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ARPHENOTYPE
Soemmering Straße 2
DE-50823 Köln
Telefon +49 173 456 27 71
office (at) arphenotype.com
www.arphenotype.com

Employees
1-5

Established
2008

Specialities
architecture – exterior & interior
digital sculpted architecture & design
sustainable solutions of tomorrow
developing of prototypes
radical geometric solutions for advertising

Imprint

ARPHENOTYPE



Electro Flesh Disorder – Animatronic Artefact, 2007 (Photo: Arphenotype)	Oben: High Voltage Transmission Line Towers, 2008 (Rendering: Arphenotype) Unten: Flo[at]wer-H, 2009 (Rendering: Arphenotype)

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Design Philosophy

We have maintained a deep interest in blurring and observing the boundaries between various artistic disciplines. Currently, Arphenotype is focusing upon utilizing techniques and constraints present within the production of synthetic systems and immersive digital virtual environments to influence architectural thoughts and potential modes of production. Since the advent of the computer chip, all of our productive capacities have become more computationally driven, whether through the direct inculcation of codes from our CPUs or through our hands mutating from the psychological affective range of computer thought. We see computation as an inextricable and intrinsic property within our environment that may be used to reconceptualise the current state of architecture. It raises the question of how the body as system is being recomposed. The changes are seen as electronic templates that become a part of the body – the body is no longer an isolated system; it is being recalibrated. We can apprehend that computers are extended phenotypes of our bodies and our skin. The question of mortality and immortality has been around for thousand of years. The development in techno genetics have profound possibilities not only for reengineering the body but also to reformat it. The new body is in its old skin augmented and perhaps simply redirected. The construction of the body as a series of electronical templates mixed with bones and flesh. The “other body” raises the question of how the body itself is a material – a Palimsest of electronic scripts and blood – a series of Phenotypes burning on each other; bending the flesh with digital scratches. The idea of information of systems in the body become part of experiencing causes, this causes the body to be a responsive site. No longer dictated, the body is being electronical formatted.
In the future the lost body is predestined to be crucified by electronic templates; the body is becoming a digital toast.
As such, Arphenotype is exploring methodologies driven by pseudo-genetic sequencing as well as strategies that acknowledge the presence of other types of virtuality – ‘other some-things’ that are becoming entrainment- virtual artefacts of our bodies. The sculptural solutions represent the idea of mortality trapped in the electronics; the metal jacket or skin piercing between flesh + techno seduction; our desire to pass our genotypes into future systems, riding with the wave of object based reality. This disjuncture between Mind and Body will create new conditions. We believe that we are approaching a period within which incredible changes and advancements will be made within the human species and that we are responsible for acknowledging the presence of certain possibilities and consequently developing new ways of thinking and doing in order to engage with the deep and profound ideas inherent within the various potentialities.

Current Projects

Jaap Bakema Fellowship 09/10 at the Netherlands Architecture Institute for “Floating Permaculture” research project / Rotterdam, Netherlands

since 2008 High Voltage Transmission Line Towers

since 2007 Electro Flesh Disorder

Competitions

2009 Kansas Low Cost Housing comp./ collab with P.Utermoehl / Kansas,USA

2009 Next Stop Design / Utah, USA

2009 Gasholder No.8 / collab. with T.Klein & P.Giencke / London, UK

2009 Central Glass 2009 / collab. with T.Klein & P.Giencke / London, UK

2009 Terra:Nova / Hambach, Germany

2009 AKNW Fair Pavillion / collab. with P.Utermoehl / Duesseldorf, Germany

2009 2A Du[b]ailities Award / Dubai, UAE

2009 ThyssenKrupp Elevator Award / collab. COCO Architetcs & T.Klein / Dubai, UAE

2009 Building for Bouwkunde / on behalf of Andrew Wright Associates / Delft, Netherlands

2008 P&G Gillette Landmark / Boston, USA

2008 SIA Bauforum / Zuerich, Swiss

2008 Floating Architecture / collab. with S.Takasaki / Lausitz, Germany

2008 RBR:360 Roundbuilding Re-use / collab. with T.Klein / Orlando, USA

2008 DiStasio Australian Venice Pavilion / Venice, Italy

2008 High Voltage Transmission Line Towers / Reykjavik, Iceland

2008 Wiesner&Hagner Bench comp. / collab. with T.klein & K.Kinugasa Tsui / Vienna, Austria

2007 IAAC Self Sufficient Housing / collab. with P.Utermoehl & T.Klein / Barcelona, Spain

2007 Landscape Arch. Newcomer comp. / collab. with T.Klein & P.Giencke / Rietberg, Germany

2007 City in Change, Platform Newcomer Architects / Belrin, Germany

2007 Metonomyzed Object / Calgary, Canada

2004 Green tent comp. / collab. with R.Schwermer

Teaching

2009/07 – 2009/02 Lecturer of Architecture / Architecture and Design Department London Southbank Univeristy 3rd year / London,UK

2008/04 Augmented Design Tutor ADS 2, Royal College of Arts / London, UK

2008/03 Guest Tutor / University of Nottingham / Nottingham, Uk

2007/12 – 2007/10 ISD Interior and Spatial Design Lecturer / University of the Arts London / Chelsea College of Art and Design / London, UK

2008/07 – 2007/09 Lecturer of Architecture / Architecture and Design Department London Southbank University 2nd Year / London,UK

2003/07 – 2003/02 Tutor / Prof. D. Lengyel, University of Applied Sciences / Cologne

Invited Guest Critic

Architectural Association, London

Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris

Royal College of Arts, London

University of Nottingham, Nottingham

University of East London, London

London Southbank University, London

Chelsea College of Arts, London

Pasadena University, Pasadena

Publications

2010/01 A10 New European Architecture / Jan-Feb 2010 page 12 / Amsterdam, Netherlands

2009 Green Style / Loft Publications ISBN 978-94-60650-09-3 / Barcelona, Spain

2009/11 D-Lux / Nr.6-09 page 107 / Milano, Italy

2009/11 Magaz Magazine / Dec-Jan 2010 page 94-95 / Cairo, Egypt

2009/10 DDW Trendbook 09 / ISBN 9789490395018 / Eindhoven, Netherlands

2009/09 Esquire+Arch / Nov 09 page 29 / Taipei, Taiwan

2009/06 Panorama Newspaper / Year 1 Nr.2 June page 21 / Madrid, Spain

2009/04 Wired.co.uk / London, UK

2009 Dezeen / London,UK

2008 VITRA Catalogue Workspirit 11 / page 12-14; 18-19 / collab. with T.Klein

2008 DiStasio Exhibition Catalogue / ISBN 978-1-921026-02-7 / Victoria, Australia

2008 Selection Report “transmissionlinetowers comp” / 16.04.08 page 75 / Reykjavik, Iceland

2005 Koelner Wochenspiegel / 3rd Nov. 2004 – Cover + Story / collab. with R.Schwermer / Koeln, Germany

2004 Elle Decor / Nov. 04 / collab. with R.Schwermer / Moscow, Russia

2004 Casamica / October 2004 page 37 / collab. with R.Schwermer / Milano, Italy

2004 LA Times / 3rd October 04 / collab. with R.Schwermer / Los Angeles, USA

2002 Kieler Nachrichten / Kiel, Germany

Exhibitions

2008 RBR:360 / 18.08.08 City Hall Rotunda Orlando / Orlando, USA

2008 DiStasio comp. Heide Museum of contemporary Arts / Heide, Australia

2007 March Show Bartlett Faculty / London, UK

2007 “Stadt im Wandel – Stadt der Ideen” AEDES Land / Berlin, Germany

2005 „Einblick – Ausblick“ Muthesius Art Academy / Kiel, Germany

2002 Archi-Techno Schuetzenwall Bunker / Kiel, Germany

Lectures & Workshops / with .horhizon

2009 Lecture: .horhizon with T.Klein & K.Kinugasa Tsui Univ. Brighton, Brighton, UK

2009/03 Workshop: .horhizon London Flooded, 1st year studio / Architectural Association / London, UK

2009/01 Workshop: .horhizon Digital Dreamland, University Brighton / Brighton, UK

2008/12 BDA Monday Colloquy “Positions 11x7” / Cologne, Germany

2008 Lunchlecture 1st year studio / Architectural Association/ London, UK

2008 History&Theory discussion “How do you design”, lead by Johan Voordouw, LSBU / London, UK

2008/03 Digital Design Workshop, 3rd year, LSBU / London, UK

2007 Lecture: University of East London / London, UK

2007/11 Lecture: Chelsea Collage of Arts / London, UK

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