lights on from thesystemis on Vimeo. lights on is an audio visual performance created for the Ars Electronica museum in Linz, Austria, which has a facade that contains 1085 LED controllable windows. The windows' colors are changed in realtime with music that's broadcasted on speakers surrounding the building. from jajaarchitects
The new Dublin Veterans Park (in Dublin, Ohio) was awarded to PLANT after an invited international two-stage competition. Our project, entitled The Grounds of Remembrance, is organized into a Walk, Loggia, and Grove, all surrounding an historical 1840s cemetery. Together they define the limits of the grounds and guide movement through the site on days of significance, including Memorial Day and ..
Milan 09: champagne brand Veuve Clicquot present an exhibition called Out of The Box, showing work by Tom Dixon, Front and 5.5 Designers in Zona Tortona. The three exhibits include Comet Lamp by Tom Dixon (top image), Chaise Lounge by Front Design (above) and VCP cellar by 5.5 Designers (below), all made from Veuve Clicquots’ newly-designed paper gift boxes. A limited edition of 500 Comet Lamps ..
image courtesy designboom.com image courtesy designboom.com 완 벽한 하나의 방이다. 욕실, 화장실, 책상, 침대, 심지어 해먹까지, 그 모든 것이 작은 정육면체 속에고스란히 들어 있다. 조 나가사카+스키마타 건축사무소(Jo Nagasaka & Schemata Architecture Office)가 선보인 ‘파코(Paco)’다. image courtesy designboom.com image courtesy designboom.com 가 로, 세로, 높이 3m의 입방체 형태로, 채 1평이 되지 않는 공간이지만, 생활에 필요한 최소한의 요소들이 모두 이 백색 상자 안에 들어 있다. 창문이 없어 갑갑해 보이지만, 개폐식 지붕을 열어 창을 대신할 수 있다. 방 안..
Prada Transformer, a portable, shape-shifting cultural pavilion designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Rem Koolhaas, will open to the public tomorrow in Seoul, Korea. The pavilion - a temporary structure that has to be picked up with three cranes in order to rotate and transform the structure - will accommodate a variety of events in its opening three months including a fashion exhibit..
Here (at last!) are a couple of images of Zaha Hadid’s design for a temporary pavilion in Millennium Park, Chicago. The pavilion, along with another designed by UNStudio, will celebrate the centenary of 1909 Plan of Chicago (also known as the Burnham Plan) and will be open to the public from 19 June to 31 October. For more info on the Plan of Chicago centenary and the Burnham Pavilions, see our ..
Oppstart 2006, Status – Ferdig Størrelse – ca 140m2 Sted – Langgata, Sandnes, Norge Byggherre – Sandnes Kommune Samarbeid – AWP Arkitekter, Paris Konsulenter/Entreprenører – Kristoffer Apeland AS, Timber AS, Skandinaviska Glassystem, Hafnor AS, COWI AS Medarbeidere - Bosheng Gan, Anette Johansen, Siri Hopperstad Beskrivelse The lantern is a structure that covers the outdoor areas in Long Street,..
An interesting concept for a camouflaged hotel on a tree by Swedish architects Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter: The concept is to create a shelter up in the trees, a lightweight aluminum structure hung around a tree trunk, boxes clad in mirrored glass, 4×4x4 meters. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The interior is all made of plywood and the w..
The project is based on the distribution of a catalogue of monoliths along a pattern obtained from the study of the topography. The internal structure of the monolith can suffer a double transformation described as follows:"vertical fragmentation and substitution of stone by bamboo columns when close to main trees."widening and shortening when placed away from core built areas.REMEMBRANCE:The st..
'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..