WE SHAPE CHANGE. CAPABILITIES

Size: px

Start display at page:

Download "WE SHAPE CHANGE. CAPABILITIES"

Morgan Gardner
6 years ago
Views:

development of products, structures, and environments that change their size and shape. We believe that a world undergoing accelerating change needs an adaptive, interactive approach to design.

market, our clients seek us out to shape change and inspire it.

2 WE SHAPE CHANGE. Oly mpi ca Arch rch,, Wi nte r Olym ympic pics, Salt Lake City, USA COMPANY PROFILE Hoberman Associates is a multidisciplinary practice that specializes in transformable design the development of products, structures, and environments that change their size and shape. We believe that a world undergoing accelerating change needs an adaptive, interactive approach to design. Whether that s inventing a rapidly deployable shelter, collaborating with architects in developing the next generation of adaptive buildings, or re-defining portability in the children s products market, our clients seek us out to shape change and inspire it. CAPABILITIES Original concept generation for specialized applications Creation of parametric design models, customized in consultation with our clients Design & engineering services up to the stage of final drawing & specification package for fabrication Extensive prototyping capability Specialized analysis for transformable structures including interference issues, materials analysis, operational issues, reliability, maintenance and durability Oversight of manufacturing, fabrication, testing and installation Strategic consultation on Intellectual Property issues Press Kit 2008 Hoberman Associates, Inc. Page 2

3 CLIENT LIST Client Location Date Description Barco, Innovative Designs Waardaamme, Belgium 2008 LED display system The Museum of Modern Art New York, USA 2008 Kinetic installation as part of Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition Nikken Sekkei, Ltd Tokyo, Japan Operable facade for POLA Ginza building Foster + Partners London, UK Adaptive shading solutions US Naval Research Labarotory Washington, DC Precision Expandable Radar Calibration Sphere PBS Biotech, Inc California, USA Innovation in bioreactors Spin Master, Ltd Toronto, Ontario Children s products Wynn Resorts, Ltd Las Vegas, NV 2007 Kinetic installation Manhattan Toy Minneapolis, USA Children s products Kohn Pederson Fox Architects PC Abu Dhabi, UAE 2006 Collaboration on Abu Dhabi International Airport competition Pier Wisconsin / Discovery World Milwaukee, USA foot high expanding helicoid Papagayo Museum Tabasco, Mexico meter color-changing tetrahedron Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Eureka Brand Binghamton, USA Development of a rapidly deployable tent Wonder Museum Okinawa, Japan 2003 Central exhibition for an interactive children s museum 2002 Olympic Winter Games Salt Lake City, USA foot diameter retractable arch for Olympics Medal Plaza Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Three Cruise Liners Expanding sculptures for ships Eagle II, Voyager IV and Mariner Expo 2000 World s Fair Hannover, Germany 2000 Retractable dome for World s Fair installed in front of the German Pavilion American Museum of Natural History New York City, USA 2000 Expanding sphere representing the Big Bang Walt Disney Imagineering Burbank, USA 1999 Design of a major attraction for Disneyland Tokyo Museo Interactivo Mirador Santiago, Chile 1999 Six 2-meter diameter expanding spheres Otaru Bay City Center Sapporo, Japan 1998 Expanding sphere as a permanent atrium sculpture California Science Center Los Angeles, USA 1998 Expanding hypar Inventor s Hall of Fame Akron, USA 1998 Expanding helicoid as a permanent exhibit Molecular Geodesics Cambridge, USA Design of folding medical instruments Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France 1997 Transforming architectural models as part of L art de l ingenieur Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson) Cincinatti, USA Design of folding medical instruments The Museum of Modern Art New York City, USA 1994 Working scale model and section of a 60-foot diameter Iris Dome Long Beach Museum of Art Long Beach, USA 1994 Design of Videotech portable video viewing facility Technorama der Schweiz Winterthur, Switzerland 1993 Expanding geodesic sphere Liberty Science Center Jersey City, USA meter expanding sphere as a permanent central exhibit MCA / Universal Studios Hollywood, CA 1991 Design of an attraction for a theme park in Osaka, Japan FTL Associates New York City, USA 1991 Design of deployment system for a portable stage Press Kit 2008 Hoberman Associates, Inc. Page 3

4 CHUCK HOBERMAN Chuck Hoberman is the inventor of Unfolding Structures objects that transform their size and shape. His unique folding methods have been developed for uses ranging from miniature surgical tools to retractable stadium roofs. His work has been exhibited all over the world: The Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Museo Interactive Mirador in Santiago (Chile), on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines The Explorer of the Seas (currently one of the world s largest cruise ships), and at the futuristic Mycal Otaru Bay center in northern Japan. Recent projects include a retractable dome for the World s Fair EXPO 2000 in Hanover, Germany, a 40 foot high expanding helicoid at Discovery World, Pier Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and the Hoberman Arch, a 70 foot diameter unfurling curtain for the Olympic Medals Plaza for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. The Olympic Arch is Hoberman s highest-profile project to date. Hoberman s other recent and ongoing projects include the design and production of toys including the award-winning Hoberman Sphere and Gro-bots construction sets and tents, emergency shelters, folding houses, and portable theaters, all of which unfold and expand according to his patented technology. With a Bachelor s degree in sculpture from Cooper Union and a Master s degree in Engineering from Columbia University, Hoberman s background has helped him combine artistic and scientific considerations into his work in a most unique way. A Hoberman object is at once both a structure and a mechanism; both a beautiful sculpture and a demonstration of complex geometric principles. Hoberman won the Chrysler Award for Innovation and Design in 1997, and last year was a Product Design Finalist for the Smithsonian National Design Award. Press Kit 2008 Hoberman Associates, Inc. Page 4

PARTIAL PRESS LIST Architectural Record, December 2007 Architectural Record, October 2007 PingMag, July 2007 Seed Magazine, June 2007 Architect's Journal, June 2006 RIBA Journal, July 2006 MCAD, 21

5 PARTIAL PRESS LIST Architectural Record, December 2007 Architectural Record, October 2007 PingMag, July 2007 Seed Magazine, June 2007 Architect's Journal, June 2006 RIBA Journal, July 2006 MCAD, 21 March 2006 Columbia Magazine, Spring 2006 Popular Science, October 2004 The New Yorker, 15 December 2003 ID Magazine, February 2003 Newsweek, 18 February 2002 The New York Times, 7 February 2002 Architectural Record, 01 October 2000 The New York Times Magazine, Fall 1998 CONTACT INFORMATION 40 Worth Street, Suite 1680, New York, NY 10013, USA P F BUSINESS / PRESS INQUIRIES CONTACT: Craig Holland Ext. 223 craig@hoberman.com Press Kit 2008 Hoberman Associates, Inc. Page 5

The Parachute Pavilion: an Open Design Competition for Coney Island

The Parachute Pavilion: an Open Design Competition for Coney Island Arch 384 Competition Elective August 26 th, 2005 Kristin Speth 20061310 Collaboration with Ashley Snell The goal of the Parachute Pavilion