Architectural Design Competition | Grand Egyptian Museum | Giza, Egypt | inFORM Studio

The program required a sophisticated investigation into circulation patterns and adjacencies. The concept of hypertext allows one to navigate through large volumes of documents and data, and connect these documents (objects) together in meaningful ways. The strength of hypertext is that the meaning can be fluid and is based on context and adjacencies. Hypertext also denotes continuity. The system cannot be exhausted, as it is nonlinear. Each alternative circulation sequence within the same space creates new associations and deepens the understanding and knowledge of the visitor to the museum. The circulation system is constructed of constant, gradually sloping floor plates. This allows visitors to move within three dimensional space effortlessly, fully immersed into the experience of the collection. One is only disengaged by the experience as a matter of choice, not predicated by coming to the end of a linear sequence by having to shift to stairs or an elevator to another level. The display circulation has no true beginning or end. The circulation remains fluid on static architectural plates with no prescribed route but an endlessly evolving physical information system......more

The Canadian Museum of Human Rights Competition | inFORM Studio

The Canadian Museum of Human Rights Competition recognizes the participation of some of the most celebrated architects of our time. Thirty selectively chosen architects were commissioned to design an iconic and innovative museum space to address the issue of intolerance and inspire the world.

The Forks site epitomizes the semiotics of meeting through its historical past and physical geography. The notion of intersection, convergence, and intertwining between rivers and land provide a rich palette in which to weave a profound program. The physical institution ought to redefine the seriousness of the place and yet resonate a sense of harmony with it. The promenade and park along the river, that include the Oodena Celebration Circle, the Healing Rock and a variety of contemplative spaces and sculptures, engender a quality of procession that present a sense of intersection through landscape. Topographical manipulations of the landscape allow the program to occupy the earth, the sky and the datum between the two.......more