The Hylozoic Soil experimental architecture series developed by architect Philip Beesley and engineer Rob Gorbet has been expanded and refined by researchers, engineers and designe rs from around the world. An interactive geotextile mesh that senses human occupants, Hylozoic Soil transforms a static building into a responsive environment, filling it with a kind of mechanical empathy. The space functions like a giant lung that breathes in and out around its occupants in peristaltic waves of lightweight pores. With contributions by: Will Elsworthy, Rob Gorbet, Jonah Humphrey, Hayley Isaacs, and Christian Joakim. Project selected as Canada's Venice Biennale entry for 2010.

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History of Architecture

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Computer Science

Hylozoic Series Chronology
2007–2010

2010 CANADA PAVILION, 12TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION

La Biennale Di Venezia, Venice

2010 (IN)POSICIÓN DINÁMICA, FESTIVAL DE MEXICO

Laboratorio Arte Alameda / Ars Electronica México, Mexico City, Mexico

2010 MOIS-MULTI FESTIVAL

Meduse, Quebec City, Quebec

2009 MEDIALAB ENSCHEDE

Enschede, Netherlands

2009 BIOLOGICART EXHIBITION

Siggraph, New Orleans, Louisiana

2009 VIDA 11.0

Matadero, Madrid, Spain

2008 MUSEUM OF THE FUTURE, ARS ELECTRONICA

Linz, Austria

2007 E-ART: COMMUNICATING VESSELS

Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec City

HYLOZOIC GROUND
CANADA PAVILION, 12TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION
La Biennale Di Venezia, Venice, 2010

Collaborators

Rob Gorbet

Rachel Armstrong

PBAI Core Team

Hayley Isaacs Design Director

Eric Bury

Federica Pianta

Adam Schwartzentruber

Jonathan Tyrrell

with

Carlos Carrillo

Andrew Kmiecik

Katherine Kovalcik

Manuel Kretzer

Carlo Luigi Pasini

Tommy Paxton-Beesley

Siobhan Sweeny

Andreea Toca

Production Director

Pernilla Ohrstedt

Gorbet Lab

Brandon DeHart

Andre Hladio

Avatar / Flint Laboratory

Martin Hanczyc

Fundraising/Promotion

Poet Farrell Director

Sascha Hastings

with

Paola Poletto

Paul Hong

Venice Coordination

Tamara Andruszkiewicz

Troels Bruun/M+B studio

Fabrication

Lauren Barhydt

Nadia D’Agnone

Steven Ischkin

Douglas Robb

Natalie Schelew

We would also like to thank the generous individuals who joined the Hylozoic Ground installation team after the printing of this publication.

HYLOZOIC SOIL
(IN)POSICIÓN DINÁMICA, FESTIVAL DE MEXICO
Laboratorio Arte Alameda/Ars Electronica México, Mexico City, Mexico, 2010

Collaborator

Rob Gorbet

PBAI Core Team

Hayley Isaacs Design Codirector

Jonathan Tyrrell Design Codirector

Eric Bury

Carlo Luigi Pasini

Federica Pianta

Adam Schwartzentruber

Gorbet Laboratory

Brandon DeHart

Andre Hladio

Avatar / Flint L...

Introduction: Liminal Responsive Architecture by PHILIP BEESLEY
Synthetic Geology: Landscape Remediation in an Age of Benign Geotextiles by GEOFF MANAUGH
Liberating the Infinite Architectural Substance by NEIL SPILLER
Queasy Posthumanism: Hylozoic Ground by CARY WOLFE
Architecture of Contingency by MICHELLE ADDINGTON
Integrated Systems: The Breathing Cycle by JONAH HUMPHREY
Topology and Geometry: The Hylozoic Mesh by CHRISTIAN JOAKIM
Component Design and Actuated Devices: An Evolutionary Process by WILLIAM ELSWORTHY
Revealing the Hylozoic Ground Interaction Layer by ROB GORBET
Hylozoic Soil Chemistries & Unanswered Questions In the Origin of Life by RACHEL ARMSTRONG
Hylozoic Series: Component Detail Plates
Afterword: Immanence and Empathy
Hylozoic Series Chronology: 2007-2010
Image Credits
Biographies
Funding and Sponsors

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