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Proposal by: Samar Khan
Plants as Spatial Choreographers
Project proposal: letting plants design our living-rooms
My guiding question is: How can plants dances form the basis of multi-species architectural design? I am currently working with the belief that plants are dancers. This follows from observations...
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Signage around Mediamatic aka White Line
As a graphic designer assistant, you sometimes need to do some practical and handy work. Here is the best one. The white line around Mediamatic building might need some renovation because of the rain
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Shields and Shelter
A/Artist discussion round with Kristin Maurer
During this discussion round, long-time Mediamatic collaborator Kristin Maurer her design research for making a public swimming pool into a more accessible and comfortable space for people suffering...
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Ariana Amirhosseini
Exhibition assistant
Hei! I am Ariana Amir Hosseini, born in 1994 in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, with Swiss and Iranian origins. I graduated in 2019 as an architect from the University of Applied...
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Thomas van der Sman
Thomas van der Sman is a Dutch designer based in Amsterdam.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks
Pigeon Cam
On the 7th of June 2022, almost two years after we first started learning how to build pigeon towers with waste mycelium, we introduced the first four squab (young pigeons) into their new living...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Opening Tumulus Hermit Hut II
- Usher in a new state of the tumulus3mrt 2022The collapsed tumulus hut has been rebuild from a romantic ruin into a resilient structure. Come usher in the new hermit hut in the green garden installation, appreciate its decay, and celebrate the...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
An Afternoon on Ruins
- With backyard artist Arne Hendriks and Ruchama Noorda3mrt 2022Arne and Ruchama are both building structures in the backyard of Mediamatic with natural material. Structures that are build-to-collapse, and transform into ever-changing cycli. In this afternoon the...
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So Young Han
21w03-4
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Annachiara Leardini
Food Architect
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"Resilience, reality and surviving"
Amir Qudaih about our upcoming exhibition Border Ecologies and the Gaza Strip
“You don't really have too many people from Gaza outside here because we don't really make it out. Gaza is a very small place, it's literally three miles wide, 17 miles long. You can run it and it's...
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Amir Qudaih
Amir Qudaih is a farmer from Gaza Strip-Palestine moved to Boston-USA in 2016, pursuing his education in engineering. During his school, Amir has contributed significantly as the elected Senator and...
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Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop
Border Ecologies and the Gaza Strip
14jan 2022- Een project van de Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory (FAST) en de Qudaih familie21mrt 2022Al bijna een eeuw lang hebben schommelingen in de vorm van de grens van de Gazastrook invloed op zowel menselijke als natuurlijke ecologieën wat geleid heeft tot de vorming van opvallende...
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Exhibition Microlab
Serres Séparées at Dutch Design Week
17okt 2021- We are nominated for the Dutch Design Awards!24okt 2021The Serres Séparées project is nominated for a Dutch Design Award. During Dutch Design Week 2021 we will join in an exhibition together with all nominees at Microlab in Eindhoven.
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Dutch Pavilion Venice Willem Velthoven
Work, Body Leisure
26mei 2018- Nederlandse bijdrage de 16e architectuurbiennale Venetië25nov 2018Designed by Raphael Coutin and Marina Otero Verzier the Dutch pavilion formed a maze of interlaced spaces and concepts the human condition in society. Willem Velthoven reports.
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Duiventoren Mediamatic Biotoop Dominik Einfalt, Arne Hendriks
I/O
dec '20 – Duiventoren 07
I/O staat voor Inside/Out. Deze toren keert de binnen- en buitenkant om. De muren van duiventorens zijn normaal gesproken aan de buitenkant glad met enkele gaatjes zodat de duiven erin kunnen. Aan de...
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Duiventoren Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks
Cartier
sept '20 –Duiventoren 03
De derde toren werd gebouwd in het Clean Lab . Twee eerdere pogingen om een stevige, levende toren te bouwen waren mislukt. Tijd om een stapje terug te doen. We wisten niet of onze uitgangspunten...
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Duiventoren Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier
Jute
jun '20 – Duiventoren 02
De overblijfselen van de ingestorte toren van het eerste experiment hebben we in een lange jute buis gestopt. Jute is biologisch afbreekbaar textiel, en biedt structuur en voeding aan het mycelium.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Mily Boogaarts 3 mrt 2021
From Packaging to Beaver Skin
How to build a mycelium pigeon tower roof #1
The pigeon and the mycelium are in joint agreement. Pigeons don’t nest on soggy surfaces and mycelium prefers high humidity, but don’t like the wet. It is critical: The tower needs a roof. But what...
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Duiventoren Mediamatic Biotoop Nadine Schütz, Ben Hopley, Mily Boogaarts, Arne Hendriks
Spoppo
jan '21 – Duiventoren 08
De oesterzwam variant Spoppo kan beter tegen kou. Aangezien we deze toren in het koudst van de winter, binnen in de schuur hebben gebouwd, leek dat een goede keuze. Het mycelium in de blokken was...
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Presentation: Mediamatic Biotoop
Messages from the Myco-Assemblage
- Arne Hendriks & Dominik Einfalt talk about their attempts to construct pigeon guano towers with living mycelium waste.11dec 2020Friday afternoon, Arne and Dominik will discuss their attempt to build structures with living mycelium waste. What have they learned? What are the challenges? And what stories have emerged so far?
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Is it an urban mushroom farm? Is it a pigeon…
What are those structures outside the barn at Mediamatic?
Because these structures are made from living mycelium WHAT you call it probably depends on WHEN you encounter it. At first they are horizontal mushroom farms, and many of our neighbours have...
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Mediamatic Biotoop
Design Solutions
Ontwerp dat het diner in kassen mogelijk maakt
Voor het gebruik van de Serres in het restaurant zijn wij voortdurend bezig met aanpassingen. Niet alleen aan de serres zelf, maar ook aan de manier waarop we onze service uitvoeren. Welke problemen...
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Inspiratie
Wie gingen ons voor, en wie zijn er door ons geïnspireerd?
Toen de Serres Séparées viral gingen, raakten restaurants van over de hele wereld geïnspireerd en kreeg het idee wereldwijd navolging. We voelen ons vereerd om te zien dat we veel horecazaken hebben...