Architecture and Vision’s ‘WandBot’ project has been chosen for display at the annual Festival of Science in Genoa. This interactive object for visually impaired children was developed with CNR, the Italian National Research Council. The Genoa Science Festival is the largest science fair in Italy, attracting a wide and varied audience–from students and their families to researchers and experts–for hands-on events and exhibits showcasing innovative, interdisciplinary projects from the region and around the world.

Date: October 21 – November 2, 2011
Location: Genoa, Italy

Link:
Science Festival

Andreas Vogler presented the ‘AirTree’ project at an event at the German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in Oslo attended by representatives of the Bavarian Ministry of Economics, the German ambassador and more than 80 representatives of German and Norwegian companies and institutions.

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, Oslo, Norway

Link:
German-Norwegian Chamber of Commerce

The Architecture and Vision traveling exhibition “From Pyramids to Spacecraft” opened for the first time in Europe at the Italian Cultural Institute in Munich, Germany on Thursday, October 13, 2011. Italian Consul General Francesco Scarlata welcomed guests  and introduced special guest speaker, ESA Astronaut Roberto Vittori, who spoke about his collaborations with AV, followed by a presentation of the exhibited projects by Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler.

Date: Opening, Thursday, October 13, 2011
Location: Italian Cultural Institute, Hermann-Schmid-Str. 8, D-80336, Munich, Germany

Links:
 Italian Cultural Institute, Munich

Andreas Vogler and Arturo Vittori were invited to participate in the “Advanced Research of Green Innovation” lecture series organized by Professor Yasushi Ikeda at the Keio University Graduate School. This advanced research class aims to understand the overall global trends in innovation required to create sustainable urban environments and how they relate to lifestyle and social choices. The class belongs to the International Program for Environmental Innovators course in the Graduate School of Media and Governance.
The lecture was held by Andreas Vogler over internet video connection.

Date: October 19, 2011
Time: 11:00 am
Location:  Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), 5322 Endo, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa, Japan

Links:
KEIO University International Program for Environmental Innovators
Ikeda Lab blog

Andreas Vogler is invited for a lecture at the Swiss-German Economic Society in Munich. His talk will discuss space architecture and mobile buildings and how Architecture and Vision is exploring the shape of things to come.

Date: Monday, October 10, 2011
Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: Paulaner am Nockerberg, Munich

Link:
Swiss-German Economic Society

Andreas Vogler will be speak at the Full Moon Symposium held at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam on October 8, 2011. The conferences is organized by the Moon Life Foundation, an interdisciplinary platform initiated by Alicia Framis. The symposium brings together scientists, architects, designers and artists to share their ideas, visions and designs for daily life on the Moon and in space.

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2011
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Location: Stedelijk Museum, Rozenstraat 59, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Link:
Moon Life Project News

Andreas Vogler will discuss the design methodology and work processes of Architecture and Vision at an in-house lecture for the renown Paris engineering company RFR (Rice Francis Ritchie), presenting recent projects realized in the fields of Art, Architecture and Aerospace.

Date: September 30, 2011
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: RFR, 4 Rue D’Enghien, Paris

Link:
RFR

The Architecture and Vision exhibition, ‘From Pyramids to Spacecraft’, will be shown for first time in Europe at the Italian Cultural Institute in Munich, Germany. The traveling exhibition features selected projects by the design studio Architecture and Vision, founded by Italian architect Arturo Vittori and Swiss architect Andreas Vogler with offices in Munich, Germany and Bomarzo, Italy. Vittori and Vogler have been working together since 2003 and have received a number of important international recognitions. In 2006, their prototype for a tent, ‘DesertSeal’ (2004), became part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Vittori and Vogler were named Modern-day Leonardos in the same year by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago for the exhibit “Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius.” They share a keen interest in technology and the endless beauty of the world. They have both been worked in the aerospace field and this challenges the way they think about life on Earth. Vittori and Vogler will open the exhibition together with special guest ESA Astronaut Roberto Vittori on Thursday, October 13 at 7:00 pm.

Date: Opening, Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time: 7:oo pm
Location: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Hermann-Schmid-Str. 8, D-80336, Munich, Germany

Links:
Italian Cultural Institute, Munich

Architecture and Vision is part of the exhibition and sound festival “SGUARDI SONORI 2011: from Rome to INFINITE SPACES” starting Friday, September 23 at 5:30pm in Rome with the participation of Maestro Ennio Morricone, ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori, Alessandro Petrolati and the Ur.L.O. Laptop Orchestra. Architecture and Vision will present first time on Earth the ‘AtlasCoelestisZeroG’ sculpture to a wider public, after it has been on the International Space Station with mission STS-134. You will also see the Preview of the “Concert for Astronaut and Orchestra” with the Maestro Alessandro Petrolati and the astronaut Roberto Vittori at the return of his mission STS-134 on the International Space Station, the last of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

Time: Friday, September 23, 8:30pm at 11:00pm Location: Planetario e Museo Astronomico, Piazza G. Agnelli 10, Rome, Italy

Links: www.facebook.com

“The transportation of the ‘Macchina di Santa Rosa’ is like a Space Mission, today is the Day, let’s start the countdown!”, said European Space Agency astronaut Roberto Vittori shortly before the 3rd launch of ‘FioredelCielo‘ on September 3, 2011.

At exactly 21:41, Viterbo time, the 30m (100 feets) high ‘FioredelCielo‘ was lifted into the air by 100 brave men, the “Facchini” and started its triumphal 3rd transportation of the Macchina di Santa Rosa di Viterbo, which was accompanied by the passionate applause of more than 100’000 visitors. When ‘FioredelCielo‘, illuminated by hundreds of candles, arrived majestically at the Piazza di Commune, it gracefully made a full turn around itself to be admired by the spectators. After 2 hours and 5 stops the macchina arrived in front of the Santa Rosa church, where a rain of rose petals was launched over the exhausted Facchini and their families.

The event always attracted very special guests and ‘FioredelCielo‘ has been seen by Pope Benedict XVI, European Union president Barroso and this year by our special guests, the European Space Agency astronauts Roberto Vittori and Paolo Nespoli, who recently returned from the International Space Station.

This year an important change has been the replacement of the previous ‘Costruttore’ by a new team formed by Vicenzo Fiorillo and Contaldo Cesarini in collaboration with many local companies.

The transportation of the Macchina di Santa Rosa di Viterbo was an incredible spectacle, which was followed by national and international media and camera teams.

‘FioredelCielo’, designed by Architecture and Vision will be in operation for the next 2 years and be transported again on the night of September 3rd in 2012 and 2013. The ‘Macchina di Santa Rosa’ event is currently in the procedure of becoming a UNESCO World heritage.

LINKS:
www.architectureandvision.com/av/050.html

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