The exhibition is dedicated to creative processes and innovative approaches that make the work of Menis Arquitectos so unique. Aedes gallery presents an extensive retrospective that uncovers the creative working processes of Menis Arquitectos, which include research, experiments and the claim to innovation in the field of architecture and urban design. The central element of ‘Backstage’ is a walk-in installation in form of a 5x5x5 meter cube made of various building materials and elements. Fernando Menis' production includes a variety of typologies—from apartments, schools, cultural buildings, and hotels to sports facilities and public spaces.
For Fernando Menis, form finding—he uses primarily clay models as a means—is a continuous process of addition and removal that is geared to program needs, constructive rationality and cost-effectiveness. In addition to the reuse of material resources, the integration of natural, cultural or historical influences of the place is a central aspect of his architecture in the structural implementation of the designs.
The most recent projects include ‘Bürchen Mystik‘ (Bürchen, Under Construction) that is a plan for the economical structural change of a decaying village in the Swiss Alps, the Culture and Congress Centre ‘Jordanki‘ (Toruń, 2015), which features a ground-breaking variable acoustic design and the prototype ‘Hatching‘, a life machine with zero energy cost, which makes habitats in deserts possible by harvesting water from the air. The ‘Magma Culture and Congress Centre‘ (Tenerife, 2005) is also presented—a perfectly adaptable building that has already hosted all kinds of events from cars fairs to scientific conventions, from pop-rock to chamber music concerts. Furthermore, the exhibition features a well-known Berlin project, which Fernando Menis designed in co-authorship: ‘Badeschiff‘ (Berlin, 2004), a public swimming pool located in the River Spree.
For Fernando Menis, form finding—he uses primarily clay models as a means—is a continuous process of addition and removal that is geared to program needs, constructive rationality and cost-effectiveness. In addition to the reuse of material resources, the integration of natural, cultural or historical influences of the place is a central aspect of his architecture in the structural implementation of the designs.
The most recent projects include ‘Bürchen Mystik‘ (Bürchen, Under Construction) that is a plan for the economical structural change of a decaying village in the Swiss Alps, the Culture and Congress Centre ‘Jordanki‘ (Toruń, 2015), which features a ground-breaking variable acoustic design and the prototype ‘Hatching‘, a life machine with zero energy cost, which makes habitats in deserts possible by harvesting water from the air. The ‘Magma Culture and Congress Centre‘ (Tenerife, 2005) is also presented—a perfectly adaptable building that has already hosted all kinds of events from cars fairs to scientific conventions, from pop-rock to chamber music concerts. Furthermore, the exhibition features a well-known Berlin project, which Fernando Menis designed in co-authorship: ‘Badeschiff‘ (Berlin, 2004), a public swimming pool located in the River Spree.
