tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38004560935880287342024-03-14T03:29:52.769+08:00Architecture Begins HereNifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-78787804925613713252011-06-11T00:24:00.003+08:002011-06-11T00:24:43.927+08:00How To Prevent Flood In Your House<h2 class="title" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 201, 174); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #232f01; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How To Prevent Flood In Your House</h2><div class="entry" style="color: #212121; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">The natural role of a flood plain is to channel excess water during periods of heavy rainfall to rivers and other bigger channels.But where you have flood channels been blocked or walled off, then the artificially narrowed or blocked water must rise higher to compensate for the narrow channels, often time it becomes an embarrassment to a community.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAUSES OF FLOODING</span><br />
1) Deforestation- As activities of man becomes more intense, the trees around are being fell and these lands are claimed for other purposes. These areas will be exposed to flood as time goes on.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">2) Development, Jobs and Affluence- like in every part of the world people loves to leave close to river because of economic and leisure gains, for farming (irrigation) ,water, transportation and even waste disposal.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">3) Poverty- When you have too little to pay for a conducive environment, then you are most likely to settle for anywhere you find yourself, also constructing a drain gutter may be too expensive for you.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">4) However not only areas close to rivers are prone to flooding, Unnecessary blocking of public drain channels and overbuilt environment may cause flooding.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">5) Even in some houses bad foundation of buildings could lead to flood right inside your house. Areas with loose soils when building houses on them are expected to have water protecting membrane laid down round the foundation to prevent water rising to the floors through the walls from foundation. Also oversite concrete or german floor ought to be done for such area infact for every building, but the cost of doing it makes virtually anybody with low budget to ignore this important part of your building.<br />
For those with considerably strong soil, you can use the method I used to at least saved some money, though not the best alternative.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What I did—–</span><br />
After raising all the blocks to foundation level what I did was just to look for a carpenter to nail planks around the top of blocks (both internal and external) with about 100mm space to accommodate concrete directly on top, you may ask why did I do just that alone, as I said I am trying to save money and most of the water from ground will percolate through wall to the top and soon you may begin to see the effects.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">To prevent flood , these are the major steps to take</span><br />
(i) You can raise the foundation level of your building this will make your building to be higher but will probably save you from flood when the runoff is high. Though it will cost you more to raise the house from ground, it may perhaps be more economical at the long run, besides a well built house standing alone gives it an elegant look.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">(ii) Make sure when paving the surrounding environment, the paving or whatever, slopes along water runway so that water entering your environment will naturally follow the gradient or slope of the land.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">(iii) If you found out that your house is usually flooded after rainfall because the pavement/screeding of your environment was not done to slope towards the natural water flows, you can channel water from the roof of your house with a pipe to water channels, underground tanks or drain gutters.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">(iv) Replace damaged pipes around the house, the ones from public utilities and your own.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">(v) You can erect a retaining wall or fence made of concrete to block strong rushing water.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">(vi) If number (v) is expensive you can use sandbags</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">(vii) The most important of all, when carrying out your project consider drainage gutter if you envisage future flooding problems.</div><div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 1.8em;">(viii) In large scale done by Organisations and government, Dams,large water channels, and leeves are provided to further fights flooding. Leeves are embarkments composed of soil and earthen materials that are used to prevent annual flooding in many areas just like what you have in V.I bar beach presently been done by the Lagos state government. With a levee it requires very high volume of rain water before flooding can occur. But the drawback is that if the water level is high enough to past through the fence(levees) then the flooding will be most and will cause several times more damage.</div></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-80686436733034487462011-06-11T00:19:00.000+08:002011-06-11T00:19:00.812+08:00Stormproof Your Home and Create an Emergency Kit for Severe Weather<div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—No matter what part of the country you live in, chances are good you've noticed a change in <a href="http://www.rodale.com/summer-storm-safety" style="color: #31a5ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">storm</a> patterns throughout recent years. As the climate warms, there tends to be fewer storms, but the ones that do strike drop a lot more water in a shorter amount of time.</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">August through October is when most storms develop, but the <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/04/28/135792410/violate-storms-devastate-parts-of-the-south" style="color: #31a5ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">devastating weather</a> that's struck several Southern U.S. states this week shows that isn't always the case. Whether or not your area is becoming more prone to thunderstorms or hurricanes, there are steps you can take to protect yourself against the major damaging effects of strong storms. And when extreme weather events occur, and emergency kit can make it easier to evacuate should you need to leave the area.</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="color: black;">Know how to deal with the big three:</strong></div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="color: black;">#1: WATER</strong></div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Perform a <a href="http://www.rodale.com/cool-roofs" style="color: #31a5ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">roof</a> check before a leak appears.</strong> "The most costly home repairs are those caused by the intrusion of water. From roofing to building framing and foundations, these problems often build up over time and are exacerbated by driving rains and heavy flooding," explains architect Steven Bingler, founder of Concordia, a planning and architecture firm based in New Orleans. "The best way to avoid big surprises later is to address existing issues immediately and plan intelligently."</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To start, grab a pair of binoculars and look over the outside of your roof. Damaged, loose, or missing shingles or tiles, missing or loose nails, and sagging areas are tipoffs that it may be time for a new roof, or at least a roof repair. Inside your home, go into your attic and look for water-stained areas, especially around the chimney and vents. If the stained area is wet or soft, it’s a current problem and will need to be fixed.</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Make water flow away.</strong> "The first and most important principle is to be certain that all ground surfaces are sloping down and away from the building," says Bingler. "After that, the water can be channeled to lower-lying streets or stormwater sewers." If you notice that land slopes toward your home, contact a trusted contractor with experience in flood mitigation to avoid a serious and costly washout in your home.</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Make your lawn a sponge.</strong> An especially ecofreindly way to <a href="http://www.rodale.com/stormwater-management" style="color: #31a5ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">manage stormwater</a> is to replace as much as your turf-style lawn as you can with native plants and permeable surfaces (like gravel or sand) that soak rainwater into the ground. All-grass lawns can create as much rainwater runoff as concrete.</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For the more ambitious homeowner, rainwater coming from roof gutters and downspouts can be channeled to underground storm water detention basins or rain barrels and cisterns. To create a detention basin, dig a deep hole and fill it with 2- to 3-inch-sized gravel, and then cover the top with soil. "The size of the basin should be calculated to accommodate the projected worst-case stormwater volume, which can be easily calculated by a local engineer," says Bingler. These basins hold the rainwater and let it slowly soak into the soil (instead of flooding your basement).</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Plant thirsty native plants and trees.</strong> The basin can also be elongated into a deep trench, with a perforated pipe, known in many places as a French drain, at the bottom. The trench can extend many feet around the house and be fed by the downspouts coming down from the roof gutters. It's a great way to keep your landscaping well watered. "In my own home, where my wife is an avid gardener, we extended fingers from the circular trench out into the landscape, so when it rains the plants are delighted to get their water from top-down as well as bottom-up sources," Bingler says. The plants and trees (particularly native ones that do well without much fuss from you) can soak up gallons of water a day, and later transpire it back into the atmosphere. "It is a nifty system that can make the most of stormwater management with many benefits all around," Bingler adds.</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #414141; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="color: black;">#2: WIND</strong></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;"> Check your landscape.</strong> Before storm season hits, trim dead wood and weak, overhanging branches from all trees around your home. Certain <a href="http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/ornamentals/trees" style="color: #31a5ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">trees and shrubs</a> don’t hold up well in high winds, so ask your local nursery which ones do best. Avoid planting invasive species, like Norway maple, because they damage local ecosystems. Also, bring in any lawn chairs or other outdoor furniture when a storm is forecast, so they don’t end up smashing through one of your windows.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Cover and reinforce.</strong> If you live in a place prone to hurricane-force winds, you should either install commercial shutters, or prepare 5/8-inch plywood panels to cover your windows in the event of a hurricane warning. You can <a href="http://www.apawood.org/level_c.cfm?content=pub_searchresults&pK=hurricane%20shutter&pT=Yes&pD=Yes&pF=Yes" style="color: #31a5ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">download free plans</a> to show you how to prep the plywood but it's important to buy these materials before a storm nears, because many hardware stores sell out fast when high winds appear in the forecast. Garage doors are often the first thing to be ripped from a home when hurricane-force winds strike, so make sure you reinforce them as well.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Find a safe room.</strong> If you don’t live in an evacuation zone or a mobile home, or if your local authorities aren't instructing you to leave, it's important to have a safe room ready when strong winds approach. Stay inside and away from windows and glass door, and make sure all interior doors are closed. If things quiet down for awhile, it's still important to stay away from the windows. It could be the eye of the storm, and winds could quickly whip up again. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it's best to stay in a small interior room, closet, or hallway on the lowest level of the house.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Know what to turn off.</strong> Sometimes authorities will instruct residents to turn off utilities. But if not, crank up your refrigerator to the coldest setting and keep the door closed. This will keep perishable items fresh as long as possible in case the power goes out. Also turn off propane tanks to reduce the chance of a fire, fill your tub with water so you can clean, and flush the toilets, in case your water source is cut off.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="color: black;">#3: LIGHTNING</strong></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Get inside!</strong> The National Weather Service's rule of thumb is for <a href="http://www.rodale.com/summer-storm-safety" style="color: #31a5ca; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">storm safety</a>is simple: "When thunder roars, go indoors!" That's because when you're outside, there's little you can do to lower your chances of being struck by lightning. If you are outside and hear thunder, get inside a building with inside walls, wiring, and plumbing, or a car with a full roof, for protection.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Prepare like Ben Franklin.</strong> If you want to deal with lightning before it strikes, consider hiring an experienced contractor familiar with lightning protection systems. These consist of metal lightning rods on the roof that send a lightning strike into the ground and away from your home.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• <strong style="color: black;">Find the safest spot in your house.</strong> Know before a storm strikes if there’s metal meshing in the concrete of your basement. If there is, you shouldn't have contact with that area during a storm. Lightning can enter your home through a direct strike, the ground, or plumbing and wiring. Stay away from windows, washers and dryers, TVs, stay out of the shower or tub, and stay off the phone. Surge protectors won't protect your electronics, so unplug them before a storm strikes. And remember, chatting it up may pass the time, but talking on the phone is the most common scenario for most indoor lightning injuries.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="color: black;">CREATE AN EMERGENCY KIT</strong><br />
It's also important to create a family emergency kit to have on hand in the event of serious weather. Here's what you should include in it:</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">• Battery-operated NOAA weather radio<br />
• Cash (in small bills) and credit cards (some ATMs won’t work in the middle of a disaster)<br />
• Bedding and clothing, including rain gear<br />
• First aid kid with medicines and prescription drugs<br />
• Wet wipes, alcohol-based hand sanitizer (60 percent alcohol or higher), feminine hygiene products, and diapers if there’s a baby in the house<br />
• Flashlight and extra batteries<br />
• Surgical and N-95 masks in case someone in the house becomes sick with the flu—it could prevent transmission<br />
• Paper plates, cups, and plastic or compostable utensils<br />
• Fully charged cellphone and corded phone<br />
• List of emergency and family phone numbers<br />
• Books and games<br />
• Pet food and water, medications, carrier/cages, leashes, and immunization records<br />
• Sealable waterproof bag or container where you can store insurance and Social Security cards, medical records, and other important documents.</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><strong style="color: black;">• Food and water:</strong> At the very least, keep your house stocked with a gallon of water per person per day, for up to a week, and enough nonperishable food, snacks, and juices for a week (don’t forget the manual can opener!). Store them in coolers so they can be quickly loaded into a vehicle if you need to evacuate. Make sure your car always has a full tank of gas if evacuation due to severe weather is a fact of life in your area.</div></span>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-62004471465993797182009-12-16T15:06:00.000+08:002009-12-16T15:07:46.759+08:00Urban Mediascape<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SyiHBQH95BI/AAAAAAAAAj4/9bgfPt3B1Ss/s1600-h/jgf.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SyiHBQH95BI/AAAAAAAAAj4/9bgfPt3B1Ss/s320/jgf.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415727007491023890" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SyiHBAu0sbI/AAAAAAAAAjw/U-NXW1oi4-k/s1600-h/jf.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SyiHBAu0sbI/AAAAAAAAAjw/U-NXW1oi4-k/s320/jf.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415727003359031730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><blockquote>"<span style="font-weight: bold;">The cantilevering roof plate</span> is a dominant component of the architectural expression; during the day and especially in the evening, when <span style="font-weight: bold;">the transparent façade allows the building to glow from the inside</span>."</blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);" href="http://www.shl.dk/">Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects</a><br />Urban Mediaspace</span><br />Europaplads, Århus, DenmarkNifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-66864091100584469612009-12-16T14:49:00.003+08:002009-12-16T14:58:02.767+08:00Relationship between Architecture and Technology. Mies Van de Rohe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SyiDeTay9YI/AAAAAAAAAjo/zQfTJn0lAZo/s1600-h/jkgfy.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SyiDeTay9YI/AAAAAAAAAjo/zQfTJn0lAZo/s320/jkgfy.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415723108545000834" border="0" /></a><br /><br />“...Architecture depends upon its time.<br />It is the crystallization of its inner structure,<br />the slow unfolding of its form.<br />That is the reason why technology and architecture are so closely related.<br />Our real hope is that they will grow together,<br />that some day the one will be the expression of the other.<br />Only then will we have an architecture worthy of its name:<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />architecture as a true symbol of our time</span>”<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Mies van der Rohe </span>(March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969)Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-89837167472336988952009-10-10T08:58:00.002+08:002009-10-10T09:02:06.166+08:003ds Max Tutorial to Use Lighting and Reflections HDRIHere’s a 3ds Max tutorial that have purpose to use HDRI - lighting and reflections. For this tutorial I am using 3dstudio MAX 6 and Brazil 1.2 to render. Do not dispair though if you do not have Brazil, its only a renderer, the tutorial goes through how to make it with 3dsmax alone. Brazil just speeds up the rendering process for my benefit. Unfortunately if you are using 3dsmax3 you will need to upgrade, if you are using 4 or 5 you will need to download this <p><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">http://www.splutterfish.com/sf/downloads/max/hdri/HDRI_v1.0.1.zip</span></p> <p>And if you are using max6, then thank your lucky stars, its already installed for you (isn’t that nice of good old discreet?)</p> <p>HDRI light probes can be downloaded from<br /><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">http://www.debevec.org/Probes/</span></p> <p>HDRshop can be downloaded from<br /><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">http://www.debevec.org/HDRShop/</span><br />HDRshop is a must have for any 3d enthusiast and also essential for working with HDR images. Although not in this tutorial.. I don’t have time to explain hdr shop nor setting up probe images from mirrored ball to latitude/longitude.</p> <p>1. OK, firstly, if we are going to make lighting and reflections, we need something to light up and reflect the environment. As you can see from the image below, i have really pushed the boat out and created, not just one sphere, not two or three, but four, and to further advance my cg talents, I’ve also created a plane for my four amazingly complex spheres to sit on. And doesn’t it look spectacular right now? Really the objects aren’t important, since no one really uses HDRI to light 4 spheres anyway, just use the tutorial to light any scene you like.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_chT2BnAI/AAAAAAAAAfI/zfau-PlO1Sk/s1600-h/001-16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 438px; height: 328px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_chT2BnAI/AAAAAAAAAfI/zfau-PlO1Sk/s320/001-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390769743806438402" border="0" /></a></p><p>2. Now that we have our brilliantly creative starting point. Lets create some HDRI reflections.</p> <p>Firstly, download this - <span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">http://www.bfgc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/hdri/Apt-probe.hdr</span></p> <p>Secondly lets add the reflection map: goto rendering> environment, under background, click the “environment map:” box (its the one that currently says none in it), choose bitmap and then choose the apt-probe that you just downloaded, after you click ok it brings up another window, press ok on this one too. Now, with the environment window still open, open the material editor aswell. Drag and drop the “map #1 (apt-probe.hdr) into a free slot in the materials editor setting it as an instance, and follow the next instructions: -In the “coordinates” rollout, change the mapping type to “spherical environment” (its in the drop down box next to mapping if you get stuck looking), and change the blur to 0.1. now scroll down to the “output” rollout and set the RGB level to 100 (or any number, it really depends how you want you reflections to look).</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_chzzAxcI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/LtlN_-X2cyk/s1600-h/002-16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 410px; height: 308px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_chzzAxcI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/LtlN_-X2cyk/s320/002-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390769752383735234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><p>3. Great our shiny objects are now reflecting nicely <img src="http://www.dailycad.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> Lets make some nice lighting. Create a skylight and place it somewhere in the middle of your scene above your objects.</p> <p>Download <span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);">http://www.bfgc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/hdri/apt-BLRD.hdr</span> and then place it in the “none” box underneath “sky colour” in the modify proerties of the skylight. Do exactly the same as you did for the apt-probe by instancing it into the mats editor and using the same settings as the reflection map. Note: you will have to ensure the “environ” button is checked in the “coordinates” rollout before you can change the mapping to spherical environment render, and there you have it.. HDRI.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_ciNQkkFI/AAAAAAAAAfY/iouY-Jljsog/s1600-h/003-16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 319px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_ciNQkkFI/AAAAAAAAAfY/iouY-Jljsog/s320/003-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390769759218602066" border="0" /></a></div></div></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-1579871337155109782009-10-10T08:39:00.004+08:002009-10-10T08:58:16.991+08:003ds Max Tutorial to Make Crystal Ball<p id="top">Here’s a 3ds Max tutorial to make a crystal ball. This tutorials will show you an easy way to make a crystal ball. Enjoy it!</p> <p>First reset max. Then choose the sphere Object, then take your cursor and make a nice sized sphere.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_bfVjVIUI/AAAAAAAAAfA/4Zbs2pt9qfA/s1600-h/001-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_bfVjVIUI/AAAAAAAAAfA/4Zbs2pt9qfA/s320/001-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390768610393530690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Now press “m” to bring up the material editor, and select a normal gray unmodified material and check the three boxed circled below:</p><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_beyUuVPI/AAAAAAAAAe4/XZOisAqJK9Y/s1600-h/002-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_beyUuVPI/AAAAAAAAAe4/XZOisAqJK9Y/s320/002-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390768600937026802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Now we have to make a nice reflection. To do this go to “maps” in your material editor, and open it up. Then check reflection, and click were it says “none” to chose he image that you want it to reflect. To get the right effect you are going to need something that is a shiny chrome color. If your version of max came with the materials that mine did than chose the chrome material below:</p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_bemld1WI/AAAAAAAAAew/BGf911SgKKs/s1600-h/003-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_bemld1WI/AAAAAAAAAew/BGf911SgKKs/s320/003-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390768597786023266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Now we need to give the ball a “see through” affect. To do this go to maps, and check “opacity” and were it says “none” click and chose “falloff”.</p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_beDylASI/AAAAAAAAAeo/TWyf-zQm3e8/s1600-h/004-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_beDylASI/AAAAAAAAAeo/TWyf-zQm3e8/s320/004-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390768588445778210" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">Now scroll back up to were the material colors are now you are all done, when it is rendered you should get an image very close to the one below:</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_bdmpR4pI/AAAAAAAAAeg/gWxuIXSRpS0/s1600-h/005-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_bdmpR4pI/AAAAAAAAAeg/gWxuIXSRpS0/s320/005-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390768580622148242" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><p>Enjoy it!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-34191932141737805652009-10-10T08:28:00.004+08:002009-10-10T08:38:41.758+08:00V-Ray Grass<span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you are using v-ray and don't use the VRayDisplacmentMod, then you should switch to mental ray!<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>I use both, but v-ray is very powerful at performing geometric displacement, and is superb at creating organic objects; even grass looks good with displacement.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>Mental ray is good at displacing small po</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">lygons of</span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"> geometry, where V-ray is good at displacing detail over large polygons.<span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span>For this reason v-ray 1.50 sp1 is much more successful at creating grass for very large sites; a big plus!</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_WI-J67kI/AAAAAAAAAdg/3vjQDINgwQA/s1600-h/vrayGrass.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 289px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_WI-J67kI/AAAAAAAAAdg/3vjQDINgwQA/s320/vrayGrass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390762728597679682" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">A torus-knot with VRayDisplacmentMod modifier (light cache & irradiance map with 2 vray area </span></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;">lights)</span></span></p><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_WbnuuQ5I/AAAAAAAAAdo/i2zOq5pYnDQ/s1600-h/grass.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 157px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_WbnuuQ5I/AAAAAAAAAdo/i2zOq5pYnDQ/s320/grass.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390763048995537810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_WoO0Cd4I/AAAAAAAAAdw/_VO51LUAFTI/s1600-h/grassSettings.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Ss_WoO0Cd4I/AAAAAAAAAdw/_VO51LUAFTI/s320/grassSettings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390763265645246338" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The shader is simply just a VRayMat, with a grass map in the diffuse </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">slot.<span style="font-size: 0pt;"> </span>Then I applied </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">the VRayDisplacementMod modifier to the object.<span style="font-size: 0pt;"> </span>I instanced the image map from the shader into the displacement modifier.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VRayDisplaceme</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">ntMod settings:</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• For something like grass it’s very important to use 2D mapping rather 3D mapping.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• I instanced the image map from the shader into the Texmap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• I changed the amount to 4” to have taller grass blades.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">• I increased the resolution to 2048 for better quality.</span></span><br /></p></div></div></div><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /></span></span>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-35458031012335566222009-05-29T17:40:00.009+08:002009-05-29T18:22:06.517+08:00Tour on Garden and Sea house<span style="font-weight: bold;">Garden and Sea / Takao Shiotsuka Atelier</span><div class="post_title"> </div> <div class="post_cats"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" >By Nico Saieh</span><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/tag/japan/" rel="tag"></a> </div> <p style="text-align: left;"><img style="width: 484px; height: 362px;" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7781" title="1558673031_seaside-31" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1558673031_seaside-31-528x395.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Architects: <a href="http://www.shio-atl.com/"><strong>Takao Shiotsuka Atelier</strong></a><br />Location: <strong>Japan</strong><br />Client: <strong>Private </strong><br />Project year: <strong>2008</strong><strong></strong><br />Constructed area: <strong>237 sqm</strong><strong></strong><br />Photographs: <strong>Toshiyuki YANO (Nacasa & Partners Inc.,)</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1723899643_seaside-09.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7761" title="1723899643_seaside-09" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1723899643_seaside-09-125x125.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1359716063_seaside-04.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7757" title="1359716063_seaside-04" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1359716063_seaside-04-125x125.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/238092099_seaside-19.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7771" title="238092099_seaside-19" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/238092099_seaside-19-125x125.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="125" /></a> <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1214150826_seaside-22.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-7773" title="1214150826_seaside-22" src="http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/1214150826_seaside-22-125x125.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="125" /></a></p> <p><span id="more-7753"></span></p> <p>The site faces the sea and has deep depth. And it inclines toward the sea by the vertical interval like 2M. We arranged the house in the center of the site. The plane shape of the house is wedge to spread towards the sea.</p> <p>We planned the first floor as a place to enjoy a garden. The part facing the garden of the half underground is a glass window. By it, a slope of the ground just appears as form of the openings. The exterior floor covered with the white gravel. Since it is surrounded by the outside wall, outside can also be felt like the interior of a room. By place to stay and movement at that time, relations with a person and the ground surface change.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-yS-tiFcI/AAAAAAAAAZg/Zz5Fk5Kde6E/s1600-h/20502170_seaside-07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 352px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-yS-tiFcI/AAAAAAAAAZg/Zz5Fk5Kde6E/s320/20502170_seaside-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341183722226062786" border="0" /></a></div><p>The second floor enabled it to set up a sense of distance with the sea variously in the inside of a building. The both ends of cylindrical space long in the direction of marine are glass windows. An indoor partition wall is also glass. We can look at sea side and the location of the other side at the same time from the room. Even if the sojourner is in any place, he can see or feel the sea.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-zZWNQ8MI/AAAAAAAAAZo/d4FJEAU4_vY/s1600-h/1308480334_seaside-16.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 354px; height: 264px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-zZWNQ8MI/AAAAAAAAAZo/d4FJEAU4_vY/s320/1308480334_seaside-16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341184931124015298" border="0" /></a></p>The first floor that enjoys the yard, the second floor that enjoys the sea, and 2 space were divided clearly. Owner enabled it to spend the time of non-every day by going back and forth mutual space with the different feature appropriate for the cottage.<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fnifritti%2Falbumid%2F5341187193654441793%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-74413982453881825182009-05-29T15:05:00.006+08:002009-05-29T15:36:51.027+08:00Best Green House<h1 style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Good Things, Small Package: A two-bedroom house and the subdivision it hails from defy Texas conventions </span><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></h1> <div style="font-style: italic;" id="location"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="ProjectLocation" --> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shipley Architects </span></span></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-Jwiby9dI/AAAAAAAAAXI/ZFwmEZqagUE/s1600-h/vfdfd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 154px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-Jwiby9dI/AAAAAAAAAXI/ZFwmEZqagUE/s320/vfdfd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341139150054815186" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />…Cheatham divided the site into 50 building lots, divvying the number between progressive spec homes and empty land that purchasers can reinvent with the help of an approved architect…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JwzO8GfI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/WlCvyyUxgZE/s1600-h/vfd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 174px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JwzO8GfI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/WlCvyyUxgZE/s320/vfd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341139154564291058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />…Shipley Architects has been chosen by land buyers four times, and it has wrapped up two projects. Most notable of this pair is the 1,500-square-foot residence known as UR 45, which the local firm designed for Urban Edge executive Rick Fontenot…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JxGJODzI/AAAAAAAAAXY/_y2kd7fWU7U/s1600-h/dss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 161px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JxGJODzI/AAAAAAAAAXY/_y2kd7fWU7U/s320/dss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341139159640575794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />…"Rick observed me working and responding to some of the problems with the other houses," Dan Shipley, FAIA, says of his selection to work on UR 45. "I think he saw a flexibility to experiment and to adjust to smaller budgets." Indeed, UR 45 currently contains just two bedrooms…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K3lmYk7I/AAAAAAAAAXw/KJpDZAaWw_M/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K3lmYk7I/AAAAAAAAAXw/KJpDZAaWw_M/s320/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341140370675241906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />…The little terraced building sits on six concrete piers, with its back to the street: An opaque carport marks the east-facing street side of the house, and Fontenot and his wife enter the house via a ramp that leads to a door on the long, southern elevation; it opens directly into a living room with kitchen island…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K31HOKSI/AAAAAAAAAYA/5Z9OX8Yq3S8/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 159px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K31HOKSI/AAAAAAAAAYA/5Z9OX8Yq3S8/s320/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341140374839503138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />…“There’s nothing particularly exciting about the form except that I think it’s well-proportioned and has a certain logic to it,” Shipley says, adding, “Because it’s very compact, floats above the piers, and that you enter it from this gangplank, it’s like a houseboat.” Both the carport and house volume are wrapped in southern yellow pine boards normally used in porch flooring…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K4eyWJLI/AAAAAAAAAYI/h3wiIVOM6D4/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 165px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K4eyWJLI/AAAAAAAAAYI/h3wiIVOM6D4/s320/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341140386026235058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />…Between the great room and its westward view of local DART trains sits a porch that cantilevers over a ridge leading down to the light rail’s tracks. This deep outdoor room protects occupants from direct sunlight, while trees soften the glare of summer’s late-afternoon rays…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-NqVB7RYI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/o3Xh014itDE/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 148px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-NqVB7RYI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/o3Xh014itDE/s320/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341143441423943042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />…Shipley, who cites foam insulation and geothermal air-conditioning among UR 45’s sustainable features, says that even though fenestration “is probably less than 25 percent of the building envelope, we tried to locate all the glass so you always feel close to natural light.”…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JxJHdBGI/AAAAAAAAAXg/qDHRTvZOZkk/s1600-h/8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 155px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JxJHdBGI/AAAAAAAAAXg/qDHRTvZOZkk/s320/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341139160438473826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />…In a poetic example of that effort, light filters into the great room through open risers in the stairway that separates the great room from a guest bedroom…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JxaW02MI/AAAAAAAAAXo/x7JBQO66ge8/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 157px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-JxaW02MI/AAAAAAAAAXo/x7JBQO66ge8/s320/9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341139165066352834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />… The stairway leads to the second-story master bedroom suite… <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K33DTLGI/AAAAAAAAAX4/2blLfpb91CU/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-K33DTLGI/AAAAAAAAAX4/2blLfpb91CU/s320/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341140375359925346" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />…Stair treads<br />comprise glulam salvaged from other Urban Reserve projects, while the flooring is recycled from the dance floor of Fontenot’s own wedding…<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-NqoHZ-fI/AAAAAAAAAYg/ThjhhzfRB9c/s1600-h/11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 201px; height: 171px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-NqoHZ-fI/AAAAAAAAAYg/ThjhhzfRB9c/s320/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341143446547200498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />...Architect and client are aiming to certify UR 45 as LEED Platinum. The designation would stand as an example for the neighborhood because—while Shipley compares Urban Reserve to “a parking lot full of nicely designed cars like Coopers and Fiats”—the subdivision is conscientious, too...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-NqeFskRI/AAAAAAAAAYY/bQTqW6e6s6A/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 164px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-NqeFskRI/AAAAAAAAAYY/bQTqW6e6s6A/s320/12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341143443855675666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />…The DART station is nearby, and the team that includes Cheatham and Fontenot have removed few trees from the site, implemented rainwater harvesting, and minimized street widths and the stormwater runoff that correlates with it.Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-66746242875702222162009-05-29T13:56:00.015+08:002009-05-29T14:41:39.471+08:00X House / Arquitectura X<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh95O0D0wbI/AAAAAAAAAUA/1_kirW1eBLA/s1600-h/760993202_01-528x352.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 416px; height: 278px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh95O0D0wbI/AAAAAAAAAUA/1_kirW1eBLA/s400/760993202_01-528x352.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341120978484511154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Architects: <strong><a href="http://www.arquitecturax.com/">Arquitectura X</a> -</strong><strong> Adrian Moreno Núñez, Maria Samaniego Ponce</strong><br />Location: <strong>La Tola, valle de Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador</strong><br />Contractor: <strong>Adrian Moreno Núñez</strong><strong>, Carlos Guerra Espinosa</strong><br />Client: <strong>Adrian Moreno Núñez, Maria Samaniego Ponce, Lía Moreno Samaniego</strong><br />Design year: <strong>2003 – 2006</strong><br />Construction year: <strong>2006 – 2007</strong><br />Structural Engineer: <strong>Pedro Caicedo</strong><br />Electrical Engineer: <strong>Pedro Freile</strong><br />Services: <strong>Raúl Cueva</strong><br />Constructed area: <strong>380 sqm</strong><br />Photographs: <strong>Sebastián Crespo<br /></strong></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96aQHwZ-I/AAAAAAAAAUY/Ynw4FTx9YA0/s1600-h/2104065473_14.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 94px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96aQHwZ-I/AAAAAAAAAUY/Ynw4FTx9YA0/s400/2104065473_14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341122274507384802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96aOAjaSI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/w6vmW1DpAdo/s1600-h/234552236_20.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 86px; height: 95px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96aOAjaSI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/w6vmW1DpAdo/s400/234552236_20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341122273940302114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96ZqjMkGI/AAAAAAAAAUI/HssvnrsP3Gk/s1600-h/704485636_09.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 84px; height: 94px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96ZqjMkGI/AAAAAAAAAUI/HssvnrsP3Gk/s400/704485636_09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341122264421929058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96amroHrI/AAAAAAAAAUg/274-NeaydZo/s1600-h/1817749783_17.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 85px; height: 94px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96amroHrI/AAAAAAAAAUg/274-NeaydZo/s400/1817749783_17.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341122280563416754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><strong>Design Concepts</strong></p> <p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">1</span><br /></strong>Not having a site when we started design on our house, we set out an elemental scheme that could work both in Quito and the valleys east of the city; this meant distilling our experience into an abstracted form, inspired in the work of Donald Judd, that could be placed in any of the sites we would be likely to find: an open ended box, whose spatial limits would be the eastern and western ranges of the Andes.</p><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96_55MVEI/AAAAAAAAAUo/Y-MWRaK16kE/s1600-h/383273767_design-concepts.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh96_55MVEI/AAAAAAAAAUo/Y-MWRaK16kE/s400/383273767_design-concepts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341122921375749186" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">2</strong><br />As we had no actual place, we looked to the spaces we felt our own, and found the patio as the essential place maker throughout our architectural history.</p> <p><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">3</strong><br />On the other hand was our fascination for the prototypical glass house and its possibilities in our year round temperate climate.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh97speUYfI/AAAAAAAAAUw/Srk_XDTxymk/s1600-h/1478905768_06.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 248px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh97speUYfI/AAAAAAAAAUw/Srk_XDTxymk/s400/1478905768_06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341123690062176754" border="0" /></a></div><p><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">4</strong><br />While the patio creates a sense of place it has to be enclosed in order to work, so the mountains can’t become the spatial limit. The glass house is perfect for that unlimited sense of space; the addition of a patio to the glass house gave us the chance to adapt to the different site possibilities.</p> <p><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">5</strong><br />We separated the private and public spaces defining a patio, the service spaces and circulation could be added as a plug-in as needed depending on site conditions, further defining the patio.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh98AMNSkMI/AAAAAAAAAU4/sROpFuqAoq0/s1600-h/565930304_23.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 338px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh98AMNSkMI/AAAAAAAAAU4/sROpFuqAoq0/s400/565930304_23.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341124025803509954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><strong style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">6</strong><br />Finally this diagram could be fitted into the open ended box according to specific site conditions that would define orientation, size and proportion.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh98m2mCMZI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/d-Ca4L1FdtA/s1600-h/709933298_03.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 125px; height: 111px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-A3etYpGI/AAAAAAAAAXA/RHP4EkUB8CI/s200/1441314276_east-elevation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341129373709280354" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-A3adsUQI/AAAAAAAAAW4/kNaxc2mNGGw/s1600-h/1604048289_west-elevation.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 113px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh-A3adsUQI/AAAAAAAAAW4/kNaxc2mNGGw/s200/1604048289_west-elevation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341129372569719042" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-44504175077816926382009-05-29T13:09:00.004+08:002009-05-29T13:16:21.074+08:00Zaha Hadid announces new project for Cairo<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Zaha Hadid </span>announces new project for Cairo</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">By Karen Cilento</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9uvxclLUI/AAAAAAAAATo/QTD_z7QTYS8/s1600-h/1623794772_052709-142340large-528x396.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9uvxclLUI/AAAAAAAAATo/QTD_z7QTYS8/s400/1623794772_052709-142340large-528x396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341109450090818882" border="0" /></a></div><p>Zaha Hadid announced her latest design, the Stone Towers, for the expanding district of Cairo, Egypt. Within the 525,000sqm towers, Hadid’s design provides office and retail spaces, a five-star business hotel with serviced apartments, and sunken landscaped gardens and plaza called the Delta.</p><div style="text-align: center;"> Further project description after the break.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9u-41vmvI/AAAAAAAAATw/fmu2XQCvRx8/s1600-h/580297732_stonetowerstop5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9u-41vmvI/AAAAAAAAATw/fmu2XQCvRx8/s400/580297732_stonetowerstop5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341109709773445874" border="0" /></a></div><br /><p>“I am delighted to be working in Cairo. I have visited Egypt many times and I have always been fascinated by the mathematics and arts of the Arab world. In our office we have always researched the formal concepts of geometry - which relates a great deal to the region’s art traditions and sciences in terms of algebra, geometry and mathematics. This research has informed the design for Stone Towers,” Hadid commented.</p> <p>Hadid’s towers were inspired by the ancient Egyptian stonework which incorporates a variety of patterns and textures. Working off this inspiration, the facades on the North and South elevations of each tower adopt a vocabulary of alternating protrusions, recesses and voids. Such spaces will emphasize light and shadow, which will, in turn, accentuate the curvatures of each building within the development.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9vTTtPNII/AAAAAAAAAT4/16BKm90Ktno/s1600-h/684389458_052709-142301large-528x396.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9vTTtPNII/AAAAAAAAAT4/16BKm90Ktno/s400/684389458_052709-142301large-528x396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341110060582909058" border="0" /></a></p><p>“With a large-scale project such as the Stone Towers, care must be taken to balance a necessary requirement for repetitive elements whilst avoiding an uncompromising repetition of static building masses,” states Hadid. “The architecture of Stone Towers pursues a geometric rhythm of similar, interlocking, yet individually differentiated building forms that creates a cohesive composition,” Hadid added.</p> <p>The towers will add much needed space to Cairo’s expanding region and will fuse smoothly into the existing urban landscape. Hisham Shoukri, CEO of Rooya Group said, “There is a overwhelming need in Egypt for developments of the highest international standards required by the serious and growing investment climate of the country - ultimately contributing to making it a hub for multinationals in the region. The Stone Towers needed an architect with daring ideas, innovation, international expertise and experience…it needed Zaha Hadid.”</p>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-31418897166570372362009-05-29T12:12:00.005+08:002009-05-29T12:22:48.953+08:00Architectural Record's House of the Month<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9hbtG32JI/AAAAAAAAATI/HsLzlAr8fzI/s1600-h/aahh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 223px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9hbtG32JI/AAAAAAAAATI/HsLzlAr8fzI/s400/aahh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341094811677481106" border="0" /></a><br /><h1 style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Screen House<!-- InstanceEndEditable --></h1> <div id="NewsDate"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="article date" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></div> <div id="location"> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="ProjectLocation" -->New Westminster, British Columbia<!-- InstanceEndEditable --></div> <div id="architect"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="FirmName" -->Randy Bens Architect<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">By Ingrid Spencer <br /><br /></span></span><!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="first paragraph" --> <p>Reuse, renew, recycle, renovate! When New Westminster, British Columbia, couple Jeanine Harper and Les Linfoot, and their three sons, aged 18 to 26, needed more space, they decided to build onto their 2,500-square-foot 1950s ranch-style house. “It was an L-shaped, low-slung, post-and-beam house,” says local architect Randy Bens, who did the redesign. “The house was so neutral, and it had this nice red oak flooring which was in very good shape. We knew that we could update and expand the home but still keep a lot of the existing structure and walls.”</p><p>New Westminster is about a 20-minute drive from Vancouver, and Harper and Linfoot’s house sits atop a hill in a suburban area rich with mid-century Modernist architecture. “I grew up in an architect-built, Modernist house,” says Harper, “so I like that aesthetic and wanted our house to echo the sensibilities of the neighborhood.” Linfoot, an artist, says he wanted their house “to move into at least the 20th century and maybe even the 21st.” Like Harper, he appreciates a lack of clutter and smooth transitions between inside and outside spaces.</p> <p>Bens understood that with three boys in the house (for the moment, at least), Harper and Linfoot needed private space. His redesign created a 1,000-square-foot upstairs addition comprising a painting studio, master suite, and deck. “Architecturally,” he says, “the goal was to knit together the old and the new with simple gestures and materials that would be sympathetic to their context, yet fresh.”</p></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9htDcyf4I/AAAAAAAAATQ/hG2uCnvQ7ms/s1600-h/gdfh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 290px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9htDcyf4I/AAAAAAAAATQ/hG2uCnvQ7ms/s400/gdfh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341095109732761474" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p>Zoning laws wouldn’t allow Bens to create an upper addition that would fill out the footprint of the existing house, but that was not his intention. “The climate here is very gray and rainy, the light very soft. We wanted to be sure light would get into all parts of the house,” he explains. Bens organized the addition’s massing by creating chunky new volumes to sit on existing structure, but added a double height to the downstairs living room, and created upstairs decks that would take advantage of views. To shade the south-facing double-height living room, the architect created a horizontal screen of stained timber and anodized aluminum for the exterior. Placed at a 90-degree angle, the screen protects the entr</p><p>y from rain and sun, and adds a horizontal element to counter the vertical nature of the added volume. Vertical cedar siding, gently sloping roofs, exposed glued laminated beams and rafters respond to the aesthetic of the neighboring mid-century post and beam houses. To add a contemporary element, Bens installed zinc panels above and alongside existing window openings, aligning them with new openings above.</p> <p>Inside, the architect retained the original floors (and added recycled fir flooring on the second level) and extended neutral white walls though the house as a palette for Linfoot’s art collection. New millwork, including built-ins, was constructed from a mixture of Appleply and Plyboo. Rounding out the sustainable features for this house that has </p> <p>no air conditioning, the upstairs bathroom incorporates Paperstone, a tile made of recycled paper, on the counter and tubs, and a composite recycled tile is used on the floor and shower walls. A new steel stair connects the two floors, and decks are made of pressure-treated cedar. “It’s all very simple,” says Bens modestly. “Wood floors, white walls—it’s hard to screw that up.”</p><p>Harper and Linfoot have a bit more to say. “The view, the whole upstairs, it’s hugely pleasurable,” says Harper. “More than just light, there’s a lightness to the house that is such a nice thing. It flows, there’s so much space, yet it’s also quite cozy.” Says Linfoot, “Cookie cutter houses don’t appeal to us, and while we know the hou</p> <p>se reflects features of others in the neighborhood, we’re also surprised by the people who we see standing on the street and staring.” But for Linfoot, it’s not just all about his house. “We wanted to use a young architect for this project,” he says. “It was important for us to be part of the patronage of someone with talent who’s just starting out.” </p> <p>Harper and Linfoot now have the house of their dreams. Whether their adult sons leave them to it remains to be seen.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9iok1VAEI/AAAAAAAAATg/xJ_hvvQNcb4/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh9iok1VAEI/AAAAAAAAATg/xJ_hvvQNcb4/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341096132306337858" border="0" /></a></p><br /><div id="NewsDate"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="article date" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable --></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-89398655075920772932009-05-28T23:50:00.002+08:002009-05-28T23:55:52.377+08:00Frank Lloyd Wright Quotations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh6zCWvUuvI/AAAAAAAAASI/7K_xZf4CElQ/s1600-h/flwsq.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 99px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh6zCWvUuvI/AAAAAAAAASI/7K_xZf4CElQ/s400/flwsq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340903061153168114" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:6;"><b>Frank Lloyd Wright Quotations</b></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">"Truth Against the World"</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">(Updated during June 1998. More quotes being added all the time)<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><p> "Freedom is from within" </p><p> "An expert is a man who has stopped thinking - he knows!" </p><p> "The truth is more important than the facts" </p><p> "There is nothing more uncommon than common sense" </p><p> "The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind" </p><p> "An idea is salvation by imagination"<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>__________________________________________________</p><h3>On Life</h3> "The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes" <p> "Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism . . . but only through the direct responsibility of the individual" </p><p> "Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities" - from <i>An Autobiography</i>, 1932. </p><br />__________________________________________________<br /><br /><h3>On Marilyn Monroe</h3> "I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture"<br /><br />__________________________________________________<br /><br /><h3>On <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Television/">television</a> and other diversions</h3> "I wouldn't mind seeing <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Performing_Arts/Opera/">opera</a> die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anarchronism, almost the equivalent of smoking" <p> "Television is <a href="http://www.lescale.ibcinc.on.ca/enw/eae2a/bubble.htm">bubble-gum</a> for the mind"<br />(This one has also been recorded as "Television is bubble-gum for the eyes") </p><p> "If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the <a href="http://www.tvterminator.com/">push-button finger"</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tvterminator.com/"><br /></a></p><p>__________________________________________________</p><h3>On God and Nature</h3> <p> "I believe in God, only I spell it Nature" </p><p> "Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you" </p><p> "God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has been said often by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And, I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see. If we wish to know the truth concerning anything, we'll find it in the nature of that thing" </p><p> "Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain"<br /></p><p>__________________________________________________</p><h3>On <a href="http://www.farmdirect.com/vendors/pepperworld/splash-2.0.html">pepper</a></h3> <p> "Don't eat it. It will kill you before your time. Avoid it" </p><p>__________________________________________________</p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On himself</span></span> <p> "Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change" </p><p> "I feel coming on a strange disease -- humility"</p><p>__________________________________________________ </p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >On art and architecture</span> <p> "The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization" </p><p> "Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comforat, expressed in organic simplicity." </p><p> "Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun" </p><p> "Mechanization best serves mediocrity" </p><p> "No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built." </p><p> "Classicism is a mask and does not reflect transition. How can such a static expression allow interpretation of human life as we know it? A fire house should not resemble a French Chateau, a bank a Greek temple and a university a Gothic Cathedral. All of the <i>ism</i> are imposition on life itself by way of previous education." </p><p> "Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground." </p><p> "A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart." </p><p> "Less is only more where more is no good" </p><p> "Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art" </p><p> "Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now." </p><p> "The room within is the great fact about the building" </p><p> "Form follows function-that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union" </p><p> "Every great architect is -- necessarily -- a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age" </p><p> The architect must be a prophet . . . a prophet in the true sense of the term . . . if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect" </p><p> "An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site" </p><p> "Consider everything in the nature of a hanging fixture a weakness, and naked radiators an abomination" </p><p> <i>The following quote could perhaps been woven into an introduction to <a href="http://rhf.bradley.edu/%7Etron/morn.html">Star Trek</a> :</i><br />"Space. The continual becoming: invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and to which they must pass. Beyond time or infinity" </p><p> "The space within becomes the reality of the building" </p><p> "Space is the breath of art" </p><p> "True ornament is not a matter of prettifying externals. It is organic with the structure it adorns, whether a person, a building, or a park. At its best it is an emphasis of structure, a realization in graceful terms of the nature of that which is ornamented" </p><p> "A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines" </p>__________________________________________________<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On other architects</span></span> <p> "All I learned from <a href="http://orathost.cfa.ilstu.edu/students/pcfare/interior/int3.html">Eliel Saarinen</a> was how to make out an expense account" (said after he returned from a South American trip with Saarinen)" </p><p> "Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll go write four books about it" about <a href="http://studwww.rug.ac.be/%7Ejvervoor/architects/corbusier/index.html">Le Corbusier</a> </p><p> "He exposes all the function on the top and puts the form below. It's as if you were to wear your entrails on top of your head." (about un-named well known architect of his day) </p>__________________________________________________<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On government and other institutions</span></span> <p> "Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic" </p><p> "A free America, democratic in the sense that our forefathers intended it to be, means just this: <i>individual</i> freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it." </p><p> "Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy." </p><p> "Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture." </p><p> "We should have a system of economics that is structure, that is organic tools. We do not have it. We are all hanging by our eyebrows from skyhooks economically, just as we are architecturally" </p><p> "A vital difference between the professional man and a man of business is that money making to the professional man should, by virtue of his assumption, be incidental; to the business man it is primary. Money has its limitations; while it may buy quantity, there is something beyond it and that is quality" </p><p> "I believe totally in a <a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/%7Eshadab/">Capitalist</a> System, I only wish that someone would try it" </p><p> "Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like <a href="http://www.library.nwu.edu/publications/cookbook/desserts/custard.html">custard pies</a>; you can't nail them to a wall" </p><p>" <a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a> takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes" </p><p>__________________________________________________</p><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >On his buildings and his own work</span> <p>"I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture." (1931) </p><p> "Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves" </p><p> "The one on my board right now" - What FLW said when asked which of his buildings was the most beautiful </p><p> "Move the chair" - Wright's response to a client who phoned him to complain of rain leaking through the roof of the <a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw_wi.html#wingspread">house</a> onto the dining table.<br /></p><p>__________________________________________________</p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">On cities</span></span><br /><br /> "It [New York City] is a great monument to the power of money and greed. . .a race for rent " <p> "Tip the world on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles" </p><p> "Eventually, I think <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Illinois/Cities/Chicago/">Chicago</a> will be the most beautiful great city left in the world" (1939) </p><p> "Abandon it." -- Frank Lloyd Wright, on being asked how he would go about improving <a href="http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/Pennsylvania/Cities/Pittsburgh/">Pittsburgh <br /></a></p>__________________________________________________<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">More quotes </span></span><br /><br />"'Think simple'" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles." <p> "Get the habit of analysis- analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind." </p><h3>Other relevant quotes (not by Frank Lloyd Wright)</h3> "If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, the first woodpecker would destroy civilization" (<a href="http://www.jeremyweinberg.com/">Weinberg</a>'s Law) <p> "There are two things wrong with a Frank Lloyd Wright house. People will hardly let you get one built and will hardly let you live in it when it's done." - client <a href="http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1469/flw_mi.html#affleck">Gregor Affleck</a> </p><p> </p>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-67630041398897559152009-05-28T22:20:00.001+08:002009-05-28T22:23:38.465+08:00A guide to good school designHampshire County Council has six simple rules that have kept it at the forefront of school design, says Rory Olcayto<br /><br /><p>‘Good design must be “up front” to popularise the whole idea of building. It cannot be something that is taken for granted. Much more, it needs to be the visible shop window of an enlightened local authority, something that it can take pride in and perhaps in its more confident moments even boast about. It should infiltrate the visual standards of everything from signwriting and graphics to interior design, and a good deal inbetween. It should not be restricted to buildings, but should include spaces and environments generally, involving at the same time collaborations with artists and sculptors.’</p><p>This simple philosophy, which links good design to good local governance, was outlined by Hampshire County Council’s legendary head architect and 1991 RIBA Gold Medal winner Colin Stansfield Smith in Hampshire Architecture: 1974-1984, a book he edited in 1985. Nearly a quarter of a century has passed and Smith has long since retired from the architecture department to which he brought global acclaim with the schools he designed.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, a new generation of county architects, under the tutelage of Bob Wallbridge and Alec Gillies, Hampshire’s joint heads of architecture, now adhere to the same philosophy, keeping it at the forefront of British school design. Two of Hampshire’s recent schemes, Lee-on-the-Solent Infant School and Pinewood Infant School featured in CABE’s primary school case study document published last month, and Pinewood picked up a RIBA Award last year.</p><p>Here, Wallbridge and Gillies provide a basic guide to the principles that underpin Hampshire’s approach to good school design: Place, Learning, Movement, Community, Environment and Tangibility.</p><p><br /></p><div class="factfile"><h2>Rule 1: Place</h2><p>The success of a project lies in how well it engages with its setting. There must be a sense of belonging, but there must also be delight. For Pinewood Infant School in Farnborough, we created a tranquil courtyard as an oasis among existing trees.</p></div><div class="factfile"><h2>Rule 2: Learning</h2><p>We design flexible learning environments with input from educationalists in pedagogy linked to space planning and use. Many of our schools open on to sheltered outdoor spaces, such as Lanterns Children’s Centre, Winchester (<em>pictured</em>), and Old Basing Infant School, Basingstoke (<em>also pictured</em>).</p><p><br /></p><div class="factfile"><h2>Rule 3: Community</h2><p>We try to place schools, such as PinewoodInfant School (<em>pictured</em>), at the heart of a community, where it can be used by the neighbourhood. In our role as landowner, we have the opportunity to develop schools that integrate into the urban setting. In this way, we can promote the co-location of services and a sense of community cohesion.</p><p><br /></p></div><h2>Rule 4: Movement</h2>The spatial strategy of locating a school should be born out of the necessity to control movement. Inclusiveness and control have to be reconciled, while keeping the protection of pupils in mind.<br /><br /><div class="factfile"><h2>Rule 5: Environment</h2><p>We value existing structures. For Burnham Copse Primary School (<em>pictured</em>), Basingstoke, walkways were added to allow first-floor access and to shade classrooms. Whiteley Primary School (<em>pictured</em>), Fareham, typifies our use of monopitch sections to cross-ventilate classrooms and let in light.</p><p><br /></p></div><div class="factfile"><h2>Rule 6: Tangibility</h2><p>Both internally and externally, the layout of the building and its wider site, the materials used and the displays of children’s work all contribute to the educational experience.</p></div><br /></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-70238122860919268072009-05-28T20:08:00.004+08:002009-05-28T20:48:53.028+08:00Sustainable Parking at Santa Monica<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sustainable Parking Structure Will Have Santa Monica Motorists Seeing Green</span></span> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="story" --> <p>By Jorge Casuso</p> <p><em>March 28</em> -- Hoping to make history, Monica City officials unveiled what is likely the nation’s first sustainable solar-powered parking structure Tuesday.</p> <p>The six-story, 882-space structure at the Civic Center features photovoltaic roof panels, a storm drain water treatment system, recycled construction materials and energy efficient mechanical systems.</p> <p>The $29 million structure -- which sits near the entrance and</p><p> exit ramps at the end of the 10 Freeway -- also features ground-floor retail, art works on every floor and sweeping city and ocean views.</p> <p style="text-align: center;">“From the Santa Monica Mountains to Catalina Island, these parking spaces have the best view in town,” Council memebr Kevin McKeown told the crowd gathered on the top floor, as a cold wind swept in from the white-capped ocean a few blocks away.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh5_7n5Lf7I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/_NM45GNIO_s/s1600-h/03-28-07-GreenGarage.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh5_7n5Lf7I/AAAAAAAAAQ4/_NM45GNIO_s/s400/03-28-07-GreenGarage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340846870405808050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh5_7hNqeMI/AAAAAAAAARA/x0flmWZFOBQ/s1600-h/a.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 385px; height: 316px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh5_7hNqeMI/AAAAAAAAARA/x0flmWZFOBQ/s400/a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340846868612675778" border="0" /></a></p>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-85397070619796742452009-05-28T19:53:00.002+08:002009-05-28T20:08:05.777+08:00Green Building Basics<h2><a name="What">What</a> Makes a Building Green?</h2> <p>A green building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner. Green buildings are designed to meet certain objectives such as protecting occupant health; improving employee productivity; using energy, water, and other resources more efficiently; and reducing the overall impact to the environment.</p> <h2>What Are the Economic <a name="Benefits">Benefits</a> of Green Buildings?</h2> <p>A green building may cost more up front, but saves through lower operating costs over the life of the building. The green building approach applies a project life cycle cost analysis for determining the appropriate up-front expenditure. This analytical method calculates costs over the useful life of the asset. </p> <p>These and other cost savings can only be fully realized when they are incorporated at the project's conceptual design phase with the assistance of an integrated team of professionals. The integrated systems approach ensures that the building is designed as one system rather than a collection of stand-alone systems. </p> <p>Some benefits, such as improving occupant health, comfort, productivity, reducing pollution and landfill waste are not easily quantified. Consequently, they are not adequately considered in cost analysis. For this reason, consider setting aside a small portion of the building budget to cover differential costs associated with less tangible green building benefits or to cover the cost of researching and analyzing green building options.</p> <p>Even with a tight budget, many green building measures can be incorporated with minimal or zero increased up-front costs and they can yield enormous <a name="savings">savings</a> <a href="http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/Basics.htm#News">(Environmental Building News, 1999)</a>.</p>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-52608156325111776882009-05-28T19:27:00.007+08:002009-05-28T19:46:49.627+08:00Your Brain on Architecture<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >This Is Your Brain on Architecture </span><br /><br /><cite><span class="by">BY</span> <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/user/michael-cannell" title="View user profile.">Michael Cannell</a></cite><span class="timestamp">Fri May </span><span class="timestamp">8, 2009 at 10:08 A</span><span class="timestamp">M</span> <div id="article-top-wrapper"> <div id="article-deck"> Neuroscientists are uncovering how the design of your home or office can make you smarter, faster, happier. Is brain science the next big design trend? </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p> In the 1950s Jonas Salk was working on a cure for polio in the basement of a Pittsburgh laboratory. Stymied and discouraged, he went to Assisi, Italy and wandered around a 13rd-century monastery. There, among the cloisters, he felt his mind unwind. Fresh lines of pursuit came to him, including the breakthrough that led to the vaccine.<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh53QrkCxbI/AAAAAAAAAQA/ov2dwlhjcqA/s1600-h/3508021443_b0544e8ed7.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh53QrkCxbI/AAAAAAAAAQA/ov2dwlhjcqA/s400/3508021443_b0544e8ed7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340837336563500466" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Salk was convinced that the monastery had influenced his mind. So convinced, in fact, that he solicited the architect Louis Kahn to design the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, in hopes that other scientists might benefit from serene surroundings.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh53j3b-YGI/AAAAAAAAAQI/V1BAA0iMHPU/s1600-h/3509688929_32040b2b74.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 295px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh53j3b-YGI/AAAAAAAAAQI/V1BAA0iMHPU/s400/3509688929_32040b2b74.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340837666168397922" border="0" /></a></p><p> Sixty years later Salk's hunch is now backed up by empirical evidence as new research in neuroscience hints at how our surroundings affect feelings and behavior. In the current issue of <em><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=building-around-the-mind" rel="nofollow">Scientific American Mind</a></em>, <a href="http://us.macmillan.com/author/emilyanthes" rel="nofollow">Emily Anthes</a> describes how ceiling height, colors and other design factors influence attention and creativity. Scientists are just beginning to address these questions, in part by studying changes in brain activity as subjects make their way through virtual reality rooms. </p> <p> The neuroscience of design is still in its infancy, but it has its own organization, <a href="http://www.anfarch.org/" rel="nofollow">The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture</a> in San Diego, and some architecture schools now include some basic neuroscience in their curriculum. Are we on the verge of a new field of emotionally intelligent design? Here are few early findings: </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh53kN5CddI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/OmmZ5bGmBy4/s1600-h/3509724543_da7761f6bd.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh53kN5CddI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/OmmZ5bGmBy4/s400/3509724543_da7761f6bd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340837672195880402" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">A study by neuroscientists at <a href="http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp" rel="nofollow">Harvard Medical School</a> found that faced with photographs of everyday objects--sofas, watches, etc.--subjects instinctively preferred items with rounded edges over those with sharp angles. Mose Bar, a neuroscientist, speculates that our brains are hard-wired to avoid sharp angles because we read them as dangerous. He used a brain scan for a similar study and found that the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala" rel="nofollow">amygdala</a>, a portion of the brain that registers fear, was more active when people looked at sharp-edged objects.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh54Dya35_I/AAAAAAAAAQY/GN5T5jEE3Ss/s1600-h/3510540322_8486803d94.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 289px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh54Dya35_I/AAAAAAAAAQY/GN5T5jEE3Ss/s400/3510540322_8486803d94.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340838214577416178" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">A study published earlier this year in the journal <em><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/" rel="nofollow">Science</a></em> found that we remember words and other details better when surrounded by red, and that we're more creative and imaginative in the presence of blue. So if your staff is, say, proofreading or debriefing they're better off in a red room. But if they're brainstorming ideas for a new marketing campaign, blue is the color.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh54TyvsbjI/AAAAAAAAAQg/TtKi99OZvX0/s1600-h/3510549688_c2c350eebf.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 285px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh54TyvsbjI/AAAAAAAAAQg/TtKi99OZvX0/s400/3510549688_c2c350eebf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340838489542651442" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">A study published earlier this year in the journal <em><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/" rel="nofollow">Science</a></em> found that we remember words and other details better when surrounded by red, and that we're more creative and imaginative in the presence of blue. So if your staff is, say, proofreading or debriefing they're better off in a red room. But if they're brainstorming ideas for a new marketing campaign, blue is the color.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh54lGCmPkI/AAAAAAAAAQo/yIJuG6eeniw/s1600-h/3510558652_540816669a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 212px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh54lGCmPkI/AAAAAAAAAQo/yIJuG6eeniw/s400/3510558652_540816669a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340838786779987522" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/michael-cannell/cannell/%5Bhttp://www.csom.umn.edu/Page6269.aspx%5D" rel="nofollow">Joan Meyers-Levy</a>, a professor at the Carlson School of Management has found that <a href="http://www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/assets/71190.pdf" rel="nofollow">ceiling height</a> also affects brain function. High-ceilinged rooms encourage you to think more freely and abstractly, she reported, and low-ceilinged rooms leads to more attention to detail. "If you're in the operating room, maybe a low ceiling is better," she <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=building-around-the-mind&page=2" rel="nofollow">said</a>. "You want the surgeon getting the details right."<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh55E2dgR2I/AAAAAAAAAQw/QMIzdpanm5s/s1600-h/3509670301_b0a6980478.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 226px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh55E2dgR2I/AAAAAAAAAQw/QMIzdpanm5s/s400/3509670301_b0a6980478.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340839332353689442" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Are we hard-wired to dislike minimal interiors? A joint study by MIT and the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health suggests that clutter increases the "memorability" of a room and establishes a reassuring sense of place. In other words, a generous scattering of objects generates a fondness for the place.</p>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-34847866005805246322009-05-28T01:15:00.003+08:002009-05-28T19:29:44.630+08:00Aspiring Architects to be from University of San Carlos<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh123-2pd6I/AAAAAAAAAP4/9T4IgOfnoNc/s1600-h/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh123-2pd6I/AAAAAAAAAP4/9T4IgOfnoNc/s400/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340555437268367266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">i miss all my batchmates..</span><br />and i will miss them more :[<br /><br />we are the architecture students of<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">University of San Carlos-College of Architecture and Fine Arts</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">since 2004</span>.<br /><br />we were together since our first<br />and adjustment years.<br />the torture, taste of failures<br />and sleepless nights.<br />the taste of bad critics by beloved professors.<br /><br />we've been through it all,<br />and now, we all fade...vanish,,,<br />juz like a wind and separate ourselves<br />from each other.<br />feeling sad , hoping when can<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">we be united again?</span><br /><br />we are now in our own path of tomorrow.<br />seeking for success and more success in life,<br />bringing within us<br />our unforgettable memories<br />in archi life @ USC :[<br /><br />(and im gonna cry now )<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh11rU3PcKI/AAAAAAAAAPw/PCvYXEb_2xg/s1600-h/Untitled-1.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh11rU3PcKI/AAAAAAAAAPw/PCvYXEb_2xg/s400/Untitled-1.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340554120326508706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-34167750983655180392009-05-26T22:49:00.012+08:002009-05-27T20:48:21.996+08:00My T-Shirt Designs<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh0NhULp4HI/AAAAAAAAAOw/hky-s5SHMLM/s1600-h/nfidesigns.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh0NhULp4HI/AAAAAAAAAOw/hky-s5SHMLM/s400/nfidesigns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340439599135711346" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />Hi bloggers~<br />good day!!<br />...<br />.......<br />................<br />This <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">summer</span>, I've started<br />making <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tshirt</span> designs.<br />my designs are simple.<br />i keep it <span style="font-style: italic;">minimal but beautiful.</span><br /><br />below are sample photos of it.<br />more from my designs at---> <a href="http://nifnif.deviantart.com/">www.nifnif.deviantart.com</a><br /><br />P.S.<br />All I'm asking for is please<br />no stealing,<br />there's a thing called<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"ASKING PERMISSION"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">~~ thank you :)) ~~</span><br /><br />--------------------------------------------<br /><br />--------------------------------------<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Click Images for Larger view<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB7ll02cI/AAAAAAAAAOg/zsSU1pNLgMA/s1600-h/Untitled-1+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 106px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB7ll02cI/AAAAAAAAAOg/zsSU1pNLgMA/s400/Untitled-1+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340145381369240002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB7YibuII/AAAAAAAAAOY/ZwYfCTd2bCg/s1600-h/surfing+design.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 109px; height: 105px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB7YibuII/AAAAAAAAAOY/ZwYfCTd2bCg/s400/surfing+design.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340145377865349250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB7EzFx4I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/zyXpGs7Bq4Y/s1600-h/tshirt+with+back+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 104px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB7EzFx4I/AAAAAAAAAOQ/zyXpGs7Bq4Y/s400/tshirt+with+back+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340145372566505346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB6-Mt22I/AAAAAAAAAOI/sq6c7cqAbpA/s1600-h/artist+shirt+design.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 102px; height: 102px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB6-Mt22I/AAAAAAAAAOI/sq6c7cqAbpA/s400/artist+shirt+design.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340145370794941282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00Vo82ucI/AAAAAAAAAO4/pyf9Z5P5l6Y/s1600-h/architectureorange.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 102px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00Vo82ucI/AAAAAAAAAO4/pyf9Z5P5l6Y/s400/architectureorange.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340482279505836482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB6z1qYJI/AAAAAAAAAOA/-2eAO8lmDh4/s1600-h/green+arch.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 203px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwB6z1qYJI/AAAAAAAAAOA/-2eAO8lmDh4/s400/green+arch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340145368013889682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00eFNMmAI/AAAAAAAAAPo/6njeLH51yc4/s1600-h/psycho.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 105px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00eFNMmAI/AAAAAAAAAPo/6njeLH51yc4/s400/psycho.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340482424529524738" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00WMOusPI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/5S_wojZnbYY/s1600-h/human.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 105px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00WMOusPI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/5S_wojZnbYY/s400/human.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340482288976048370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00WWRCB3I/AAAAAAAAAPY/Uqxtg9XaVts/s1600-h/swirl.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 105px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00WWRCB3I/AAAAAAAAAPY/Uqxtg9XaVts/s400/swirl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340482291670058866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00V7TiTaI/AAAAAAAAAPA/RHcNivoJznM/s1600-h/air.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 102px; height: 102px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00V7TiTaI/AAAAAAAAAPA/RHcNivoJznM/s400/air.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340482284432805282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00d6qmkoI/AAAAAAAAAPg/D0Pgek5BaTc/s1600-h/vector+purple+shirt.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 105px; height: 100px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00d6qmkoI/AAAAAAAAAPg/D0Pgek5BaTc/s400/vector+purple+shirt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340482421700072066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00V4Ay9wI/AAAAAAAAAPI/9dxyPCHScSI/s1600-h/awooo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 101px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sh00V4Ay9wI/AAAAAAAAAPI/9dxyPCHScSI/s400/awooo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340482283548899074" border="0" /></a><br /><br />--------------------------------------<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Click Images for Larger view</span><br /></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-11280929167759159272009-05-17T02:09:00.007+08:002009-05-28T19:30:34.352+08:00Architectural PresentationsThe main source of the presentations posted below are:<br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.deviantart.com/">deviant art architectural presentations</a><br />2. <a href="http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=architectural+presentation&vc=&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fp_ip=PH">yahoo architectural images</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">-1-<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8B30IXI4I/AAAAAAAAANQ/-P-3yxF9iQI/s1600-h/Steel_comp_Boards_by_Missionaryrdr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 428px; height: 107px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8B30IXI4I/AAAAAAAAANQ/-P-3yxF9iQI/s400/Steel_comp_Boards_by_Missionaryrdr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336486141855474562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8EqfsHsrI/AAAAAAAAANg/t_rALWJ1OGA/s1600-h/Multi_use_mid_rise_design_by_Missionaryrdr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 427px; height: 105px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8EqfsHsrI/AAAAAAAAANg/t_rALWJ1OGA/s400/Multi_use_mid_rise_design_by_Missionaryrdr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336489211564896946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" >click image to view larger</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Programs used:<br />Viz<br />AutoCAD<br />Photoshop<br /><br /><br />-2-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8DcDyyj5I/AAAAAAAAANY/PooDzKfUoiQ/s1600-h/concept_presentation_by_irinax.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 157px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8DcDyyj5I/AAAAAAAAANY/PooDzKfUoiQ/s400/concept_presentation_by_irinax.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336487864046882706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" >click image to view larger</span><br /><br />This is an example of a concept presentation<br /><br /><br />-3-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8HLDPwrsI/AAAAAAAAANo/0E6f8_HtYB8/s1600-h/Balance_by_p_mac.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 367px; height: 245px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8HLDPwrsI/AAAAAAAAANo/0E6f8_HtYB8/s400/Balance_by_p_mac.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336491969888693954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" >click image to view larger<br /><br /></span>Nature. Mankind.<br />It is adamant that the two must co-exist in perfect harmony…<br /><br />Earth, Fire, Wind, Water.<br />The artist has envisioned a structure that<br />would have the potential to bring man and nature together.<br />A structure capable of erasing the boundaries between man and nature…<br /><br /><br />To engender a feeling of contemplation prior to and at the destination…<br /><br /><br />To establish a connection between man and nature within the confines of the structure…<br /><br /><br /><br />-4-<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8JqrhSHNI/AAAAAAAAANw/FBjNAOrXz9M/s1600-h/Sitooterie_Contest_1st_Place_by_ArchiByte.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg8JqrhSHNI/AAAAAAAAANw/FBjNAOrXz9M/s400/Sitooterie_Contest_1st_Place_by_ArchiByte.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336494712298806482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:85%;" >click image to view larger<br /><br /></span>An extremely well presented clear design using raw and practical materials. Careful consideration of the environment to respect and integrate with this desert setting.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[Paul Grayshon- Director of Smith and Smalley Architects Ltd., formerly of Grimshaws, Hopkins and Chetwoods.]</span><br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />I must say that I like to see the solar panel for the iPod but, it could be more integrated on the structure. It somehow makes me think about it, do you need music to enjoy the landscape? Will you truly enjoy the landscape or the music you are listening? About the materials, may I say that is metal panels, metal is an extremely good conductor of heat and you place that on the desert…even creating shadows it will become like hell to be. I like the location on the top of the hill, but the sitooterie contest is also how adapt your structure to the ground itself, you use pilotis, turning the relation with the earth into nothing. I can see that the ground structure is very different from the rest, why… not continue with wood it would be twice good for the project, better material with less conduction of heat and visually a better composition. Instead of watching Glenn Murcutt’s works you should have checked who really understands the place for it’s qualities, I’m talking of Alvaro Siza, if you can check the Leça da Palmeira pools and the Tea House also in Leça da Palmeira in Portugal. Good presentation, simple and objective.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[Alexandre da Luz Mendes, ~<a class="u" href="http://sleurope.deviantart.com/">sleurope</a> of *<a class="u" href="http://archiffect.deviantart.com/">archiffect</a>- ’the’ architectural photography group on DeviantArt.com ]</span><br /><br />---------------------<br /><br />I like the concept of no waste and certainly desert organisms have to be very frugal with the resources available to them.<br />I think that you would need a lot more shade and that the opening would potentially be smaller.<br />Where’s the occupant, how is it used?????<br />Definitely the most thought through idea.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[Jason Bruges- of Jason Bruges Studio (www.jasonbruges.com) Previously working for Fosters & Partners, Jason’s recent work includes an installation at The Puerta America Hotel in Madrid.]<br /><br /></span>---------------------<br /><br />Designed for extreme conditions with attention passive heat control and water storage, particularly enjoyed the rammed earth walls as means to regulate heat. The shelter would be a welcome retreat in such a hostile environment. The only reservation I have with the design, is that it is not clear how one would get there, by car or on foot. How far is civilisation from this perch? In a hostile environment such as the desert, it would have to be near or accessible by road, which would undoubtedly influence the design considerably.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[<sup>Jane McAllister- Design tutor, Oxford Brookes University and London Westminster College.]<br /><br /></sup></span>---------------------<br /><br />A place for nomads to rest; beautifully constructed of local materials and represented in context in such a way that I can hear the warm desert wind whispering through the shutters. I love the concept of this space, and enjoy the efforts to create a self-contained beach-hut for the desert. The rammed earth wall is an extension of desert into the living space, and the shanty-like qualities of the corrugated iron give the project place in the harsh environment of the Australian desert.<br />On a pragmatic, environmental level, I am not sure that the rainwater collection provisions will provide sufficient water for the dehydrated explorer, or that the building will not heat up greatly under the desert sun. Maybe a wind powered well would have added movement and a more reliable source of fresh water to the design?<br />An enjoyable project, nonetheless, that is well represented and thought-out.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">[<sup>Toby Shew- Design tutor, Oxford Brookes & former RIBA Silver Award nominee.]</sup></span></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-1749950817178313472009-05-17T00:57:00.002+08:002009-05-28T19:30:49.665+08:00World Builder<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3365942&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3365942&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/3365942">World Builder</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1349603">Bruce Branit</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-12007834883458176382009-05-16T21:02:00.011+08:002009-05-28T19:31:20.246+08:00ECODesign<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Sustainable</span> design a.k.a <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;">ECODESIGN</span> is the philosophy of designing physical objects, the built environment and services to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability.<br /><br />The intention of sustainable design is to "eliminate negative environmental impact completely through skillful, sensitive design"[1]. Manifestations of sustainable designs require no non-renewable resources, impact on the environment minimally, and relate people with the natural environment.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg6-p11aDHI/AAAAAAAAANE/vYECwEF6p4k/s1600-h/anschema1024.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 228px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sg6-p11aDHI/AAAAAAAAANE/vYECwEF6p4k/s400/anschema1024.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336412234515614834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:180%;">1.</span> Solar Panels for electricity.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">2.</span> Thermo Block protection walls, roofs and floors are fire<br />earthquake, hurricane and water resistant and<br />terminate proof. The revolutionary process and<br />material will change the way we live and save massive labor<br />and material cost.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">3.</span> Electrolyzer splits water and makes oxygen, hydrogen<br />and distilled water.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">4.</span> NU Preserve which is a revolutionary natural preservative<br />used in paint helps prevent rust, mold and fungus.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">5.</span> The Graywater System will use micro terrain ecology<br />to maintain the preferred condition. Graywater uses<br />bathwater and washwater to grow edible food,<br />plants and herbs. Greywater is then pumped to the<br />toilet for flushing and ultimately sent to the Blackwater<br />Botanical System.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">6.</span> Natural Purification system(plants, fruits, trees, banana leaves).<br />Banana leaves have been known to clear airborne carpet fibers from<br />the air, giving the occupants beautiful oxygen to breathe.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">7.</span> Blackwater Botanical System uses a rubberized cell to contain<br />toilet water used to grow non-edible flowers and plants.<br />In this fourth and final cycle all of the retreats waste is filtered<br />processed and re-used.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">8.</span> Water Cistern - Harvesting rain from the sky 4 times with<br />the state of the art filtering system. A 10,000 gallon cistern<br />would equal 40,000 gallons as it cycles its way through the<br />shower sink , greywater, rainforest cell then flush to the black<br />water rainforest cell. At the end of the cycle nothing is left for<br />septic or sewage. Trully Guilt Free Living.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">9.</span> The passive solar double greenhouse admits the sun<br />and buffers extreme summer heat or extreme winter cold<br />from entering living spaces. For example if outside temp is -10 deg<br />1st barrier blackwater green house is 38-40 deg, 2nd barrier<br />grey water greenhouse is 62-64 deg, 3rd barrier living space is 68-70 deg<br />with no heat on in the building. And the state of the art Convention Roof<br />Vents take out extreme heat in the summer.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">10.</span> Wind Turbine for electrical power,<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">11.</span> energy pod contains Bio-fuel/ Hy-Fuel generator backup and a<br />plastic alkaline fuel cell that is 5kw. Hy-fuel is a hydrogen and<br />Biio-fuel mix which creates a highly efficient clean fuel. The Energy pod<br />contains Solar-Wind-Hydrogen-Biofuel-Hy Pane-Fuel Cells.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">12.</span> Air products Hydrogen fuel station using free range organic hydrogen<br />to fuel cars.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">13.</span> Solar engine makes heat to drive a motor, generate electricity,<br />make hot water and make a lot of hydrogen.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">14.</span> Car, truck , bus & hydrogen retrofit; it takes 4 hours to retrofit<br />a gas vehicle. HydroGene(559)907.7623<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">15.</span> Hydrogen storage well will act like a battery system storing free<br />range hydrogen for cooking, cooling, heating and to fuel cars.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">16.</span> HyPane propane hydrogen blend that makes gas cleaner, more<br />effiecient and cheaper to operate.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">17.</span> DNA Vortex wind turbine produces electricity and hydrogen.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">18.</span> Home Gasifier will turn garbage into hydrogen and electricity.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">19.</span> Vortex water falls for energizing and oxidate restructive water.<br /></div></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-71294727610717427722009-05-14T18:57:00.007+08:002009-05-28T19:32:11.748+08:00The Unusuals<div style="text-align: center;">i think i have been to this island in my dreams nyahaha.<br /><br />i just don't know for real where in the world is this :O<br /><br />but, it's really unusual...and awesome too :P<br /><br />|<br />|<br />|<br />v<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sgv5Nmal4pI/AAAAAAAAAJs/S-EbtNDpc38/s1600-h/5256862_d4289162c1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 331px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sgv5Nmal4pI/AAAAAAAAAJs/S-EbtNDpc38/s400/5256862_d4289162c1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335632195596182162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />here's some more...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sgv6cRvj3-I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/tUcjBaddey0/s1600-h/5256796_c001e08245.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/Sgv6cRvj3-I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/tUcjBaddey0/s400/5256796_c001e08245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335633547256651746" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-5524656751406978412009-05-13T16:53:00.005+08:002009-05-26T22:49:13.889+08:00Gelatissimo @ The Singapore Flyer<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqLjhwvUuI/AAAAAAAAAJc/jZJAXyMf_Nw/s1600-h/fs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqLjhwvUuI/AAAAAAAAAJc/jZJAXyMf_Nw/s400/fs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335230151048254178" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Gelatissimo</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;">30 Raffles Avenue</strong></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;"><br />Singapore Flyer #01-14</strong></span> <span style="font-size:100%;"><strong style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;"><br />Singapore</strong></span> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqMaXvSCRI/AAAAAAAAAJk/MG6l9-s6Ly4/s1600-h/1799.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqMaXvSCRI/AAAAAAAAAJk/MG6l9-s6Ly4/s400/1799.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335231093250590994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />NOW in Philippines!!!<br />|<br />|<br />|<br />v<br />Ayala Terraces, Cebu City :]<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwAgJS3pTI/AAAAAAAAAN4/AqN09B1zwkY/s1600-h/DSC03981+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 336px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/ShwAgJS3pTI/AAAAAAAAAN4/AqN09B1zwkY/s400/DSC03981+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340143810405442866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />so far, i tried tiramisu and choco mint.<br />tiramisu was great..<br />choco mint is fine but not suitable<br />as an ice cream flavor..<br />next time i wanna try strawberry.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">PRICE:</span><br />-95.00 Php for 1 scoop-<br />or<br />-3.00 SGD for 1 scoop-<br /></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3800456093588028734.post-3101941170812806282009-05-13T16:39:00.005+08:002009-05-13T16:48:00.870+08:00Zaha Hadid & projects<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >Zaha Hadid was born October 31, 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" > She received a degree in mathematics </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" >from the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_University_of_Beirut" title="American University of Beirut">American University of Beirut</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" > before moving to study at the </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_Association_School_of_Architecture" title="Architectural Association School of Architecture">Architectural Association School of Architecture</a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" > in London</span></span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">She is currently Professor at the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Applied_Arts_Vienna" title="University of Applied Arts Vienna">University of Applied Arts Vienna</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> in Austria.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In 2006, Hadid was honored with a retrospective spanning her entire work at the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guggenheim_Museum_in_New_York" title="Guggenheim Museum in New York" class="mw-redirect">Guggenheim Museum in New York</a><span style="font-family:arial;">. </span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Some of her projects:(not yet established)</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Model</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This model of the forthcoming Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre is probably the most spectacular of all the models in the show. Architecturally the project - which was announced earlier this year - marks a new direction for Hadid, with the building’s forms being variously described as resembling an internal organ or a pair of mating lizards.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqHUJuuMvI/AAAAAAAAAJM/9uSTvRxP9vE/s1600-h/img_0936.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqHUJuuMvI/AAAAAAAAAJM/9uSTvRxP9vE/s400/img_0936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335225488852792050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pavilion for Chanel<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This design for a mobile exhibition venue for fashion brand </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Chanel was launched in Venice last week during the </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Art Biennale opening weekend.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqHlWtok9I/AAAAAAAAAJU/HWll0rJeA5U/s1600-h/zha_chanel-pavilion_-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xGWnA4iQL4o/SgqHlWtok9I/AAAAAAAAAJU/HWll0rJeA5U/s400/zha_chanel-pavilion_-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335225784395666386" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Source:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaha_Hadid">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaha_Hadid</a><br /><a href="http://zahahadidblog.com/category/projects">http://zahahadidblog.com/category/projects</a><br /></div>Nifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12695044106048714247noreply@blogger.com7