25.10.09

vertebrae bathroom

http://www.designodyssey.co.uk/product.phpVertebrae(R) Photos




24.10.09

Invisible Streetlight


by Jongoh Lee

Architects Use Lego Bricks to Build Contemporary Villas

"Planter Wall Tiles by Maruja Fuentes"

Abisko Washbasin

What If New York City. . . Design Competition for Post-Disaster Provisional Housing.


Name: Michael R TomWinner
Team Members: Adam Alter, M.Arch
City: Brooklyn, NY United States

"winning entries from the “What If NYC?” competition are recent Pratt Architecture grads. The team of Adam Alter and Micheal Tom are come from the Grad dept, class of ‘06, and Otto Ruano got his B. Arch last year David Mans is undergrad class of ‘08 (they won with team-mate Robert Wranzen)."
quote thanks tarp.wordpress.com
images thanks to whatifnyc.net/details.aspx?r=139&s=2&tab=1


"step up and become a strong technical leader"

"What if Architecture went away from the all-mighty narcissistic thing it sometimes can be to a simpler setting of rules"


"Could we just give them a soft self regenerating skin? Could they just absorb certain forces, maybe give in in some ways? Maybe their growth could be very slow. Maybe they would start out now with the materials we know and then the higher floors would be added one after the next, year by year and so the materials would become er and better and more efficient... or just different. What if Architecture went away from the all-mighty narcissistic thing it sometimes can be to a simpler setting of rules. Let's make a soft building, maybe one that grows and is alive...
maybe this would be a nice start...
I know they look like pancakes. Imagine each floor could be very different..."

"Envisioning cities of the future: Vegetal City"

















"What if our cities grew? What if our habitat was alive and evolving along with us? Here is an amazing body of work by visionary architect Luc Schuiten called Vegetal City. I love The Evolution of a City animation."
thanks to landscapearchitectureresource.com/

Atelier Subterranean holds the the Creative Whack Pack by Roger von Oech

Eisenhower Interstate System


"simplify the U.S. interstate system into an easy to understand graphic. From Chris Yates on chrisyates.net. Style looks like a subway map.

Found on Digg."
thanks coolinfographics.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_arch...

"War-Torn Tibet, Has New Love Interest"

grid for can get lost

sketch by Will

willyharbs gets a hairy

Max volume envelope3 : sun rule2

sun rule2







Southern walls may only be as high as there is clear space south of them.
This rule is derived from Adelaide's sun angel of 35' which is then aproximated to 45'. Over Adelaide's main streets like Franklin st. of 30m this would allow 30m high or 6 stories to be happily built all over the city.


sun rule2 detail

Southern walls may only be as high as there is clear space south of them.
This rule is derived from Adelaide's sun angel of 35' which is then aproximated to 45'. Over Adelaide's main streets like Franklin st. of 30m this would allow 30m high or 6 stories to be happily built all over the city.

cross polination

here is an image from pixar's MOMA exhibition book. sketch by anthony Christov. from the block modeling I was reminded of this kind of form.