Title of the entry: »Wemhöner scape« 6 posters (590 x 840 mm laminated sandwichboard)
Name: Julia Schiffner, in teamwork with: Christine Groenewald, Tina Mülbüsch
From: 30161 Hanover, Germany Academy of the Visual Arts Munich
Field of studies: Interior design, 7th semester

Abstract
»scape« is a modular furniture system for public areas. The "architectural piece of furniture" is distinguished by its very characteristic method of manufacture from different layers of function, also by its complexity and multiple uses, and it also exhibits a surface with a future-oriented quality, an intelligent surface! »scape« is assembled from several layers to form a compound element which is a self-supporting structure and as such independent of the original sub-structure. The laminates made for instance from 3D veneers and various foils are resulting in an intelligent combination. »scape« has many possible uses (h-scape = a horizontal element, v-scape = a vertical element, plus-scape = a connector).

Panel statement:
"Wemhöner scape" is a modular "architectural piece of furniture" for public areas and as such is a sculptural element creating space which show its specific features apart from the multiple uses it in its surprising assembly, where the laminates make up three possible elements (h-scape = a horizontal element, v-scape = a vertical element, plus-scape = a connector). The group project plays with the interesting possibility to assemble a plastic composite element by repeating the coating process several times. This compound element is stable without a supporting structure, a corresponding basic form acts only as matrix. This future-oriented idea incorporates several layers of conventional materials (plastic foils, veneer, metal foils etc.) in combination with screen foils, light foils, electrical abhesion foils or even textile coating material, which on the vertical and horizontal elements form the outer layer in part or completely. The panel found this entry to clearly represent some quite unusual but really tangible areas of application for the lamination technology, where, apart from the integration of surfaces with clear functions, the end product of this 3D technology can be used independently of the conventional support structure.