09-09-2014
Young Architects from Germany exhibition at the Museum of African Design, Johannesburg
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The “Young Architects from Germany” exhibition at the Museum of African Design in Johannesburg is showcasing the new generation of German architects until 21 September 2014.
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The fourteen projects were completed around the world, mainly since 2004, and they cover a range of architecture fields – construction, interior design, urban design and landscaping.
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The common thread running through the exhibition is the pragmatic and respectful approach of these architects to design. Rather than trying to win over the general public – like so many iconic works – they investigate the real needs, focusing on sustainability and new technology, and seek to harmoniously blend in with the locations rather than stick out.
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They also place a lot of emphasis on adapting existing buildings to new needs, redefining and adding to them and making changes in unusual conditions.
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So visitors to the Museum of African Design in Johannesburg will be treated to a great overview of innovative architectural projects, without the “special effects” of the “archistar system”: architecture designed by young architects for real people and real situations, sustainable architecture that we will showcase in detail over the upcoming weeks.
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Exhibition: Young Architects from Germany
Dates: until 21 September 2014
Location: Museum of African Design (MoAD), Johannesburg, South Africa
Photography: Courtesy of Goethe-Institut Johannesburg, www.goethe.de/johannesburg
An exhibition by the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations e. V. (ifa), Stuttgart, in cooperation with the Federal Chamber of German Architects e. V. (BAK), Berlin, Media partner: Deutsche Welle (DW).
Projects by GRAFT Architekten, planwer/plan&werk, rheinflügel, Meuser Architekten, plasma studio, MUELLER KNEER ASSOCIATES, ian shwa architekten, GS_architekten und Perler und Scheurer Architekten, Haberland Architekten, KUEHN MALVEZZI, behet bondzio lin, Büro MIR, FAR frohn&rojas, Levin Monsigny Landschaftsarchitekten
Captions
Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, FAR frohn&rojas - Wall House, Santiago de Chile - photo (c) Cristobal Palma
Jost Haberland, Haberland Architekten - Extension to the Cantonal Schools Rychenberg and Im Lee, Winterthur, Switzerland - photo (c) Andrea Helbling
Christian Heuchel, Tillmann Klein, rheinfl¸gel - Kunsthaus Zug mobil, c/o Kunsthaus Zug, Schweiz - photo (c) Guido Baselgia
Claudia Schmidt, MIR - AvSJJF House, Amsterdam, Niederlande - photo (c) John Lewis Marshall
Axel Hermening, Martina Levin, Nicolai Levin, Luc Monsigny, Levin Monsigny Landscape Architects - Landscape Park and Museum Gardens, Liangzhu Culture Museum Hangzhou, China -photo (c) Levin Monsigny Landscape Architects
Olaf Kneer and Marianne Mueller, MUELLER KNEER ASSOCIATES - The Cotton House, Manchester, Great Britain - photo (c) Rolant Dafis
GS_architekten, Perler und Scheurer Architekten - Ferry Porsche Congress Center, Zell am See, Austria - photo (c) Werner Huthmacher