public space Archives - claudeverett

有点儿好 Spots on

ImageNovember 3, 2022March 26, 2024taoimagepublic space, bird, exhibition, 2022

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有点儿好 Spots on@751 International Design Festival, Beijing, 2022.

a blackbird from pasturo to shanghai

ImageOctober 17, 2018March 5, 2024taoobjectanimal, graphic, public space, bird, art, think twice, architecture, urban, 2018

The Tower

January 17, 2018March 23, 2024taoobjectpublic space, 2016, user participation, china, wuhan, installation

In his 30s, our artist friend CK asked us to design his apartment. In our near 30s, together with his new media studio, we did an illuminated tower in Wuhan.

Surely, at the beginning, nobody knew there would be a tower.

The Tower (video)

ImageJanuary 18, 2018March 23, 2024taoobjectpublic space, art, 2016, china, wuhan, installation

Landstrich

January 16, 2018March 23, 2024taospacepublic space, art, think twice, 2013, sculpture, competition, duisburg, germany, landscape

The green cycle path that runs through the heart of Thyssen-Krupp Steel’s large industrial site offers visitors a chance to pass through a monumental industrial landscape. Still in operation, 24 hours a day, here one is lost in time and adrift in history.

Auguri, Via Castagneti!

January 7, 2018March 22, 2024yokoobject, researchgraphic, public space, art, 2013, communication, pasturo

Castagneti is the name of the street where we live. This project was done two months after newly settling in the area, during the Christmas period of 2013.

Rooming a Space

January 15, 2018March 22, 2024taoobject, researchpublic space, 2012, product, workshop, milan, research, user participation, communication, italy

In the limited time of site survey, architects collect information by observing, taking notes, sketching, photographing, taking video, talking to locals etc.. When they are back in the office, they make sense out of them, giving birth to reports, diagrams and site models. By then, the whole team get a good understanding of the site especially by looking at the site model talking about the site, away from the site.

Snow Mari

January 7, 2018March 18, 2024yokoobjectpublic space, art, 2014, nature, sculpture, snow, valsassina

At the starting point of the lovely cycling path stretching all the way from Pasturo to Taceno, there is a Mari.

A Morning Greeting

ImageJanuary 11, 2018March 22, 2024taospaceanimal, public space, 2012, garden, architecture

Door Garden

January 11, 2018March 18, 2024taoobjectexperiment, public space, product, diy, cat, garden, nature, italy, appropriation, 2010, plant

Our first home in Milan was the left one above, with a big door facing street directly. Functioning as both door and window, most of its surface was made of glass; concerning privacy, translucent glass was used.

Basket Bin

GalleryDecember 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoresearchexperiment, public space, 2012, milan, think twice, italy, polimi

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14/03/2012 Someone left a coffee cup in the basket of tao's bicycle.

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15/03/2012 We added a red plastic bag to attract more cups but got nothing at the end of the day.

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16/03/2012 We tried a professional looking blue plastic bag, still nothing.

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17/03/2012 We persuaded people by words, still doesn't work.

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29/03/2012 We went back to blue-bag-only solution, and the bag was taken away by someone!

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30/03/2012 And we finally got a coffee cup again!

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Pausa Café

January 15, 2018September 17, 2020taoobjectpublic space, product, workshop, milan, think twice, interior, italy, appropriation, 2010, furniture

In response to the theme “re-appropriation” of MIAW 2010, we wanted to dig out some hidden values in the campus. In the building of architecture school, during breaks, people chat outside the classroom while lean against handrails, on which coffee cups or coke tins can always be found. People do it naturally. But the performance of handrail could be better. By just adding wooden boards, we found the potential of handrail lying in its width. Finally, it was proved to be highly welcomed.

Our Planet

GalleryJanuary 6, 2018March 18, 2024taospacepublic space, 2013, architecture

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Temp Space & Time-plot Ratio

January 15, 2018March 22, 2024taospace, researchpublic space, art, research, interior, 2009, china, beijing

Elaine W. Ho went to Hong Kong for two weeks and left the work-live space of HomeShop on Xiaojingchang Hutong to Tao. As an exchange, Tao was asked to make the residency term a means “to finish a project here”. His architecture internship at the firm Limited Design consisted of working from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays including the commute, which meant that only sleeping hours were spent at HomeShop. As it happened, this project was inspired by just such a relationship between time and space.

You Are Designed!

December 20, 2017March 18, 2024taoresearchpublic space, 2012, art, milan, research, italy

Via Conte Rosso 36 is our home when we were studying in Milan. It was next to one of the main exhibition area of Salone di Mobile (Milan Design Week). The official guide map suggested people a walking path from metro/train station to the exhibition area. It passed right under our balcony.

But we didn’t know it until that day.

Emergency Shelter

January 15, 2018March 18, 2024taospacepublic space, product, architecture, user participation, 2009

For an easier and faster construction during emergency, we tried to minimise an individual’s private space into two insulated boxes, one vertical and one horizontal—something in-between a tent and a sleeping bag. More units could be stacked and arranged in various ways, hosting families in different sizes, with public spaces naturally created.

Sticks

January 15, 2018March 20, 2024taoobjectpublic space, product, user participation, 2008, urban, china

It was the third year of our undergraduate program, a new café called C6 opened near our dormitory. Soon, it became a gathering place for students. They came here for dating, chatting, reading, and partying. The owner, Zhang Fan, was also an university student, majoring in marketing.