tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40193027216928588472024-03-14T00:55:43.789-04:00YEOW!Welcome to the Y.our E.nvironment O.f the W.eek!
We’re sharing inspiring and influential project solutions to increase the presence of design in our practice as we have the responsibility of shaping environments in the world for ourselves and the future.Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-3351517495892504782016-12-09T11:47:00.004-05:002016-12-09T11:47:43.664-05:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After supporting co-workers that participating in the Alexandria Parking Day 2017. I realized how important parks are, especially to urban communities. Therefore I find myself being drawn to stories that highlight how designers have transformed nontraditional spaces into parks or recreational spaces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, an indoor rain forest in Dubai (to be completed in 2018) and a rooftop playground in the Philippines. Both spaces will be a wonderful escape for children...and some adults. They will promote unconventional thinking and foster the realization that things imagined can be created.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Royal International hotel is having a two tower luxury hotel and residence complex built in Dubai. It will feature (among other attractions) an entertainment podium, that will include a trampoline park, a bowling alley, a laser-tag complex and a man-made rain forest......wow. The rain forest will use stored recycled water to simulate the sensations of being in a rain forest, but the advanced sensor-activated rain system doesn't get visitors wet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The rooftop playground also called 'Sky Play' was designed by Kenneth Cobonque and is located in the mega-mall by Arquitectonica. The playground is 1/2- acre and is a wonderfully whimsical combination of rattan, metal, artificial turf and rubber. That have been transformed into gigantic dinosaurs and sea clams. So, the kids can climb, slide, swing, run and jump among them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. Boutique Design magazine, October 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. Interior Design magazine, November 2016</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: x-small;">The team lead by architects David Adjaye and Philip Freelon is very interesting. This team embodies both sides of the African-American culture - our ancestral African roots and historical American roots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: small;">From one perspective, the building's architecture follows classical Greco-Roman form in its use of a base and shaft, topped by a capital or corona. In this case, the corona is inspired by the three-tiered crowns used in Yoruban art from West Africa. Moreover, the building's main entrance is a welcoming porch, which has architectural roots in Africa and throughout the African Diaspora, especially the American South and Caribbean. Finally, by wrapping the entire building in an ornamental bronze-colored metallic lattice, Adjaye the architect pays homage to the intricate ironwork that was crafted by African Americans in Louisiana, South Carolina, and elsewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Significantly, the enveloping lattice also opens the building to exterior daylight, which can be modulated according to the season. In one sense, this is architecturally practical and sustainable—and will help the building become the first Smithsonian museum to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification. But the openness to light is also symbolic for a museum that seeks to stimulate open dialogues about race and to help promote reconciliation and healing. From the topmost corona, the view reaches ever upward, helping to remind visitors that the museum is an inspirational open to all as a place of meaning, memory, reflection, laughter, and hope.</span><br />
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Many of the world’s great buildings have integrated their architectural form with their function or purpose. The NMAAHC follows this principle in the sense that the building (as a “container”) embraces its content—which is the American story told through the lens of African American history and culture. Fulfilling a decades-long dream, the NMAAHC building is a community resource that helps visitors learn about themselves, their histories, and their common cultures. The light reflected from the bronze-colored lattice will serve as a beacon that reminds us of what we were, what challenges we still face, and what we may hope to become. As Lonnie G. Bunch III, founding director of the NMAAHC, has described it, “This building will sing for all of us.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The students at Montgomery College - Department of Applied Technology, came up with an idea and pitched it to the Peterson Companies. As luck would have it, the Peterson Companies were interested and worked with the students to make their idea possible. This venture is actually a collaboration between Montgomery College, the Peterson Companies, Downtown Silver Spring and Adventist Healthcare.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">The basic idea is to provide an alternative work/ conference space for local offices. Considering most of us are an office most of the day - we walk in in the morning and walk out in the evening. Wouldn't it be great to have a meeting in an outside space - get a little fresh air and sunlight. Well if you work in Downtown Silver Spring, here's your opportunity.</span></div>
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Vanderpool, TX | Ten Eyck Landscape Architects Inc. | Client: Private</h3>
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Nestled in the Medina River valley of the Central Texas Hill Country, this ranch derives its beauty from its peninsular setting at the convergence of a natural spring and hill country creek. The open-air layout of the new ranch buildings—combined with terraced gardens, water and fire features, trails, and restoration of the site—allow the residents and their guests to be fully, yet comfortably, immersed in the beauty of the Texas Hill Country. A cascading storm water and creek purification feature in the courtyard activates multiple senses and pays homage to the spring, while another feature circulates a rill of spring water to help oxygenate the adjacent creek. Native grass lawns provide spaces for entertaining and children’s athletic activities. Old ranch roads and footprints of former barns now give rise to native grasses and forbs that cleanse rainwater prior to entering the creek and spring.<br />
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The new ranch house compound, situated near a spectacular bald cypress-lined spring and a creek, features outdoor living spaces carefully crafted to highlight existing features and designed to accommodate the client’s desire for play lawns, volleyball areas, a meditation area, a boat launch, hiking trails, and engaging water and fire elements. The various spaces are defined by native vegetation and durable hardscape materials—such as limestone, Oklahoma sugarloaf sandstone, natural steel, and board-formed concrete—selected to maintain coherency with the architecture. The architects sited the four building complexes at different elevations and angles, which were resolved by the landscape architect through terraced gardens and creatively routed stone plank paths. Original drawings by the civil engineer showed a catch basin in the middle of the courtyard to manage stormwater runoff; alternatively, the landscape architect developed a cleansing riparian courtyard garden and check dams that cleanse and accentuate the path of rainwater prior to it entering the spring and creek. Water features near the spring intercept small amounts of spring water to enhance the sensory experience of sound in addition to helping aerate the stagnant-prone waters of the creek, here upstream from an existing dam. Consistent forms and material selections respond to variations in site conditions and program to create a dynamic, yet unified aesthetic for the ranch house and ranch manager’s compounds and barn, which features an organic orchard and vegetable garden.<br />
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Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-45333906625616684162016-03-25T09:03:00.000-04:002016-04-07T03:32:45.567-04:00<span style="font-size: x-large;">Hummelo </span><br />
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Hummelo is a village and private garden in Gelderland, eastern Netherlands. It is also Piet Oudolf’s home, his personal garden laboratory, a former nursery run by his wife Anja, and the place where he first tested new designs and created the new varieties of perennials that are now widely available. <br />
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Piet Oudolf is an influential Dutch garden designer, nurseryman and author. He is a leading figure of the "New Perennial" movement, using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are chosen at least as much for their structure as for their flower color. Other noteworthy Oudolf projects include The Highline and The Battery in New York City. <br />
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Oudolf first moved into Hummelo in 1982. It has gone through many changes which reflect Oudolf's constantly developing planting design. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are some cities that have famous parks, like New York's Central park. Many are not surprise or impressed to hear about a new park in a city that already has a great one already. What would you think about an underground park? Perhaps, how does this actually work? Well, the minds of Dan Barasch and James Ramsey have done just that...designed and created an underground park in New York City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">The project is based on the approach, developed by James Ramsey (a former NASA engineer). The proposed location is Manhattan's Lower East Side. First the duo captivated New Yorker with the park idea in 2011 with a media campaign. The two acquired funding through a couple of 'Kickstarter' campaigns, then a South Korea technology company (SunPortal) jointed the project (2013).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">So, 'How does this actually work?' The underground park will be equipped with a new prototype remote solar hardware and hand-polished lenses from Germany - the retooled optics system preserves the Archimedean aspects of the first scheme. The Lowline Lab will be housed in the Essex Street warehouse until March, but he lab is destined for the abandoned trolley station beneath Delancey Street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana";">While visiting the lab, you will notice the glowing tubes of refracted sunlight - suspended from the ceiling - aren't intended to illuminate the space. The park has been described as a cross between a corporate atrium, a botanical garden, and the Rainforest Café - thanks to the contributions of Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration of students, faculty/ staff and alumni - who designed dwelling units in a parking garage near the SCAD-Atlanta campus. The project includes three dwelling units - each with a different theme/ identity, a common space - organic garden, a composting/ recycling center and a rapid prototype area - with a 3D printer. The size of each dwelling unit is equal to the size of a parking space (8' x 16') and is laid out with a bathroom/ kitchen/ sleeping space. The themes for the dwelling units are Asia, Europe and North America. The decore can be changed and or enhanced with each occupant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">If find this idea interesting and would like to follow the project, go to the project website (<a href="http://www.scadpad.com/">www.scadpad.com/</a>). You will be able to register and receive updates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1). ARCHITECT magazine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/videos/checking-in-with-scads-parking-garage-micro-community"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.architectmagazine.com/videos/checking-in-with-scads-parking-garage-micro-community</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2). SCADPad website</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3). DWELL Magazine</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.dwell.com/great-idea/article/parking-garage-next-frontier-adaptive-reuse"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.dwell.com/great-idea/article/parking-garage-next-frontier-adaptive-reuse</span></a></span></span></span></span></div>
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">After winning first place in a national competition, ACLA
ushered the design for this public park, adjacent to the Pittsburgh Children’s
Museum, through its opening day in 2012. The design respects and highlights the
historic importance of the site at the same time as it breathes fresh life into
the plaza. After reconnecting the historic city grid that was destroyed during
1960’s-era ‘urban renewal’ efforts, the park is once again the public gathering
area it once was for Allegheny City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Important design features such as a bioswale and native
planting educate visitors about sustainability, while an interactive art
installation activates the space and fosters a connection with the nearby
Children’s Museum. Emphasizing species native to the waterways, woodlands, and
meadows of Pittsburgh’s region, the planting design for Allegheny Public Square
connects visitors with the experiential qualities of the local ecosystems while
also processing the plaza’s storm-water. ACLA assembled and managed a large
team of designers and engineers to meet the unique challenges of building this
park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Collaboration with a public artist to develop the
site-specific installation, fully integrated into the park, was an important
aspect of the design process. The resulting art piece by Ned Kahn consists of a
grid of 64 stainless steel poles that emit fog with water fed from the steam
heating system of Pittsburgh. An ethereal hovering sphere floats above the
park’s surface.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-12634608116395779192016-01-15T16:28:00.001-05:002016-01-15T16:28:12.115-05:00Wonder <img alt="Folding the Chesapeake detail" height="600" src="http://renwick.americanart.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slide_show_horiz-vert_mix/public/renwick/architecture_images/lin-detail.jpg?itok=86YWRfCR" typeof="foaf:Image" width="414" /><br />
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<i>WONDER</i>, the opening exhibition at the newly renovated Renwick Gallery, features site-specific installations that transform the galleries into a contemporary “cabinet of wonders.” Nine major contemporary artists, Jennifer Angus, Chakaia Booker, Gabriel Dawe, Tara Donovan, Patrick Dougherty, Janet Echelman, John Grade, Maya Lin, and Leo Villareal, are installing work that responds to the architectural spaces of this national historic landmark. Each artist “takes over” one gallery in the building so that the museum as a whole becomes one immersive artwork. Eight of these works are new, inspired by and crafted exclusively for the Renwick.<br />
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The featured artists were selected for their ability to transform spaces through installation, for their focus on how visitors experience that space, and especially for their abiding interest in process and materials, aligning them with the Renwick’s mission to showcase the best in American craft.<br />
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Check it out. This will be on Exhibit until July 10th 2016 at the Renwick Gallery <br />
17th & Pennsylvania Ave., NW<br />Washington, DC<br />
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<br />Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-69880006338991148912016-01-08T10:28:00.002-05:002016-01-08T10:28:28.213-05:00
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s cold outside, but let’s play<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></h2>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: small;">Just in case you haven’t heard of the Montreal’s apocryphal underground
winter city (like me), don’t worry it’s regarded as folklore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, the organizers of The Quartier des
Spectacles are pleased to announce the installation of <em><b><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Impluse</span></b></em>,
the work that will take over the Place des Festivals this winter for the
sixth annual edition of <strong><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Luminothérapie</span></strong>.</span> <span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">The premise behind</span> </span></span><strong>Luminothérapie </strong></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is to bring people out onto the streets - despite the temperatures.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em><span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: small;">Impulse</span></span></em><span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: small;"> is an
interactive work comprising <strong><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">seesaws of various sizes</span></strong>, with
lighting and sound. They are activated, when one person sits down on each end.
The seesaws, which are fitted with LED lights and speakers, then produce a
series of beautiful sounds. The intensity of the light varies as the board’s
angle changes. The installation and its streamlined design is a delight for children
and adults alike, as they play with the sounds and lighting effects it
produces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During one of Montreal’s
coldest times of the year, where the days are short and the lights are long and
dark, this exhibit fills the Place des Festivals with the dance of sounds and
lights, bringing joy and warmth.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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for the nine permanent projection sites in the Quartier des Spectacles. Two
Montreal-based artists will be responsible for the projections: <strong><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Maotik</span></strong>
and <strong><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Iregular</span></strong>, with soundtracks for the projections and for
the Place des Festivals by Toronto-based artist <span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mitchell Akiyama</span></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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participatory creation by the firms <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lateral Office</span></strong>,</span> and <strong><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">CS Design</span></strong>,
in collaboration with <strong><span style="font-family: ChevinStd-Medium; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">EGP Group</span></strong>.</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span><br />
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DES FESTIVALS</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <span style="color: #eeeeee;">(</span></span></span></strong><span lang="EN" style="color: #242424; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;">December 10, 2015 to January 31, 2016)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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Sound design: Mitchell Akiyama<br />
Mechanical design and Production: Générique Design<br />
Electronic production and interactivity: Robocut Studio <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Pavilion at Brookfield Place in New York City, has been called, ‘the connective tissue between transportation hubs in Lower Manhattan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The intricately woven steel tube columns that reside in the building were the brain-child of the Kuger Ning’s team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The project brings an intriguing and whimsical look to a typically structured environment – day or night.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The lights used for the project are energy-efficient metal
halide lamps that offer a lighting load 58% lower than the ASHRAE requirements. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The project won an Award of Excellence from IESNYC.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial narrow" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="color: cyan;">TGIF to the viewers!</span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: cyan;">Annmarie Sculpture Garden
& Arts Center is located in scenic Solomons, Maryland, where the Patuxent
River meets the Chesapeake Bay. The sculpture garden features a 1/4 mile
walking path that meanders through the woods past permanent and loaned
sculpture, including over thirty works on loan from the Smithsonian Institution
and the National Gallery of Art. Artists in the collection include:
Antonio Tobias Mendez, Barbara Hepworth, Cesar, Robert Engman, Jean Arp,
Kenneth Snelson and Fransisco Zuniga. The award-winning Arts Building includes
rotating exhibition space, a gift shop, and a sunny patio. Annmarie presents
a variety of popular annual festivals, rotating exhibitions, family activities,
and creative public programs. The Studio School offers classes for all
ages and abilities - from pottery to dance - taught by professional artists and
arts educators. Come explore this special place where art and nature
meet!</span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: cyan;"> Who is Annmarie?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: cyan;">Francis and Ann Marie
Koenig first came to Calvert Count y in 1955 seeking a retreat from his
career as an architecht/builder/developer in Washington, DC. They quickly fell
in love with the area and in 1956 built a beach house in Long Beach. Soon they
became avid sailors and could often be found heading out of </span></span><a href="http://www.flagharbor.com/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: cyan;">Flag Harbor Marina</span></span></a><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><span style="color: cyan;"> on their sailboat,
"Annmarie." As an investment opportunity in 1960, Francis and
Annmarie Koenig purchased 30 acres of land in Solomons, Maryland. After
thirty-two years and many offers from developers, Fran began to see his
investment as a unique opportunity to give something back to an area that he
loved.In 1991, the Koenig family donated this property to Calvert County with
the intention that it be developed into a sculpture park. Named after Fran's
wife, Mrs. Ann Marie Koenig, the Garden began to take shape over the next
decade as six permanent works of art were installed.Francis and Ann both passed
away in the 1990s, but their dream lives on. Today, Annmarie Garden stands as a
gesture of the gratitude that the Koenigs felt for the years spent at their
beach home on the Chesapeake Bay. Their generous and precious gift provides a
unique setting in Calvert County for visitors to explore a place where art and
nature meet.</span></span></span><br />
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60 minute drive): Take Route 4 South, Exit 11 off Capital Beltway (to Prince
Frederick). Continue on 4 South, following signs to Solomons. Left on Dowell
Road at Hilton Garden Inn and Rudy Duck. Garden is less than 1/4 mile on left.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Route 2 South towards Prince Frederick/Solomons. Left (South) onto Route 2/4 at
Sunderland light. Left on Dowell Road at Hilton Garden Inn and Rudy Duck.
Garden is less than 1/4 mile on left.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pratt Institute, a renowned New York City-based college that educates
creative thinkers from around the world, recently opened a new home for its
Film/Video Department: a state-of-the-art facility in the former Pratt Store
building at 550 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. The 15,000-square-foot facility,
designed by architect and Pratt alumnus Jack Esterson,
is located in close proximity to Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and
contributes to the expanding presence of motion media in the Borough of
Brooklyn. </span></span></span></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Brooklyn has emerged as the hot new destination for television and film
production," said Carlo A. Scissura, President and CEO, Brooklyn Chamber
of Commerce.</span></span></span></span></o:p></span></div>
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by stunning interior architectural features, Esterson designed independent volumes that either seem to float or, in some cases, actually do in order to create acoustical separation. To give the volumes their own identities, he turned to his long-ago teacher Haresh Lalvani, now a Pratt architecture professor and sculptor. Lalvani used algorithms to devise a series of shapes that could be cut out of the aluminum now wrapping each volume, reflecting the activity within. Shapes for the recording studio’s panels, for instance, suggest sound waves. Installing the aluminum 1 1⁄2 inches away from the supporting walls, then lighting the perforations from below, also creates depth. In contrast to the opaque aluminum compositions, the volumes’ upper levels and the mezzanine’s offices and classrooms are all fronted in translucent glass.</div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The new space gives faculty and students access to a 96-seat screening
room; one large soundstage (capable of being converting into two) and a second,
smaller soundstage that together comprise 3,000 square feet; a sound recording
studio with surround-sound capability; and two high-end color grading and post
production suites.</span></div>
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project was recognized with a citation award in the 2015 American Institute of
Architects New York State Design Awards.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="color: blue;">A building for filmmakers should reflect different ways of
using light, Esterson explains, adding that there’s a reason he chose mostly
grays for the interior: “The color in a film school really needs to come from
the students’ films.”</span> </span></span></div>
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In the film and video department at Pratt Institute. CNC - cut aluminum wraps a corner of the screening room.</div>
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Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-92103601673989792332015-11-06T09:29:00.001-05:002015-11-06T09:29:52.271-05:00"New Mobility"<span class="drop-cap__inner"><img alt="London’s Oxford Street in 1965." class="maxed responsive-img" height="384" itemprop="contentUrl" sizes="(min-width: 1300px) 1300px, (min-width: 1140px) 1140px, (min-width: 980px) 1125px, (min-width: 740px) 965px, (min-width: 660px) 725px, (min-width: 480px) 645px, 465px" src="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=1140&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=33302d5b0cf6c9993ddc95c715a5b23c" srcset="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=1300&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=0ac8960152efa16e3dc1a2a88737c098 1300w, https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=1140&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=33302d5b0cf6c9993ddc95c715a5b23c 1140w, https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=1125&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=3f7e56da56a9845c2bcab168180cc4da 1125w, https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=965&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=ccc2e45e3d208345001c158926f687dd 965w, https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=725&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=e725219f7172be35d5f920f8974329b5 725w, https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=645&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=fd1c41ff0eabd4d868f624d8a3ce9155 645w, https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/4/22/1429722321174/7d40b184-cb77-4c60-94ff-413e59b731ff-2060x1236.jpeg?w=465&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=f3a83eb53b5f781c019308f976979114 465w" width="640" /></span><br />
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<span class="drop-cap__inner">G</span>illes Vesco calls it the “new mobility”. It’s a vision of cities in which residents no longer rely on their cars but on public transport, shared cars and bikes and, above all, on real-time data on their smartphones. He anticipates a revolution which will transform not just transport but the cities themselves. “The goal is to rebalance the public space and create a city for people,” he says. “There will be less pollution, less noise, less stress; it will be a more walkable city.”<br />
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style="height: 183px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: -1px; width: 275px;" />Vesco, the politician responsible for sustainable transport in Lyon, played a leading role in introducing the city’s <a class=" u-underline" data-component="in-body-link" data-link-name="in body link" href="http://www.velov.grandlyon.com/?L=1"><span style="color: #005689;">Vélo’v bike-sharing</span></a> scheme a decade ago. It has since been replicated in cities all over the world. Now, though, he is convinced that digital technology has changed the rules of the game, and will make possible the move away from cars that was unimaginable when Vélo’v launched in May 2005. “Digital information is the fuel of mobility,” he says. “Some transport sociologists say that information about mobility is 50% of mobility. The car will become an accessory to the smartphone.”<br />
<a data-ved="0CAcQjRxqFQoTCP3iwcX_-8gCFUsYHgodEDUGPw" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCP3iwcX_-8gCFUsYHgodEDUGPw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shareable.net%2Fblog%2Fintroducing-the-sharing-cities-toolkit&bvm=bv.106923889,d.dmo&psig=AFQjCNFOjv9llX_G3rju_EkYyJah1dInDw&ust=1446906133428748" id="irc_mil" jsaction="mousedown:irc.rl;keydown:irc.rlk;irc.il;" style="border-image: none; border: 0px currentColor;"><img height="232" id="irc_mi" src="http://www.shareable.net/sites/default/files/styles/blog-header-large/public/blog/top-image/sharing1.jpg?itok=ZEoV7MGt" style="margin-top: 81px;" width="434" /></a>Vesco is nothing if not an evangelist. “Sharing is the new paradigm of urban mobility. Tomorrow, you will judge a city according to what it is adding to sharing. The more that we have people sharing transportation modes, public space, information and new services, the more attractive the city will be.”<br />
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The Vélo’v scheme is being extended, car clubs that use electric vehicles are being encouraged, and what Vesco calls a “collaborative platform” has been built to encourage ride-sharing by matching drivers with people seeking lifts. There is, he says, no longer any need for residents of Lyon to own a car. And he practices what he preaches – he doesn’t own one himself<br />
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The number of cars entering the city has fallen by 20% over the past decade, without even a congestion-charging scheme (Vesco says it would impose a disproportionate burden on the less well-off, who tend to drive higher-polluting vehicles). And even though Lyon’s population is expected to rise by more than 10% over the next decade, he is targeting a further 20% drop in car use. The car parks that used to run alongside the banks of Lyon’s two rivers have already been removed, and human parks opened in their place. Vesco says someone returning to Lyon for the first time in a decade would barely recognize the city.<br />
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To put it more bluntly: many city developments are now predicated on there being no car spaces for residents. Developers worried about this initially, but have come to realize it doesn’t pose a problem for the young professionals likely to be buying their flats, so have accepted the demands of council planning departments.<br />
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This model of denser, less car-dependent cities is becoming the accepted wisdom across the developed world. “The height [of buildings] is going up; density is going up; borough policies and London plan policies are all about intensification and densification of land uses,” explains Ben Kennedy, Hackney’s principal transport planner. “We’re probably going the way of Manhattan. People live very close and they don’t travel at all because everything is on their doorstep; the population in one block is so high, it can support all the amenities you could ever want. We’re slowly going in that direction in London.”<br />
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A monumental, aerial sculpture is suspended over Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway from May through October 2015 as the signature contemporary art installation in the Greenway Conservancy’s Public Art Program.<br />
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The sculpture for Boston spans the void where an elevated highway once split downtown from its waterfront. Knitting together the urban fabric, it soars 600 feet through the air above street traffic and pedestrian park.<br />
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The form of “As If It Were Already Here” echoes the history of its location. The three voids recall the “Tri-Mountain” which was razed in the 18th-century to create land from the harbor. The colored banding is a nod to the six traffic lanes that once overwhelmed the neighborhood, before the Big Dig buried them and enabled the space to be reclaimed for urban pedestrian life.<br />
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The sculpture is made by hand-splicing rope and knotting twine into an interconnected mesh of more than a half-million nodes. When any one of its elements moves, every other element is affected. Monumental in scale and strength yet delicate as lace, it fluidly responds to ever-changing wind and weather. Its fibers are 15 times stronger than steel yet incredibly lightweight, making the sculpture able to lace directly into three skyscrapers as a soft counterpoint to hard-edged architecture. It is a physical manifestation of interconnectedness and strength through resiliency.<br />
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In daylight the porous form blends with sky when looking up, and casts shadow-drawings onto the ground below. At night it becomes an illuminated beacon. The artwork incorporates dynamic light elements which reflect the changing effects of wind. Sensors around the site register fiber movement and tension and this data directs the color of light projected onto the sculpture’s surface.<br />
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“Here in Boston, I’m excited to visually knit together the fabric of the city with art,” said Echelman. “The creation of the Greenway was a seminal event in the unfolding of our city, so I’m delighted and humbled to be a part of its transformation into a vibrant cultural destination.”<br />
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The work invites you to linger, whether seen amidst the skyline from afar, or lying down on the grassy knoll beneath. It embraces Boston as a city on foot, where past and present are interwoven, and takes our gaze skyward to feel the vibrant pulse of now. It invites you to pause, and contemplate a physical manifestation of interconnectedness – soft with hard, earth with sky, things we control with the forces beyond us.<br />
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By the Numbers:<br />– The sculpture includes over 100 miles of twine<br />– Longest span is 600 ft<br /> - Highest point of attachment is 365 ft<br />– There are over half a million knots (~542,500)<br />– The sculpture weighs approximately 1 ton<br />– The sculpture can exert over 100 tons of force<br />– Projected plan area of the sculpture is 20,250 sq ft, or almost half an acre<br />
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<a href="http://www.echelman.com/project/boston-greenway/">http://www.echelman.com/project/boston-greenway/</a>Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-22169348482301280622015-10-23T08:41:00.001-04:002015-10-23T08:45:50.866-04:00<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">For this week’s YEOW, we’d like to share with you the Missouri
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Botanical Garden in St. Louis was founded in 1859 by Henry Shaw. Today, 154
years after opening, the Garden is a National Historic Landmark and a center
for science, conservation, education and horticultural display — widely
considered one of the top three botanical gardens in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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center for botanical research and science education of international repute, as
well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis, with 79 acres (32 ha) of
horticultural display. It includes a 14-acre (5.7 ha) Japanese strolling garden
named Seiwa-en; the Climatron geodesic dome conservatory; a children's garden,
including a pioneer village; a playground; a fountain area and a water locking
system, somewhat similar to the locking system at the Panama Canal; an Osage
camp; and Henry Shaw’s original 1850 estate home. It is adjacent to Tower Grove
Park, another of Shaw’s legacies. In 1983, the Botanical Garden was added as
the fourth subdistrict of the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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2006, the Missouri Botanical Garden featured "Glass in the Garden",
with glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly placed throughout the garden. Four pieces
were purchased to remain at the gardens. In 2008 sculptures of the French
artist Niki de Saint Phalle were placed throughout the garden. In 2009, the
150th anniversary of the Garden was celebrated, including a floral clock
display.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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Nation’s Capital until it was destroyed by its own garrison in 1814. Twelve
days later Major Pierre L’Enfant was sent to construct new defenses but worked
on the fort for only a brief period before Lieutenant Colonel Walker K.
Armistead replaced him. The fort was completed on October 2, 1824. Extensive
remodeling was performed in the 1840s and the first guns were mounted in 1846.
The masonry fort was occupied by soldiers from the First, Third and Fourth U.S.
Artillery during its early history. Except for a few guns at the Washington
Arsenal, Fort Washington was the only defense for the Nation’s Capital until
the Civil War when a circle of temporary forts was built around the city.
Battery Rogers and Fort Foote were the only seacoast forts in the system and
armed with large Rodman and Parrott cannons. Fort Washington was garrisoned as
the outer defense for the city. Companies of the First and Fourth Artillery as
well as numerous state artillery units passed through the post during the war.
In 1872 the garrison was removed and additional property purchased to construct
a new defense system. Funds for the project was withdrawn and the post was
abandoned for the next twenty years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">A new defense system, consisting of rifled steel guns in
concrete emplacements was authorized in 1886 and work began at Fort Washington
in 1891. The next year ground was broken for Battery B, later named Battery
Decatur and the guns were mounted in 1896. Eventually eight concrete batteries
at Fort Washington and four at Fort Hunt made up the Potomac Defense Command.
Prior to World War I Fort Washington was downgraded to harbor defense and the
large guns removed. During the war the post was used as a staging area for
troops being sent to France. The 8th Provisional Artillery Battalion was
organized at the post and sent to France where they became the 53rd Railroad
Artillery Regiment. After the war the 3rd Battalion 12th Infantry moved in and
became the ceremonial unit for the Military District of Washington.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1939 the post was abandoned and turned over to the Director
of Public Buildings for use as a terminal point for a bridge across the Potomac
and a parkway to be built along the shore. Before the transfer was complete the
United States entered World War II. Fort Washington was returned to the army
and became the home of the Adjutant General’s School. After the war the
Veterans Administration managed the post hospital and other government agencies
occupied some of the buildings. In 1946 Fort Washington returned to the
Department of the Interior.</span><br />
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Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-68427120245129328042015-09-18T16:04:00.002-04:002015-09-18T16:04:27.828-04:00"MUSIC TO YOUR EYES"<img alt="piano house" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1373627/thumbs/o-PIANO-HOUSE-570.jpg?6" /><br />
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This unusual Piano and Violin shaped building built in 2007 serves as showroom for exhibiting the plans for newly created district of Shannan in Huainan City, China.<br />
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The transparent Violin houses the escalators and the staircase for the main piano building which displays various plans and development prospects for newly developed area.<br />
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It was reportedly designed by Hefei University of Technology and has been built to a scale of 50:1.<br />
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Because of its unique shape it has become a popular tourist place and many newly weds have their photo taken in its front. The locals have dubbed it “the most romantic building in China”.<br />
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<a href="http://unusualplaces.org/piano-house/">http://unusualplaces.org/piano-house/</a>Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-24713658143248583202015-08-21T09:10:00.001-04:002015-08-21T09:10:44.399-04:00Court Of Justice- Hasselt, Belgium <img alt="COURT OF JUSTICE - Hasselt, Belgium" src="http://www.jmayerh.de/files/jmayerh_hasselt_rrichter_0013.jpg" /><br />
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September 13th, 2013 marks the opening of “Court of Justice” in Hasselt, designed by the architects team of J. <span class="caps">MAYER</span> H. Architects, a2o-architecten and Lensºass architecten. After finishing the exterior skin already in 2011, the interior was completed in spring of 2013. The new court of justice is an open, transparent building with direct public access, combining the Court of Justice with a university library and auditoriums for the faculty of law. In keeping with the building’s logistical requirements and safety provisions, the structure is divided into three separate units: courtrooms, the library for students and an office tower with a 64-meters-high panorama restaurant on top from which offers a panoramic view of the city of Hasselt and its surroundings.<br />
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Based on a master plan by West 8, the former railway station site has been restructured with a park, public buildings, offices and hotels, as well as urban residential blocks. The team of J. <span class="caps">MAYER</span> H. Architects, Lens °Ass and a20-architecten have realized one of the two high-rise buildings, “the new court of justice”, a structure that stands as a contemporary urban landmark of the new district. References in the design process point to both the image of the “tree”, the hazelnut trees in the City of Hasselt’s coat of arms, and steel structures in the once industrial- and Art Nouveau-influenced area.<br />
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German studio <a href="http://www.dezeen.com/tag/j-mayer-h/">J Mayer H Architects</a> has completed a building housing a law court, university library, auditoriums and offices in the Belgian city of Hasselt <br />
The court of justice building is divided into three separate units containing the courtrooms, student library and the office tower, which also houses a restaurant with panoramic views across the city.<br />
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The form of the tower and the pattern of perforated panels on the façade reference the hazelnut trees found in the City of Hasselt's coat of arms. Steel cladding on the exterior evokes the area's industrial heritage and the influence of art nouveau on this part of Belgium.<br />
The tree motif continues inside the building, with a veined pattern covering a wall behind the main reception desk.<br />
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interactive architectural installation that brings the quintessential summer
experience of going to the beach to downtown Washington, D.C. Spanning across
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recyclable translucent plastic balls. Tickets include admission to
exhibitions. Admission is first come, first served (no timed entry). Visit our Admissions
page for more ticketing information. The BEACH is contained within an
enclosure and built out of construction materials such as scaffolding, wooden
panels, and perforated mesh, all clad in stark white. Monochromatic beach
chairs and umbrellas sprinkle the 50-foot wide “shoreline,” and the “ocean”
culminates in a mirrored wall that creates a seemingly infinite reflected
expanse. Visitors are welcome to “swim” in the ocean, or can spend an afternoon
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The Northwest Corridor Revitalization Initiative brings together businesses, residents, city authorities, developers, and officials from Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) to boost the quality of life and economic activity of the Northwest Corridor, a major transportation route from uptown Charlotte, N.C. JCSU opened the vibrant Mosaic Village in the historic West End in 2012 as an important aspect of the revitalization project. <br />
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The 124,000-sf mixed-use project contains 80 apartments, accommodating 300 students with numerous amenities. Tenants have access to a gym, computer lab, study rooms, lounges, and a 4,000-sf rooftop terrace. A free shuttle brings riders to the main university campus and uptown Charlotte. Mosaic Village contains 7,500 sf of retail space and was designed to attract new businesses that benefit from this high-density housing. The project strives to promote identity, history, and diversity. <br />
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Architect Daniel McNamee was inspired by the neighborhood's rich jazz history and the nearby Excelsior Club, which had at one time been the largest private social club for Black professionals in the Southeast.<br />
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“The primary challenge was to take a residence hall—a building type that typically has a lot of overbearing repetition—and compose a dynamic design that tells the story of the historic West End through a connection with jazz music,” said McNamee. <br />
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The dynamic and inspiring exterior of Mosaic Village contains a brick façade, with metal panels at varying depths. The panels provide both insulation and a crisp look. They are coated with Valspar's 70% PVDF Fluropon coating in Cool Breakwater Blue and Silversmith, bringing the project to life and providing exceptional protection again the elements. <br />
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These dynamic elements helped the project win AIA Charlotte’s Urban Design Merit Award and become a neighborhood favorite, revitalizing the historic neighborhood. - See more at: <br />
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Inspired by the area’s rich history and unmatched resilience, Mosaic Village has carefully been sculpted by the cultural influence of Jazz Music, seen and heard at the nearby historic Excelsior Club. The rhythmic progression of the building pulls from the jazz aesthetic and its improvisational yet structured nature. A study of how the layers of music can inform and compose the layers of architecture produces an array of breaks, riffs, vamps, bridges, and improvs in physical form. Following these rules from the realm of jazz, the public and physical realm of Mosaic Village becomes an architectural composition that respects its history, while chartering a new path for the Historic West End Community.<br />
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Mosaic Village has been designed as a sustainable campus that promotes diversity, mobility, identity, history, and vitality. The new urban housing development consists of 80 units (299 beds), each with a kitchen, washer/dryer, and 2 bathrooms. Lounges and study rooms are spread throughout each level to promote social interaction, while a fitness room, game room, and computer lab are located at the main lobby. <br />
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The village has a goal of sharing resources innovatively, appreciating the individual differences that come with diversity, and celebrating the opportunities for collaboration and engagement involved with being part of the overall mosaic that is Historic West End.<br />
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The theme is the life of the cell, cells as the basic units of life, and the
way one cell divides into two in stages called mitosis (presented in a red
sandstone rill). Curving concrete seats have cell models surrounded by
Liesegang rocks. Their red iron concentric circles bear an uncanny relationship
to the many organelles inside the units of life. From above, the layout
presents their early division into membranes and nuclei, a landform celebration
of the cell as the basis of life.<br />
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<strong>Biography</strong><br />
Charles Jencks is an architectural theorist, writer and landscape architect.
Born in Baltimore, 1939, he studied English Literature at Harvard and later
Architectural History in London. He has lectured widely on architecture and the
arts around the world and among his books The Language of Post-Modern
Architecture (1977 and six later editions) was the first to define this
movement in the arts, especially architecture. He has also written numerous
other books on contemporary arts and building, including The Iconic Building,
the Power of Enigma (Frances Lincoln, 2005), What is Post-Modernism? (fourth
edition,1995) and Critical Modernism (Wiley, 2007), a look at where Modernism
is going.<br />
His celebrated garden in Scotland is the subject of his book The Garden of
Cosmic Speculation (Frances Lincoln, 2003) and in 2004 the Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, won the Gulbenkian Prize for Museums for his
design, Landform Ueda. His landscape work is inspired by prehistoric landforms
as well as more recent themes that are known to underlie nature such as strange
attractors, genetic organisation and the fractal geometry of nature. Seeking to
base a language of design on the basic units of the universe he has constructed
a Black Hole landscape in Beijing Olympic Forest Park, DNA sculpture in
Cambridge and Time Garden in Milan. Such ideas are discussed in his Garden of
Cosmic Speculation, 2003, a book that explains in detail his Dumfriesshire
garden and how it abstracts various underlying laws. These stylisations become
a hybrid practise of sculpture, words and gardens he calls landforming. Charles
Jencks divides his time between lecturing, writing, and designing in the USA,
the UK, and Europe.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial Narrow",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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Yeow!http://www.blogger.com/profile/06464086940959170512noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019302721692858847.post-29177830576661579872015-06-19T15:05:00.000-04:002015-06-19T15:05:29.653-04:00Art Through Architecture (American Visionary Art Museum) <div class="irc_mutc">
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The founder and director of the AVAM is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Alban_Hoffberger" title="Rebecca Alban Hoffberger">Rebecca Alban Hoffberger</a>, who while working in the development department of Sinai Hospital’s (Baltimore) People Encouraging People (a program geared toward aiding psychiatric patients in their return to the community) began to develop the idea for a visionary museum, an idea that eventually blossomed into the American Visionary Art Museum, or AVAM. Initially, Hoffberger was simply interested in the artwork created by the patients in the People Encouraging People program, and found herself “impressed with their imagination” and looking to “their strengths, not their illnesses.”<br />
Hoffberger found inspiration on a visit to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collection_de_l%27art_brut" title="Collection de l'art brut">Collection de l'art brut</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, Switzerland, which was established by French artist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Dubuffet" title="Jean Dubuffet">Jean Dubuffet</a> as a collection of “l'art brut” or “raw art because of the untamed emotions resonating in it.” Hoffberger described the museum as “the best, the most imaginative, the most original museum” and soon adopted the idea of “l'art brut” for her own visionary museum<br />
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In her inaugural address, Hoffberger stated that “the American Visionary Art Museum opens its doors of perception not in an effort to make war on academic or institutionalized learning, but to create a place where the best of self-taught, intuitive contributions of all kinds will be duly recognized, explored, and then championed in a clear strong voice.” Since its designation—by a unanimous vote of the U.S. Congress—as America's "official national education center, repository and museum for self-taught, intuitive artistry," </div>
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The AVAM is the official national museum and education center for self-taught and intuitive artistry. Visionary art beats to the rhythm of its own drum, or rather, it's own fantastical self-made instrument. The American Visionary Art Museum provides an inclusive space for 'outsider' art. However, there is a fine line to walk when 'fringe' or 'outsider' art is concerned. </div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bailianjing Park Pavilions by Taranta Creations</strong></div>
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Bailianjing park is located in the north of Pudong section of the former expo site, along the Huangpu river. Already opened during the China Expo 2010, the park claims its crucial role after the expo. While most of the expo structures are currently demolished, the park remains as a permanent public waterfront. Besides the maintenance of the china pavilion, the expo exhibition center, the Mercedes Benz stadium and the expo boulevard, it is unclear what will happen with the large amount of unoccupied land after the torn down of all the country and corporation pavilions. Continuing the theme of the expo “better city, better life” the green waterfront should function as an attractor of high quality urban developments. A series of art installations along the green belt are part of the landscape design. Among the designers for the different art installations was Taranta Creations.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Park life</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />If you visit the parks in shanghai, you will notice that the Chinese people use these public spaces extensively. From early in the morning till dusk, people come to the park to meet, exercise, eat or relax. You find people practicing tai chi, dancing, singing karaoke, drinking tea or playing the typical Chinese mahjong game.</div>
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The objective of our design was to create sculptures that added more than only visually quality to the park. We wanted to create an installation that enables and facilitates this typical park life. Inspired by the diversity of Chinese recreational cultures, each sculpture is designated for a specific function to suit for multiple purposes. One sculpture will be equipped with microphones and a screen, so it can be used for singing karaoke. Another will contain trays to store chess and card games. In one of the pavilions you can place bottles, for keeping your drinks cold during the hot summers. Or you can dance on the tunes produced by the “jukebox” sculpture.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tea pavilions</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The sculptures are designed as small pavilions. This way we create a reference to the ancient Chinese Fengkafei tea pavilions, which have always been small centers for recreational and social purposes. Given the location next to the river, we decided to place the pavilions on poles. Not only does this protect the pavilions against a flood from the river, but also makes people aware of this existing threat. As a contrast to the normally gray sky that you usually will experience in shanghai, we choose to execute the pavilions in fresh and bright colors. The colors in combination with the shapes give the cluster of pavilions the appearance of candy. As we believe our pavilions can be the “candy” for people to visit the park. small wind turbines placed on top of the pavilions provide the pavilions with the necessary electricity. During the night the pavilions light the environment.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bubble gate</strong><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />At the start of the path that leads towards the pavilions we place a pavilion that represents the modern version of the old Chinese gate. The bubble shape gate is a reminder of the flamboyant architecture that we have experienced at the expo pavilions.</div>
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Design team: Enrico Taranta, Giorgio Radojkovic, Juriaan Calis</div>
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Visit the Taranta Creations website – <a href="http://www.enrico-taranta.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0000c0; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Photography by Zhang Jun Photography</div>
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