Laboratory for Visionary Architecture
{{Short description|Australian architectural firm}}
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Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) is an architectural firm set up in 2007. Its stated goal is to combine digital workflow, nature’s structural principles and the latest digital fabrication technologies to build MORE WITH LESS: more (architecture) with less (material/energy/time/cost).{{cite web |url=http://www.l-a-v-a.com/ |title=Home |website=l-a-v-a.com}} It was awarded the 2016 European Architecture Laureate for "a more critical, intellectual, and artistic approach to the design of buildings and cities" by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. {{cite web | url=https://www.europeanarch.eu/lava-laboratory-for-visionary-architecture.html | title=The European Centre }}
Activities
LAVA takes their inspiration from nature, using the principle of biomimetics.{{cite web|url=http://www.object.com.au/learning/video-audio-gallery/entry/chris_bosse_lava_part_1_inspiration/ |title=Australian Centre for Craft and Design / Chris Bosse: LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture). Part 1: Inspiration |publisher=Object |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=2012-05-22}} Future technologies are merged with the patterns of organisation found in nature to build a smarter, friendlier, more socially and environmentally responsible future.{{cite web|url=http://www.object.com.au/learning/video-audio-gallery/entry/chris_bosse_lava_part_2_sustainable_practice/ |title=Australian Centre for Craft and Design / Chris Bosse: LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture). Part 2: Sustainable Practice |publisher=Object |date=2011-07-05 |access-date=2012-05-22}} LAVA uses computation to simulate the natural behavior of growth and adaptation of species.
It maintains offices in Stuttgart, Berlin, and Sydney. The group has three directors, Tobias Wallisser {{cite web |author=Like |date=2010-12-21 |title=Tobias Wallisser (LAVA) at the Digital Crafting Symposium 1 on Vimeo |url=http://vimeo.com/18045674 |access-date=2012-05-22 |publisher=Vimeo.com}} is based in Berlin, Alexander Rieck {{cite web |date= |title=Startseite Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft |url=http://www.fraunhofer.de/ |access-date=2012-05-22 |publisher=Fraunhofer.de}} is based in Stuttgart while Chris Bosse is based in Sydney.{{Cite web |date=18 May 2012 |title=5 Minutes With... Chris Bosse | IndesignLive |url=http://www.indesignlive.com/articles/people/5-Minutes-With...-Chris-Bosse}}
Projects
- German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE {{cite web | url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/lava-laboratory-visionary-architecture-german-pavilion-expo-2020-dubai-11-30-2021/ | title=Immersive cubes float in a forest of columns at expo 2020 dubai's german pavilion | date=30 November 2021 }}
- German Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan {{Cite web |last=Blach |first=Peter |date=2023-04-13 |title=Konzept für deutschen Pavillon auf EXPO Osaka vorgestellt |url=https://www.blachreport.de/business/54174-konzept-fuer-deutschen-pavillon-auf-der-expo-in-osaka-vorgestellt/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |language=de-DE}}
- Energy Storage Centre Heidelberg, Germany {{cite web | url=https://www.archdaily.com/797225/lava-unveils-transformation-of-energy-storage-center-into-a-city-icon-in-germany | title=LAVA Unveils Transformation of Energy Storage Center into a City Icon in Germany | date=16 October 2016 }}
- Bayreuth Youth Hostel Bayreuth, Germany {{cite web | url=https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/germany/bayreuth/hostels/lava-youth-hostel | title=Lava Youth Hostel — Bayreuth, Germany | date=17 March 2018 }}
- KACST King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Headquarters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia {{cite web | url=https://www.worldconstructionnetwork.com/projects/king-abdulaziz-city-for-science-and-technology-headquarters-riyadh/ | title=King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Headquarters, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia }}
- Phillips Lighting Headquarters Eindhoven, The Netherlands {{cite web | url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12208-philips-lighting-headquarters-by-lava | title=Philips Lighting Headquarters by LAVA | 2017-02-01 | Architectural Record }}
- Central Park concept HCMC, Vietnam {{cite web | url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/06/lava-aspect-studios-central-park-ho-chi-minh-city/ | title=LAVA and Aspect Studios to add Central Park to Ho Chi Minh City | date=6 August 2019 }}
- Installations such as the lycra Green Void{{cite web|last=Cadman |first=Emily |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=781&storycode=3131734&c=2&encCode=00000000018d46f7 |title=Lava's Green Void fills Sydney Customs House | News | Building Design |publisher=Bdonline.co.uk |date=2009-01-19 |access-date=2012-05-22}}
- Winner of the competition design for the city centre of the {{CO2}}-free city Masdar in Abu Dhabi{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/oasis-of-the-future-taking-shape-in-a-distant-desert/2009/08/25/1251001900553.html |title=Oasis of the future taking shape in a distant desert - Arts - Entertainment |publisher=Smh.com.au |date= 26 August 2009|access-date=2012-05-22}}
- ‘Reskinning’ of the UTS building in Sydney{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/how-to-transform-an-ugly-university-just-dont-call-it-the-condominium-20110618-1g8un.html |title=How to transform an ugly university: just don't call it The Condom-inium |publisher=Smh.com.au |date=2011-06-19 |access-date=2012-05-22}}
- LAVA's Martian Embassy in Sydney houses shop and writing classes for kids in an immersive space{{Cite web|url=http://www.dezeen.com/2012/07/24/the-martian-embassy-by-lava-will-orourke-and-the-glue-society/|title = The Martian Embassy by LAVA|date = 24 July 2012}}
- Tower Skin{{cite web |date=2010-04-21 |title=Condom architecture - Architecture - Arts & Entertainment |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/architecture/condom-architecture-1949391.html |access-date=2012-05-22 |work=The Independent}}
- Snowflake Tower{{cite web |author=Jen Gerson |date=2010-05-25 |title=Schumacher Tower project breaks ground next week - The National |url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/schumacher-tower-project-breaks-ground-next-week |access-date=2012-05-22 |publisher=Thenational.ae}}
Awards
- Awards include:
- International Architecture Award {{cite web | url=https://www.internationalarchitectureawards.com/honorable-mention-detail.html?award=43535 | title=The International Architecture Awards }}
- World Architecture Festival WAFX Award {{cite web | url=https://www.archdaily.com/881499/winners-announced-of-inaugural-wafx-prize-for-worlds-most-forward-looking-architectural-concepts/59df95adb22e383285000153-winners-announced-of-inaugural-wafx-prize-for-worlds-most-forward-looking-architectural-concepts-image | title=Gallery of Winners Announced of Inaugural WAFX Prize for World's Most Forward-Looking Architectural Concepts - 36 }}
- Australian Institute of Architecture Award {{cite web | url=https://www.architectureanddesign.com.au/news/community-focused-projects-win-big-at-the-2013-nsw | title=Construction & Architecture News }}
- Australian Interior Design Award{{cite web |url=http://australianinteriordesignawards.com/gallery/2009/12 |title=Best International Interior Design |publisher=Australian Interior Design Awards |date= |access-date=2012-05-22 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709135954/http://australianinteriordesignawards.com/gallery/2009/12 |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
- UN partnered ZEROprize Re-Skinning Award[http://reskinningawards.com/images/ZFP_ReSkinning_Winners_2010.pdf ZFP ReSkinning Winners 2010]{{Dead link|date=March 2024}}
- I. D. Annual Design Review, IDEA Award{{cite web|url=http://www.idea-awards.com.au/2010/giant-digital-origami-tigers-3/ |title=Giant Digital Origami Tigers | IDEA 2012 |publisher=Idea-awards.com.au |date= |access-date=2012-05-22}}
- AAFAB AA London, Cityscape Dubai Award Sustainability{{cite web|url=http://www.e-architect.co.uk/awards/cityscape_awards.htm |title=Cityscape Awards, Buildings, Architects, Images |publisher=E-architect.co.uk |date=2009-10-08 |access-date=2012-05-22}}
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