Day Architecture: Interview with Jeffrey Day Monday, June 13, 2011 | Rebecca Firestone | Interviews “Art has conventionally been distinguished from architecture based on utility – architecture must do something, while art is free from functional requirements. However, art can lead us to approach architecture as something more than just rote problem-solving.
Emergent Technology MSc/MArch – AA School Emergent Technologies & Design, Projects Review 2013, installation view Michael Weinstock, George Jeronimidis, Evan Greenberg, Mehran Gharleghi and Wolf Mangelsdorf Download the Course Handbook ArchiKluge ArchiKluge is the first of a series of small experiments written in Java which explore ‘artificial creativity’, automatic design and generative approaches in architecture. ArchiKluge is a simple Genetic Algorithm that evolves architectural diagrams. It explores the qualities of design made by machines, devoid of any intention, assumptions or prejudices, and which often display a very peculiar form of mindlessly but relentlessly pounding against obstacles and problems until overcoming them, a manner of acting nature and machines commonly exhibit.
emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design — Coca-Colasparkling bubbles 2011- ongoing (in construction)Taipei (Taiwan) concept : shine In 2016, the Mass Rapid Transit "Circular Line" will open in New Taipei City. Drawing a large circle, Circular Line will connect the existing lines that spread in radial direction from the City Central. Circular Line is a groundbreaking scheme that will dramatically improve the transport system, where the Taipei City Department of Rapid Transit Systems (DORTS) is responsible for the project and its construction. They plan to have the transportation facility, the Circular Line, as a work of public art piece, for the very first time in the world.
Min/Day Architecture's Rapid Custom Fabricated Interiors Tuesday, July 28, 2009 | Rebecca Firestone | Interviews A few weeks back, I was standing in line at the opening party for Metropolitan Home’s Modern by Design showcase at Baker Street, wondering what the latest from San Francisco’s top interior design luminaries would be. This project, a high-profile rehab of a 7,700 SF home, involved invitations to 14 design studios and giving them the freedom to create the interiors as they pleased – on their own dime. Imagine my surprise at the top to discover Min/Day Architecture’s playful and colorful three-room “Jack and Jill” attic suite with handily elegant Murphy bed tucked away behind a custom-perforated sliding panel, a jewel-like green-tiled bathroom, and an adjoining room featuring large pink dots, with a modular table that looked like something Andy Goldsworthy might do if he ever tried working with stacked birch plywood as a fabrication medium.
2D/3D Concept Designer, Graphic Artist & 3D Modeller My name is Jamie Martin, and I’m an award winning concept designer, graphic artist and 3D modeller based in London, England. I focus primarily on 2D & 3D concept design, as well as GUI (Graphical User Interface) designs for a variety of industries, including film, game, automotive, robotic, military, and others. I am currently working as a Senior Concept Artist for Improbable on a new AAA game.
Ilan Dei Studio At “Let’s Talk About Food” Evening Salon We had some really great speakers last night that were all obsessed with one idea… bringing truly fresh and sustainable foods into our hands (and bellies!). Being a new resident of Los Angeles, it was wonderful to learn of the ways that people are pushing to make a more healthy future, and all in strikingly creative ways. By popular demand, I will end this blog entry by providing some website links for our speakers. GEOMETRIC COLLECTION This unique eyewear collection is the result of a collaboration with eyewear designer Martin Lasnik. The collection is developed to geometrical precision using CAD programs and manufactured using cellulose acetate as the architectural material. Based on exactly the same geometrical principles, this design creates highly female as well as strictly masculine pieces beyond the mainstream. Martin Lasnik was born in October 1977 near Graz, Austria. In 1996, he started to work as an optician and optometrist at his father´s eyewear company.
CLJ02: ZA11 Pavillion – @improved Design/Organization: Dimitrie Stefanescu [improved.ro], Patrick Bedarf [a-ngine.com], Bogdan Hambasan [ASTA Cluj]Organization: ASTA ClujWorkshop Team: Ciprian Colda, Anamaria Androne, Razvan Sencu, Madalin Gheorghe Assembly: Bogdan Badila, Vlad Pop, Georgiana Hlihor, Denisa Lula, Robert Veber, Zoltan Vaida, Imre Vekove, Ciprian Colda, Mihai Pascalau, Calin Negret, Bogdan Borbei, Iustin Nechiti, Dan Ioanici, Razvan Luca, Stefan Grosariu, Ioana Suceava, Alexandra Man, Andreea Darac, Irina Mates, Oana Bogatan, Andrei Varga, Radu Badila, Elza Sandor, Alex Greceniuc, Oana Matei, Alex Vladovici, Marcel Oprean, Ioan Pop, Vlad Rusu, Ioana Tomoioaga. Location: Cluj, Romania Date: 4-7th May2011
22 Very Unique Staircases That Will Inspire You In most people’s homes a staircase is just a functional means of travelling from one floor to another. Usually there is nothing very remarkable about a staircase, though some are more attractive than others. It used to be that you had a choice. Closed or open sides, and natural or painted wood. Some might have more ornate spindles and balusters, while others would just have paneling underneath the handrail. That all now seems a bit dull and passé, especially when compared to this collection of 22 outstanding and individual staircases we spotted on Bored Panda. Experimental Wood Structures at ETH Lately, a variety of experimental wooden pavilions have been erected at the ETH Hönggerberg campus, Zurich. A pavilion made from bent plywood, designed and built by students of the AA Emtech, with support form the Structural Design chair. Two pavillons built as reciprocal frame structures, as part of a research project at the chair of Architecture and Technology. Jaú, designed and built by students from the studio Tom Emerson.
Zaha Hadid: Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Baku-Azerbaijan The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center is a 619,000-square-foot building complex in Baku, Azerbaijan designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid and noted for its distinctive architecture and flowing, curved style that eschews sharp angles. The center is named for Heydar Aliyev, the leader of Soviet-era Azerbaijan from 1969 to 1982, and president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003. The Center houses a conference hall (auditorium), a gallery hall and a museum. The project is intended to play an integral role in the intellectual life of the city.