Some of the work done by the Claesson Koivisto Rune Architect’s Office will be shown at The Röhsska Museum of Design and Applied Art in Göteborg during the spring of 2005. Claesson Koivisto Rune was founded as an architect’s office ten years ago. The office has attracted considerable attention in architectural and design journals all over the world.
Their project portfolio ranges from designing a toothbrush for mass production to a design proposal for a complete housing complex in Tokyo, with 100,000 m2 of floor space. Among the honours they have received, it can be mentioned that two of Claesson Koivisto Rune’s projects were selected for the international pavilion at the Venice architecture biennial in 2004 (the first time that Swedish architects have been selected).
In addition to their international honours, Claesson Koivisto Rune has been awarded the Utmärkt Svensk Form prize on several occasions, mainly for their furniture design. They are constantly mentioned in the Swedish specialist press.
Despite the success that the office has achieved, their work has never been on display at a separate exhibition in Sweden. Now that ten years have passed since they were established, The Röhsska Museum believes that it is time to set up this exhibition in conjunction with Design Year 2005. Instead of a traditional exhibition containing “ finished” objects and projects, there will be a strong emphasis on the road leading to a finished object.
This should offer a unique insight into how the creative process can function in general, and how Claesson Koivisto Rune work in particular. A large number of models will be on display at the exhibition. From the start, Claesson Koivisto Rune has worked with physical scale models in each project, both architecture and design. Over the years, a large number, literally hundreds of models have been built. Everything from quick sketch models constructed from anything that was at hand, to perfect presentation models made of wood and acrylic sheet, which have been saved. Despite having advanced modelling programs in their computers, they have not abandoned “proper” models. Why? Mårten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune feel that spacial perception, proportions, scale etc. can not be investigated properly in any other way.
More information about individual projects that Claesson Koivisto Rune has worked on is available from their web site, www.claesson-koivisto-rune.se.
Images: www.lammgard.se/rkm/ckr/press.htm Curator:
mikael.nanfeldt@designmuseum.se
Information: birgitta.wahlander@designmuseum.se Vasagatan 37-39,
SE 400 15 Göteborg |