July 30, 2009
July 28, 2009
Gender Mainstreaming by Neufert.
found in Architects' Data, by Ernst and Peter Neufert, 3rd edition, kitchens, page 251
When will they change?
July 22, 2009
Digital Fabrications.
Many computer-aided designs never leave the design/development environment: What looks great on the computer screen, often is almost impossible to built. The book “Digital Fabrications” looks to bridge the gap between the digital representation and building, affording a hypothetical seamless connection between design and making.
It is now possible to transfer designs made on a computer to computer controlled machinery that creates actual building components. This “file to factory” process not only enables architects to realize projects featuring complex, even double-curved geometries, but also liberates architects from dependence on off-the-shelf building components, enabling projects of previously unimaginable complexity: design-build experimentation at a one-to-one scale.
The book is organized according to five types of fabrication techniques: tessellating, sectioning, folding, contouring, and forming.
Alice, Florencia Pita mod, 2007, page 114
It is now possible to transfer designs made on a computer to computer controlled machinery that creates actual building components. This “file to factory” process not only enables architects to realize projects featuring complex, even double-curved geometries, but also liberates architects from dependence on off-the-shelf building components, enabling projects of previously unimaginable complexity: design-build experimentation at a one-to-one scale.
Mafoombey, Martti Kalliala, Esa Ruskeepää with Martin Lukascyk, 2005, page 24
The book is organized according to five types of fabrication techniques: tessellating, sectioning, folding, contouring, and forming.
Alice, Florencia Pita mod, 2007, page 114
Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques (Architecture Briefs)
Lisa Iwamoto
144 pages, 175 color ilustrations
Lisa Iwamoto
144 pages, 175 color ilustrations
July 17, 2009
Berlin ist Freiheit.
Spotted in Berlin: Berlin ist Freiheit (Berlin is Freedom) How old is that sticker?
July 16, 2009
SeatGuru
diagrams by tripadvisor
SeatGuru.com offers a solution for airplanes: the site features floorplans and information on just about any configuration of airplane you can imagine. It offers detailed, color-coded seatmap graphics to help identify superior and substandard seats for your flight. Could that be applied for buildings, too?
July 15, 2009
Smart Power.
Innovation might be simple, to distribute an idea, however, and to convince people of its benifits is tough. How much of our technology comes from the distant past? Like the circuite breakers? An 130-year-old technology?
This is a problem, says inventor John La Grou during at TED conference in Februar 2009 , because over 80 percent of a all home electrical fires start below the safety threshold of circuit breakers. Listen to the TED talk for details (and join the discussion there).
This is a problem, says inventor John La Grou during at TED conference in Februar 2009 , because over 80 percent of a all home electrical fires start below the safety threshold of circuit breakers. Listen to the TED talk for details (and join the discussion there).
July 08, 2009
Le Corbusier in Berlin.
Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau is presenting the first comprehensive exhibition since 1987 of the wide-ranging work of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier. The exhibition provides a chronological survey of his 60-year oeuvre. It’s divided into three areas – “Contexts”, “Privacy and Publicity” and “Built Art” – themes that are important to an understanding of Le Corbusier’s work.
Le Corbusier in his “Collection particulière” on the second floor of the Rue Jacob 20, around 1931, © FLC / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009
Le Corbusier – Art and Architecture
9 July to 5 October 2009
An exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, in cooperation with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London, and the Nederlands Architectuur Institut (NAI), Rotterdam.
[note from 2009.7.15: the exhibition lacks a little real substance - nothing new if you know Le Corbusier work]
Le Corbusier in his “Collection particulière” on the second floor of the Rue Jacob 20, around 1931, © FLC / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009Le Corbusier – Art and Architecture
9 July to 5 October 2009
An exhibition of the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, in cooperation with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London, and the Nederlands Architectuur Institut (NAI), Rotterdam.
[note from 2009.7.15: the exhibition lacks a little real substance - nothing new if you know Le Corbusier work]
My Bike Lane.
I am a cyclist and sometimes I am annoyed about cars parking / stopping at bike lanes. However, I could never have imagined a website dedicated to denunciate drivers who park on cycle tracks. Users of the service "mybikelane" are asked to post photographs and the driver’s license plate of drivers parking on cycle lanes. Bicyclists taking law into their own hands? Vienna (1122 posts - after New York with 4755 posts) comes in second in the website's user statistics.
Bike Event, Critical Mass, Budapest, source: zsoolt,flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/zsoolt/2428277565/
There might be better ways to reclaim the street - like 'Critical Mass', "a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world."(source: wikipedia) Bicyclists gather to show the benefits of bicycle riding and to protest the monopolization of the street by car traffic. They celebrate cycling and assert cyclists' right to the road. Critical Mass has neither leaders, nor a central organization - it is an idea! 600 people participated Vienna's last Critical Mass event on June 17th. Reclaim the streets!
Bike Event, Critical Mass, Budapest, source: zsoolt,flickr, http://www.flickr.com/photos/zsoolt/2428277565/There might be better ways to reclaim the street - like 'Critical Mass', "a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every month in over 300 cities around the world."(source: wikipedia) Bicyclists gather to show the benefits of bicycle riding and to protest the monopolization of the street by car traffic. They celebrate cycling and assert cyclists' right to the road. Critical Mass has neither leaders, nor a central organization - it is an idea! 600 people participated Vienna's last Critical Mass event on June 17th. Reclaim the streets!
July 03, 2009
MetroBasel Comic.
Published in the form of a full-color comic strip, ‘MetroBasel’ is a comprehensive urban study and portrait of Basel and its surroundings. It is realized by the urban research unit ETH Studio Basel.
Basel’s metropolitan area is spanning across three countries, spread over nine administrative regions and consisting of more than 200 communities, each having their own regulations, planning guidelines, and development aims. Any coordinated effort for a regional plan and concerted urban development seems futile and is quickly dissolved in an intricate web of administrative obstacles and organizational incompatibilities.
The comic book’s goal is to tackle the unwieldy topics of urban research: What determines a city? What shapes its quality? What are the challenges for tomorrow’s cities? Whereas the comic book examines the metropolitan area of Basel, it raises problems comparable to other cities.
MetroBasel Comic (English/German/French)
conceived by Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Manuel Herz
production: Manuel Herz, Ying Zhou and by team ETH Studio Basel
Basel’s metropolitan area is spanning across three countries, spread over nine administrative regions and consisting of more than 200 communities, each having their own regulations, planning guidelines, and development aims. Any coordinated effort for a regional plan and concerted urban development seems futile and is quickly dissolved in an intricate web of administrative obstacles and organizational incompatibilities.
The comic book’s goal is to tackle the unwieldy topics of urban research: What determines a city? What shapes its quality? What are the challenges for tomorrow’s cities? Whereas the comic book examines the metropolitan area of Basel, it raises problems comparable to other cities.
MetroBasel Comic (English/German/French)
conceived by Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Manuel Herz
production: Manuel Herz, Ying Zhou and by team ETH Studio Basel
July 01, 2009
Villa Savoye's Mini-Me
photo copyright by anarchitecture, christoph wassmann
Poissy-sur-Seine, 33 kilometers north-east of Paris, features two buildings of Corbusier: the famous Villa Savoye and its "Mini-Me" – the gardener’s house at the site’s entrance. Likewise, the tiny building inherits the basic attributes of Villa Savoye: pilotis and ribbon glazing – the perfect mini-house.
photo copyright by anarchitecture, christoph wassmann
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