Level Green Exhibition at Autostadt | J Mayer H Architects

German based architects J. Mayer architects together with Art+Com Berlin were commissioned to develop a permanent exhibition on the topic sustainability for the volkswagen autostadt (car city) in wolfsburg, germany. Similar to a continuous organism, the single elements of the exhibition are connected into one homogenous structure that houses all content and technical installations. The exhibition level green was opened on the 4th of june 2009 and encompasses approximately 1000 m2, rendering the highly complex topic providing
for an aesthetic access to information.

The well known PET sign was taken as a starting point from which the metaphor
of the extensively branched web was developed. the original 2-dimensional sign was extended into a third dimension and through a series of step by step manipulations a complex structure was created, which allows for an abstract property of the topic to be experienced on a spatial level.

After a phase of extensive material research, the design was executed by the use of easily processed wood composite sheets with varying thickness according to the structural and geometrical demands. in order to guarantee the structural performance of the construction, all vertical elements were reinforced with a steel structure and bolted to the concrete floor. after various testing, the colour coating was executed with acrylic-based car paint, developed to guarantee high usability while meeting strict environmental regulations.

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