WALL ASSEMBLY
Andrew Kovacs (Office Kovacs), 2018
Wall Assembly is an architectural installation. The ambition of Wall Assembly is to realize a full size architectural folly that is composed, arranged and constructed from everyday ready-made building materials, that are altered and assembled in a playful manner. Wall Assembly is generated by two walls that meet to form a "V" in the plan of the gallery. As a folly, Wall Assembly plays up the distinction between uselessness and usefulness. The everyday materials used in the implementation of the installation are locally sourced. On the interior of the "V" of Wall Assembly, the construction framing is left exposed, or partially exposed, and painted, suggesting another layer of the overall composition in a wall that would typically remain hidden.
Major Partners:
AIA Omaha
Amplify Arts
Millard Lumber
Benjamin Moore
Endicott Clay Products
Watkins Concrete Block
Nebraska Brick & Supply
Kehm Contractors, Inc.
Show Sponsor:
RDG Planning & Design
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.
Andrew Kovacs (Office Kovacs), 2018
Wall Assembly is an architectural installation. The ambition of Wall Assembly is to realize a full size architectural folly that is composed, arranged and constructed from everyday ready-made building materials, that are altered and assembled in a playful manner. Wall Assembly is generated by two walls that meet to form a "V" in the plan of the gallery. As a folly, Wall Assembly plays up the distinction between uselessness and usefulness. The everyday materials used in the implementation of the installation are locally sourced. On the interior of the "V" of Wall Assembly, the construction framing is left exposed, or partially exposed, and painted, suggesting another layer of the overall composition in a wall that would typically remain hidden.
Major Partners:
AIA Omaha
Amplify Arts
Millard Lumber
Benjamin Moore
Endicott Clay Products
Watkins Concrete Block
Nebraska Brick & Supply
Kehm Contractors, Inc.
Show Sponsor:
RDG Planning & Design
Lucky Bucket Brewing Co.
Photos Courtesy of Dan Schwalm
About the Artist:
Andrew Kovacs is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at UCLA Architecture & Urban Design where he teaches design studios and seminars at both the undergraduate and graduate level. From 2012-2013 Kovacs was the inaugural UCLA Teaching Fellow. Kovacs studied architecture at Syracuse University (Bachelor of Architecture), The Architecture Association in London, and Princeton University (Master of Architecture). Kovacs’ work on architecture and urbanism has been published widely in the architectural including A+U, Pidgin, Project, Pool, Perspecta, Manifest, Metropolis, CLOG, Domus, and The Real Review. Additionally, Kovacs is the creator and curator of Archive of Affinities, a widely viewed website devoted to the collection and display of architectural b-sides. In 2015 Kovacs published the book Architectural Affinities as part of the Treatise series organized and sponsored by the Graham Foundation in Chicago. Kovacs’ design studio, Office Kovacs works on projects at all scales from books, exhibitions, temporary installations, interiors, homes, speculative architectural proposals and public architecture competitions. The recent design work of Office Kovacs includes a proposal for a network of parks in the downtown Los Angeles alleys, a honorable mention in the MALI design competition for a new contemporary art wing in Lima, Peru, and the renovation of a airstream trailer into a mobile retail store that travels the Pacific Coast Highway.
www.o-k-o-k.net
Andrew Kovacs is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at UCLA Architecture & Urban Design where he teaches design studios and seminars at both the undergraduate and graduate level. From 2012-2013 Kovacs was the inaugural UCLA Teaching Fellow. Kovacs studied architecture at Syracuse University (Bachelor of Architecture), The Architecture Association in London, and Princeton University (Master of Architecture). Kovacs’ work on architecture and urbanism has been published widely in the architectural including A+U, Pidgin, Project, Pool, Perspecta, Manifest, Metropolis, CLOG, Domus, and The Real Review. Additionally, Kovacs is the creator and curator of Archive of Affinities, a widely viewed website devoted to the collection and display of architectural b-sides. In 2015 Kovacs published the book Architectural Affinities as part of the Treatise series organized and sponsored by the Graham Foundation in Chicago. Kovacs’ design studio, Office Kovacs works on projects at all scales from books, exhibitions, temporary installations, interiors, homes, speculative architectural proposals and public architecture competitions. The recent design work of Office Kovacs includes a proposal for a network of parks in the downtown Los Angeles alleys, a honorable mention in the MALI design competition for a new contemporary art wing in Lima, Peru, and the renovation of a airstream trailer into a mobile retail store that travels the Pacific Coast Highway.
www.o-k-o-k.net