Singapore’s 26 storey EDITT Tower, designed by architects T R Hamzah & Yeang, is being created to rehabilitate an urban, non-organic site, classified as ‘zero-culture’ where the natural ecosystem has been completely devastated.
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What exists is a small fraction of what is possible" Inventiveness as a design method Inventiveness has, more often than not, characterized other disciplines than architecture. Often called visionary, architects that fully embraced this process have been segregated by the establishment to the peripheries of the discipline. Luckily, some have outshined the constraints of tradition and have changed how architecture manifests itself in the world. The lecture will follow the design process, which defines the spirit of our small studio. Bridging disciplines and ideas through the lens of inventiveness, we will move through different scales and spheres of action, virtual and built, through fiascos and half successes, frustrations and on going dives into the world of "what if?" David A. Garcia is a practicing architect, educator and researcher. Born in Barcelona and graduated from The Bartlett school of Architecture, David also holds a masters degree in art theory from the University of Barcelona. He has worked at Foster and Partners and is currently an associate at Henning Larsen Architects, Copenhagen. He is also principal and owner of David Garcia Studio, an experimental platform which tests new methods and processes at all scales. Collaborating with designers, artists and engineers, the studio works with an "open door" philosophy, where objectives and partnerships are established from project to project. He has exhibited his work in Barcelona, London and Copenhagen, as well as published in architectural journals. He is a visiting lecturer and teacher at the architectural school of Lund's Technical College, Sweden since 2002, and holds a teaching position at the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen since 2003. In 2007 he received a 3 year bursary grant from the Danish Art Council. His work spans through various scales, and from the social to the technical, often challenging the status quo through inventiveness and a cross-disciplinary approach, materialized through physical productions, with the use of digital and analogue processes.
DETAILS LOCATION: The Events Theatre, The Keyworth Centre, LSBU Keyworth Street, London, SE1 6NG DATE: Thursday 9 October 2008 START: 6.30 for 7.00 Free to all members of the public For further information please either check out the website http://www.lsbu-openseries.com
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By Rolando Guardiola, courtesy of JPG Magazine
I’ve always loved underwater photography. When you slip under you can capture the otherworldliness of weightlessness and silence. Shooting a body from the deep, looking up or down, bobbing on the water, capturing a person suspended in graceful positions can inspire a sense of introspection, beauty or peace. It can capture the innate connection we enjoy to the most important element we have. It can also capture our desire to leave gravity behind and to float of fly away. After all, we all came from watery environments as we bobbed weightless inside our Mother’s bellies!
As more and more people get on the digital wagon, traditional analog cameras are becoming cheaper and more readily available. I have lucked out with this giveaway with about ten people giving me their old cameras. But as specialized equipments go, underwater cameras are still keeping a relatively high price tag and require a lot of maintenance and care.
I kept thinking on how to “break the surface” and get underwater with a subject using one of the cameras given to me. I knew that whatever contraption I came up with to get to take underwater photos I had to come up with a way to control focus, lighting and frame advancement. I knew the camera would have to be small and preferably have the ability to capture wide-angle images. I had plenty of cameras to choose from but the only one complying with all of these parameters was the old Canon Sure Shot given to me by my stepfather. This camera has automatic film advancement, automatic focus and flash and you can choose two image formats: portrait or landscape. Perfect! I thought.
Next I needed to somehow protect the camera from water damage. My aim was to go under as far down as to be able to frame photos of a flowing body. I hoped that as long as I could sink with the camera for just a few feet I would be able to shoot without having leaks from water pressure. I remember looking at my camera and thinking what a dummy I would be if I would drown out my trusty Canon.
I thought of different possible enclosures with different materials, some of them very complicated and laughable. Then I thought: “solve it in the simplest way, put it in a plastic bag”. Well, in reality, the model for this came to me from a commercially available, water-proof camping bag I own. Simply, I got a one gallon ziplock bag, I put the camera in, took the air out of it, closed the bag, folded the slack about five times, bended the corners and secured everything with clothes pins. I know this jig looks a bit like a sandwich getting ready for a picnic but I tell you, it works!
I accompanied my wife Nora to one of her workouts at the public swimming pool and had her beautiful mermaid self swim around as I dove around and under her capturing her soft majesty. I actually went as deep as to about eight feet with no leaks. My biggest problem was that with all the excitement I forgot to breathe and had to fight to get to the surface for air! When I scanned the negatives I welcomed the diffusion effect from the bag, and all-in-all, my Canon survived to see another adventure. Now: On to the ocean with my beautiful Nora!
the colors of italy infiltrate through the pavilion at night
bicuadro architects have received third prize for their italian pavilion, which is to be presented at
expo shanghai 2010.
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Bulb planting beneath the Brunswick Centre
Location: Marchmont St, London
The Guerrilla Gardeners get asked to talk to all sorts of audiences about guerrilla gardening, (click here for more info). But this was their first that involved guerrilla gardening too. It was part of the Play course at The School of Life. Students brought spring bulbs which we planted in the bare soil beneath the renovated Brunswick Centre.
The Guerrilla Gardeners also experimented with a bit of seed bombing. Click here to learn how to make a seed bomb.
A seed bomb is for those hard to reach public spaces, the guerrilla gardener has a weapon: seedbombs. Richard Reynolds shows how to make them at home – and how to use them:
To watch the video go to The Guardian
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The day began bright and sunny, but it quickly became blustery.
Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall provided a brief insight of a post apocalyptic London! The current instalment “TH 2058” asked the question of what London would be like in an “incessant rain”.
Bunk beds fill the hall, as if it was some sort of World War Two air raid shelter. Books (many foreign) are scattered over the beds, and people lie about browsing them. This is a surreal experience, and one that I don’t at first understand.
A huge spider like creature towers above us, at first it is a bit spooky, but no one seems to be scared by it, and children play freely. Next to the “spider” a large red sci-fi frame also dominates the hall. At a glance one would assume it was made of steel, but on clser inspection it is actually some sort of plastic or foam!
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has definitely created something of real substance here – the instalment is an interesting and thought provoking experience, one that anyone should visit if they are passing by.
Outside the rain threatened on and off and the wind got stronger, heading towards Fleet Street I dived down a small alleyway: out of the bad weather. I was in a narrow passage, with dark brown walls and a lantern above me. A sign swung, creaking. This was the door to Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Public House, a pub that was rebuilt in 1667 after the great fire of London.
Inside the smell of a coal fire hung in the air. Sawdust scattered on the floor soaked up the water from people’s shoes. A man sat next to the fire, a jar of beer cradled in his hands. Ahhhh, this was cosy. Entering the bar that stated “gentlemen only at this bar” I felt like I was walking through a history book. The sound of laughter drifted by and everyone seemed content and warm: they knew they were avoiding the bad weather outside. Drinks ordered the cosy and interesting evening flew past…
the klein bottle house is located in rye, australia and designed by rob mcbride. the unusual home design
was inspired by its namesake: the klein bottle. this 19th century invention is used to describe a form
which has no distinguishable inside or outside.
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Record numbers of graduates are chasing fast-disappearing jobs in recession-struck practices. Will Henley lends an ear
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The husband and wife partnership of Jan Kaplicky and Amanda Levete, being dubbed as the parents of ‘blob architecture’, has for 20 years been considered revolutionary in the context of their firm, Future Systems.
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‘villa 1’ by powerhouse company is located in a forest in the netherlands. the contemporary home may look
very different from the country’s traditional windmills, but its plan is actually very similar.
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