“The Bloom”, Breathing Architecture Installation Made Of 14,000 Pieces
Since last November, a shiny undulating installation can be seen on Material & Application’s courtyard on Silver Lake Boulevard, Los Angeles. The center for architecture and landscape research shows “The Bloom”, a 14,000 pieces of thermobimetal installation designed by University of Southern California architect professor Doris Kim Sung, in collaboration with Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter and Matthew Melnyk.
Two metallic sheets, each with different expansion rates, are laminated together. According to the temperature, the metal sheets curl up or flatten out. The 6-meters tall experiment will have big implications in energy savings architecture, it is a chance to change the way we think.
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“The Fall, The Ball & The Wall”, by Daniel Arsham
The New-York-based artist and architect Daniel Arsham has his fisrt solo exhibition at the Oh Wow Gallery in Los Angeles.
Arsham reveals his artistic practice and his progressive approaches of the surrounding environment. His interventions causes walls to appear in a state of flux, as if they are melting or dripping.
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