Archinect - News2013-05-22T20:20:28-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/58609012/plant-architect-s-exhibit-opens-at-harbourfront-centre
PLANT ARCHITECT’S EXHIBIT OPENS AT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE PLANT Architect Inc.2012-10-04T11:00:00-04:00>2012-10-04T12:59:30-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/zd/zdjcj4uug98um96t.jpg" width="514" height="341" border="0" title="" alt="" /><p>
On 29 September 2012, the Architecture Exhibition Fall 2012 opened at Harboufront Centre in Toronto. Curated by Patrick Macaulay, <em><strong><a href="http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/visualarts/2012/architecture-exhibition-fall-2012/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BREATHTAKING: Constructed Landscapes </a></strong></em>features PLANT Architect Inc.’s installation <a href="http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/visualarts/2012/lenticular-curtain/?shareadraft=baba4948_505b8cfc01b2e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em><strong>Lenticular Curtain</strong></em></a> alongside the works of architects Baird Sampson Neuert, Idea Tank Design Collective, and visual artist Vid Ingelevics.</p>
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<em><strong>BREATHTAKING: Constructed Landscapes</strong></em> explores the use of architecture in defining and directing how people view and understand nature and landscape. In response to the curatorial question “<em>How can architecture create an awe-inspiring experience through the placement of built form within the landscape?</em>”, <a href="http://www.branchplant.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PLANT Architect Inc.</a> designed an immersive architecture meant to overwhelm, infuse, inhabit, and amplify the landscape. <em><strong>Lenticular Curtain</strong></em> is a larger-than-life, interactive lantern—a sculptural intervention that, when entered, disturbs and distorts multiple landscapes in order to form new ones. The central role of the visitor, whether ...</p>