Fishtnk Design Factory » Architecture http://www.fishtnk.com Toronto based interdisciplinary design studio Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:33:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Cutler and Gross, Yorkville Store, Toronto http://www.fishtnk.com/2011/09/14/cutler-and-gross-yorkville-store-toronto/ http://www.fishtnk.com/2011/09/14/cutler-and-gross-yorkville-store-toronto/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:40:30 +0000 admin http://www.fishtnk.com/?p=1505

Cutler and Gross flagship store,84 Yorkville Ave., Toronto, ON.
The space is designed to celebrate the timeless eye-wear design and craftsmanship of the Cutler and Gross’ 40 year history.
More at www.cutlerandgross.com 

Completed in September 2011.

Project team:
Mani Mani, Project lead
Dina Sarhane, Design coordinator
Masoud Mohammadi, Project coordinator

 

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IDS (Interior Design Show, ) Toronto 2008
SIDIM (Le Salon International de Design d’Intérieurs de Montréal) Montreal 2008
Awards: best Booth Design

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Hot-L was designed as a Multi-purpose hotel and fitness center in Kuwait.
The client was interested in keeping the existing fitness centre on site and add an integrated hotel tower.

Design: Mani Mani, Elie Nehme, 2008

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Constellation 2.0 from Jerome Delapierre on Vimeo.

Constellation 2.2 is the latest formation of the Constellation travelling exhibition in Montreal. The responsive screen gently holds to the existing structure of the Agora building at UQAM to create an interactive field of visualizations and sound to welcome the visitors to the headquarters of the 39th edition of  Festival du Nouveau Cinéma.
Activated with  a series of embedded touch-sensitive sensors across the continuous surface, the sonic environment designed by Navid Navab responds to the presence of visitors, wind, rain and surroundings of the site. The visualizations designed by Jerome Delapierre create a dynamic field that interacts with the composed sound-art and the visitors presence.
Constellation 2.2′s architecture hints at the importance of built-environments adaptability to media and the next generation of smart spaces. Constellation series are an attempt to create a flexible and versatile architectural infrastructure for media and performance artists to engage. With embedded sensors, speakers and video projections the Constellation series are flexible environments that allow for any artist with  any software platform bring the constellation to life.

Constellation2-2 Constellation2-2_FNC_b Constellation2-2_FNC_c WIP_Constellation 2.2

 

Architecture in collaboration with Matthew Fielding , Cosmin Iancu
Sound Art: Navid Navab
Visualization: Jerome Delapierre

More photos: Click here.
Older Post: Click Here.

Constellation2.2 from Navid Navab on Vimeo.

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Work-TOgether interactive urban design site model +  interface from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

May 2010, Gallery52
52 McCaul St. Toronto ON

Visit the photo gallery.

More informatoin on the urban analysic of the exhibition at AoUC.

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TSC _Side view

inside the sound chamber

TSC_Reflected Ceiling Plan Detail

Tunable Sound Cloud is a responsive architectural application that allows for real-time modification and enhancement of acoustic performance of space. TSC focuses on our auditory experience of architecture.

Designed with a responsive modular structure and interactive smart surface.
Interfaced through Grasshopper/Rhino 3D modeling tool + Max/MSP software.
Actuated with Arduino micro-controllers/geared motors  + SMA wires.

Responsive ceiling study 1_arduino to Grasshopper

Click here for more images…

Tunable Sound Cloud 1.0 from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

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09 – 16 May 2010

Constellation 2.1 is a responsive environment built for Timisoara Student Festival at D’arc terrace. Map

Timisoara_side-view2 Timisoara_darc_under-view Timisoara_Under-Bridge-view2

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A revisit to out previous project Constellation 2.0 this project was part of a lecture series in Timisoara,Romania to be followed by a series of workshops in Fall of 2010.

Constellation 2.1 is an interactive installation which responds to the sound of it’s surroundings with a series of microphones and audio sensors. The visualizations  projected on the fabric is effected by the sound picked up by the microphones.

More Photos …

Design/ Built team:

Mani Mani, Cosmin Iancu, Dan Crasnic [superman]

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Constellation 2.0; a responsive environment from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

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Tunable Sound Cloud 1.0 from Fishtnk on Vimeo.

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