DMY Berlin 2010: designers For Use/Numen of Vienna and Zagreb wove a web of adhesive tape around scaffolding at the DMY Berlin venue in the Tempelhof former airport last week. The project involved wrapping 45 km of tape about the posts over four days. It was one of three projects awarded in the DMY Awards (see Tafelstukken by Daphna Isaacs and Laurens Manders, also awarded, in our earlier story)..
MINE THE GAP, the 2010 Chicago Prize Competition, has some winners. The competition’s goal was to find innovative solutions to fill the massive hole remaining from the cancellation of the Calatrava-designed Spire Tower along the shores of Lake Michigan First Place: The Second Sun, by Alex Lehnerer, Team Leader, Meghan Funk, Lyndsay Pepple, Chicago, Illinois. Second Place: Return to Paradise, by ..
Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture shared with us their project ‘Flying Carpet’, a colorful carpet laid out on a central square in Örebro, Sweden. Above people have a coffee under their own mirror images. More images and architect’s description after the break. THE SITE The cafe pavilion is placed in the Våghus square. Lines of sight from the square entrances define its shape. The building is cut s..
Studenten des Instituts für Tragkonstruktion (ift) an der Universität Karlsruhe realisierten mit „Roll it“ eine flexible Behausung auf minimalem Raum. Die röhrenartige Form symbolisiert bereits die Mobilität dieses Entwurfes, die den Bewohner erwarten wird. Integriert sind diverse Möbelelemente – ein Wohnmöbel, ein Sanitärmöbel sowie ein Laufrad für Lichtsteuerung und sportliche Betätigung. Der ..
As the previous pavilions we have featured on AD for the World Expo 2010 illustrate, the exhibition is, undoubtedly, a giant testing ground to experiment with the latest avant-garde design concepts. In late March, we featured Naço Architectures‘ pavilion and we have just be informed of some details of the facade treatment. The facade’s main focus was to capitalize on Monaco’s seemingly eternal p..
Shanghai Expo 2010: here are some photos of the United Arab Emirates Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010, designed by Foster + Partners. The design of the pavilion is inspired by sand dunes and the desert landscape of the emirate, and features undulating structures clad in a triangulated lattice of gold-coloured stainless steel panels. A series of louvres feature on certain parts of the façade, a..
Los Angeles designers Ball-Nogues Studio have collaborated with UCLA Architecture and Urban Design students to create a courtyard stage set made of coffee tables. Called Table Cloth, the installation features furniture components joined together to form an platform and backdrop hanging from one wall of the courtyard. It will be used throughout the summer as a backdrop for performances by the UCL..
A group of students of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at Aalborg University, Denmark, finished a Digital Design Miniproject. Originally Art615 is meant as an art pavilion for a crime-related park in Aalborg, Denmark. The concept mainly focused on drawing attention from the unsafe park, and ensuring the feeling of a safer environment for the visitors. Intense work of 43 students at the De..
detailed railroad crossing 1. accessible railroad crossing 2. steel tube 3. water distribution unit 4. bench (cleaning feet) 5. drinkingwater fountain (filled by train) 6. toilet unit (wheelchair accessible) 7. waterfilter 8. toilet (flushed by train) 9. the only wave you don't want to ride (triggered by train) 'trestles 2.0' by dutch architects stefan de vos and jeroen lemans is a proposal for ..
british architect john pawson in collaboration with salvatori and lighting specialists KKDC exhibited at the interni think tank exhibition, milan. the installation entitled ‘house of stone’ was a simple, house shaped architectural structure made from recycled stone- consisting of 99% stone scrap and just 1% natural resin to act as a bonding agent. the linear MoMo LED light source produced by lig..
