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 The
SCI-Arc Gallery is pleased to
present an exhibition by Los
Angeles based architect, Neil
M. Denari, in collaboration with
Bartco Lighting, Inc.
Fluoroscape 2006 will consist
of hundreds of individual lighting
elements, while considering the
geometric and graphic potential
of an organized system of dotted
lines, structural elements and
electricity as it produces the
most visceral effect on the visitor’s
experience and perception of
the environment.
As a precisely engineered project
executed in collaboration with
Bartco Lighting, the light formation
will utilize an industrially
manufactured product to generate
maximum radiance that will blend
and enhance the vividness and
intensity of daylight and explore
the effects of light as a generator
of space. The array of fixtures
will create a spatial environment
that seeks to push the boundaries
of conventional lighting installation.
Founded by Neil Denari in 1988,
Neil M. Denari Architects, commitment
to design innovation and construction
excellence has been demonstrated
in award winning projects such
as l.a. Eyeworks, the Endeavor
Talent Agency, and the Mitsubishi
Bank branch in central Shibuya,
Tokyo.
NMDA often collaborates with
innovative consultants, artists,
and designers including artist
Mel Chin, 2X4 of New York, the
Brand Architect Group of Tokyo,
artist Jim Isermann, BBM art
group of Berlin, and Richard
Massey Graphic Design. In the
past two years, NMDA has won
three AIA Honor awards and a
2005 Progressive Architecture
Award.
NMDA’s work has been exhibited and published internationally including
exhibits at the San Francisco MOMA, the Mori Museum in Tokyo, and MOMA New York.
In the Fall of 2006 NMDA’s work will be shown in the MOCA exhibit “Skin
and Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture”.
In publication, NMDA’s work can be found in Architect's Today (Laurence
King Publishers), IMAGES (Prestel), Atlas of Contemporary Architecture (Phaidon),
Architecture NOW 3 (Taschen) and Architectural Record magazine. Denari is also
the author of two bestselling books, Interrupted Projections (TOTO 1996) and
Gyroscopic Horizons (Princeton 1999). Denari is a registered architect in New
York and California and from 1997-2001, was the Director of SCI-Arc, the Southern
California Institute of Architecture. He has taught at various schools including
Columbia University, the Bartlett, SIT Tokyo, and UT Arlington. Neil Denari holds
the position of Professor-in-Residence in the Architecture and Urban Design department
at UCLA.
This exhibition is made possible in part by Bartco Lighting. Bartco Lighting
located in Huntington Beach, CA, manufactures specification grade, low profile
fluorescent, incandescent and LED fixtures for architectural and display applications
in retail, hospitality, commercial, institutional and residential installations.
This family-owned company combines product research and development efforts with
custom manufacturing techniques and close collaborations with the design community
to produce exceptional, award winning projects.
The SCI-Arc Gallery is open daily from 10am to 6pm. SCI-Arc is located at 960
East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013. The parking lot entrance is at 350 Merrick
St., between 4th St. and Traction Ave. Please visit www.sciarc.edu for additional
programming and information or call 213.613.2200 x328.
SCI-Arc, an independent, accredited degree-granting institution, offers undergraduate
and graduate programs. An educational laboratory, SCI-Arc tests the limits of
architecture in order to transform existing conditions into the designs for the
future. With its location in a quarter-mile-long former freight depot in the
intensely urban Artist District in downtown Los Angeles, SCI-Arc provides a uniquely
inspiring environment in which to study architecture. An integral part of the
emerging cultural hub of a city with a tradition of architectural experimentation,
the school is devoted to finding radically new responses to the real needs and
aspirations of today's world. It is distinguished by the vibrant atmosphere of
its studios, where some 500 students and 80 faculty members—mostly practicing
architects—work together in a fluid, non-hierarchical manner, re-examining
assumptions and exploring and testing new ideas through making. |
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