ArchiLab 2013 - FRAC Centre

9 th NaturalizingArchitecture14 / 09 / 201302 / 02 / 2014

ARCHILABCreated in 1999 by the City of Orléans and cofoundedby Marie-Ange Brayer and FrédéricMigayrou, ArchiLab, laboratoire internationald’architecture, was immediately acclaimedas a reference event for a young generationof architects oriented towards research andexperimentation. Since its creation, ArchiLabhas become a peerless platform, enjoyingwide national and international renown.servo, Aqueotrope pavilion, 2011THE 9 TH ARCHILAB EVENTNATURALIZING ARCHITECTUREThe new ArchiLab event will introduce thelatest progress in terms of research in digitalarchitecture and its interaction with the sciences,permitted by the simulation of growthphenomena in the living world.This international exhibition will bringtogether the projects of 40 architects, designersand artists, who will present their work andthe relation it builds with nano technology,biotechnology and simulation.The public will have a chance to discovermodels, digital shows, screenings, and interactiveenvironments, as well as experimentalpavilions, specially designed for theexhibition.CuratorsMarie-Ange Brayer, Frédéric MigayrouAssistant curatorEmmanuelle Chiappone-PiriouExhibitionARCHITECTS• [Ay]A Studio (Jorge Ayala)• B+U• Biothing (Alisa Andrasek)• Niccolo Casas• ecoLogicStudio• Eragatory (Isaie Bloch)• EZCT Architecture & Design Research• Faulders Studio (Thom Faulders)• Gage / Clemenceau Architects• Gramazio & Kohler / Raffaello d’Andrea• Michael Hansmeyer(avec Benjamin Dillenburger)• Akihisa Hirata architecture office• junya.ishigami+associates• Kokkugia• MAD Architects• MarcosandMarjan• MaterialEcology (Neri Oxman)• Matsys (Andrew Kudless)• Achim Menges• Minimaforms• Plasma Studio• Ruy Klein• Jenny Sabin• servo• soma• SJET (Skylar Tibbits)• SPAN• Supermanoeuvre• Wendy Teo• MARC FORNES & THEVERYMANY• Daniel Widrig• X_TU Architects• Xuberance (Steven Ma)DESIGNERS & FASHION DESIGNERS• Cmmnwlth.• Iris van Herpen• Joris Laarman LabARTISTS• Federico Diaz• Perry Hall• Casey Reas

SymposiumsARCHITECTURE AND SCIENCES:A NEW NATURALNESSThursday 24 October 20139:30 am-6 pmScène nationale, OrléansIn partnership with the Réseau des maisons del’architecture and the Maison de l’Architecturedu Centre.The problematics of ArchiLab 2013, invol vingdigital architecture and the sciences, willbe broached at an international symposiumwhich will bring together ten exhibited architects.They will present their latest research,dealing with changes occurring in the veryconcept of nature and ecology.Participants: Alisa Andrasek (Biothing),ecoLogicStudio, MarcosandMarjan,Philippe Morel (EZCT Architecture & DesignResearch), Marc Fornes (MARC FORNES& THEVERYMANY), Michael Hansmeyer,Achim Menges, Theo Spyropoulos(Minimaforms), soma, Anouk Legendre (X_TU Architects).THE NATURE(S) OF THE ARTEFACTFriday 25 October 201310 am-6 pmDomaine National de ChambordUnder the scientific supervisionof Frédéric Migayrou.This interdisciplinary conference will bringtogether historians of art or architecture andscientists (biologists, geneticists, specialistsin simulation systems of the living world). Theywill question the sources of the Renaissanceand Mannerism, linking them to the presentdayarena of digital technologies.Participants: Patricia Falguières, AnnickLesne, Giuseppe Longo, Frédéric Migayrou,Spyros Papapetros, Franck Varenne,Anthony Vidler.Free entranceNecessary registration: www.frac-centre.frCatalogueNATURALIZING ARCHITECTUREARCHILAB 2013Under the direction of Marie-Ange Brayerand Frédéric Migayrou288 p., French / English, éditions HYXTo be published in September 2013In this bilingual publication, essays by internationallyrenowned philosophers, mathematiciansand scientists will place the projects onview in the wider framework of a line of thinkingabout the theoretical and architecturalchallenges of simulating the living world.Authors: Marie-Ange Brayer, FrédéricMigayrou, Graham Harman, Annick Lesne,Giuseppe Longo et Nabil Zakhama, RivkaOxman, Lambros Malafouris, FranckVarenne.ICD / ITKE University of Stuttgart, Prof. Achim Menges, ICD/ITKEResearch pavilion, 2011, © ICD / ITKE University of StuttgartPlasma Studio, Xi’an Flowing Gardens, 2011

FOCUSBLOOM GAMES, ALISA ANDRASEK, JOSE SANCHEZBloom, 2012© Bloom GamesCommissioned to celebrate the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London, Bloom is asocial and collective installation, created by passers-by who «join in game» of assembling anddismantling these plastic modules, generated from computerized procedures, based on principleof proliferation and organic growth.MICHAEL HANSMEYER WITH BENJAMIN DILLENBURGERGrotto Prototype, 2012© Michael HansmeyerSpecially devised for ArchiLab, this grotto-like immersive environment is at the crossroads ofnature and architecture. It has been made using state of the art 3D printing techniques, andadvanced mathematical research which fragments the form, giving the impression of enteringinto the world of the infravisible and the cellular.

PRACTICAL INFORMATIONSAdmission to the exhibitions• Full price: €4• Reduced price: €2• Admission free on the first Sundayof the month• Annual pass: €10• Visioguides (french-english): €2From September 14 th88 rue du Colombier – 45000 OrléansEntrance on boulevard RocheplatteTel. +33 (0)2 38 62 52 00contact@frac-centre.frMore informations about the FRAC Centre:www.frac-centre.frFacebook, Twitter & ViméoPrices to guided visitsAdult group visits (10 to 20 people) bybooking:• Wednesday to Friday: €100• Saturday and Sunday: €125The Week-End Rendez-vous(booking recommended):• Satudray and sunday at 4 pm: €8 per personFlash visits (30 min):• Friday at 1 pm: €5 per personOpening hoursWednesday to sunday: 12 pm - 7 pmLate night opening until 8 pm every firstthursday of the monthClosed on December 25 th and January 1 stCover image:Akihisa Hirata, Bloomberg pavilion, 2011© Takumi Ota PhotographyFounding PartnerLe FRAC Centre est financéprincipalement par la Région Centreet le Ministère de la cultureet de la communication.Main Partner