The art installation “Dynamic Structure”

technique
metal milling and engraving
year of Creation
2020
exhibition
ARCH Moscow 2020
authors
Anton Nadtochiy, Vera Butko, Sergey Nadtochiy, Alisa Silantyeva
production
Grados

Architecture is the art of working with form and space. At the same time, it is a game of interpretation and a field for experimentation. Formal studies and research encode a poetics of logical abstraction that may not be immediately visible to the observer, but is realised in the form of a physical object.

One of the tools for working with form is material. It helps reveal and express form, giving it additional properties. In our architecture, material acts primarily as an additional layer of information, supporting the emotional, tactile and associative perception of form.

Materiality is a source of inspiration and a way to study structures that we transform into distinctive spatial patterns. The texture of a material can become the primary element of a future architectonics of form and the systemic solution of a project.

This spatial pattern creates a system that can scale from facade elements to an urban plan. In its physical embodiment, it reveals the possibilities of assembling, cutting and processing metal sheets, where each panel can vary in size, outline, angle of rotation and type of surface treatment. The result is a living, dynamic surface: a fragment of an endless image that moves from the origins of natural forms to the structure of buildings and landscapes. A study of new meanings, associations and sensations.