• Login / Join
  • About
  • •
  • Contact
  • •
  • Advertising
bustler logo
bustler logo
  • News
  • Competitions
  • Events
  • Bustler is powered by Archinect
  • Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

  • Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • Search

    Search in

  • Submit

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event
  • Login / Join
  • News|Competitions|Events
  • Search
    | Submit
    | Follow
  • Search in

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event

    Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • About|Contact|Advertising
  • Login / Join

Edible Austrian Pavilion for 2015 Milan Expo by penda & Alex Daxböck

By Bustler Editors|

Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013

Austrian Pavilion for Expo 2015 by Chris Precht (penda) and Alex Daxböck. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

The Austrian Pavilion by Chris Precht of penda and Alex Daxböck won first runner-up in an international design competition for the Expo 2015 in Milan. Inspired by the strong presence of organic and locally grown foods in Austria, Precht and Daxböck took a creatively literal and communal approach to the 2015 Expo's universal theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life."

Visitors are the true designers of the pavilion as they plant seeds of fruits, vegetables, or herbs in the gaps of its timber exterior during the summer months of the Expo. Once the crops are fully grown, they'll be harvested and cooked into traditional Austrian dishes in the pavilion's restaurant. In essence, visitors get to eat their design.

Get the full details on this project below.

Project description:

"'Feeding the Planet' - the overal topic of the 2015 expo in Mailand - gives Austria the chance to show what is really great about food in Austria - the  quality. No other country has more organic food from local farmers in shops and foodmarkets. The reason for that is Austria's size.  Being a small country means that locally produced food has short ways to its costumers with the guarantee to be fresh and healthy. Specially in times of increasing food scandals, GMO's and worldwide cooperations owning our food and water, creating awareness of the importance of regional and seasonal food is significant. This quality and mindset of local production is the main design-principle of the proposal for the Austrian pavilion 2015."

Austrian Pavilion for Expo 2015 by Chris Precht (penda) and Alex Daxböck. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Austrian Pavilion for Expo 2015 by Chris Precht (penda) and Alex Daxböck. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Front view. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

"During the summermonths of the Expo visitors are asked to fill the gaps between the timber structure with  seeds of vegetables, fruits or herbs. As a designprinciple the structure is just a frame for 'home-grown' food and the visitors are the main designers decorating the pavilion with plants of their chosing.  Therefor the guests get a pot at the entrance, then they turn onto an exhibition ramp of 820sqm - partly outside, partly inside - constantly surrounded by the main structure."

Night view. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Diagram. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

"On this exhibition ramp local plants and seeds are shown to the visitors and they are given an understanding of the lifecycle of plants and the passion of people who are involved in the process. The visitors get a closer insight of how our food get seeded and treated while it grows, how it gets picked and harvested and the incrediences get combined for traditional Austrian cuisine, wine or schnaps. That it does matters what we eat should be the main message of the exhibition to bring to the visitors mind. The ramp will end up at the restaurant, where all vegetables, fruits and herbs which are planted by the visitors will be prepared by the kitchen to traditional Austrian dishes."

View of the pavilion interior. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Model. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Model. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Front-view rendering. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

"With the seeding, growing and harvesting of the plants, the pavilion will be in a constant change during the 7 months and the appearance of the pavilion will turn from a structural frame into a grid which is fully taken over by nature. Being a main part of this transformation and experiencing the visit in the pavilion with all senses, the visitor's bond to the Pavilion will grow and Austria will be connected in people's mind as a place for healthy food and a sustainable way of life."

For more info, click here.

All images courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck.

Related

europe ● edible ● chris precht ● austrian pavilion ● alex daxböck ● expo 2015 ● milan ● milan expo 2015 ● penda ● sustainable

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Edible Austrian Pavilion for 2015 Milan Expo by penda & Alex Daxböck

Herzog & de Meuron accepts 2023 Louis I. Kahn Award in Philadelphia

Meet the prize sponsors of Archinect's Generative Futures AI Storytelling Challenge

The Landscape Architecture Foundation celebrates 2023 undergrad and graduate Olmsted Scholars

Gensler honors four interior design students with 2023 Brinkmann Scholarship

MoMA's upcoming exhibition charts the rise of ecological and environmental designs by architects from the 1930s –1990s

2023 World Landscape Architecture Award winners announced

Sponsored Post by Buildner

A Summer of Opportunity: Develop as a Designer and Compete for 250,000€ in the House of the Future Competition

Sponsored Post by Buildner

Design a beer spa in Iceland's captivating landscape. Iceland Beer Spa competition is launched!

Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

Winners of the SKYHIVE Timber Skyscraper competition speculate on sustainable tall buildings

Brick City, a two-year LEGO exhibition, makes its debut at the National Building Museum ​

David Chipperfield Architects and Ester Bruzkus Architekten unveil competition-winning design for NOBU hotel and restaurant in Hamburg

New London Architecture presents the eight Don't Move, Improve! 2023 winners

Diébédo Francis Kéré awarded inaugural Cosanti Medal for social and sustainable design

Student teams from The University of Minnesota Twin Cities, The Cooper Union, and Ball State among winners of the 2023 Solar Decathlon Design and Build Challenge

The MAK Museum of Applied Arts highlights AI, technology, and speculative narratives in a new exhibition

Next page » Loading

Edible Austrian Pavilion for 2015 Milan Expo by penda & Alex Daxböck

By Bustler Editors|

Tuesday, Oct 29, 2013

Share

Austrian Pavilion for Expo 2015 by Chris Precht (penda) and Alex Daxböck. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

Related

europe ● edible ● chris precht ● austrian pavilion ● alex daxböck ● expo 2015 ● milan ● milan expo 2015 ● penda ● sustainable

The Austrian Pavilion by Chris Precht of penda and Alex Daxböck won first runner-up in an international design competition for the Expo 2015 in Milan. Inspired by the strong presence of organic and locally grown foods in Austria, Precht and Daxböck took a creatively literal and communal approach to the 2015 Expo's universal theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life."

Visitors are the true designers of the pavilion as they plant seeds of fruits, vegetables, or herbs in the gaps of its timber exterior during the summer months of the Expo. Once the crops are fully grown, they'll be harvested and cooked into traditional Austrian dishes in the pavilion's restaurant. In essence, visitors get to eat their design.

Get the full details on this project below.

Project description:

"'Feeding the Planet' - the overal topic of the 2015 expo in Mailand - gives Austria the chance to show what is really great about food in Austria - the  quality. No other country has more organic food from local farmers in shops and foodmarkets. The reason for that is Austria's size.  Being a small country means that locally produced food has short ways to its costumers with the guarantee to be fresh and healthy. Specially in times of increasing food scandals, GMO's and worldwide cooperations owning our food and water, creating awareness of the importance of regional and seasonal food is significant. This quality and mindset of local production is the main design-principle of the proposal for the Austrian pavilion 2015."

Austrian Pavilion for Expo 2015 by Chris Precht (penda) and Alex Daxböck. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Austrian Pavilion for Expo 2015 by Chris Precht (penda) and Alex Daxböck. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Front view. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

"During the summermonths of the Expo visitors are asked to fill the gaps between the timber structure with  seeds of vegetables, fruits or herbs. As a designprinciple the structure is just a frame for 'home-grown' food and the visitors are the main designers decorating the pavilion with plants of their chosing.  Therefor the guests get a pot at the entrance, then they turn onto an exhibition ramp of 820sqm - partly outside, partly inside - constantly surrounded by the main structure."

Night view. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Diagram. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

"On this exhibition ramp local plants and seeds are shown to the visitors and they are given an understanding of the lifecycle of plants and the passion of people who are involved in the process. The visitors get a closer insight of how our food get seeded and treated while it grows, how it gets picked and harvested and the incrediences get combined for traditional Austrian cuisine, wine or schnaps. That it does matters what we eat should be the main message of the exhibition to bring to the visitors mind. The ramp will end up at the restaurant, where all vegetables, fruits and herbs which are planted by the visitors will be prepared by the kitchen to traditional Austrian dishes."

View of the pavilion interior. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Model. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Model. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck
Front-view rendering. Image courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck

"With the seeding, growing and harvesting of the plants, the pavilion will be in a constant change during the 7 months and the appearance of the pavilion will turn from a structural frame into a grid which is fully taken over by nature. Being a main part of this transformation and experiencing the visit in the pavilion with all senses, the visitor's bond to the Pavilion will grow and Austria will be connected in people's mind as a place for healthy food and a sustainable way of life."

For more info, click here.

All images courtesy of Chris Precht and Alex Daxböck.

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Archinect JobsArchinect Jobs

The Archinect Job Board attracts the world's top architectural design talents.

VIEW ALL JOBS POST A JOB

Senior Architectural Designer

Mark Haddawy Inc.

Senior Architectural Designer

Los Angeles, CA, US

Project Architect

Michael K. Chen Architecture

Project Architect

New York, NY, US

Job Captain

Richard Beard Architects

Job Captain

San Francisco, CA, US

Designer

MTTR MGMT

Designer

Miami, FL, US

Job Captain

Rivers & Christian

Job Captain

Los Angeles, CA, US

Senior Project Architect

Strada Architecture LLC

Senior Project Architect

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Project Manager for Wayfinding Firm

Via Collective, Inc.

Project Manager for Wayfinding Firm

New York, NY, US

Construction Administration Architect

Strada Architecture LLC

Construction Administration Architect

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Junior Architectural Designer

Douglas C. Wright Architects

Junior Architectural Designer

New York, NY, US

Designer

Millan Architect Studio Inc.

Designer

Los Angeles, CA, US

Next page » Loading