Architecture in the spotlight
Tri-national exhibition as part of the Architecture Days 2015
Mon, October 12, 2015 – Wed, October 14, 2015
From 12th to 14th October 2015, the »Architecture in the spotlight« exhibition will be taking place at the ZKM_Forecourt as part of the »Architecture Days 2015« architecture and building culture event.
Architects from Northern Switzerland, the Alsace region and Baden will be presenting various pieces of work on the theme of this year’s »Architecture Days«, which is »Architecture in the spotlight«. The travelling exhibition will be presented in Strasbourg, Wissembourg, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Bühl, Mulhouse and Colmar.
Architecture is in the spotlight and means nothing without light: The great play of forms in light, to which Le Corbusier testified, as well as the visibility and effect of materials, structures and textures. And as Louis Kahn described like no other, the perception of spaces and proportions is completely impossible without light.
Facades can also be interactive media protagonists and not just portray and represent what is happening in buildings through their transparency. Through the development of LED lighting, it has also finally become possible to create light spectrums for artificial light, which comes closer to natural light than any other lighting to date - and we now have a huge range of lighting forms, which can overcome the »physiological glare« caused by strong differences in light – and as such the »slick building syndrome« as well, which was prevalent with earlier forms of artificial lighting. Light is not just a wonderful design element for space, form and material. It is also fundamentally important for everything that represents good spaces in buildings.
The opening address will be given by Claude Denu from the DenuParadon office in Strasbourg and Hinrich Reyelts from the European Architecture Centre Upper Rhine.
Architects from Northern Switzerland, the Alsace region and Baden will be presenting various pieces of work on the theme of this year’s »Architecture Days«, which is »Architecture in the spotlight«. The travelling exhibition will be presented in Strasbourg, Wissembourg, Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Bühl, Mulhouse and Colmar.
Architecture is in the spotlight and means nothing without light: The great play of forms in light, to which Le Corbusier testified, as well as the visibility and effect of materials, structures and textures. And as Louis Kahn described like no other, the perception of spaces and proportions is completely impossible without light.
Facades can also be interactive media protagonists and not just portray and represent what is happening in buildings through their transparency. Through the development of LED lighting, it has also finally become possible to create light spectrums for artificial light, which comes closer to natural light than any other lighting to date - and we now have a huge range of lighting forms, which can overcome the »physiological glare« caused by strong differences in light – and as such the »slick building syndrome« as well, which was prevalent with earlier forms of artificial lighting. Light is not just a wonderful design element for space, form and material. It is also fundamentally important for everything that represents good spaces in buildings.
The opening address will be given by Claude Denu from the DenuParadon office in Strasbourg and Hinrich Reyelts from the European Architecture Centre Upper Rhine.
- Organization / Institution
- A project by the European Architecture Centre Upper Rhine (MEA/EA)