Looking Outwards 09: A Focus on Women and Non-binary Practitioners in Computational Art

Filipa Valente is an exhibit designer and architect who specializes I the development of designs for experiences, exhibits, and architecture. She has a background in architecture and a practice as a media artist. I think that her work on mobility is particularly intriguing. Mobility is a field that has a lot of potential with innovative design. I’m really interested in how mobility plays a role into redefining spatial design.

I was fascinated by Filipa Valente’s “The Pure Tension Pavilion” for Volvo Italia. This project is a design of a portable charger for the new Volvo V6 plug-in hybrid electric car which not only charges the car but also flat-packs to fit in the trunk of the car and assembles in less than one hour. It is also very aesthetically pleasing with its organic design, also serving as a structure that roofs the vehicle.