CATALYST
MATERIAL: STAINLESS STEEL
DIMENSIONS: 2 PIECES: 7.8M X 1.8M X 2.8M EACH
PROJECT: AUSTRALIA POST, 111 BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE
CLIENT: AUSTRALIA POST
PROJECT ARCHITECT: WOODS BAGOT
PROJECT INTERIOR DESIGNER: GEYER DESIGN
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CATALYST IS AN EXTENSION OF THE SIMPLE NODAL NETWORK IDEAS BEGUN IN ACROBAT. THE GEOMETRY IS LESS CONTINUOUS, MORE FRACTURED, AND THE FORMS ARE IN GENERAL MORE COMPRESSED AND INTERCONNECTED. THE TWO FORMS HOVER UNDER THE METAL CEILING IN A STATE OF SUSPENDED OPPOSITION, REFLECTING THE CONTINUOUS ACTION OUTSIDE ON BOURKE STREET IN LIQUID METAL LINES.
AUSTRALIA POST WERE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED THAT THIS IDEA DEVELOPED FROM THE EMERGING SCIENCE OF SCALE FREE NETWORKS. THIS NETWORK EXPRESSION STRUCK A CHORD, THE CLIENT EMBRACED THIS DIAGRAM AS A METAPHOR FOR THEIR LOGISTICS BASED BUSINESS.
KORBAN/FLAUBERT ALSO PRODUCED 18 MASSIVE CUSTOM SCREENS FOR THE UPPER LEVEL RECEPTION AREAS OF THIS PROJECT.