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Booth-generator by students from Trier University of Applied Science
Cologne 2010: students at Trier University of Applied Science in Germany have built a stand at design fair imm Cologne by stacking up pizza boxes.
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Called Booth-generator, and part of the [D3] Schools exhibition, the project was shaped by a computer program that uses information about the site, balanced with the required qualities of the booth itself to design the most appropriate structure.
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Inside the exhibition booth, information is displayed about the university, the students involved and the process that lead to the production of the installation itself.
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Here's some more information about the project from the university:
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For the installation at the IMM2010 we have developed a „booth-generator“ that balances the conditions of a certain stand place (size, direction, etc.) with the requirements of a specific exhibition space and its desired atmosphere.
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With the aid of a computer-program written in Rhinoscript/Visual Basic these parameters are processed and evaluated in an iterative design-process to then manifest themselves as one possible solution for a trade-fair stand.
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In order to guarantee both the manufacturability by a group of students and the disposal after usage, we have contrasted a high-tech design tool with the low-tech and easy to recycle material "pizza box“: the layering of an actually trite material becomes aesthetically exaggerated through its gradual shifts and deformations.
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A peculiar tension arises between the fascination for the technologically possible and the visibility of a building-process based on very basic financial as well as technical possibilities.
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The deformed walls create an enclosed and concentrated space that is detached from the liveliness of the surrounding corridors.
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In the center of this space we document the project through a beamer-projection of a short portrait of the University of Applied Sciences Trier, the group of students involved and the development of the installation itself.
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Thus this booth represents the creative atmosphere of our university that enables such experimental projects as it supports the ambition to carry out a possible result of such a project.
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The installation has been developed in a collaborative and interdisciplinary effort of Fachhochschule Trier’s departments interior architecture, architecture and intermedia design.
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The concept and script has been developed by Jan Weber and Eva Ziegler, students from the department of Interior Architecture.
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The project has been led by Prof. Ingo Krapf, department industrial and exhibition design, and Prof. Holger Hoffmann, department digital design.
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