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.

William Aldrich: Looking Out Week 6

Letterbox House: McBride Charles Ryan Architecture (Blairgowrie, Australia)

The wooden cut-out of the Southern façade is to resemble the waves of the ocean which it faces. The interior of this façade is made noticed by the bright red structure holding it up.

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Looking Out Week 6 - Charmaine Y

Baumraum is an architecture firm based in Germany which specializes in making customized tree houses based on clients' needs and site conditions.  The wood on the exterior makes the tree houses blend in with its surrounding nature and the interior wood helps frame the views of the natural woods outside.  The interior finishing of wood and the openings creates interesting lighting effects and gives off a warm, homey feeling.

Cy Kim: Looking Out Week 6

This work table is a collaboration between two French designers, Mathilde Roman and Pauline Androlous. Their approach was mostly driven by their desire to create a clutter free space that can induce creativity. The storage and organization spaces are refreshingly new and innovative. The table includes dowels of various sizes that hold or prop up various items, as well as a piece of elastic textile that is stretch on the underside of the table (that can store sheets of drawings or a laptop) then comes out and stretches over a void in the table (to hold tools and such). The joinery at the legs and the bracing of the table is quite unique in that it emulates the form of a twig. It is quite baffling how they managed to create a unique design from typical components and I want it.

Yasmeen Almuhanna: Looking Out week 6

A group of students were given the responsibility to design and build something that would enhance and reflect the forest within a ten-day timeframe.

 The course led students through the lifecycle of the trees in the forest, beginning with guided hikes and a tour to a local lumber mill. Students were then challenged to interpret the idea of “marking the forest,” and through several cycles of critiques and design development the group channeled their energy towards creating a16-ft occupiable camera obscura.