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Arabidopsis Thaliana - Konrad Wachsmann, consists of a sculpture and a series of photographs that refer to two thematic areas: archi-tecture and biology.
Biologists use Arabidopsis thaliana to study the structure and function of plant life. Each plant can in principle spread in endless dimensions. This notion of infinite expansion can be found in Konrad Wachsmann's design for a hangar. In 1951, commissioned by the research department of the American Air Force, he developed a modular construction system, a dismountable architecture that could be later reassembled in a different location. His concept followed the reproduction principle of plants: after the early growth phase, plants invest most of their energy in seed production, to then continue growth at a later point in time in another place. In this project, nutrition solution and arabidopis seed circulate in small-scale components of a hangar.