An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation
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“Hot to Cold” exhibits the work of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), National Building Museum, Washington, DC, USA
More than 60 architectural models, mock-ups and prototypes are suspended at the second-floor balconies in the museums Great Hall, turning the architecture of the building into the architecture of the exhibition. Photo © Matt Carbone.
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“Hot to Cold” exhibits the work of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), National Building Museum, Washington, DC, USA
“Hot to Cold” encompasses 60 of BIG’s recent projects of which 20 are premiered for the first time. Visitors have a very direct experience, as if the architect is talking, telling stories directly to them. Photo © Matt Carbone.
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“Hot to Cold” exhibits the work of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), National Building Museum, Washington, DC, USA
“Architecture never happens in the clinical conditions of a lab. It is always responding to a series of existing conditions – the context, the culture, the landscape, the climate. Our climate is the one thing we can’t escape – the one condition we always have to respond to,” says Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG. Photo © Matt Carbone.
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“Hot to Cold” exhibits the work of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), National Building Museum, Washington, DC, USA
Through the scorching heat of the Arabian Desert to the unforgiving chill of the Finnish tundra, “Hot to Cold” takes visitors on a journey across the globe to explore the forces that shape our cities and buildings. Photo © Matt Carbone.
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“Hot to Cold” exhibits the work of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), National Building Museum, Washington, DC, USA
Curator Susan Piedmont-Palladino says that BIG extended its singular design sensibility to the creation of the exhibition: “What’s so special about ‘Hot to Cold’ is that BIG has perceived the National Building Museum more as a site for a project, rather than as a venue for an exhibition”. Photo © Matt Carbone.
The BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group exhibition “Hot to Cold: an odyssey of architectural adaptation” at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC will run until August 30, 2015. The exhibition includes the Holcim Awards winning “The Dryline” project, and provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the creative process used by the firm.
Last updated: February 06, 2015 Washington, DC, USA
The BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group exhibition “Hot to Cold: an odyssey of architectural adaptation” at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC will run until August 30, 2015. The exhibition includes the Holcim Awards winning “The Dryline” project, and provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the creative process used by the firm.
“Hot to Cold” takes visitors from the hottest to the coldest parts of our planet while exploring how design solutions are shaped by their cultural and climatic contexts. The exhibition features more than 60 three-dimensional models that are suspended at the second-floor balconies of the Museum’s Great Hall in an unprecedented use of this public space.
Bjarke Ingels was named by Wall Street Journal Magazine as “Innovator of the Year in Architecture” in 2011, and has coined the phrase “hedonistic sustainability” to reflect his philosophy that environmentally-responsible buildings and neighborhoods need not be defined by pain and sacrifice.
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Bjarke Ingels says that architecture is not just about decorating a box, but also about reconfiguring things for the better: “If we’re extremely successful we can maybe build 50 structures in our life span. But if we can make something that inspires others, it might be the beginning of a new species that can evolve and migrate, and we can make a much more substantial impact on the world we play a role in creating,” he explains.
The National Building Museum is America’s leading cultural institution devoted to the history and impact of the built environment. The building was also the site of the 3rd Holcim Awards ceremony for region North America in 2011. “Hot to Cold: an odyssey of architectural adaptation” continues at the National Building Museum until August 30, 2015.
More information: “Hot to Cold”