Laboratory for Visionary Architecture

<h2 id="activities">Activities</h2>
LAVA takes their inspiration from nature, using the principle of <a href="/facts/Biomimetics/9TrIy29q">biomimetics</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> Future technologies are merged with the patterns of organisation found in nature to build a smarter, friendlier, more socially and environmentally responsible future.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> LAVA uses computation to simulate the natural behavior of growth and adaptation of species.
It maintains offices in <a href="/facts/Stuttgart/H4DCyM2U">Stuttgart</a>, <a href="/facts/Berlin/pMTIRNXK">Berlin</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sydney/8TegRcwB">Sydney</a>. The group has three directors, Tobias Wallisser <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a> is based in Berlin, Alexander Rieck <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a> is based in Stuttgart while <a href="/facts/Chris_Bosse/nHwwbRda">Chris Bosse</a> is based in Sydney.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>

<h2 id="projects">Projects</h2>
<ul><li>German Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai, UAE <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a></li>
<li>German Pavilion Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a></li>
<li>Energy Storage Centre Heidelberg, Germany <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a></li>
<li>Bayreuth Youth Hostel Bayreuth, Germany <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a></li>
<li>KACST King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Headquarters Riyadh, Saudi Arabia <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a></li>
<li>Phillips Lighting Headquarters Eindhoven, The Netherlands <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a></li>
<li>Central Park concept HCMC, Vietnam <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a></li>
<li>Installations such as the lycra Green Void<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a></li>
<li>Winner of the competition design for the city centre of the CO2-free city Masdar in Abu Dhabi<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a></li>
<li>‘Reskinning’ of the UTS building in Sydney<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a></li>
<li>LAVA's Martian Embassy in Sydney houses shop and writing classes for kids in an immersive space<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a></li>
<li>Tower Skin<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a></li>
<li>Snowflake Tower<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="awards">Awards</h2>
<ul><li>Awards include:</li>
<li>International Architecture Award <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a></li>
<li>World Architecture Festival WAFX Award <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a></li>
<li>Australian Institute of Architecture Award <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a></li>
<li>Australian Interior Design Award<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24">24</a></li>
<li>UN partnered ZEROprize Re-Skinning Award<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25">25</a></li>
<li>I. D. Annual Design Review, IDEA Award<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26">26</a></li>
<li>AAFAB AA London, Cityscape Dubai Award Sustainability<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27">27</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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