PAR exhibits at Aedes Architectural Forum

LOS ANGELES / BERLIN – Aedes Architectural Forum presents the work of American architects Platform for Architecture + Research / PAR, founded by Jennifer Marmon in Los Angeles. The exhibition, Relations, questions the role and limits of architecture today. Marmon, together with her collective team, are part of a new generation of architects exploring universal topics as a means to expand their discipline in new ways. The installation illustrates the various strategies used by the office to develop their specific design approach that aims to establish a dialogue with people as well as the local conditions to result in their individual mode of architectural expression.
 
Providing an insight into their architectural universe, the exhibition presents buildings, competition entries and urban studies including the Wilshire Tower in Los Angeles/US, the AD18 Hotel in Los Angeles/US, the Taichung Cultural Center in Taichung/Taiwan, the Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki/Finland, the Bauhaus Art Museum in Dessau/Germany, the Lima Art Museum in Lima/Peru, as well as the Pavilion House, the Stacked House, and the View House all located in Los Angeles/US among others.
 
The featured projects range in scale from small houses to museum concepts. Drawings, models, and images reveal the diagrammatic thinking, exploration of form and connections to the urban fabric that link PAR’s projects. With its idea of a network of relationships, the exhibition reflects the essential architectural elements of organization, material and form that influence the offices work to benefit living conditions, urban identity and the integration of the local surroundings with their respective city.


Opening Reception: Friday, September 8, 2017 at 6:30 pm

On view September 9, 2017 - October 19, 2017 
Hours: Tuesday – Friday 11 am – 6:30 pm, Sunday – Monday 1 – 5 pm

 

Aedes Architecture Forum
Christinenstrasse 18-19
10119 Berlin


Speaking at the opening:
DR.H.C. Kristin Feireiss, Aedes Architecture Forum
Michael P. Steinberg, President, American Academy Berlin
Jennifer Marmon, AIA, Platform for Architecture + Research / PAR

We thank the sponsors for their support:
Lorin Industries
 
We thank the Aedes partners for their support:
Zumtobel, Schindler/The PORT Technology, Carpet Concept


 


Platform for Architecture + Research / PAR was established in 2003. They have since been awarded several prizes, including the Presidential Emerging Practice Award from the American Institute of Architects Los Angeles in 2014, an International Architecture Award in 2014, and American Architecture Awards in 2013 and 2016. The work of the firm has been featured in exhibitions at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the US National Building Museum, the New York Center for Architecture, and the European Center for Architecture.

Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin was founded in 1980. Under the guidance of Founder Kristin Feireiss and Director Hans-Jürgen Commerell, the Aedes Architecture Forum, has implemented over 600 exhibitions in more than three decades. It has become synonymous with the great names in the world of architecture by continuously supporting new generations of upcoming practitioners. Many internationally acclaimed architects and Pritzker Prize Laureates such as Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Zaha Hadid, Thom Mayne, SANAA, or Wang Shu, presented their work at Aedes long before achieving international fame. To date, the Aedes Architecture Forum and its team continues to strive to convey novel and outstanding examples of contemporary architectural and urban visions to a wider audience. The Aedes Architecture Forum has internationally received numerous awards and honors for its successful and distinguished commitment to the field of architecture and building culture at large.

When
9 September 2017, 11:00 to 19 October 2017, 17:00
Where
Aedes Architecture Forum
Christinenstrasse 18-19
10119 Berlin
Organizer
Aedes
Link
www.aedes-arc.de

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