The project consists in the development of one of the six installations to be realized in occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Furniture Fair in Milano.
With the project 50+50 the International Furniture Fair invited a selection of designers and our academic research unit to question how would be design within the next 50 years.

The Non linear Solutions Unit is an experimental LAB, connecting advanced tools developed within the university context with the reality of proffesional practice. It has been invited by Marva Griffin, the director of the Salone Satellite, to be part of the 50+50 project.


By taking into account several case study NSU explores the way in which advanced tools are affecting our approach to architecture and design.

The experience of the Milano Furniture Fair, explores the capacity of a model to respond to different site conditions, and to reconfigure in accord with technical experiential, economical, and social conditions.

ABOUT THE SALONE

The Milano Furniture Fair is widely recognized as the world’s largest and most important annual exposition of international design with over 300,000 visitors annually.
It is always showing the latest experiential installations and interacting with visitors.
It is an event involving not only the design community, but all the cultural environment of the city of Milano.
link to the salone

Check the videos to see some of the last editions designs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezRAjTXbYfA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOUsnPhTmT8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POkJntGwI7I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrHOwVifYVA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ9wCMugRws
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFGnbXswOM8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXSmK0aO-vY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf5y4YTNDkQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L-FNG9SfT0

The project is going to be structured in 4 phases.

Phase 1:

Organization, schematic design, definition of basic constrains and frame work, cost estimate, coordination.
Number of hours 160 (NSU),

Schematic Design: Caterina Tiazzoldi
Research assistant Javier Zaratiegui

Phase two:  Visual studies class 50 + 50 Milano Furniture Fair:  Parametric Implementation for a Site Reactant installation (SRI)  GSAPP Students – January 2011 (please see attachment), developed by Caterina Tiazzoldi. 
TA: Dan Cashen, Vern Roether, Bryce Suite and Javier Zaratiegui.

Students: 
George Valdes                         gv2186@columbia.edu

Ben Brichta                             ebb2129@columbia.edu
Elena Kapompasopoulou           ek2658@columbia.edu
Georgina Lalli                          gml2140@columbia.edu
Youmi Kim                              yk2364@columbia.edu
Andrew Kim                            atk2118@columbia.edu
Kyra Thomas                          kmt2137@columbia.edu
Florence Schmett                   fes2116@columbia.edu
Allen Robinson                       apr2011@columbia.edu
Evan Bauer                            eab2173@columbia.edu
Thomas Pope                         tcp2109@columbia.edu
Katherine Thorn                      ket2119@columbia.edu

Phase three: Visual studies class 50 + 50 Milano Furniture Fair: Body reactant interface (BRI) An interactive video interface to develop for the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the  Milano Furniture Fair. (please see attachment) developed by NSU/GSAPP in a strict collaboration with Mirko Arcese.

Students:

Andrew Kim                            atk2118@columbia.edu
Cristina Handal                       ch2188@columbia.edu
Dionysis Kaltis                       dk2382@columbia.edu
Evan Bauer                             eab2173@columbia.edu
George Valdes                        gv2186@columbia.edu
Jevin Dornic                            jmd2182@columbia.edu
Kelsey Lents                          kll2110@columbia.edu
Michael Gonzales                   mg3099@columbia.edu
Michele Bruno                        mb3408@columbia.edu
Sanny Ngy                             hn2204@columbia.edu
Tom Sebastian                       tsg2114@columbia.edu

Phase four:  finalization of the work, final construction drawings, execution coordination, budget finalization, time line, on site construction, permanence in Milan or during the design week presentation to public and security.