BEYOND THE CURTAIN. Creating Transient Environments

The Final Presentations of the MoA Design Research Studio »BEYOND THE CURTAIN. Creating Transient Environments« took place on February 13, 2024, from 11 am - 3.30 pm, followed by a light reception 4 pm - 6 pm in the foyer of the weißensee school of art and design berlin.

»BEYOND THE CURTAIN« (Department of Textile and Material Design, Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin) explored curtains as active spatial elements. Soft and responsive, they suggest an architecture of transition and change. The building of the Akademie der Künste Hanseatenweg (Architect Werner Düttmann, 1960) with its different material and spatial qualities served as a specific context for the designs. The interdisciplinary exchange with experts from research and practice accompanied the design process. For example, in experimental hands-on workshops, for example, active materials that interact with their environment were examined together with researchers from »Matters of Activity«: hydrogel, wax, water and salt hydrate. This resulted in a variety of concepts for textile elements that not only create space as textile elements, but also react flexibly to changes in their surroundings they become architectural tools for socially or climatically adaptive environments. The outcomes of this explorative journey from the winter semester 23/24 were presented in a series of prototypes in the exhibition.

The project was carried out as a MoA Design Research Studio in close cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« as part of the projects Material Form Function and Weaving. The exhibition ran from February 13 to February 23, 2024.

Students

Alena Stuhr, Dalma Stift, Eunpyo Lee, Jeewhan Shin, Kira Becker, Lea Binder, Min Joo Kim, Minwoo Kim, Rikarda Raudonikyte, Seongeun Cho, Sophia Engel, Tin Qizhen Gao, Xiaotong Fu, Yi Jin

Mentoring Team »Matters of Activity« / Kunsthochschule Weissensee Berlin

Prof. Christiane Sauer, Iva Rešetar, Dr. Mareike Stoll, Nayeli Vega Vargas, Jessica Zmijan

In cooperation with

Bastian Beyer, PhD & Prof. Dr. Horst Bredekamp, »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dr. Heike Illing-Günther & Dr. Yvette Dietzel, Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut Chemnitz STFI
Prof. Sebastian Soukup, Production Design und Szenenbild, IFS Köln
Prof. Dagmar Richter, Pratt Institute, New York City
Prof. Claudia Lüling, FUAS, Frankfurt / Main
Andreas Gause, Gerriets GmbH
Marlen Harmjanz, Axel Springer GmbH
Carolin Schönemann, Akademie der Künste Berlin