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Below a project resume, for more details  

Fluctuating material/Unstable truth (#natureirl) – Taking perspective through a biofeedback augmented pass-through VR prototype

bukimi no tani 不気味の谷現象 ”hypothesized relation between an object’s degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object” (Masahiro Mori, 1970)

Your Skin Is My Sky

AI-based, interactive, immersive, multi-subject Virtual Reality installation in a hut with a polyphonic performance. Presented: 2018, Mappings visual audio & deviant electronics Festival. Grant: Swiss National Science Foundation

The better self

Interactive, immersive Virtual Reality for a virtual museum and learning experience. Presented: 2017, International Summer School, Bauhaus Bundesschule Bernau

Raum im Raum

Didn’t this space exist within myself before I saw it? 360° 3d digital stereo video Virtual Reality installation with infrared full-body capture. Presented: 2015, Werkschau, special exhibition ©Isa Pasqualini, VR: Bruno Herbelin, Robin Mange

visual touches / touching views

What kind of emotions do walls evoke? Cardio-visual biofeedback interiors for Fish-Tank Virtual Reality and experiments at the neuroscience lab. Realized: 2013-17. Grant: Fellowship grant by “the cogito foundation” ©Isa Pasqualini

pop-up lab

Flexible aluminum modules for a mini-museum, lab, mini-cave, theatre, tryptique or “something between kitchen and lab” where people sit, taste and chit-chat. Project: 2012, for Swiss artists in labs ©Isa Pasqualini

visualizing future cities

A landscape and media design think-tank with binaural sound, Virtual Reality, drone survey & data visualization for the Venice Lagoon. Realized: 2014-2016, with Human-IST, University of Fribourg; Laboratory of Ecohydrology EPFL and the City of Venice

urban body

Two pavilions built from 500 industrial pallets and 2km rope at 751 D-Park in Beijing. Realized: 2011, with students from ALICE/EPFL and Tsinghua Art & Design Academy. Presented: Beijing Design Week 2011; Beijing Triennale 2011. Awards: SAST Award 2012

noplace palais

The intimate place of architecture in a virtual garden made of fragments of sound and light. Multiples: EAC “les halles”, Heliogravure 52x60cm, 12 numbered and signed copies. 2011, Swiss National Library ©Isa Pasqualini

transitions

Audio-video installation for a virtual garden. Presented: 2011, Espace d’Art Contemporain “les halles”. Video: Isa Pasqualini; sound: Luca Forcucci

“seeing” and “feeling”

In a study at the lab, participants watch their avatar in real-time on a HMD and are filmed from behind. Realized: 2008-12, PhD, EPFL. Presented: 2010, Swiss Art Awards. Published: Frontiers, 2014, 2018

 

400msec

“freedom of the will appears during a gap between making a decision to act and the onset of the action process. But the gap is an unconscious one of about 400 msec…” in: B. Libet, Mind Time. Project: 2009, with Tej Tadi and Luca Forcucci

Alvalade

The giant rounded corner of a temporary construction fence becomes an ephemeral urban landmark of its own. Realized: 2008-09, Private bank, Luanda, Angola ©Isa Pasqualini & mazzapokora

Crimson Rose

77 km2 for a new city in Angola. International competition & masterplan: 2007-08, Benguela, Angola. Presented: 2008, Swiss Art Awards ©Isa Pasqualini & mazzapokora

line_TM

A high-speed connection for a borderless, international Frontier City framing the Baltic coast against rising sea levels. Frontier Forests reconquer the suburban areas. International competition, 1st mention: 2008, Greater Helsinki Vision 2050 ©Isa Pasqualini

Conchiglia

Softly modulated hills for a park and parking infrastructure. International competition, 2nd prize: 2006, City of Rome, Divino Amore ©Isa Pasqualini & Topotek1

Paysage Connectif

A new horizon for the EPFL Campus with 400 student housing units and infrastructure. International competition, 3rd prize: 2005, EPFL south/St-Sulpice ©Isa Pasqualini

Underground

The open poché could be transformed into continuous linear parks if the surface was car-free! Workshop competition, 1st prize: 2005, City of Rome ©Isa Pasqualini

hybrid cluster

A three-dimensional zoning process with deep land parcels allowing for novel building types, such as 0-energy buildings. Masterplan, realized: 2001-03, in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Dürig, Zürich

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