABLE TO BECOME AN ACTIVE PART OF AN EVERYDAY EXCHANGE WITH ITS USERS
PROJECT PRESENTED: COMPOSITE HOUSING