The photogram depicts a tensioned load securing net made of synthetic material on a scale of 1:1.
Across the world, more and more buildings are being constructed in wood. In the cities too, and even high-rise structures. The fact that tall wooden buildings such as the 24-storey Hoho in Vienna are possible is largely due to research at Graz University of Technology, where the groundwork for the development of cross laminated timber was laid in 1989.
The panelling of disused ÖBB wagons comes from materialnomaden.
Konrad Frey created a prototype in Hart near Graz for the development of a low-cost prefabricated house with ‘loft quality’.
Anita Fuchs has rented a meadow on the border between Austria and Slovenia. For months now, she has been working there out of her FIELD STATION – a shiny cube that looks like a minimalist sculpture.
Under the title Foundation Requirements, Dejanoff, in his role as a contemporary artist, explores traditional building methods and materials such as wood, stone and clay as they were found in his houses or still exist in fragments.
This project is devoted to researching, communicating and promoting humus formation.
The experimental architectural study The Living Arch combines biology, technology and design in the quest for healthy and comfort-able spaces.
Two solar cells, car batteries, a heat pump, hose and cable are combined by visual artist, architect, draughtsman and inventor Markus Jeschaunig to build a utopian machine that uses melting energy to turn water back into ice.