Showing posts with label portable architecture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label portable architecture. Show all posts
Thursday, March 21, 2013
"The winning entries of the 2013 Housing Tomorrow competition have just been announced, awarding three prizes and sixteen special mentions to design concepts that "explore, document, analyze, transform, and deploy socially‐ and environmentally‐engaged approaches to residential urbanism, architecture, interiors, and designed objects..." to find out more...
Image & passage via Bustler
Thursday, May 13, 2010
"The UK Pavilion has been designed by Heatherwick Studio. Led by the internationally-acclaimed Thomas Heatherwick, his design team won the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) commission to create the Pavilion following a competition that attracted a shortlist of ambitious architectural proposals from other teams led by Zaha Hadid Architects, John McAslan + Partners, Marks Barfield Architects, Avery Associates, and DRAW Architects with dcmstudios.Heatherwick Studio’s initial design strategy for the UK Pavilion established three aims to meet the FCO’s key expectation that the pavilion should become one of the five most popular attractions at the Expo. The first aim was to design a pavilion whose architecture was a direct manifestation of what it was exhibiting. The second idea was to ensure a significant area of open public space around it so visitors could relax and choose either to enter the pavilion building, or see it clearly from a calm, non-queuing vantage point. And thirdly, it would be unique among the hundreds of other competing pavilions, events and programmes..." to find out more and more pics & descriptions...
images & passage from Archdaily
Monday, May 10, 2010
"Although modular by design, shipping container architecture have mostly been executed by individuals or firms on a case by case basis. Now, InterModal Design, a subsidiary of Hive Modular, is changing the game with their newly launched line of prefab shipping container living units that you can order and have shipped right to you. The dwelling comes complete with a kitchen, living area that transforms into a bedroom and (in some units) a bathroom. The interiors are fairly spartan, but the intention is for these units to be affordable and capable of shipping anywhere..." to find out more... images & passage from inhabitat.com
Saturday, May 8, 2010
"Shanghai World Expo will be the most spectacular and important event of its type. It is an Expo for the 21st Century and the UK have designed and built a Pavilion that reflects the splendour of the Expo2010.
UK Pavilion is a striking, visual demonstration of the UK as a creative and innovative nation; exactly as Crystal Palace was in the very first Expo in London in 1851.
Developed by one of the UK’s leading creative talents, Thomas Heatherwick, the centrepiece of the UK pavilion is a six storey high object formed from some 60,000 slender transparent rods, which extend from the structure and quiver in the breeze. During the day, each of the 7.5m long rods act like fibre-optic filaments, drawing on daylight to illuminate the interior, thereby creating a contemplative awe-inspiring space. At night, light sources at the interior end of each rod allow the whole structure to glow. The pavilion sits on a landscape looking like paper that once wrapped the building and that now lies unfolded on the site." to find out more...
images & passage from ukshanghaiexpo.com
Thursday, April 29, 2010
"FIGMENT, the Emerging New York Architect Committee (ENYA) of the American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY), and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) announced that their competition jury has selected Ann Ha and Behrang Behin’s “Living Pavilion” as the winner of the first‐ever annual pavilion competition. The winning project will be assembled on Governors Island this spring, and will be open to the public from June 6 through October 3.
“Living Pavilion” is a low‐tech, zero‐impact structure that employs reclaimed milk crates as the framework for growing a planted “green wall” surface. The pavilion’s construction is simple and modular, relying on common materials such as heavy‐duty packaging straps and weather‐treated wood for its assembly..."
images & passage from Bustler
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
August 10, 2009 SNUGGLES: Stay in a Modular Hamster Tunnel Hotel
0 comments Posted by swl at 12:53 AM
"This modular, mobile Snuggles hotel allows you to shack up in pods for an artsy camping experience not dissimilar to staying in oversized hamster cage tunnels. The project crosses the boundaries of temporary architecture and public art with its linkable framework, configurable platforms, and waterproof textile coverings. Able to be set up on a beach, in the forest, or in an urban environment, Snuggles offers a fun experience that’s on par with even the trendiest hostels.Snuggles was designed by Berlin-based Raumlabor, which says that it is not an architecture firm, but rather an interdisciplinary team interested in urbanism, and the study of public and private space. The modular system was intended for use as comfortable, safe housing for travelers to festivals, workshops, or other artistic events. Each unit features a three-sided pod with a window and tunnel access to a central pod with sanitary facilities..." to find out more...
images from www.dailytonic.com
passage from inhabitat
Thursday, July 16, 2009
"PLATOON KUNSTHALLE is built of 28 iso cargo containers. As icons of a flexible architecture in a globalized culture, the stacked containers form a unique construction that can be rebuilt anywhere else any time. As PLATOON KUNSTHALLE is located in the upscale cheongdam area the confrontation of subculture with the close-by design houses, commercial galleries and luxury brand stores creates a tension and interaction between the two worlds.PLATOON KUNSTHALLE provides showcases of underground artists, studio residencies and a fine selection of cutting-edge stage performances to introduce the energetic potential of subculture in Korea and Asia..."
image by platoon
passage from archdaily
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
What do you think about this creature? It is success in the way of its " organic movements" that are interactive with the environmental forces and space created underneath. However, i am still wondering would the "organic movements" be considered aesthetically pleasing to the users? Must watch the below video.
Air Forest by Mass Studies from ArchDaily on Vimeo.
"Air Forest is a temporary public pavilion installed in City Park, Denver, Colorado, USA, for Dialog:City, an arts and cultural event during the Democratic National Convention 2008...""...out of the 9 total hexagonal units formed, 3 of them are left open-air while the remaining 6 have vortex-shaped meshes that hang from them, providing shades for the public from the harsh sunlight. The nylon fabric is coated with a gradient of silver dots, whose reflective surface mimics the colors of its surrounding environment, as well as providing a playful dotted shadow on the people under the structure..."
"The structure also acts as a giant device to measure the site’s conditions. Not only does it sway gently with the wind, it also acts as a barometer, since the installation becomes structurally weaker (and thus affected by the wind more) as the air pressure drops due to cooler weather or even after sunset." to find out more... images by Sungpil Won
passage from www.massstudies.com
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Pneumatic structure have been in favour recently for temporary pavilion space. Thanks to the numeric-control computer technology for the precised prefabrication and also the hit of sustainable architecture trend. Here is an interesting example by Various Architects which enter into the final of a recent competition in designing a mobile pavilion for Yolkshire Forward.
"...The "Yorkshire Diamond Pavilion" is a unique and iconic venue that is designed to represent Yorkshire Forward at events around Yorkshire and Humber or further abroad. The project is an attraction in itself with a striking exterior in the form of inflatable tubes arranged in the atomic structure of diamond. The 20 x 26 x 10 meter diamond grid volume is mined out to form a cavernous interior space reminiscent of the coal mines of Yorkshire. Light and air shafts pierce the structure providing natural light and ventilation. At night the translucent shafts and outer skin radiate light in all colors and directions like a diamond twinkling in the sunlight..." to find out more...
Images & passage from http://variousarchitects.no/project/
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Met this cool architect at archifest 2008. I like his "portable stuff" that i have been also exploring during my thesis work. Description that i could put on his work is about "unique, refreshing and colored" that really reflects what a spirit a young architect should have. Check out his homepage and get inspired!
" Named in Wallpaper Magazine’s Architects Directory, an "annual guide to the world’s most innovative practices", Andrew Maynard’s design practice is quickly becoming recognised as an emerging force on the architectural scene. Since Andrew Maynard Architects was established in late 2002 it has been recognised internationally in media, awards and exhibitions for its unique body of built work and its experimental conceptual design polemics..."
Passage from http://www.archifest.sg/forum_andrewmaynard.html
Image from http://www.maynardarchitects.com/
Another recent competition result: NY-based studio BSC Architecture was a finalist in this year’s MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program competition.
" The issues of our time call for a renewed excitement about the joys of lightness, precision and efficiency. PSi: Summer Blow Up transforms the environment of the existing courtyard using an absolute economy of physical material: less material deployed means less mass transported to the site; less material discarded at the end of the summer, and a minimum of resources consumed in the processes of manufacturing, fabrication and removal...As with a true cloud, microclimates of shade and sun..." to find out more...
Passage and image from Bustler
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