Mar 20
How Smart Are You? (TEST)
Posted in: UncategorizedAre you actually a genius? Test your intelligence…(Read…)
Mar 20
The Oldest Satellite In Space – Vanguard 1
Posted in: UncategorizedVanguard 1 was the 4th satellite launched, after being beaten by Sputnik 1, 2 and Explorer 1, it also suffered from multiple high profile launch failures. However, 60 years on it’s still in orbit long after these earlier satellites have fallen back to earth. And the rocket pioneered a design which is more consistent with modern launchers…(Read…)
Mar 20
Playing The Cas Cas
Posted in: UncategorizedSalliou playing the cas cas on Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal. January 5th 2018…(Read…)
Mar 20
Collective Design Fair 2018 in New York
Posted in: UncategorizedCollective Design Fair est le rendez-vous incontournable dédié à l’art et au design. Retour sur sa sixième édition qui s’est déroulé du 9 au 11 Mars 2018 à New York. Au menu : formes géométriques et organiques, couleurs acidulées et design expérimental. Voici la sélection de Dan Howarth, Rédacteur en Chef du site Deezen.com.
Harry Nuriev
Fernando Mastrangelo
Justin Morin
Objects of Common Interest and LOT Office for Architecture
Linda Lopez
Azadeh Shladovsky
Gradual
Sam Stewart
Mar 20
Magnificent Night Pictures of Forgotten Buildings
Posted in: UncategorizedCody Ellingham est un directeur artistique et photographe de talent néo-zélandais, installé à Tokyo. Son thème de prédilection ? Des lieux empreints de nostalgie, et qui semblent à jamais figés dans le temps. Pour cette série photographique intitulée “DANCHI”, l’artiste a choisi d’immortaliser les logements sociaux construits par l’état japonais au cours des années 1960 et 1970. Ces immenses complexes immobiliers, autrefois symboles du second souffle économique du pays après la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, se détériorent aujourd’hui à mesure qu’ils tombent progressivement dans l’oubli. Cody nous invite, à travers ses photos, à une exploration nocturne et donc propice au songe de ces bâtiments aux façades délabrées, desquels émanent désormais la promesse d’un rêve architectural évanoui. Vous pouvez aussi retrouver son travail sur Instagram.
Mar 20
Steven Holl to build French museum with fortress-inspired concrete towers
Posted in: UncategorizedWhite concrete towers are reflected in a series of pools in Steven Holl‘s competition winning design for the Le Musée des Collectionneurs in Angers, France.
The New York-based architecture firm is designing the museum and a hotel in the centre of the town in western France for property developers Compagine de Phalsbourg.
The museum is composed of imposing masses of white concrete in a reference to the towers of historic fortress, Chateau d’Angers, that lies just across the Maine river from the site.
The 4,742 square-metre museum will form a new “cultural triangle” between the medieval fortress and the city’s largest theatre Le Quai next door.
A series of reflective pools are a reference to the river, which once ran through the spot where Le Musée des Collectionneurs is set to be built.
Renders show glazed sections at the base of the tower volumes and lighting elements sunk into the base of the pools that will illuminate the white exterior at night.
Inside the white concrete has been left exposed for the walls of galleries, which will host a permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. The large atrium will double as an events space, and the museum will share a rooftop restaurant with the new hotel being built as part of the development.
The hotel will be located adjacent to the museum. Its linear facade of interwoven clear and translucent glass is a reference to the Apocalypse Tapestry, a 14th century artefact on display at the Chateau d’Angers.
Steven Holl has used luminous glazed facades on several of his best known projects. At the Institute for Contemporary Art in Virginia, America, the architecture firm built a series of interlocking volumes of white zinc and translucent glazing that glows from within.
For a Maggie’s Cancer Centre in London Steven Holl wrapped a layer of matt glass around a frame of bamboo and concrete, with a pattern of panels of coloured glass that reference a medieval way of noting down music.
In Angers, a public sculpture garden will occupy the public space between the museum and the hotel, with passageways running through the site.
The museum and hotel complex will have a geothermal heating and cooling system, and the pools will be filled using recycled water.
The striking visual impact of white concrete makes it a popular choice for architects designing large public projects. Steven Holl is also using it for a cultural centre set within a park in Shanghai, which will have curving holes carved into the facade.
OMA used white concrete for the recently completed gallery tower of Fondazione Prada complex in Milan, while Japanese architect Toyo Ito wrapped white concrete walls around a water-filled courtyard for the Museo Internacional del Barroco in Mexico.
Renderings by Steven Holl Architects, Compagnie de Phalsbourg and XO3D.
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Mar 20
Six unusual tyre concepts designed for future transport
Posted in: UncategorizedAs car brands continue to roll out unusual concept vehicles, tyre manufacturers are developing new wheels to keep up. We’ve rounded up six of the most innovative examples, including a 3D-printed spherical tyre made especially for self-driving cars, and a moss-filled wheel that converts carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Eagle 360 Urban tyre by Goodyear
At last year’s Geneva Motor Show, Goodyear presented a 3D-printed spherical concept tyre for driverless cars that is designed to become part of the vehicle’s “nervous system.”
Powered by artificial intelligence, the Eagle 360 Urban tyre is covered in a “bionic skin” of sensors made from super-elastic polymer, which enables it to sense driving conditions, including terrain and weather, before feeding it back to the AI system to adapt itself accordingly.
The tyre is also able to connect with other vehicles, as well as infrastructure, traffic and mobility management systems, to register information on its real-time surroundings.
Vision concept tyre by Michelin
French tyre manufacturer Michelin released a concept for a 3D-printed tyre that is airless, puncture-free, connected, rechargeable and customisable at the 2017 World Summit on Sustainable Mobility.
Made using biodegradable materials, the Vision concept tyre doesn’t rely on air, but on an interior architecture that is able to support the vehicle’s weight – also making it impossible for the wheel to puncture or explode.
The tyre is also equipped with sensors that provide real-time information about its condition, and an accompanying app allows the user to change the tire’s destination when needed.
Superelastic Tyre by NASA
Inspired by the Apollo lunar tyres, NASA’s non-pneumatic Superelastic tyre was initially developed for future missions to Mars, but can also be seen as an alternative to our ordinary air-filled tyres.
Developed by NASA’s Glenn Research Centre and Goodyear, the Superelastic tyre is composed of shape memory alloys that can withstand high strain and excessive deformation without permanent damage.
This use of material also eliminates the possibility of puncture failures, resulting in optimal automobile safety.
Goodyear unveiled a 3D-printed concept wheel at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, which is filled with living moss that absorbs moisture from the road, before converting it into oxygen through photosynthesis.
Oxygene was conceived as a response to research revealing the impact of unsafe air quality levels in urban areas.
The wheel generates electricity by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, which then also powers its electronic features such as an artificial intelligence processing unit and sensors.
Roadless wheels by Ackeem Ngwenya
Royal College of Art graduate Ackeem Ngwenya designed a set of all-terrain wheels to help farmers in rural Africa carry heavier loads to market, to replace the traditional method of “head-carrying”, which sees women and children carry heavy loads to market on their heads and backs.
Ngwenya uses stainless steel components to form a flexible cage wheel, which is able to expand and contract using a level to crank a central shaft with a mechanism similar to a scissor jack – the device used to raise cars for minor repair work.
The wheels are designed to be mounted on an axle so they can be used on tricycles, trailers, wheelbarrows and light motorised vehicles.
Air-free bicycle tyre by Bridgestone
Tokyo-based tyre company Bridgestone designed an air-free, puncture-free bicycle wheel, which uses a structure of spokes that stretch along the inner sides of tyres to support the user’s weight.
The tyres are made from thermoplastic resin, which is fully recyclable. Bridgestone hopes to make the new tyre available to buy by 2019.
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