Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser and Alexander Rieck’s GREEN VOID is a digital design, derived from nature, realized in lightweight fabric, using the latest digital fabrication and engineering techniques, to create more with less.

3000 cubic meters of space is enclosed within a minimal surface area of 300 square meters, using only 40 kg of material. The whole installation is immersed in a soundscape by sound artist David Chesworth and graphic design by TOKO, and includes the latest 3D works by visual artist Peter Murphy.

The Customs House ‘Media Wall’ is also activated with content detailing the process of design, engineering, fabrication and installation of the sculpture along with the impressive, recent design projects completed by LAVA across 12 video screens.

Rising up to the top level restaurant, a vertical distance of almost 20m, the sculpture provides an intense visual contrast to the beautifully restored heritage interior of Customs House.

The installation is inspired by the relationship between man, nature and technology. SENSUAL, GREEN and DIGITAL, the installation captures some of the key visions of the design team, which has over the past 12 months established offices in Sydney, Abu Dhabi and Stuttgart.

The installation is a ‘Minimal Surface’ that consists of a tensioned Lycra material, digitally patterned and custom-tailored for the space. Five sides of the sculpture reach out to carefully hover just off the main interior atrium of the Customs House above the model of the city.

The lightweight fabric design follows the natural lines, contours and surface-tension of the fabric. The curves can be seen as the result of invisible bubbles that are translated into an organic 3-dimensional space.

While appearing solid, the structure is soft and flexible and creates highly unusual spaces within customs house, which come to life with projection and lighting.

The project caps off a spectacular year for the trio and follows LAVA’s successful launch of the Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower (MSWCT) an ultra-luxury residential tower in October in Abu Dhabi, and the November launch of the future hotel Showcase suite in Germany.

The team also managed to pick up Best International Interior and the Sustainability Grant at the 2008 Interior Design Awards.

Chris’s work on the Watercube Swimming Centre for Beijing 2008 received the prestigious Atmosphere Award at the 9th Annual Venice Biennale and Chris was recently recognized as an emerging architect on the world stage by the RIBA London.

Tobias was instrumental in the emergence of the recent Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Museum between 2002 and 2007 which has attracted worldwide attention for its innovative spatial concept.

Key Data

Building Materials: Specially treated high-tech Nylon and light
Dimensions: approx. 21 x 8 x 12m
Surface Area: 300 m2
Volume/space: 3000 m3
Weight: 40 kg
Construction/manufacturing time: 5 weeks

Green Void team

Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck, Jarrod Lamshed, Esan Rahmani, Kim Ngoc Nguyen, Anh Dao Trinh, Erik Escalante Mendoza, Pascal Tures, Mi Jin Chun, Andrea Dorici.

Green Void Custom House exhibition

11 December 2008 – 10 June 2009
Customs House 1 Alfred Street, Circular Quay
Monday – Friday: 8am – Midnight
Saturday: 10am – Midnight
Sunday: 11am – 5pm
www.sydneycustomshouse.com.au

LAVA

Laboratory for Visionary Architecture
72 Campbell Street
Surry Hills
Sydney NSW 2010
Australia
P. +61 2 92801475
F. +61 2 92818125
www.l-a-v-a.net

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