The Aedes Architecture Forum presents an exhibition of four architectural projects that are built through a series of drawings, prototypes, videos, large-scale models and sculptural applications by Vancouver designer and architect Omer Arbel, and his studio.
Included in the show are five concrete sculptures distributed inside and outside of the Aedes spaces. The exhibition provides an insight into Arbel?s practice to cultivate a fluid position between the fields of architecture, sculpture, invention and design.
Ausstellungseröffnung. © Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk
Exhibition View. © Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk
In the last 15 years, Omer Arbel has been experimenting with various techniques of pouring concrete ? an investigation that often resulted in cutting the material. Omer Arbel – Architectural Experiments in Material and Form: 75, 86, 91, 94, brings to the fore Arbel?s ongoing dedication to push the boundaries of material. The centre of the exhibition is a large-scale suspending lighting installation, made of blown glass named 28, which is a result of his experimentative approach and method. On display and arranged throughout the Aedes indoor and outside spaces, are five concrete ?donut-shaped? sculptures, which are cut from fabric cast concrete forms the so-called Lily Pads. Thickness and layers reveal the scars and characteristics of the concrete material.
The four architecture projects (75, 86, 91, 94), which are located outside of Vancouver are currently under construction an...