NOX ARCHITECTS

LARS SPUYBROEK

PAVITHRA.S AND MALAIKA.M

VYEAR DBATCH - CPA

NOX ARCHITECTS
LARS SPUYBROEK
PAVITHRA.S AND MALAIKA.M
FIFTH YEAR D BATCH – CONTEMPORARY
PROCESSES IN ARCHITECTURE
ABOUT THE FIRM
“ARCHITECTURE MORE THAN
EVER HAS ENTERED A STATE OF
NOX IS ONE OF THOSE OFFICES THAT PRODUCES ARCHITECTURE AS COLD MINIMALISM , BLIND
WELL AS ART. THEY DON’T DO IT SEPERATELY BUT RATHER MIX THEM TRADITIONALISM AND
UP. THEIR VIEW ON ARCHITECTURE IS THAT IT IS IN DESPERATE NEED
OF BEAUTY, FEELINGS AND MORE.
MINDLESS MATERIALISM.” –
LARS SPUYBROEK

NOX HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN EARLY 1990’S.THEIR
WORK HAS BEEN EXHIBIED IN MANY INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS LIKE THE CENTRE POMIDOU IN PARIS, THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT IN LONDON,
MOMA IN NEWYORK AND WAS PART OF SEVERAL EDITIONS OF THE VENICE BIENNALE.

THEY BUILT THE FIRST FULLY INTERACTIVE BUILDING WITH DIGITALLY GENERATED GEOMETRY , THE SO-CALLED WATER PAVILION AT HtwoOexpo IN
NETHERLANDS.

SINCE THEN MANY PROJECTS AND WORKS HAVE ATTRACTED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM, SUCH AS WTC DESIGN , THE
MAISON FOLIE IN LILLIE, AND ART WORKS SUCH AS THE D-TOWER AND SON-O-HOUSE.
NOX ARCHITECTS IS RUN BY LARS SPUYBROEK WHO IS A FULL PROFESSOR IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AT
GEORGIA TECH IN ATLANTA.

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HtwoOexpo
TYPE : INTERACTIVE MUSEUM
DATE : 1994-1997
LOCATION : NETHERLANDS
STATUS : COMPLETED
CLIENT : DELTA EXPO, MINISTRY OF
TRANSPORT AND WATERWORKS
FLOOR AREA : 1050SQM
HtwoOexpo
THE WATER PAVILION IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO COMBINE
AN INNOVATIVE AND INTERACTIVE INTERIOR INVOLVING ALL
THE SENSES WITH A CONTINUOUS GEOMETRY.

THE DESIGN WHICH HAS RECEIVED HIGH INTERNATIONAL

ACCLAIM FOR INTRODUCING A COMPLETELY NEW LANGUAGE
OF FORM, IS ONE WHERE FLOORS TRANSFORM INTO WALLS
AND WALLS ONTO CEILINGS.
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DESIGN

THE INBUILT EXHIBITION IS PARTLY BASED ON EXISTING WATER

TECHNOLOGIES:

• FREEZING OF A WALL
• SPRAYING OF MIST
• ARTIFICIAL RAINFALL
• JUMPING JETS OF WATER
• AND INNOVATIVE REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS

THE BUILDING CONTAINS A WIDE RANGE OF SENSORS

THROUGH WHICH VISITORS CAN CHANGE THE SOUND, LIGHT
AND PROJECTIONS THAT COMPLETELY ALTER THE
ATMOSPHERE OF THE INTERIOR.

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CREDITS
NOX /LARS SPUYBROEK WITH JOAN
ALMEKINDERS, PIETER HEYMANS ,
WILLIAM VEERBEEK.

COMPOSERS : VICTOR WENTINCK AND

EDWIN VAN DER HEIDE WITH BERT
BONGERS

ENGINEER: ZONNEVELD, ROTTERDAM

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