Modulora
THE PROTOTYPE
OPEN HOUSE Geneva Exhibition June 11 - August 28, 2022
Curator: Simon Lamunière
Team: Shadi Rahbaran, Ursula Hürzeler, Simon Würgler, Kilian Schellenberger
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Die Modulora – An experimental prototype and space transformer
Modulora Prototype is an instrument to explore some of the essential sensory and spatial experiences of the habitat. A central cylinder connects four rectangular spaces of different proportions and function and leaves the rest to the landscape. The cylinder allows doors to slide and open or close the spaces. The interior is either closed to the outside and the four spaces are revealed, or it is open and one can only pass through it without seeing inner spaces.
It is up to the visitor to experiment with the possibilities that develop around this « center », each room being devoted to a different relationship between body and space. One thinks standing up, communicates sitting down, relaxes when leaning back, dreams lying down. In response to the measurements established by Le Corbusier, the spaces correspond to the average female measurements adapted to these positions, hence the name given to the prototype, Modulora.
It is up to the visitor to experiment with the possibilities that develop around this « center », each room being devoted to a different relationship between body and space. One thinks standing up, communicates sitting down, relaxes when leaning back, dreams lying down. In response to the measurements established by Le Corbusier, the spaces correspond to the average female measurements adapted to these positions, hence the name given to the prototype, Modulora.
The Context
OPEN HOUSE is an exhibition that showcases innovative and original forms of habitat through projects from the fields of art, architecture, design and humanitarian aid in the Parc Lullin in Genthod, Geneva.
Throughout the summer, the exhibition allows visitors to discover 35 pavilions, mobile constructions, livable sculptures, tiny houses or spaces evoking the theme of habitat in all its forms.
Whether flexible, mobile or utopian, a habitat has a form and a function that responds to numerous criteria, needs, lifestyles or desires. OPEN HOUSE presents a wide spectrum of original objects to challenge our habits and prejudices and thus feed our imagination.
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Exhibition with With Adiff, Angela Luna, Alex Shirley-Smith, Andreas Kressig, Anupama Kundoo, Andrea Zittel, Atelier Van Lieshout, Bettershelter, Carla Juaçaba, CICR, Maurizio Cattelan & Philippe Parreno, Didier Fuiza Faustino, Eduardo Böhtlingk, EPFL Alice, Fabrice Gygi, Fiona Meadows, Freeform, Frida Escobedo, Gramazio/Kohler, HEAD – Genève, Hepia, Joëlle Allet, John Armleder, Ken Isaacs, Kerim Seiler, Lang/Baumann, Marcel Lachat, Matti Suuronen, Monica Ursina Jäger, N55, Annexe, Rahbaran Hürzeler Architects, RELAX (chiarenza & hauser & co), Shelterprojects, Una Szeemann, Van Bo Le Mentzel.
