CAPSULE 1

Los Angeles-based international architecture and planning firm Morphosis will present CAPSULE 1, an exhibition that will explore the firm’s design process, at Gallery 55 in Seongsu-Dong, South Korea, a new space designed by the firm. Additionally, a series of sculptural and print works by Thom Mayne, “COMBINATORIAL FORM,” will be on display, exploring algorithmic processes that resonate with natural and urban systems. Study models and photographs will give visitors a look into Morphosis’ iterative design process across a range of project scales. The presentation further builds on the firm’s interest in integrating art and culture with spatial experiences through design. The exhibition will be on view from April 1 through June 18, 2023.

“The intimate size of Gallery 55 provides an unusual opportunity to engage our works with a level of fidelity and detail rarely afforded in regular venues,” says Eui-Sung Yi, Morphosis Partner and Partner-in-Charge of the Gallery 55 project. “This exhibit focuses on the raw artifacts of the Morphosis creative process; the work-in-progress models, the prototypes, the brilliant but discarded schemes. The study models are the wonderful debris of a dynamic and reiterative process.”

CAPSULE 1 consists of four parts, unfolding sequentially through the gallery’s seventh and eighth floors. Opening the exhibition are Thom Mayne’s abstract pieces from his series “Combinatorial Form,” which provide a conceptual entry way to Morphosis’ approach to design. The works are created through a process of conscious selection and refinement of algorithmic generations, similar to the data-driven design explorations that begin architecture and planning projects.

The second part of the exhibition involves a series of iterative project study models that showcase Morphosis’ essential design process and its expression across urban, architectural, interior, and object scales. Expanding upon the study models, the third portion of the exhibit features the results of this design process, with photographs of details of major completed projects by Morphosis, such as the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Kolon One & Only Tower, and the Sejong M Bridge.
The final part of the exhibition features digital projections that elaborate on the technological advancements and construction methods used by Morphosis for the 20 architectural projects featured, as well as imparting more details of Mayne’s artworks and process.

The presentation will be accompanied by a publication, which will go into further depth on the design process and material production.

 

Wann
1. April bis 18. Juni 2023
Wo
Gallery 55
Seongsu-Dong
Seoul, Süd-Korea
Organisator
Gallery 55

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