Tuesday 31 January 2012

EDUARDO RICO AND ALFREDO RAMIREZ LECTURE IN THE AA, WED 1ST FEB 2012, 6PM

Alfredo Ramirez and Eduardo Rico will be talking about the recent work by Groundlab and Plasmastudio, currently being exhibited in the AA Gallery. The lecture will describe the theoretical aspects underpinning the work in the context of a growing currency of Landscape Urb...anism as design practice. The lecture shall make special emphasis on the tension between the aspirations of a Landscape Urbanism informed practice and the practical implications of working in the context of fast growing economies.

See full video: http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=1737

Wednesday 4 January 2012

CRITICAL TERRITORIES EXHIBITION, LONDON, 14 JAN - 11 FEB 2012


Eduardo Rico, Alfredo Ramirez, Eva Castro and Holger Kehne will be showing work featured as part of Critical Territories exhibition in the Architectural Association, London. The exhibition will also be accompanied by a lecture on 1st February of the work of Groundlab - Plasmastudio.

Critical Territories presents the work of two practices, Groundlab and Plasma Studio, which share a transdisciplinary approach and operate at multiple scales, from product and building design to landscape and masterplanning. The installation – a site-specific grid arrangement of light boxes covered with technical drawings – has been conceived to immerse visitors in the systemic approach of the practices and their preoccupation with grids, ground and context. A plethora of conceptual and presentation models floating loosely within this grid communicate recurring aims, ideas and spatial and phenomenological effects. Among the projects on show will be the Xian International Horticultural Expo and the Longgang Masterplan.