IAAC Faculty Marcella Del Signore Awarded at the American Architecture Prize

Marcella Del Signore, currently IAAC MaCT Faculty and New York 2016 GSS Coordinator, has been awarded at the American Architecture Prize. The award honors designs in the disciplines of architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture with the goal of advancing the appreciation of architecture worldwide.

Helix – OSW Open Source Workshop

The winning project Helix, developed by OSW- Open Source Workshop, received a Gold Medal for the Other Interior Design category during the Award Ceremony, held at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York.

Helix is a diffuse furniture system that generates a continuous interior space by adapting simultaneously to any vertical and horizontal surface while defining an immersive spatial atmosphere. Its form recalls a natural system that emerges from the structure beneath.

Helix – OSW Open Source Workshop

Helix is modular and can be aggregated in different forms following the logic of spatial branching and growth. The spatial pattern is generated through the repetition of vertical zones (A and B) of the same base module that generates the 3D macro-aggregate surface cut through planes that emphasize the perspectival views of the sequence from the corridor to the interior space.

Helix investigates the notion of space-atmosphere, adaptability, reuse, and sustainable manufacturing processes.