09 Studio Soliman
Pop-up
Studio Master: Karim Soliman
“We tend to view architecture as permanent, as aspiring to the status of monument.
And that kind of architecture has its place. But so does architecture of a different
sort.”
Allison Arieff, The New York Times; article “it is time to rethink ‘temporary’”.
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Pop-up studio will concentrate on a topic of small scale but of high complexity; to
design a temporary structure.Such topic has been always an interesting challenge
for architects because of its wide range of possibilities to demonstrate different scientific and technological advancements and more directly shape the future of our
physical and virtual environment.
Working with different materials to achieve better structures, using digital fabrication methods to reduce building costs and creating new tectonics that serve our
needs of tomorrow; these are some of the challenges that we face today.
Temporary structures are usually created for a specific event. They can vary in size,
function and life span. In this semester, we will be focusing on events like World
Expo Dubai 2020, Venice Biennale, Serpentine Pavilion, international Automotive
fairs (IAA Frankfurt, Paris..etc), Milan Design week, Fashion Houses, Music Festival
and Themed Festivals ( Burning Man).
Students will select remarkable temporary buildings and will start analyze them.
Later they will be asked to choose a client and an event where the client will be
represented. After an extensive research about both the client and the event itself,
students will define a program and design concept for their pavilion. This will be
followed by successive research and experimentation to investigate material and
digital fabrication techniques in order to deliver their original design proposals.
1st year studios | summer semester 2015