La estructura que acaba de abrir sus puertas y que comenzó su recorrido en Nueva York, es un armazón de fibra de carbono diseñada por el despacho de arquitectos Bow-Wow de Tokio como una«caja de herramientas itinerante». Permanecerá en Berlín hasta el próximo 29 de julio, tras lo cual continuará su viaje a Bombay.
Lightweight and compact, with a structural skeleton built of carbon fiber, the mobile structure for the first cycle of the BMW Guggenheim Lab has been designed by the Tokyo architecture firm Atelier Bow-Wow as a “traveling toolbox.”
The structure’s lower half is a present-day version of the Mediterranean loggia, an open space that can easily be configured to accommodate the Lab’s various programs. The upper part of the structure houses a flexible rigging system and is wrapped in a semitransparent mesh. Through this external skin, visitors are able to catch glimpses of the extensive apparatus of “tools” that may be lowered or raised from the canopy according to the Lab’s programming needs, transforming the ground space into a formal lecture setting, a stage for a celebratory gathering, or a workshop with tables for hands-on experiments.
Design Architect
Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo, Japan
Principals: Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima
Project Team: Mirai Morita and Masatoshi Hirai
Fabrication and Structural Engineering
Superstructure and Installation: NUSSLI Group, Switzerland/USA
Structural Engineer: Arup, Tokyo, Japan
Berlin Design, Engineering, and Construction
Local Architect: magma architecture, Berlin, Germany
Structural and Civil Engineer: Arup, Berlin, Germany
Construction Management: NUSSLI Group, Switzerland/USA
New York Design, Engineering, and Construction
Architect of Record: Fiedler Marciano Architecture, New York, USA
Structural and Civil Engineer: Arup, New York, USA
Site Preparation Construction Management: Sciame Construction Co., New York, USA
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