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Functional Art

Design and architecture projects that integrate artistic expression with practical utility and spatial function.

58 Projects 11 Publications 60 Journals

Laurita

Celestial Dance

This kinetic sculpture is a captivating blend of art and engineering. Its core element is a gracefully twisting column, reminiscent of a DNA strand or a flowing ribbon caught in an eternal spiral. A gleaming sphere, perched atop a tiered base, adds a focal point to the composition.

Marium

Aero-Stage

The Inflatable Adaptive Performance Platform is a portable stage that quickly inflates into a durable, illuminated performance space. Its flexible design allows it to function as both a solid stage or an open backdrop for projection shows. After use, it deflates and folds back into a compact form for easy transport and reuse.

bhavya and Jayesh

L’Éclat de l’Art

This project celebrates Art Nouveau through a theatre dining experience, blending art with daily life. The design respects the sloped site with a stepped base supporting the theatre. Food is prepared as a live performance, merging art and dining. The open, elevated structure fosters community interaction with a dynamic ground floor for gatherings.

Paria and Begum

The Ramp

"The Ramp" transforms business life in a joyless society. This public office, featuring an inviting ramp, draws in individuals from the street. Its unique design encourages social interaction while allowing personal space, addressing the lack of entertainment, social life, and happiness prevalent in the environment.

youshan

JUMP

JUMPER was an extension of Discotehque to form a portable installation that compressed the Discotheque's spatial experience so that the gay community could release its emotions from the outside, using disco culture as a bridge between the gay community and people. To create a breakthrough in mainstream society, the crowd began to communicate and accept.

UNI

The Parthenon at NGV's Garden

Taking its name from the vibrations of music, the installation will act as a community meeting place and an outdoor venue hosting a diverse program of performances, programs and music across the summer period. Newman and Tsang, who are the architects of NWMN, created a third scale of the original building to invite audiences and visitors.

bogdan and Remus

RESIST AND MOVE

White pyramids that can either stay or move, carrying peoples thoughts.

Bao

Placefulness

Placefulness is a nature-themed immersive experience exploring our sense of place and presence. Author Jenny Odell defines 'placefulness' as living with a grounded consciousness in the present time and location. The installation invites the viewers to contemplate a sequence of specific surroundings that activate our senses to connect with the present.

Cansu and UMUT

PIAN O CTAVE

PianOctave is an installation that aims to provide interaction between individuals who are lonely around digital devices in line with technological developments, and to transform the space into a common experience area by including music within the framework of activating idle urban spaces.

Dino

K(art)zuni

A modern resort inspired by a precious piece of Istria's architectural heritage. The basic accommodation unit is a reinterpretation of one of the oldest Istrian archetypes - Kazuna, made in a modern way so that it supports the target group - painters. The whole resort is organized in a way that vibrant space encourages the creativity of guests.

Mina

UNDERGARDEN

Underneath a garden in Chicago is a hidden space designed to boost innovation and train the mind to reinterpret our everyday surroundings.

Jovana

The Digital Anthropocene

This project develops a way for a discourse that investigates on the possibilities of integrating machine Intelligence and human coordination to produce a multiverse hybrid vertical community of artists and communal spaces.The goal is to create a digital archive of the Chicago’s biodiversity in order to preserve what little it has left.