STEP INSIDE PETER COOK'S VR-POWERED 'CITIES' EXHIBITION IN LONDON
london's richard saltoun gallery immerses visitors in the radical world of british architect and founder of archigram, sir peter cook. on view until september 16, the 'cities' exhibition features a site-specific architectural environment and virtual reality (VR) experience produced especially for the gallery, together with a selection of drawings and paintings that trace the architect's 60-year career. 'I call it cities because, in a way, all of the examples are fragments of cities — either reflecting upon known cities, or suggestions of parts of cities,' peter cook told designboom on the occasion of the exhibition.
MARIO CUCINELLA'S CAVERNOUS ART MUSEUM IN MILAN CAPTURED IN NEW FILM
mario cucinella architects and london-based filmmaker tapio snellman unveil a new movie that takes viewers through the transformation of milan’s historic 19th-century palazzo bocconi-rizzoli-carraro into the luigi rovati foundation. unveiled in the autumn of 2022, the italian city's new art museum features a series of cavernous underground galleries, carefully crafted by MCA to showcase both etruscan and contemporary art.
PROTOTYPES OF ENZO MARI, FRANK GEHRY & ALVAR AALTO AI REINTERPRETIONS
iconic designs by the likes of enzo mari, frank gehry, and alvar aalto are reinterpreted and built anew through the help of artificial intelligence. DOTTOD collective used the original objects' official descriptions as text-based prompts to produce AI-generated images, which were then brought to life as functional prototypes and are currently on view at barcelona's il·lacions design gallery. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here.
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