Maxime Prananto runs an artistic design and production practice. It intervenes in the domain of architecture and infiltrates art spaces. The practice consists of public and private commissions as well as autonomous work. It sometimes functions as a production studio for other artists and makers.
The practice deals with the simultaneous conception and production of objects, scenography, furniture, exhibitions and sculpture. While its output is varied, each undertaking relies on a voluntary set of conceptual and physical boundaries. This practice attempts to reserve a substantial portion of its efforts for theory and reflection.
Underlying themes of the practice include manufacturing, logistics and iconography in the built environment. The attempt within the practice is for work to materialize intelligently within certain circumstances and references without the result of a self-intelligent work. In this sense, the aim is to be neutral and to propose a matter-of-factness about the conditions in which work is being made. Nevertheless, all interventions reflect a sensitivity to the beauty of constraints and gather meaning throughout the entirety of their process.
This practice is linked to several courses and studios in architecture and interior architecture at the University of Leuven.
Architecture Centre Amsterdam NL
Design and production of a scenographic infrastructure
i.c.w. dérive practice
After years of temporary solutions for the centre's entrance space, ticketing and bookshop functions, a competition was held to rethink a functional infrastructure for the centre's operations, while also providing a sustainable base scenography for years to come. The proposal should offer a frame which allows for play, flexibility and endless reconfiguration in terms of spatial use and display purposes. In collaborating with dérive practice (Brussels) and Kukka (Rotterdam), the proposed interventions attempted to deliver on all fronts.
A multifunctional display system (dubbed the framework) maximizes the available space for display, while leaving the general space intact. It spans two stories, piercing the strange, tapered void between the ground and first floor. The framework uses mostly tension - both horizontally and vertically - to clamp itself into place with minimal anchorage points to the existing structure. It provides regular connection patterns along its full height as well as light accessories and felt panels as easily manipulated means for display.
Alongside the framework, a series of modular, moveable cabinets and a series of textiles are put forward. In their technical and material detailing, they search for an intrinsic balance between rigidity, lightness and stiffness through the use of a slightly tapered form and integrated supports. They are specifically designed with both visual and physical accessibility in mind. A small set of additional elements allow for extensive display possibilities and functional diversity.