Alisa Andrasek / BIOTHING

Mesonic Emission/Seroussi Pavilion Paris, 2007

2 SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) models
20 x 20 x 20 cm
FlowerPower custom written plug-in: Kyle Steinfeld with Alisa Andrasek
Design team: Ezio Blasetti, Che Wei Wang, Fabian Evers, Lakhena Raingsan, Jin Pyo Eun, Mark Bearak
Computational geometry: Michael Reed
Courtesy of the architect

Meson, n. _any of a family of subatomic particles that participate in strong interactions_in-between_medium
Mesonic fabrics_increasing the resolution of architecture

When one slices through the fruit’s flesh such as lemon_it is dense_it has particular consistency. Fabric of reality described by contemporary physics is similar in nature… dense intermingling relationships… in-betweens… potentials. For the Seroussi Pavilion we looked into self-modifying patterns of vector fields based on behaviors of electro-magnetic fields (EMF). The logics of attraction/repulsion were computed in plan and than “lifted” via series of structural micro-arching sections through different frequencies of the sine function. Additional features built into our script allow for local adaptation to the site in regards to the section_given that the pavilion is implanted into a quite steep hill EMF trajectories needed to “find the ground”. Our proposal for a new pavilion is inserting itself as a “ground implant.” It’s acting as a connective tissue emanating towards a series of objects on the site towards an assemblage of a diverse yet coherent whole. (Alisa Andrasek)

Alisa Andrasek / BIOTHING, born in Croatia, lives and works in New York and London