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a-oma architects 26 rue breguet - 75011 - paris October 2014 - A-oma is pleased to unveil the nalist entry for the LAND ART GENERATOR 2014 competition in Copenhagen. The project, named the "ephemeral machine" investigates the relation between an urban-scale installation and the possibility to produce clean energy combining esthetics and functionality. Can an installa- tion setting itself at the borderline of several disciplines (architecture, art and biology), also produce clean energy? This project is a possible answer. project realized in Italy. - - a-oma architects 26 rue breguet - 75011 - paris a-oma architects The Ephemeral Machine 26 rue breguet - 75011 - paris Finalist of tthe 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Team: Alo Faro, Denise Leclerc Location: Paris, France Energy Technologies: thin lm photovoltaic (balloons), APB 350 (Autonomous Power Buoy® by OPT) The Ephemeral Machine combines an image of the historic steam engines produced by Burmeister & Wain (characterized by massive volumes with pistons moving vertically) with the contemporary vertical elements of the site (chimneys, cranes, silos, and antennas), resulting in an evocative energy installation and landscape artwork. The movement, and energy produced is the substantial element of this installation, while the form and the materials of its components are nothing more than ephemeral temporary conditions. This 120-meter high installation occupies the sea portion in front of the former shipyard and is composed of more than 550 vertical elements. Each element is divided into an underwater structure axed to the sea oor, a oating buoy-like raft, and a transparent vertical helium balloon connected by a steel wire to the raft. The entire system is easily set in motion by the waves and the action of the wind on the balloons. Rafts on the surface of the water are accessible to visitors, the actions of which contribute another element of motion and energy production. The Ephemeral Machine utilizes existing technologies: buoy-type wave converters and semitransparent photo- voltaic lm. The balloons and the rafts are conceived to counterbalance each other in order to generate soft and gentle movements. From a landscape point of view, the artwork creates a dense volume—suggesting the shape of engines but also the voluminous encumbrance of present-day cargos and sea liners). However, the form dematerializes due to the lightness and transparency of the balloons, which are the only visible elements from urban-scale distances. THE LAND ART GENERATOR INITIATIVE The LAND ART GENERATOR sponsorised by the Danish Ministry of Climate Energy and Building, held the LAGI 2014 ideas competition in Copenhagen in partnership with IT University of Copenhagen, Danish Design Centre, Green Cities,Sharing Copenhagen, Information Studies at Aarhus University, and Alexandra Institute. Martin Lidegaard, Danish Minister of Climate, Energy, and Building stated: “Land Art Generator Initiative provides new and exciting proposals for approaching the green transition. We saw in the previous exhibitions in Dubai in 2010 and New York City in 2012, where creative forces of art, architecture, and engineer- ing together brought forth innovative ideas, concepts, and solutions that can produce green energy while being integrat- ed to beautify the local environment.” http://landartgenerator.org/competition2014.html ABOUT A-OMA ARCHITECTS Alo Faro took his degree in Architecture in Rome, at La Sapienza University and received his Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University of New York in 2001 being the recipient of the Lucille Smyser Lowensh Prize , the Honor Award for Excellence in Design, and the William Kinne Fellows Prize. He has worked as senior architect/ project manager for Diller+Scodio in New York , Massimiliano Fuksas in Rome et Dominique Perrault in Paris managing dierent projects and competitions such as the New Eur Congress Center in Rome and the Armani Fifth Avenue in New York. He has also directed the oce of Massimiliano Fuksas in Paris where he settled his oce in 2012. The work of the oce has been internationally published and exhibited. PRESS INFORMATION Images and Press releases are available at www.a-oma.eu press contact [email protected] - END TO ALL -.