Aug 22
Aug 22
Wooden louvres mask the facade of this apartment block in South Korea by local studio Smart Architecture.
Made from Japanese cedar, the screens wrap the south and east elevations of the four-storey building, which contains an office on the ground floor and seven apartments above.
Hinged shutters fold out from the wooden cladding to reveal windows in the walls behind.
Two of the apartments have balconies that are also concealed behind the louvres.
Residents enter on the east side of the building, where a concrete staircase flanked by vertical wires leads to the front door of each apartment.
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Photography is by Jung-sik, Mun.
Here’s some more text from Smart Architecture:
Louver Haus is the multi-household building which was built for lease profit. It is located in high density housing areas in Sangdong, Su Seong-gu, Daegu (metropolis in Korea). Suseong Pond which is one of the large-scale open spaces in Daegu, is near the south of site, and also Dae-duck mountain standing over this area.
This building consists of 7 households. 6 households face south, and one household overlooking north is designed the open plan of duplex type.
The whole building’s external facing is finished using outside heat-insulation wall methed, and the finishing of walls adjacent to the road is red cryptomeria horizontal louvers.
Particularly, louver windows can open and shut. So, energy-saving effect, sunshine control and privacy protection are possible. And, the ways to use louver windows create multiple facade variation.
A vertical wire handrail and skylight mingled, which set the scene for special atmosphere.
Project title: Louver Haus
Architects: Smart Architecture (Gun-cheol, Kim, Sung-hoon, Heo)
Location: 389-10, Sang-dong, Susung-gu, Daegu, South Korea
Project area: 400 sqm
Project year: 2012
Site plan – click above for larger image
Ground floor plan – click above for larger image
First floor plan – click above for larger image
Second floor plan – click above for larger image
Third floor plan – click above for larger image
Section – click above for larger image
South elevation – click above for larger image
East elevation – click above for larger image
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Aug 22
Watch and Learn: There’s More Than One Way to Additively Manufacture a Metal
Posted in: Digital FabricationEarlier this week, when I posted a video about 3D-printed bike parts, I was simply too excited about the prospect of digitally fabricating dropouts to concern myself with the technology behind the collaboration between Charge Bikes and EADS. Commenter Modul called me out on my lack of due diligence, piquing my interest in a process known as DMLS, short for Direct Metal Laser Sintering. Had I done my research, I might have dug up commenter Lori Hobson’s mention of “DMLS, a process for METAL, even titanium!!!”… in response to a 2008 (!) post on rapid prototyping. (Just a friendly reminder that we welcome and value constructive comments from our readers!)
It turns out that Hobson, at the time, was at product development consultancy MindTribe, and she’d recently learned about the process herself. Frankly, her lengthy March 2008 blog post is a pitch-perfect introduction to the process, and I’d recommend it for anyone who needs a primer.
Which brings us to 3T RPD, who provided the images in Hobson’s post (reproduced here). The UK-based additive manufacturing outfit that has been the country’s largest SLS (plastic 3D printing) provider for over a decade. They recognized the potential of DMLS early on and are currently the major provider of metal AM since their first foray into DMLS in 2007. Their site has further details on DMLS for prospective clients, including a quasi-archaelogical video, as well as case studies.
As 3T RPD notes, the EOS M270/280 is more or less the industry standard for DMLS machines… at least to the extent that they’ve made their way stateside. We’d direct U.S. clients to SoCal’s Forecast3D or Illinois-based GPI Prototype to get their metals directly laser-sintered. For those of you who prefer a bit of faux-drama for your edification, the latter produced a “Super Cheesy but Funny Video on Direct Metal Laser Sintering for Rapid Prototype and Additive Manufacturing”:
Indeed, a more recent (and recommended) survey of 3D Metal Printing indicates that:
According to several reports, it is clear that European design and manufacturing firms are more advanced at both creating and utilizing additive technologies than their US counterparts (especially in the medical and dental arenas). And firms such as Boeing, Airbus, and even NASA are already using systems from the likes of EOS and Arcam.
Where Munich-based EOS specializes in DMLS, Sweden’s Arcam is the current leader in Electron Beam Melting, or EBM, which is explained more or less in full in the informative CGI above. For reference, an in-depth comparison of the two processes can be found here, and Arcam has done well to post a comprehensive company profile on YouTube. Unfortunately, videos of actual EBMing are, well, kinda trippy to say the least: it’s hard to tell what, exactly, is going on amid the roving sci-fi lasers and crazy disco shimmering. Take a look:
(Another clip juxtaposes factual stills with the mesmerizing, if largely incomprehensible, EBM footage.)
Aug 22
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The chair is designed to create a modern wooden chair with a lot of character and details. The edge of the seat is wood, while the seat and back is du..
Aug 22
Picture Perfected
Posted in: Amination (Amin Saadat), LEVELER, StabilizerWhat if you are all alone hanging up pictures in your room? Yes, getting them leveled and at precise angles is a cause of worry. But then, if you have tools like the LEVELER to help you, then how can you go wrong! The concept allows you to single handedly hang pictures and that too leveled.
It is enough to put the LEVELER on an upper corner of the frame to show the level of deviation to us. By turning the frame to the correct direction, we will level it out. For adjusting a frame using a LEVELER one person is only needed. The color contrast and sign have been designed for more convenient use. The unit has 2 signs, which enable it to be used on both the left and the right corners of a frame. LEVELER designed only for 1-pin frames.
Designer: Amination (Amin Saadat)
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Aug 22
These felt candle holders by Amsterdam designer Siba Sahabi are inspired by the colours and silhouettes of Istanbul’s skyline at dusk.
Each piece in the Istanbul Twilight collection was made by coiling long strips of felt into circles.
Wool doesn’t easily catch fire, so the fabric candleholders are safe to use.
Sahabi will present the collection at MINT during London Design Festival, which takes place from 14–23 September.
We previously featured another set of objects by Sahabi – a collection of carafes, goblets and cups made from strips of wallpaper.
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Photographs are by Maayan Ben Gal.
Here’s some more information from the designer:
Candlesticks, inspired by Istanbul twilight
The candleholders, made of felt, are dedicated to the metropolis that connects Europe and the Middle East. The shape of the candleholders are directly inspired by the silhouette of Istanbul. The use of colours reflect different shades of light on city facades at dusk and dawn.
Choice of material is based on a certain characteristic of wool: it doesn’t catch fire. The felt is cut into long strips and then coiled by hand into circles, like a snake. The candleholders are completed with a candlepin.
Siba Sahabi (Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, 2006) is a poetic designer. Drawing from her German/Iranian roots, the work of Siba aims to show how one culture can influence another, leading to renewal and cultural richness. Her designs are inspired by the European and Middle Eastern history of ceramics and architecture. A passion for crafts and imperfection drives the process of Siba’s work.
Siba Sahabi presents her candlestick series Istanbul Twilight at MINT during the London Design Festival (14th-23th of September 2012).
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Aug 22
We have been tracking Adonit for quite a while now and we love the innovative Bluetooth Pressure Sensitive Stylus for iPad. Christened the Jot Touch, Adonit has its hand on the pulse of what people want in terms of writing equipment using digital mediums. It is the first real pressure sensitive stylus that addresses the requirements of a professional artists. Basically it transforms your iPad into a sketchbook and gives you a surreal experience.
- Using Bluetooth technology, Touch communicates with Jot Ready apps to give you a deeper experience.
- Two programmable shortcut buttons makes it easy to undo a mistake or change tools. Even if an app is not Pressure Sensitive, you still have the most accurate stylus around.
- The pressure-sensitive stylus adjusts the line weight based on the pressure applied to provide a more complete digital drawing experience.
- Jot Touch incorporates the same precision disc as the rest of the family.
- It even adds a dampening tip that simulates the natural contact of writing with a pen on paper.
- Popular apps like Procreate, Sketchbook Pro, Art rage and Clibe have already integrated the SDK (Software Development Kit).
Designer: Adonit [ Buy it Here ]
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Aug 22
Food for Thought: Is Alice Waters Cooking Up a Restaurant in a Museum?
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Alice Waters may be bringing her garden-fresh, local fare to a museum in the near future. The chef, author, and proprietor of Berkeley’s Chez Panisse recently hinted that such a project is in the works. “I’ve always wanted to do a restaurant in a museum,” Waters told Elle Decor’s Ingrid Abramovitch in an interview that appears in the magazine’s July/August issue. “There are a couple of possibilities on the horizon. For now, that’s all I can say.” No word as to whether this would be an initiative of her Edible Schoolyard Project. Meanwhile, Waters was more forthcoming about her love of design (“If I weren’t involved with food, I’d be working in architecture.”) and cited Christopher Alexander‘s A Pattern Language as a major influence. “[Alexander] wrote about how architecture can be used to convey universal values,” she said. “After a fire in Chez Panisse’s kitchen that burned down the wall between the kitchen and dining room, I decided not to put it back. For the first time, the light from the dining room flowed into the kitchen. The cooks and I could look out and see the sunset. For the diners, it demystified what was happening in the kitchen. It’s been a revelation.”
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