MARIPOSA Ark – mobile interactive thinktank and idea storage

Project description:

The Ark is the prototypical image of an container and transport medium – in this case for the ideas of a new generation for a better future. To visualise, design and realise this project with an archaic timeless exterior hull and a contemporary futuristic interior – that was the challenge we took on. We decided for apparent elements of a rough larch weather bord cladding and basketwork for the skids for the external appearance, and an interior concept based on natural coloured needle felt on a freeform shaped plywood skin and a baldachin made of special foil ribbons which were illuminated from above by an optical fiber network that permanently changed its colour. A high-performance computing network was installed in the underfloor void. The Ark was mounted onto a boat trailer to be transportable even over long distances. That's how the Ark started her journey...

Scope of work:

Concept development, design incl material, lighting, IT concepts, construction details Ark and trailer, coordination, organisation and logistics, sponsor acquisition, supervision, documentation.

Year:
2004

Client:
culture project MARIPOSA, Stuttgart

Team:
Erden / Kimmerl / Werzinger / Müller / Preller – for Planwerk Coburg

Cooperation:
Social Workshops of „Laufer Mühle“, Siemens IT, LBM optical fiber technologies, public technical school for wickerwork design Lichtenfels

MARIPOSA – Tenerife Cultural Project & Art Park:
www.kulturpark-mariposa.com

Social Workshops of Laufer Mühle gGmbH:
www.laufermuehle-sozialebetriebe.de

Lichtenfels State Vocational School for Wickerwork Design:
www.flechtausbildung.de