Form Follows Beam

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The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) near Darmstadt, Germany, has been under construction since 2012. One of the worlds most complex structures for cutting-edge research, it features a ring accelerator with a circumference of 1.1 km (0.68 miles) and 14 adjoining research buildings with laboratories, workshops, cooling systems, energy supply, and a high-performance computing center. FAIR will supply matter of unprecedented density and temperature, and accelerate particles to nearly the speed of light, enabling vital research into matter and states that do not occur naturally on Earth. The architecture of this mega-project was designed by ion42, a joint venture between German architecture firms DGI Bauwerk (Berlin) and schneider+schumacher (Frankfurt am Main). Form Follows Beam provides deep insights into the genesis and execution of this extraordinary and spectacular architectural task, lavishly illustrated with plans, drawings and sketches, visualizations, and photographs. In conversation, architects and engineers speak about the evolution facilitys shape and why careful architectural and landscape design is essential even for a facility so strongly determined by technical requirements. Supplementary essays explain how FAIR works and what is being researched in it, and what makes Darmstadt its ideal location.

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FlorianHeilmeyer lebt und arbeitet von Berlin aus als freier Autor, Redakteur, Kurator, Kritiker und Konzepter im Bereich Architektur und Stadt. ChristianHoll ist freier Autor, Publizist, Kurator und Geschäftsführer des BDA Hessen. Zudem ist er Ko-Herausgeber der Online-Zeitschrift marlowes - Magazin für Architektur und Stadt. JohannesHucht und SteffenKnöll sind Kommunikationsdesigner, Schrift- und Buchgestalter. Sie arbeiten zusammen im 2018 von Steffen Knöll mit Sven Tillack gegründeten Studio Tillack Knöll in Stuttgart, dem Johannes Hucht seit 2021 angehört.

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