Corridor

Caratteristiche

Città: Berlin
Regione: Abroad
Anno: 2007
Colore
BIANCO BEIGE MARRONE
Materiale
TEAK CEMENTO CERAMICA CARTONGESSO
Ambiente / Prodotto
APPARTAMENTO BAGNO CUCINA

Nome: J. MAYER H. und Partner, Architekten
Paese: Germany - Berlin
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LE IMMAGINI

DESCRIZIONE

corridor is a roof top apartment in Berlin Mitte. A stretched and winding space is running through the entire apartment. However it is not just a connecting space for circulation or direction by separation of individual rooms: instead of it becomes the main space for this apartment. Independent from any formal references of its context and from any conventional floor plan, corridor allowes for further abstraction of spatial qualities. All adjacent rooms function
supplementarily as spaces for retreat.
Corridor proposes a prototype for a space which is not defined by fixed
programmatic or spatial qualities, but provides a �space of possibilities�
through smart infrastructure and technological features. In this case study, comforting means serving continuously changing needs and moods of the inhabitant. Areas of defined functions dissolve for the benefit of living zones.
The sliding �smart walls� are saturated with a sound system, video- and projection equipment, motion sensors and intelligent lighting system.
Specifically developed reflection paint allows high quality projection directly onton the walls. corridor turns itself into an active surface of moving images where video realities cannot be seperated from the real space itself. Light and
sound are generating multiple zones: sound.clouds and light.noise pulsate
throughout the corridor.
Walls and ceilings are coated with after-glowing colour. This way at night corridor is changed into a graphic photonic copy that fades out slowly in darkness. Architectonic strategies borrowed from safety and security are newly interpreted and extended. Textile surfaces like furniture, curtains, table cloths and selected clothing made of self glowing fabric transform the user
into a dark silouette or negative form. Like in cases of power faliure or fire the effect of after glowing turns into space coordinates replacing the real space by a temporary light image.

Diagram of the corridor as wind channel: corridor turns the interior of the living area into a dynamic space sequence connecting it to the exterior micro climate.

light.noise
light.noise is a pixel grid light integrated into the ceiling. Single light spots can be directed and guided over a graphic - system, showing e.g. text like weather and outside climate information or other patterns. A soundsystem generates and coordinates constellations of black.holes, light.nings, search.lights und light.codings.