BREATHING ARCHITECTURE
Breathing Architecture explores the relation between air and the human body, seen and modelled through the lenses of High Performance Computing. A collaboration between artists and scientists as part of the EU S+T+ARTS AIR Residencies program, the core team of the project is composed by artist Filippo Nassetti, scientists at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, mentored by the Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus, RCR Arquitectes and In4Art.
Breathing Architecture proposes to reframe the architectures of the inner body as artistic subjects, by developing new visual languages and aesthetics, powered by advanced technology, expanding on the strictly medical, functional lenses through which they are often looked. By selecting and structuring information, beauty becomes functional in allowing to interpret, remember and connect.
On one hand, the project investigates the possibility of creating immersive experiences, where an audience is able to gather a deeper, intuitive, pre-logical understanding of the human body, seen through the lenses of contemporary, advanced technology.
On the other, it explores the potential for multidisciplinary collaboration to drive scientific and technological innovation. This involves investigating novel approaches to modelling breathing architectures composed of complex microscale structures, with the aim of solving simulations within an HPC framework.
Breathing Architecture proposes to reframe the architectures of the inner body as artistic subjects, by developing new visual languages and aesthetics, powered by advanced technology, expanding on the strictly medical, functional lenses through which they are often looked. By selecting and structuring information, beauty becomes functional in allowing to interpret, remember and connect.
On one hand, the project investigates the possibility of creating immersive experiences, where an audience is able to gather a deeper, intuitive, pre-logical understanding of the human body, seen through the lenses of contemporary, advanced technology.
On the other, it explores the potential for multidisciplinary collaboration to drive scientific and technological innovation. This involves investigating novel approaches to modelling breathing architectures composed of complex microscale structures, with the aim of solving simulations within an HPC framework.
The project started in January 2024 and is due to be completed at the end of the year. This page will be regularly updated throughout the Residency to provide insights on the work in progress.
