Architecture and Vision


Architecture and Vision is an international and multidisciplinary partnership working in architecture, design and art. It was established in 2003, and is directed by architect Arturo Vittori based in Bomarzo Viterbo, Italy and Andreas Vogler based in Munich, Germany. The practice is specialized in innovative solutions and technology transfer between disciplines such as aerospace, art and architecture.

Description

AV is a private organization that is involved in every kind of design, art and architecture projects and research work. It interacts with airlines, space agencies, governmental institutions, universities, research institutions, and foundations as well as commercial companies and private clients. Projects have been designed with ESA, Asiana Airlines, Aero Sekur, the BirdHouse Foundation, GVM Carrara, Corsair International, the city of Viterbo, the city of Messina and EDA, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. AV currently works with Prof. Dr. Pier Giulianotti.

Projects

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Several projects designed by Architecture and Vision have received international recognition. In 2006, a prototype of the extreme environment tent, "DesertSeal", became part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, after being featured in SAFE: Design Takes on Risk, curated by Paola Antonelli. In the same year, Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry selected Vittori and Vogler as "Modern-day Leonardos" for its Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius exhibition. In 2007, a model of the inflatable habitat "MoonBaseTwo", developed to allow long-term exploration on the Moon, was acquired for the collection of the Museum of Science and Industry, while "MarsCruiserOne", the design for a pressurized laboratory rover for the exploration of Mars, was shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, as part of the exhibition Airs de Paris.