Contractors are aiming for the stars with ever taller residential and office towers. Worldwide, there are now at least 18 buildings which measure more than half a kilometre high, with the Burj Khalifa in Dubai breaking all records with its incredible height of 828 metres. The sky is no longer the limit, and visionary architecture continues to require new construction methods and innovative materials. In the immersive and interactive temporary exhibition "XXHL, giga tours et méga ponts", which ran at the Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie in Paris until March 2021, we took a look behind the scenes of these radical giants.
WORK
XXHL, Giga Tours et Mega Ponts
Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie - Universcience
Paris (FR)
2020
About
TMS conceived and realised the project as general contractor on behalf of Universcience. Together with renowned experts, we translated the requirements of this kind of architecture into a comprehensible media scenography, with before-and-after simulations and audio-visual 360° projections. In this way, visitors were transformed from viewers to actors, learning to understand the complex challenges that stand before the construction of these architectural giants. With the help of elaborate projections, architectural models and an augmented reality app, the exhibition illustrated how higher resistance of building materials and the optimisation of the balance of forces within a building have become the keys to the construction of the future.
Credits
CLIENT
Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie - Universcience
LEAD-AGENCY/ GENERAL CONTRACTOR
TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE GmbH
MEDIA TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION
Mvision
PROTOTYPING
Borodesign
TMS Tasks
Creative Direction, Project Management, Concept, Scenography, Graphic Design, Media Design, Media Production, Interactive Programming, Sound Design, Lighting Design
CREATIVE LEAD
Marc Tamschick
CREATIVE DIRECTION, SCENOGRAPHY
Gaël Perrin
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Charlotte Retaggi
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Ekaterina Petrova
CONCEPT
Marc Tamschick, Gaël Perrin, Jan Köpper
MOTION DESIGN
Gaël Perrin, Mattis Gutsche, Caroline Heinrich, Marcel Krumbiegel, Michael Tan, Michael Trende
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Gaël Perrin
SOUND DESIGN
Mattis Gutsche
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
André Viergutz, Benjamin Kiesewetter
TEXT
Gaël Perrin, Jean-François Haït
DESIGN AND PLANING
Riccardo Torresi, Jan Köpper
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Dirk Ostkamp
TECHNICAL CONSULTING
Björn Seeger
EXHIBITION CONSTRUCTION AND LIVING
Decoral / Etna Lumières
MODEL MAKING
Werk5 GmbH, TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE GmbH
PHOTOS
Arnaud Robin / EPPDCSI
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