designprinciplesandpractices.com » 2009 » March » 17 http://designprinciplesandpractices.com An international CONFERENCE, a scholarly JOURNAL, a BOOK series, and an online KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:58:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Design Transformed: Prada Transformer, Seoul, Korea http://designprinciplesandpractices.com/2009/03/17/design-transformed-prada-transformer-seoul-korea/ http://designprinciplesandpractices.com/2009/03/17/design-transformed-prada-transformer-seoul-korea/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:12:18 +0000 tamsyn http://designprinciplesandpractices.mu.commongroundpublishing.com/?p=877 “Prada Transformer, a portable, shape-shifting cultural pavilion designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Rem Koolhaas, will make its first appearance in Seoul, Korea next month”.

“The Transformer combines the four sides of a tetrahedron: hexagon, cross, rectangle and circle into one pavilion. The building, entirely covered with a smooth elastic membrane, will be flipped using cranes, completely reconfiguring the visitor’s experience with each new programme” – Marcus Fairs

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