La construcción de barras, en madera
Es característico de nuestra época maderil que en la arquitectura entienda mejor al estilo de la madera y a veces produzca en él obras verdaderamente notables, mientras nuestro arte monumental revela un grado de limitación y desorientación sin precedentes. Este fenómeno se explica por sí mismo, ya que el tipo de arquitectura que consiste en el tratamiento decorativo de las construcciones de madera, que tuvo oportunidad de desarrollarse en los edificios livianos y de grandes luces de la industria y de los ferrocarriles, es en principio estrictamente no monumental.
Semper – El Estilo: Carpintería de madera, aspectos técnicos.
A Romanesque church might be the last place you’d expect to see a sprawling modern pulpit. And yet that’s exactly what the St. Hilaire in Meile, France got, thanks to the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, who loosely modeled his renovation on a sedimentary formation in the church’s basement.
The Most Beautiful Modern Church Altar Weve Ever Seen [Slideshow] | Co.Design.
A decade of digital change has made ‘metamorphosis’ a keyword in our visual culture. The forms produced by mechanical technologies are fixed, stable and solid; those produced by electronic technologies are evanescent and mercurial. They change and morph relentlessly – sometimes by choice, sometimes by chance. This epistemic difference between forms of the mechanical universe and forms of the digital universe is inherent in the two technologies: the mechanical world produces objects; the electronic world produces sequences of numbers, which in turn generate objects.
by Mario Carpo
Posted in THEORY
Tagged Architecture, Evolution Thinking, Innovation, Programming, Technology
A design and architecture workshop based in Paris, Objectile combines engineering, mathematics, technology, and philosophy to work on the industrial design and manufacturing of curved and variable forms of every proportion, including sculpture, design, furniture, building components, architecture, town planning or landscaping. Objectile has perfected an original mode of production, using their own Objectile software based on TOPCAD, which enables calculating the designs of curved and variable shapes and producing them using numerically-controlled machines. Singular objects can thus be mass produced, including panels, partitions, furnishing elements, etc. Objectile has already designed a teller-window for the SNCF railway company, with curved surfaces adaptable to every situation. Their architectural projects create new topological spaces, in which casing and interlacing are substituted for orthogonal shapes.
A workshop dealing with digital design and fabrication.
An event that seems the most productive way to teach digital design methods in just a few days.
As a young child or perhaps even an adult who hasn’t dreamed of living tree houses? Some structures are built on trees or hung from trees, but some unusual tree house building designs are even grown from trees or built right into a tree. Some people live in trees as a luxury, some to help save the environment and others out of tradition or necessity. Here are ten incredible tree house designs that range from functional to fanciful, sustainable to strange and affordable to incredibly expensive.
