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DAVID GARCIA STUDIO is invited to the Danish-Japanese design exhibition "Second Nature", Copenhagen, Denmark. From 8th of August to 20th of September. The exhibition features furniture, lighting, textiles and pottery at the boundary between design and art, with a fascination for untamed nature and a minimalistic/aesthetic world. All exhibitors are innovative and expressive professional artists and designers, and their groundbreaking works demonstrate passionate commitment to minimalistic ideals. They are all masters of their craft, and capable of telling present-day stories based on the values of the past. The sublime expression of their works connects with the future, giving them a contemporary and modern expression which surprises and yet seems familiar at the same time. www.rundetaarn.dk www.second-nature.dk

COMPETITION SHORT LISTED The architectural competition for the National Wildflower Centre in Leeds, England, desired an extension to their existing installations, that expressed nature's mathematical order that is not necessarily immediately apparent in nature, but found upon closer inspection. To test how this building could become an expression of this, Fibonacci series based curves were placed on the site to test the interaction with the available site. From these curves and the site area constraints, the floor plan geometry of the building was derived. A well to collect rainwater was then placed within each of the floor plans. An arch with optimal bearing section was then drawn between the outer curve and the well, and then swept between the two, to create the three dimensional structure of the buildings. Pragmatically the public and operational areas of the centre are separated into two buildings. Although these two areas are physically distinct from one another, the dialogue ...