Molecules is a series of five interactive water molecules rising up from the Arizona Canal that come to life through the interactions of its users and the surrounding environment in Scottsdale, Arizona. The installation, created by The Urban Conga, is meant to showcase that, much like our communities, the water within the canal is created by a series of interpersonal connections between neighboring elements coming together around conflicting reactions.
Project Title: Molecules Client: Canal Convergence & Scottsdale Arts Designer / Creator: The Urban Conga Firm leads: Ryan Swanson & Maeghann Coleman
Technical sheet
Year Installed: November 2024 Location: Arizona Canal at 7135 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Project Size: Total space 13,860 sqft; Five clusters of three different sized molecules approx. 18’L x 10’H x 10’W spanning down the Arizona Canal. Website: https://www.theurbanconga.com/
Social: @theurbanconga
ADAT Studio competed against 70 international and Italian architecture firms, and presented an innovative design scheme that adheres to the strongest sustainability measures, whilst creating an architectural marvel that will infuse new life and experiences to the evolving Flaminio district of Rome, which is known as an area with examples of modern and historical architecture in Rome, from 1930s rationalist buildings to structures built for the 1960 Olympics that reflect that decade’s urban-planning philosophy to 21st-century award-winning sites.
ADAT Studio’s presentation was approved by a jury consisting of the world’s most prestigious architects and industry experts – including Daniel Libeskind, Benedetta Tagliabue, Fokke Moerel, Alessandro D’Onofrio. The brief was conceived by the Scientific Commission, which is chaired by Nobel Prize-winning Prof. Giorgio Parisi.
Project Credits Lead Architect: ADAT Studio (Antonio Atripaldi and Andrea Debilio) With: Luca Galli, Michele Sacchi, Filippo Testa e Laura Zevi Landscape: P’Arcnouveau Engineering: WSP GFA: 19,000-square-meter
This multifaceted renovation has transformed the Spencer Museum, turning its dark and disorienting galleries into luminous exhibition spaces, equipping it with state-of-the art study centers, and creating new connections inside and out, establishing the museum as a hub for community engagement and international research.
SITE: The existing Spencer Museum of Art on Mississippi Street, with panoramic views of Marvin Grove, the Campanile and the Stadium
COMPONENTS: New two-story glass entrance wall, expanded lobby for visitor services, expanded and new object study areas and teaching galleries, new research stations, expanded storage for works on paper, completed in two phases
CLIENT :University of Kansas Endowment Association
This project was invited by Design Anthology (referred to as \”da\” hereafter) and exhibited in Shanghai for four days upon its completion in 2023. As a magazine that combines design and art, Design Anthology(da) itself is like an archive. Returning to the theme of the invitation, \”Archive,\” we aimed to extract inspiration and express design concepts from the magazine itself.
The interiors of Bayou Villas designed by MSE (Metex Studio Erk) is based on the idea of integrating with nature and offering a personalized experience in itself, reflects the experiences of the nature-human-life relationship.
Situated in the central point of the new public square, near the meandering river bank with access to the water, on the direct pedestrian axis connecting two natural dominants of the city, the gallery has a significant impact on the urban structure. The newly applied function becomes the heart of the development profoundly respecting the local history.
A dredger-ship moored in Zapyškis (Kaunas district, Lithuania) can no longer be used for its intended purpose due to outdated technology that is harmful to the river ecosystem. The team’s goal here was to use it as an exhibit and at the same time create a space with a new function. Thus, the culture ship ‘Nemuno 7’ was born. It houses an interdisciplinary arts centre which offers exhibitions, a park on the water, artists’ residences and other cultural activities. The deck of the ship is planted with various types of pioneer plants. Their integration was one of the key elements of the ship’s transformation.
Since 2019, Art Hub Copenhagen has been based in Kødbyen, the Copenhagen Meatpacking District. Within a couple of years, it will move to a new location. This temporary perspective is a premise which is turned into the general dogma: Every element must be reused. Nothing is discarded but rather revitalized through the alteration of function and appearance.
Datong Art Museum – an important new cultural destination in China – has opened to the public with a special exhibition featuring oil paintings by local artists. One of four major buildings within Datong New City’s cultural plaza, it is set to become a new hub for creative industries in the region. The building’s sculptural form has been conceived as a landscaped terrain with a series of interconnected pyramids emerging from below the earth – the gallery spaces are sunken below ground and surrounded by landscaped plazas. Complementing the museum’s cultural programme are a series of spaces dedicated to education and learning, including a children’s gallery, media library, archive and art storage facilities.
A floating art gallery together with its large ‘manmade nature’ landscape surroundings creates an urban art utopia where art and artists meet the public. The place created by both the architecture and the landscape, is a highly welcoming and inclusive public space, where people can easily access, experience, and celebrate art while feeling inspired and enlightened.
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