Anatomy of the Heart. Right Atrium Venous blood returns to the heart via the superior and inferior vena cave into the right atrium, where it is stored during right ventricular systole. During ventricular diastole, blood flows from the right atrium into the right ventricle (Figs. 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9 ). # STUDENTS /// Sadic(t)ropisms or The Intransigent Pursuit of the Sublime by Farzin Lotfi-Jam & Juan Francisco Saldarriaga. Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough again to be part of a very interesting jury at Columbia University for the final review of the studio tutored by Francois Roche assisted by Ezio Blasetti and Miranda Romer.
Like the last three year (2008, 2009, 2010), one project/scenario particularly triggered my imagination and critical sense. This year’s story, Sadic(t)ropisms or The Intransigent Pursuit of the Sublime is being recounted by Farzin Lotfi-Jam & Juan Francisco Saldarriaga. [4] tom wiscombe - beyond assemblies: system convergene and multi-materiality. [3] fibrous assembplage and behavioral composites - by Roland Snooks. Www.artdes.monash.edu.au/docs/aasa2013-proceedings.pdf. BB_Web_Published_Text.pdf. Detail as procedural information. Rather than considering a detail to be a finer resolution or articulation of a larger form, our studio Kokkugia is interested in redefining the detail as an operation that generates form and organization.
Fan Vaulting definition, Illustrated Dictionary of British Churches, History and Architecture. One of the last - and most extravagant - forms of medieval vaulting.
Fan vaults are so named because the vaulting ribs resemble an open fan, with ribs of equal length radiating out from a single point supported by a vaulting shaft or capital. The fan vault ribs are bound by a a semi-circular rib, and the grouped ribs are shaped like an inverted concave cone. Shorter lierne ribs crisscross the radiating ribs, creating intricate patterns.
Some of the best known examples of fan vaulting are King's College Chapel in Cambridge, the nave of Sherborne Abbey in Dorset, and the choir of Peterborough Abbey in Cambridgeshire. Related:Capital Chapel Choir Nave Vaulting Lierne. Gothic vault of the Barbastro Cathedral. Chapter House Wells Cathedral. Heart valve macro- and microstructure. Abstract Each heart valve is composed of different structures of which each one has its own histological profile.
Although the aortic and the pulmonary valves as well as the mitral and the tricuspid valves show similarities in their architecture, they are individually designed to ensure optimal function with regard to their role in the cardiac cycle. In this article, we systematically describe the structural elements of the four heart valves by different anatomical, light- and electron-microscopic techniques that have been presented. Without the demand of completeness, we describe main structural features that are in our opinion of importance in understanding heart valve performance. These features will also have important implications in the treatment of heart valve disease. Findings On Elasticity. This book review contains a little theoretical background on the subject we often write about — flexibility.
Inspired by Darwin, we’ve described the ability of cities to adapt to a changing environment as a main goal. But what does flexibility mean in real life? And what is its physical condition? A great book initiated by the Amsterdam-based Pars Foundation was sent to us by Lars Müller Publishers. It’s called Findings on Elasticity, and is the second volume in the Atlas of Creative Thinking.
The Pars Foundation invited several creative thinkers from around the world to share their findings on elasticity. For instance, what would an ‘elastic city’ look like? Much in the book is an celebration on skin — human skin that is elastic and till a certain age it comes back to its original form after being stretched. A third interesting perspective comes from the 19th century architectural theorist Gottfried Semper.
Cliff House. College station TEXAS suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Kokkugia / Roland SNOOKS with Mitchell Lab: The Cliff House (Nevada, 2012) is an experiment in composite fiber architecture operating in extreme conditions. . . . The project is a collaboration between Kokkugia / Roland Snooks and the Mitchell Lab at Texas A&M that explored agent-based behavioral design methodologies operating across the scales of form, structure, and composite fiber. Designing through agent-based behavioral strategies encodes design intent within individual elements that interact at a local scale to give rise to the emergence of complex order at the macro-scale.
Applying this methodology to a composite fiber house enables the local scale to be reduced to a sub-material level. The site for the house was chosen to test the capacity of composite fabrication in extreme structural situations to resist both wind and static loads. Additional credits and links:[kokkugia.com] # THE FUNAMBULIST PAPERS 25 /// Fibrous Assemblages and Behavioral Composites by Roland Snooks. Material Performances: Fibrous Tectonics.
Material Performances: Fibrous Tectonics January 27, 2014–March 23, 2014.
Rheo. London UNITED KINGDOM Architectural Association, Design Research Lab (AADRL) critic: Theodore SPYROPOULOS suckerPUNCH: Describe your project. 26° (Christian ERL, Foteini KONTOLEON, Vineet VORA, & Liqun ZHAO): Rheo is a material deposition research project that is aimed at creating a dynamic prototypical space framing system.
Patrick Dougherty.