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Image Spaces: Biology and Building / Bildräume: Biologie und Bauen
 
Sebastian Madre, Hannes Hehemann
Unwiederholbare Experimente
Gipsmodell, 2017
© Sebastian Madre, Hannes Hehemann
 

 

Image Spaces: Biology and Building

 
20 April to 21 May, 2018
 
Opening: Thursday, 19 April, 7pm
 
 

Kunstbibliothek

at the Museum für Fotografie
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Jebensstr. 2, 10623 Berlin
Tel: +49 (0)30 3186 4825
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Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 11am-7pm, Thu 11am-8pm
 
 
Image Spaces: Biology and Building / Bildräume: Biologie und Bauen
 
Pier Luigi Nervi
Salzlagerhallen, Tortona, Italien
© CC-BY-SA-4.0
 
 
Coincidence or evolution? Microscopic diatoms and post-war domed structures often exhibit the same underlying structural features, even though we have evidence that these coincidences were not deliberately intended by the architect. Inspired by this surprising discovery, in 1961 biologist Gerhard Helmcke and architect Frei Otto founded the interdisciplinary working group <Biology and Building> at the Technische Universität Berlin.

The objective of this collaboration was to reach a better understanding of biology, technology and architecture, and to outline the principles of “natural building”. Their research aims first of all to bring about an improved understanding of our surroundings, but also to ensure that the future of our architectural environment is informed by the tension between technology and nature.
 
 
Image Spaces: Biology and Building / Bildräume: Biologie und Bauen
 
Diatomeen (Kieselalgen) in elektronenmikroskopischer Vergrößerung
Silbergelatinepapier, um 1962, Sammlung Berthold Burkhardt, Braunschweig
© Lehrstuhl und Institut für Biologie und Anthropologie Prof. Dr. J.-G. Helmcke
 
 
Three-dimensional electron microscopy, early methods of computer-based graphics (like Konrad Zuse’s Graphomat) and other methods of visualization make it possible to identify analogies between nature and technology.

Building upon the collaboration between Helmcke and Otto, this exhibition takes a look at research in the field of architecture, art and science that deals with the relationship between perception, image and knowledge. It was curated in collaboration with students from the Design Faculty and the Institute for History and Theory of Design at the Universität der Künste Berlin, and from the History of Science Module in Faculty I at the Technische Universität Berlin.  
 
 
Image Spaces: Biology and Building / Bildräume: Biologie und Bauen
 
Li Chi Hsiao, Hsiang fu Chen
Dia to me, AR Installation, 2018
© Li Chi Hsiao, Hsiang fu Chen
 
 
An exhibition by the Universität der Künste Berlin and the Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. With works from:
Cristina Achury | Yakup Altun | Hsiang fu Chen | Elisabeth Eichler | Mads Fransen | Hannes Hehemann | Li Chi Hsiao | Junqiao Huang | Kathrin Hunze | Xiangying Li | Sebastian Madré | Océane Réveillac | Philipp Rohé | Liu Ting | Wiebke von Bremen | Marie Vorbeck | Yanik Wagner | Julius Winkler (Universität der Künste Berlin, Fakultät Gestaltung) | Luise Beddies | Denise Bode | Franziska Brecht | Johanna Geßner | Benjamin Gruber | Gloria Manna | Maria Niklaus | Caterina Otto | Elisa Quast | Jessica Reißig | Elisabeth Silberbach | Stephanie Ventura | Josephine Wunderlich.  
 
 
Image Spaces: Biology and Building / Bildräume: Biologie und Bauen
 
Frei Otto Zeltstruktur des Olympia-Stadions und -Parks, München
© Jorge Royan / www.royan.com.ar / CC BY-SA 3.0
 
 
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