Merge future technologies with the patterns of organisation found in nature.

1. LAVA-Sustainable Architecture

2. WHAT IS IT?
LAVA- Laboratory of visionary architecture
q Founded by Chris Bosse, Tobias
Wallisser and Alexander Rieckin
2007.
q Merge future technologies with
the patterns of organisation
found in nature.
RESULT
MORE SOCIALLY AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
FUTURE.

3. PROPERTIES
LAVA- looks for:
q The geometries in
nature create both
efficiency an beuty.
q Combines digital
workflow,nature´s
structurale principles
and the latest digital
fabrication
technologies
MORE-ARCHITECTURE
MORE WITH LESS
LESS: MATERIAL/ENERGY/
TIME/COST

4. PROPERTIES
Projects:
Incorporate intelligent systems
and skins that can react to
external influences:
q Temperature
q Humidity
q Air presure
q Solar-radiation
q pollution

5. PROPERTIES
LAVA- Designs:
q From pop up installations to master-plans and urban centres
q From homes made out of PET bottles to reskinning aging 60s
q From furniture to hotels houses and airports of the future.

6. THE VISION
q N a t u r e ’ s d e s i g n a n d t h e
manifestation of per fect
geometrical forms and
patterns.
q Creates new forms, deriving
inspiration from geometric and
natural systems.
LAVA FOCUS ON:
q ARCHITECTURAL
SYNERGY=ICONIC BUILDING
q BALNCE OF A THRIVING
ECOSYSTEM

7. THE VISION
PROYECTS
STRUCTURE SPACE ARCHITECTURAL
EXPRESSION
UNIQUE LIMTLESS
EXPERIENCE

8. BEIJING FUTURE HOME PAVILION

9. BEIJING FUTURE HOME PAVILION

10. ADDIS ABABA NATIONAL STADIUM AND
SPORTS VILLAGE

11. ADDIS ABABA NATIONAL STADIUM AND
SPORTS VILLAGE

12. MEXICO MONDE D’EAU HOTEL RESORT

13. MEXICO MONDE D’EAU HOTEL RESORT