Domy dach płaski. Before I Die. What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public. After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa.
The walls are an honest mess of the longing, pain, joy, insecurity, gratitude, fear, and wonder you find in every community, and they reimagine public spaces that nurture honesty, vulnerability, trust and understanding. 2011, New Orleans, LA. Cordoba, Argentina. Najaf, Iraq. Brooklyn, NY. Almaty, Kazakhstan Savannah, GA. Pohang City, South-Korea.
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Mozilla Firefox (tryb prywatny) AIA Monterey Bay - The American Institute of Architects. Made of New York: Unique Furniture Made from Salvaged Manhattan Timber. Images: Made of New York Talk about local production: timber reclaimed from old Manhattan buildings is trucked to the South Bronx, where it's refashioned into the appropriately named Made of New York furniture collection. The work of John-Michael Ekeblad of daytime.NYC (and the former Creative Director of IKEA SWEEDEN), Jonathan Locke of Timehri Studios, and Brian Kane of Gotham Forest Products, the collection is something to behold.
The choice to keep treatment of the wood to a minimum lends an authentic look to the pieces. The heaviness and aged quality of each hints at the past life of the wood making it up, and at the same time give it a new incarnation. We have direct access to authentic Manhattan timber and are very thoughtful in the way we approach this material. The collection, which lets us get around the question of whether cutting new timber can be sustainable, includes armchairs, stools, tables, mirrors, shelves, and dressers.
HouseInDesign.com - House and Interior Design Inspiration for Your Home. Detached houses | Architecture. House With Natural Wood And Stone Interior And Exterior. Architecture. Untitled. Strusshamn / Eriksen Skajaa Architects. Norwegian design team, Eriksen Skajaa Architects has shared with us their urban study for the redevelopment of a former industrial site in Strusshamn, a Norwegian coastal settlement. Follow after the jump for additional images and a brief description by the architects. Strusshamn is a settlement on the southwest side of Askøy, an island outside of Bergen on the west coast of Norway, with strong ties to the ocean. The fjord was used for transport due to lack of roads and it was an important economic resource.
When this changed and the car became the most important way of communication two centers developed without a clear connection to each other. The site in Strusshamn is a former boat building factory for Viksund Boats that was bought by the municipality to make a new zoning plan to avoid heavy industry to be established in the future in the old, preserved harbour environment. Strusshamn has a lot of different public services and mainly small-scale cultural activity. Site Plan Key: 1. Architecture « Update: House 8 / BIG - House 8 - BIG (84485) – ArchDaily. MD Housing / VA Studio. Architects: VA Studio Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal Engineering: Uniplan, Lda and J. Granjo, Lda Construction company: SANJOSE, s.a. Project team: VA Studio Project area: 6,000 sqm Project year: 2008 – 2010 Photographs: Alberto Plácido A controversial process, as usual when involves public institutions, mixed with a lot of politics to help, but despite everything, it was taken to a successful conclusion and it is always rewarding to know that architecture is also an active social instrument.
Located in the historic center, it has a privileged perspective on the Douro River, the caves and the port. The primary intention of reducing the impact of the volume height was demonstrated by the maintenance of the existing slopes and retaining walls, which are incorporated in the design to relate the number of floors of each body with the height of the existing roads to provide the rear communication among themselves through outdoor galleries. NIK / Atelier Thomas Pucher & Bramberger. Architects: Atelier Thomas Pucher & Bramberger Location: Graz, Austria Project Team: Thomas Pucher, Alfred Bramberger, Martin Mathy, Maria Richter-Trummer, Hans Waldhör, Ingmar Zwirn David Klemmer, Christof Schermann, Boris Murnig, Sahar Arjomand Bigdely, Thomas Zach Project area: 1,400 sqm Photographs: Andreas Buchberger Nikolaiplatz as it stands today was a process of conversional development which took its shape over a period of time. While the architectural style (as well as the desired building density) changed, the site layout remained stably constant.
Due to the growing density in the immediate surroundings of the area, the requirements of a building on that site had to be adjusted over time. Today the heterogeneous urbanistic situation requires a boundary of space on one side – towards Nikolaiplatz–, and a significant free standing form on the other side – towards Entenplatz. * Location to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address. Walden Studios / Jensen Architects/Jensen & Macy Architects. This concrete barn in scenic Sonoma County is completely transformed by inserting a new building inside its heavy walls. The new structure uses frameless glass walls to create light-filled interior spaces, while large cuts in the existing walls frame views of the surrounding vineyards. The mixed-use building accommodates work/live units, arts-related offices and other leased spaces.
A new plinth, raised above the floodplain of the Russian River, grounds the building and provides panoramic views over the landscape. Outdoor gardens on the arms of this plinth extend like piers into a sea of vineyards. Waitakere Civil Defence Headquarters / Architectus. Architects: Architectus Location: Auckland, New Zealand Project area: 472 sqm Project year: 2007 Photographs: Simon Devitt Sited in a residential street, the project incorporates operations and communications rooms, offices for permanent staff, vehicle and emergency equipment storage as well as staff and visitor amenities. The building adopts the residential scale and form of its neighbors. On a daily basis the building is occupied by up to six full time staff who operate the facility, maintain communications and facilitate training.
In the event of a civil emergency the building becomes an operations centre for up to 40 civil defence staff which includes regional police and fire officers. In an emergency the building is required to be self-contained for up to five days. To achieve this, water storage, foul water disposal tanks, solar power and a diesel generator have been included in the design. In the Auckland region the risk of a volcanic eruption is significant. AD Round Up: Best from Flickr Part XLII. We’ve passed the 45,000 photos in our Flickr Pool! As always, remember you can submit your own photo here, and don’t forget to follow us through Twitter and our Facebook Fan Page to find many more features. The photo above was taken by George Rex in London, England. Check the other four after the break. Photo by P_Lima / Madrid, Spain: Photo by Chimay Bleue / Palm Springs, USA: Photo by wakiiii / Japan:
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