DEVAN SKUBAN
Al Nehem
Qatari Government for FIFA WOrld Cup
Location: Doha, Qatar
Fab.Pub recently delivered a 30-metre art installation, called Al Nehem, suspended between the four Lusail Towers to show Qatar’s concern about endangered species. The placement of the sculpture creates an engaging and impactful experience from close and far, a stone throw from the stadium that will host the World Cup Final a few days from now.
Fab.Pub was commissioned to design, fabricate and install the artwork by BWS. Our turn-key solution included 3D sculpting, posing, detailed technical design, engineering, material research, design to production, mixed reality fabrication and on-site installation of the work. The project was completed in a record time frame having a total of 4 months from concept to final delivery on time for the opening of the World Cup.
Fab.Pub’s design of the outer skin uses techniques found in Islamic arabesque pattern making to recreate the stunning detail found in the whale shark’s skin while referencing local tradition and craftsmanship. Our methodology is pioneering Mixed Reality Fabrication to form and assemble straight from holograms using an augmented reality headset leaving behind many constraints found in conventional fabrication approaches.
The 400m2 skin was broken down into 66 panels that were fabricated in only seven weeks by our team using a custom fabrication methodology developed from scratch for this project. The sculpture is made of a bespoke structural rebar mesh, cladded in marine grade stainless steel strips. The recycled content of rebar steel is close to 100% and the sculpture is nearly fully recyclable at the end of its life.
TikTok Awards Event
#FORYOUPARTY
Dubai Studio City
Location: Dubai, UAE
TikTok hosted their 2022 year-end party celebrating regional creators.
Merging the real and virtual worlds at the “#ForYouParty” event, TikTok saw guests undertake an immersive journey through the platform’s most popular trends and communities. We created an experience where guests were the viral ASMR cracking clay ball with a color hidden inside that determined their route through the interactive displays and activations, which was followed by awards and entertainment; the TikTok awards event was a success.
Hogarth: London Voices, London Lives
Pizhanger Manor & Gallery
Location: Ealing, London
The paintings are a starting point for an exhibition that focusses on daily life and the social and political landscape in London. 286 years after Hogarth’s moral tale, social and cultural changes present a different set of circumstances and social conditions for people navigating life in contemporary London with growing issues of poverty and inequality alongside changes in social spaces including the clearing and cleansing of public space to the competition to be heard online.
Building on the theatricality of Hogarth’s staging of the Rake’s encounters in the city, visitors will move through and around a series of rooms or platforms, public and private spaces, both physical and psychological, - from the erosion of public spaces to the mass media and online culture where exchanges are anonymous.
SKATERS LONG LIVE SOUTHBANK
SCREEN
JOHN RIDDY
PROJECTION
DRIFTWOOD
COMMUNAL PERFORMANCE
LISTENING
INUA ELLAMES
JAMES FRITZ
PROJECTION
DEBBIE TUCKER GREEN
ACTIVISM
RUTH EWAN
PREFACE
BARBERSHOP
FAISAL ABDU’ ALLAH
GOODBYE
JOHN RIDDY IDEOGRAM
WELCOME
HOGARTH & JOHN RIDDY
SKATERS
SCREEN
PROJECTION
COMMUNAL PERFORMANCE LISTENING
PROJECTION ACTIVISM
GOODBYE
PREFACE WELCOME
BARBERSHOP
HOGARTH
PLAN
AXONOMETRIC
St. Florian
Location: Frauenau, Germany
The origins of the Koller family can be traced back to a farm on the “Kollerbergerl” in Frauenau.
In 1950, directly after the war years, the Koller family took a very brave decision: they relocated to Althüttenstraße and set up a guesthouse combined with a farm. The first rooms for guests were then created in the 1970s.
Michaela, one of Lotte and Max Koller’s three children, took over the guesthouse. After a construction period of around one year, the Hotel St. Florian opened it doors for the first time on 24th December 1994.
At that time, the hotel had a restaurant, wellness area with an indoor pool, Finnish sauna, steam bath and 26 rooms.
The current hotel was created gradually after many extensions and renovations.
Skizze – Bar
Skizze – Restaurant
Cosi Fan Tutte
Bloomsbury Opera
Location: Bloomsbury, London
Working with Bloomsbury Opera we looked to develop a narrative that would fit the contemporary interpretation of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, in the intimate setting of Goodenough College. The interpretation of the Opera is to be set in a culinary academy, to be proposed as a school of lovers. This is to be a temporary instillation for two shows.
Looking at the relationship that coexists between love and food, there were many elements that can symbolize love in the act of cooking. Symbolizing the plate is the stage, elements that come onto it are the spices and ingredients to the dish. Utilizing polycarbonate to give an element of transparency, and juxtapose the history and ornamentation of the great hall. Projections were used as an aspect of storytelling and to change the scenography during the performance with out scene changes.
PROCESS SKETCHES
PLAN & ELEVATION
DEVELOPMENT
DETAILS
R.M. WILLIAMS
e2 Experiential Environments
Location: Melbourne
Project Brief: to enhance the perception of the R.M Williams brand and entice new customers through the retail experience.
The new design intent was to forge an authentic connection with a globally considered modern consumer while respecting the rich heritage of the R.M Williams brand. The core message of the design was ‘inspired by the past, relevant to the future’ which was evident and crucial to the design; it became the bridge between the new and old customer and was articulated as a subtle synthesis in the design.
TEMPERANCE
We reference the Nijiri-guchi, the crawl-through entrance of the Japanese tea house. Anecdotally, the low entrance meant everyone entered the room in a humble posture. Although society was built of strict hierarchies, everyone was equal in the tea house.
To the extent that our discourses are in our hands, what will we make of them?
As liberalism, social democracy, and its related ideals are challenged by the authoritarian right and left, will we go forward in a posture of humility?
