Showing posts with label Looking Out. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Looking Out. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Horace Hou: Looking Out Week 12
This is the Curo Garden by Raumlabor in Brussels, Belgium. This seemingly randomly organised bunch of sticks allowed a group of people to work together to create a project. This project is interesting in that it allows an ex-industrious area of Brussels to redevelop and aims to reinterpret leftover spaces.
Horace Hou: Looking Out Week 10
This project is called the Reef Benches by Remy and Veenhuizen in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. The benches are created to look like sand dunes. The benches are installed in a high school and the organic forms of the benches allow a break from the monotony of traditional high school building designs.
Horace Hou: Looking Out Week 9
This is the Letterbox House by Rob McBride and Debbie-Lyn Ryan in Blairgowrie, Australia. The building is very porous, some part are exposed to the elements whilst others are completely enclosed. The different coloured woods emphasise these different qualities of the house. The brown emphasise more spaces that are enclosed while the darker wood represents the areas that are open to the environment.
Horace Hou: Looking Out Week 8
This is the Guiro Art Bar by the Absolut Art Bureau in Miami, FL. This simple waffle structure allows for interesting lighting conditions in the evening. The structure of the waffle system is strong and can be seen in many different projects such as the Metropol Parasol in Spain and our IDM project from the previous year. The simple round shape allows it to stand out as a pavilion that people can approach and the location in Miami allows the waffle to exist as the weather is generally really nice and sunny thus there is no need for protection from the weather.
Horace Hou: Looking Out Week 7
This is the Rolling Huts in Mazama, WA by OSKA Architects. These individualised pods allow hikers to stay in similar to our studio project brief. The wooden and metal structures create a simple structure that allows lots of natural light in and provides expansive views to the surroundings. The houses are raised above on stilts to allow clearance from snow a factor that our bathhouse has to factor in.
Horace Hou: Looking Out Week 6
This is a Starbucks that is designed by Kengo Kuma in Fukuoka, Japan. This design goes away from the traditional same look of chain restaurants and the architect uses influences from Japanese architecture to create an interesting interior for Starbucks. The store tries to match with its settings, set near a major Japanese shrine It is really interesting to see chain restaurants willing to create individuality with stores creating interesting looking stores.
Monday, May 5, 2014
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 16
Furniture by Pablo Reinoso
The crawling “tendrils” which make Reinoso’s
pieces so captivating, are crazier than just how they look. They are made
completely from hardwood. Metal you could bend and twist to create this, wood
does not work the same way. So creating these was probably not easy task, but
we can be glad he did. The way they seem to either intertwine or just take over
a room is simply amazing.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 15
Urban Adapter: Rocker Lange Architects
The bench was designed for the Hong Kong
Biennale in trying to understand “the concept of street furniture as a holistic
design problem.” This bench has the ability to change every time it is made and
one bench can create a variety of seating conditions.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 14
Spring Wood: Carolien Laro
The seats are designed to create a cushion completely
of wood. Each piece is created from about 500 machined cuts. Each one is
hand-crafted. It’s only a concept as of yet, but has the potential to become
something.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 13
Wooden Bicycle: Yojiro Oshima
Handcrafted bicycle made almost completely of wood.
The shape of the entire thing creates comfort and strength. The spokes are
specifically designed to absorb impact.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 12
Lucid Stead: Phillip K. Smith III (Joshua Tree,
California)
A modified, existing 70 year-old homesteader
shack, The mirrors were introduced to create a sense of transparency within the
desert. At night, the mirrors become windows which show the original wooden
frame of the structure.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 11
Home-made Houses photographed by “Old Chum” on
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How much more natural can it get?
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 10
M4 House: Architect Show Cobuilt (Japan)
Just a simple, elegant use of wood throughout a
small home.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 9
Tower Birding: Meinhard von Gerkan
On the edge of the Baltic sea, this tower has
been created mainly for the observation of the birds in the area, but because
of its location and height, it also creates a great view of the landscape. Its
intricate system of Siberian timber resembles the shape of a sitting bird.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 8
Sliding House: MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple
Architects (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
The interior of the home is timber. Like,
everything. Smoothed and varnished for a glossy, lasting look. The timber is to
emit beauty with the combination of the natural lighting and overlooked natural
views of the forest on one side and the ocean on the other.
William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 7
Urban Housing Project: 24H Architects (Nieuw
Leyden, Netherlands)
The façade is made of certified wood (I suppose
that’s better than uncertified?) and Corten steel. Where the wood peels back to
reveal the steel, is where the “canyon” is located within the home. This “canyon,”
which is present in all rooms, is where the home gets the most of its sunlight.
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