Refik Anadol Living Architecture: Casa Batlló
MAY 7, 2022, AND MAY 5, 2023, CASA BATLLÓ, BARCELONA
+WHAT
Living Architecture: Casa Batlló is an innovative generative NFT that combines environmental data and artificial intelligence to create a work in constant evolution.
+REAL-TIME DATA
By integrating real-time data, the piece’s visual effects change, capturing the dynamic essence of the world around us.
To complement the multisensory experience, a perfume, created by Firmenich using AI, evokes the spirit of Casa Batlló and the aromas of Barcelona.
This work was exhibited at Rockefeller Plaza in New York and later auctioned at Christie’s for 1.3 million dollars. 10% of the proceeds went to neurodiversity initiatives such as autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, causes central to Casa Batlló’s mission.
"Living Architecture Casa Batlló" was also projected onto the iconic façade of Casa Batlló, where it awakened the magic of the building, captivating over 125,000 spectators during live projections in May 2022 and May 2023.
+SNAPSHOTS
+SNAPSHOTS
+FULL MAPPING
—The building responded to the master who created and designed it. It wasn’t like a mapping project. I felt that the building was alive.
Refik Anadol
+BEHIND THE SCENES
+MEET THE ARTIST
Refik Anadol
The pioneer of postdigital architecture
Refik Anadol (Turkey, 1985) is a multimedia artist and pioneer in the field of data aesthetics and artificial intelligence. His work explores the intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence, using data as a medium to create immersive and evocative experiences.
By transforming raw environmental data into captivating visual narratives, Anadol pushes the boundaries of perception, offering new ways to understand space, architecture, and time. Through his innovative use of artificial intelligence and digital technology, he creates artworks that blur the lines between the organic and the artificial, the real and the imaginary.
His practice redefines the possibilities of creativity, presenting us with radical visualizations of our digitally mediated realities.
+REFIK ANADOL STUDIO
Alex Morozov
Carrie He
Christian Burke
Daniel Seungmin Lee
Efsun Erkilic
Ho Man Leung
Nidhi Parsana
Pelin Kivrak
Raman K. Mustafa
Rishabh Chakrabarty
Toby Heinemann
Yufan Xie
+SOUND DESIGN
Kerim Karaoglu
+ CASA BATLLÓ MAPPING
