Why might we not put a bench here? Why do we not have grass here? Why is this space all empty? Who has decided to paint it this colour? Why is the park missing a normal entrance? How can a wheelchair bound pass through? Why do I always feel bad, when crossing the subway? We have addressed architects, designers and artists, in fact everybody, who could be interested in, in order to try "to find a..
Staré Mesto could have its own beautiful park!!! It’s just a piece!! But in fact, we have a little problem here...they are separated and connected by the Danube River. What about making this famous promenade end in a park instead of in a four-lane road? What about making the Danube River flow through the old town and not next to it? Would it be possible to unite the city and the park? And sudden..
Client: DesignMai 2005 / Projekt 0047 Project: Cabin for exhibition, 7 sqm Location: Berlin Contractor: Klöpferholz GmbH from bkark
'ecocoons' by mathieu collos all images courtesy mathieu collos london based architect mathieu collos has designed 'ecocoons', a series of eco retreats. with a split level system, the space works as a whole volume more than just a flat surface. the project is about the space between the different levels, views and angles from the platforms. the volume is subdivided into spaces all linked by a ce..
Lightwall Cirie, Turin, Italy ecoLogicStudio The concept of lightwall reinterpret the traditional massive Italian wall as a thick solid sponge, whose ability to absorb and filter heat, light and view can be changed and adapted to contextual requirements. In a large villa conversion project sun, light and privacy conditions where mapped on the site and a wall solution of pre-cast concrete insulat..
Vinyl & Fan Blown Air, 21'-0" x 9'-0" x 28'-0", 2007 A Sac of Rooms Three Times a Day stuffs the four rooms of an 800 square foot house into a building envelope of a 500 square foot bungalow. Through this misfit, an architectural space results with deformations, writhings, and contortions as the rooms inflate and readjust to their volatile adjacencies. Although the timed "score" of fans turning ..
Architects: Pushak Location: Nordkynnhalvøya, Finnmark, Norway Project Year: 2007 Program: Roadstop, benches, open fireplaces, toilet Client: Norwegian Road Authority Finnmark Photographs: Pushak The site is in a flat landscape with a lot of wind comming from all directions. The roadstop has nieches to sit in in three different directions so that one can choose where to sit according to the wind..
Architects MOS have been announced as the winners of MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program 2009, with their design for a temporary installation outside P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre in New York. The installation will comprise a series of chimney-like structures, made from an aluminium frame with woven cladding. The architects aim for these ‘chimneys’ to draw cool air upwards from the courtyard’s c..
Amsterdam architect Ben van Berkel of UNStudio has designed a pavilion for The Battery park in New York City, USA. The pavilion will provide seating and shade and can be used for organised public events. At night, an electronic LED system will display a continuously-changing light show. Below is the press release from UNStudio: – About the Plein & Pavilion UNStudio’s initial conceptual design fo..
on display at the michael hoppen gallery, london is 'house' by rachel whiteread, documented by john davies. rachel whiteread is known for creating sculptures taking the form of casts. in 1993 whiteread created the 'house' series by spraying liquid concrete into the building’s empty shell before its walls were removed. the work became a temporary monument to lost communities and a focus for publi..
