Yesterday monday 8th, University College London, launched AVATAR – Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research Group. more inside>>
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AVATAR
The launch of AVATAR – Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research Group – is a significant event. In time AVATAR is intended to be in direct competition with MIT's Media Lab. It will not confine its research, prototyping and projects to just the traditional architectural arenas but will work multidisciplinary across all design disciplines. Avatar will be launched over Nov 1-21st 2004 with a large exhibition at the Bartlett and a reception event on Monday 8 November.
The exhibition will feature: new ecological ways to farm oysters, trout and Black perch, dealing with effects of coastal erosion; responsive furniture; reflexive design; networking architectural and ecological sites; dynamic time based structures; architectures with programmable memory; smart materials; and responsive environment CAD/CAM prototyping. All work attempts a non-Luddite approach to the ecological problems of our age. The works are numerous, extremely beautiful and often not po-faced.
Exhibition opening times
Mon-Fri 9.30am-8.30pm
Saturday 9.30am-4.00pm
For more information, contact [email protected], 020 7679 7504
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