ASY_LAB

ASY_LAB

Experimental work at the intersection of architecture, art, and technology

Installations

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Frontal view inside the Audi E_Station tunnel with E-Tron vehicle and kinetic tubular elements illuminated at night

Audi E_Station

Milan, Italy

2019
Habitas Installation in Madrid — an immersive corridor with a sculptural white display wall, embedded screens, wood paneling, and turquoise flooring

Habitas Installation

Madrid, Spain

2008
Asymptote's exhibition design for Metamorph at the 9th Venice Architecture Biennale — sweeping white display surfaces winding through the historic columns of the Corderie dell'Arsenale, showcasing works by over 150 architects

Metamorph: 9th Venice Architecture Biennale

Venice, Italy

2004
Absolute Zero — a monumental snow form rising to a sharp point against a vivid blue Arctic sky with the moon above, Kemi, Finland

Absolute Zero: A Light House of Temporality

Kemi, Finland

2004
Flux 4.0: Ascape — sculptural forms cast from 1960s Cobra race car molds illuminated with projected computer-generated animations in DUMBO, Brooklyn

Flux 4.0: Ascape

DUMBO, Brooklyn

2002
Panoramic view of Fluxspace 3.0 — biomorphic armatures converging overhead with video projections of abstracted city skylines reflected in mirrored surfaces

Documenta XI — Fluxspace 3.0

Kassel, Germany

2002
Moving Pictures exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — panoramic view of the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda with artworks hung along the spiraling ramps

Moving Pictures

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

2002
Stratascape at the ICA Philadelphia — biomorphic suspended forms glowing green and blue above a landscape of grey felt sculptural seating with visitors reclining

Stratascape

Philadelphia, PA

2001
The Flux Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale — a red inflatable pneumatic structure on steel legs set among the trees of the Giardini

FluxSpace 2.0

Venice, Italy

2000
FluxSpace 1.0 at TZ Art — translucent blue glass screens with projected digital imagery suspended in a New York loft gallery, glass floor plane reflecting the projections below

FluxSpace 1.0

New York, NY

1999
Asymptote's paper installation at the PaperArt Biennale — a faceted sculptural form suspended in a gallery at the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, with projected light cascading across its folded surfaces

Writing Space

Düren, Germany

1996

Design

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The Pinarello × Hani Dogma F12 Limited Edition — iridescent color mapping across a carbon fiber racing frame inspired by the geology of the Dolomites

Pinarello × Hani

Treviso, Italy / New York

2020
Luminosita glass light sculpture by Asymptote for Venini — hand-blown Murano glass

Luminosita for Venini

Murano, Italy

2019
The three MGX vases installed at Atmospherics, Phillips de Pury — Ubu, Roi, and Fugu in black epoxy with chromed nylon inserts, a white M-scape sculpture visible beyond

UBU · FUGU · ROI.MGX

Brussels, Belgium

2008
Mnemos 02 — square gold vermeil box with a molten droplet erupting from the lid surface, on black velvet

MNEMOS, Jewel and Collectable Boxes

London, United Kingdom

2008
The Ivo_03 table by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture — slumped glass resting on an undulating base of etched Tula steel

Ivo Table

New York, USA

2007
The LQ Chandelier by Hani Rashid for Zumtobel — a cascading constellation of chrome-plated modular LED luminaires suspended in space

LQ Chandelier

Dornbirn, Austria

2007
Sterling silver tea and coffee service by Hani Rashid for Sawaya & Moroni — fluid, architecturally sculpted vessels on a faceted tray

Tea & Coffee Service for Sawaya & Moroni

Milan, Italy

2007
The Alessi Desktop Architecture collection by Hani Rashid

Alessi Desktop Architecture

Crusinallo, Italy

2006
Interior view of a row of A3 workstations in grey showing the integrated desk with monitor, illuminated mobile storage cart, ergonomic chair, and overhead storage compartment

Knoll A3 Furniture System

New York, USA

1999

Virtual Environments

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DMINTI Metaverse colorful portal atrium with immersive art spaces

DMINTI Metaverse

New York, USA

2022
IWC Schaffhausen virtual shipping container booth exterior

IWC Watches and Wonders Metaverse

Watches & Wonders, Geneva

2022
The A3i interactive interface showing the Overhead Visor component in a 3D configurator with specifications, detail views, and navigation — a pioneering web-based tool designed by Asymptote Architecture

Knoll A3i Virtual Interface

New York, USA

2001
The Guggenheim.com homepage — a comprehensive virtual cultural platform with navigation across Visual Arts, Performing Arts, E-Commerce, Travel, and Education

Guggenheim.com

The Culture Network

2001
The Guggenheim Virtual Museum — a flowing, translucent digital form designed by Asymptote Architecture as the first virtual museum for the internet

Guggenheim Virtual Museum

New York, USA

1999
Axonometric view of the NYSE Three Dimensional Trading Floor — a layered virtual environment showing trading posts, data streams, and real-time market visualization

NYSE Three Dimensional Trading Floor

New York, USA

1997