Off the Grid:Sustainable Habitat 2020 Today, our habitat is very dependent on the international grid of energy &water. Energy crisis, clean water shortage, global warming and environmental pollution are worldwide problems. Understanding cities as dynamic and ever-evolving eco-systems can help us to formulate strategies for a sustainable urban future. The whole project is based on the the brief t..
Bühnenbäume 2003 - 2006 Küchwaldpark 24, 09113 Chemnitz Bauherr Parkeisenbahn Chemnitz Projektleitung Susanne Hofmann Baupiloten Hendrik Bohle, Kai Grüne, Stefan Haas Entwurf Eine Baumlichtung Die Chemnitzer Parkeisenbahn feiert Ihr fünfzigstes Jubiläum ganz besonders: Im romantischen Küchwaldpark der Stadt wird eine neue, überdachte Kleinkunstbühne mit 120 Zuschauerplätzen eingeweiht. Das Bahn..
Polishpavilion by The design team: Wojciech Kakowski, Natalia Paszkowska, Marcin Mostafa CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE POLISH EXPO 2010 EXPOSITION PAVILION THE PROJECT CONCEPT In the contemporary world with its abundance of visual experience, with the pictorial language of communication reigning supreme, with the almost unconstrained and instant accessibility of iconographic material, an exposition ..
Thailand-based designers Ango showed a range of lights at 100% Design London last month. The lights are made from a range of materials including silk worm cocoons, rattan and mulberry tree bark. Above: Ebony Sky. Top Image: Chrysalis Wall Ango was founded in 2003 by Architectural Association graduate Angus Hutcheson. Above: Seventh Stone. The following captions are from Ango: – Product: Snow Cir..
A solo exhibition by British designer Max Lamb has opened at Johnson Trading Gallery in New York, featuring a new series of furniture cut from solid rock. The rock chairs are made of a stone called Delaware Bluestone. Top image: Delaware Bluestone Chair (no. 1 ). Above: La Cernia Table The exhibition runs until 7 November at Johnson Trading Gallery, 490 Greenwich Street, New York 10013. Above: D..
Albuquerque, New Mexico 2008 The Town Center responds to the conditions of site while addressing the deep time of New Mexico. The dramatic University Blvd. approach to the building sets the Town Center as a distant abstract foreground to Guadalupe peak. The glass facade with multiple missions of iconography, sustainability, and public theater backdrop for video projection at night, is a spatial ..
Architects: ARX PORTUGAL - José Mateus y Nuno Mateus Location: Barreiro, Portugal Project team: Paulo Rocha, Stefano Riva, Andreia Tomé, Clara Martins, Marco Roque Antunes, Nuno Grancho, Pedro Alves, Pedro Dourado, Pedro Sousa, Tânia Pedro, Francisco Marques, Sónia Luz Client: Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal Project year: 2001- 2003 Construction year: 2005- 2007 Constructed area: 10,500 sqm Lan..
TRAM STOP Sergio Cardell Plaza. Alicante. SPAIN Light Light Alicante is a 400.000 inhabitants city of the southeast mediterranean spanish coast. Over the last years, there has been building a new tram infrastructure, using the old rails of the local train. This line connects all the towns of the coast, ending in Denia, a northern city of the province, where ships departure to Ibiza. This stop, i..
VTOL - Vertical Take Off and Landing, an installation by designers Kram/Weisshaar, went on show outside the Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna this month. The 1.3cm thick concrete installation is part of Vienna Design Week, which runs until 12th October. Photography courtesy of Ditz Fejer. The following is from Kram/Weisshaar: – At the invitation of the Vienna Design Week, Clemens Weisshaar and Reed..
Nishimura Restaurant_ CL3 Architects Beijing, China This is an excerpt of an article from the September 2008 edition of Architectural Record. In a place like Beijing, where anything goes, designers often bring in art installations or bold flower arrangements to add verve to upscale interiors. But in their design of Nishimura, a Japanese restaurant on the second floor of Beijing’s Shangri-La Hote..
