Project:

MobiGlobe 1

Year:

2005 - 2006

Client:

Autostadt GmbH

Location:

Wolfsburg, Germany

Program:

Media Installation

Architect:

Hosoya Schaefer Architects AG, Zürich

Commission:

Direct commission 2005. Completed 2006

Concept, Research, Art Direction, Production:

Hosoya Schaefer Architects, Zürich

3D Animation Production and Integration:

Shiftcontrol, Copenhagen

Graphic Design, Style Guide, Typography:

Büro Destruct, Bern

Sound:

Nik Schäfer, Zürich

Hardware Consultant:

Knowledge Resources, Basel

Unity:

Joakim Ante, Aras Pranckevicius

Experts:

Prof. Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, Dr. Felix Laube, Dr. Carsten Schürmann, Peer-Axel Kroeske

Media Installation, Autostadt Wolfsburg, 2006

MobiGlobe is a staged research platform for the Autostadt in Wolfsburg addressing issues of global mobility.

Hosoya Schaefer Architects teamed up with Shiftcontrol, Copenhagen, and Büro Destruct, Bern, to create a media installation in the form of interactive data terminals. The research and graphic work of Hosoya Schaefer, renowned for their mapping projects, is brought to life in 2- and 3-D game engines. These illustrate topics in 48 sections like “Highway City” or “Oil World” and attempt to explain the connection between individual action and global effects.

This long-term project was opened in 2006. Since then, it has been renewed and expanded several times.

Awards

Event Design Awards - Silver

For the project Mobiglobe 2006 together with Ralph Appelbaum Ass., New York, and Henn Architekten, Munich in the category “Permanent Installation”.

Publications

Projects

Contact

Zürich office

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Kyoto office

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