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- XI bookshelf \ Goncalo Campos
- LOTUS DOME \ Daan Roosegaarde
- MINO garden gnome \ Giovanni Tomasini
- Future Classroom \ Laboratory for Visionary Architecture
- Clyfford Still Museum \ Allied Works
- H-Supplies Kit \ dialoguemethod
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:53 AM PST
 XI bookshelf, image courtesy Gonçalo Campos Gonçalo Campos has recently created the XI bookshelf. A bookshelf designed to be very simple to assemble, without the use of any screws or fixtures. Its assembly becomes very simple due to the very carefully placed fittings that allow for the parts to lock together, like a wooden puzzle.  XI bookshelf, image courtesy Gonçalo Campos The carving of the assembly instructions directly on the boards is what makes this construction so simple. It shows the most technical part of the object, and is present throughout the shelf’s use, reminding you of that one event. It also allows for taking apart and rebuilding it anytime, since the instructions wont get lost.  XI bookshelf, image courtesy Gonçalo Campos Despite it’s dynamic look, this shelf is very sturdy, because of it’s X structure and the suspended vertical support, that holds the loose ends of the horizontal parts. This shelf was designed to be produced by CNC milling. This makes it very simple and fast to produce. + Designer: Goncalo Campos | http://www.goncalocampos.com/  XI bookshelf, image courtesy Gonçalo Campos         |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2012 07:16 AM PST
LOTUS DOME is a living dome made out of smart foils which fold open in response to human behavior. As a futuristic vision on the Renaissance LOTUS DOME merges elements of architecture and nature into an interactive experience. Commissioned for the City of Lille (FR) LOTUS DOME will premiere in Sainte Marie Madeleine Church in Lille; creating futuristic plays of light, sound and shadow. + Project factsClient: Lille 3000, France  LOTUS DOME, image courtesy Daan Roosegaarde  LOTUS DOME, image courtesy Daan Roosegaarde  LOTUS DOME, image courtesy Daan Roosegaarde  LOTUS DOME, image courtesy Daan Roosegaarde  LOTUS DOME, image courtesy Daan Roosegaarde + More design by Daan Roosegaarde on +MOOD 'Liquid Space' at Lumiere UK 2011  Dune 4.2 | Daan Roosegaarde      |
| MINO garden gnome \ Giovanni Tomasini Posted: 25 Jan 2012 03:29 AM PST
The MINO garden gnome takes care for your plants. The garden dwarf tradition is older than what is commonly believed. Originating in XVII century Germany, garden dwarfs were exported by an English nobleman to decorate his garden, and they have now become the globally widespread kitsch ornaments that we all know. Despite its jazzy colours, the modern dwarf is a melancholic figure, condemned to a purely decorative function within a domesticated and artificial environment. Mino on the other hand lives in a garden full of life, destined to survive for one season only to then die with pride by feeding the surrounding vegetation. 100% biodegradable, Italian design by Giovanni Tomasini.  MINO garden gnome by Giovanni Tomasini | image © Claudia Brijbag  MINO garden gnome by Giovanni Tomasini | image © Claudia Brijbag  MINO garden gnome by Giovanni Tomasini | image © Claudia Brijbag  MINO garden gnome by Giovanni Tomasini | image © Claudia Brijbag  MINO garden gnome by Giovanni Tomasini | image © Claudia Brijbag  MINO garden gnome by Giovanni Tomasini + About designerGIOVANNI TOMASINI was born in 1985 in Brescia – ITALY. He graduated in Design at the LABA in Brescia 2009, he won several design awards and exhibited in Milan "fuorisalone circuit" in 2010 and 2011. Is included in the annual talent of young Italians in the World 2010 "YOUNG BLOOD". In September 2010 he joined the Machinalmpresa: a group of 12 young designers, selected by criteria of excellence. Experts in the field of Design, Fashion, Communication and Marketing.      |
| Future Classroom \ Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Posted: 25 Jan 2012 02:33 AM PST
 Future Classroom, render courtesy Laboratory for Visionary Architecture  Future Classroom, render courtesy Laboratory for Visionary Architecture LAVA’s school relocatable is a learning space for the future. The classroom for 21st century learning is sustainable, integrates with the landscape, connects with the school environment, and is suitable for prefabrication and mass customisation. Relocatables are the decades old solution to changing demographics, remote community needs, and natural disasters. Unsightly, they are perceived as cheap and unpleasant spaces.  Future Classroom, render courtesy Laboratory for Visionary Architecture This idea is upturned with spaces that are sustainable, practical, costeffective whilst making learning fun and exciting.  Future Classroom, drawing courtesy Laboratory for Visionary Architecture  Future Classroom, drawing courtesy Laboratory for Visionary Architecture Sustainable design includes prefabrication, eco-materials, symmetrical repeatable geometry, and small lightweight easily transportable modular elements. The modular façade system is manually operable, flexible for light and shade, enclosed space or open space, bringing the outside in or the inside out. Mass customisation is low cost, low carbon, with off-site prefabrication allowing responsive assembly, and adapts to varied climates, unusual configurations and topographies.  Future Classroom, render courtesy Laboratory for Visionary Architecture The 'three axis' geometry design allows interlocking of various configurations to adapt to changing class sizes, learning clusters and future learning methods. This cellular space for learning strengthens the connection between mankind, nature and technology. The design received a 'Jury Special Mention' in the Australian Future Proofing School competition and was on show in December 2011 at the Wunderlich Gallery, University of Melbourne. + For more information about the competition result, visit http://www.msdincubator.com/gallery/.  Future Classroom, drawing courtesy Laboratory for Visionary Architecture + AboutLAVA – Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser, Alexander Rieck Chris Bosse, whilst associate architect at PTW Architects, was a key designer of the Watercube at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Tobias Wallisser is Professor for Innovative Construction and Spatial Concepts at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Stuttgart. As an associate architect at UNStudio, Amsterdam, he was responsible for the planning of the Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Museum. Both of these projects set new standards in the field of computer-based drafting. Alexander Rieck has been working for the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart for over ten years and coordinates a range of inter-institutional architectural activities, including the research project Future of Construction. PARTNERS: ARUP Mankind | Nature | Technology The classroom of the future uses this current technology revolution to position a space for learning at the nexus between knowledge and social interaction. The design anticipates the future by allowing classes to be subdivided in flexible clusters, which can continuously change. The teacher, rather than being watched like a black box theatre performance, is in the centre of these clusters and moves around them. The system acts as an adaptable system instead of a fixed hierarchy. Sustainable Integration – Broad spectrum Discovering the Future – a building that learns Mass Customisation – low cost, low carbon
A Future of Learning + Project factsARCHITECT: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture [LAVA] | www.l-a-v-a.net + All images and drawings courtesy LAVA                 |
| Clyfford Still Museum \ Allied Works Posted: 24 Jan 2012 11:29 PM PST
 Clyfford Still Museum, image courtesy Allied Works | Photo by Jeremy Bittermann ALLIED WORKS DESIGNS NEWLY OPENED CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM IN DENVER, COLORADO New York City – Following an invited international competition in 2006, Allied Works was selected to design the Clyfford Still Museum, a single-artist institution devoted to the life and work of the 20th-century painter. Opened to the public on November 18th, the museum houses 94 percent of Still's total creative output, spanning nearly six decades of work. It is one of the most comprehensive single-artist collections in the world.  Clyfford Still Museum, image courtesy Allied Works | Photo by Jeremy Bittermann Allied Works' design provides visitors with an intimate environment to experience the art of Clyfford Still. The building is a dense, cantilevered two-story building of richly worked concrete. Featuring nine light-filled galleries on its second level, as well as a library, educational and archival resources, a conservation studio, and collection storage on its first floor, the 28,500-square-foot museum creates a compelling environment in which to view and appreciate Still's work and learn about his life and impact.  Clyfford Still Museum, image courtesy Allied Works | Photo by Jeremy Bittermann
 Clyfford Still Museum, image courtesy Allied Works | Photo by Jeremy Bittermann In spring 2012, Allied Works, in collaboration with Berlin-based publisher Hatje Cantz, will release a new book that presents the vision and realization of the museum from initial concepts to completion. BUILDING DESIGN One first encounters the museum through a grove of trees and landscaped forecourt, which provides a place of contemplation, decompression, and transition from the museum's surrounding urban context. Through the trees, the structure of the building is visible, consisting of cast-in-place architectural concrete walls with a variety of surface relief and texture. The façade features thin, vertical lines of concrete that project from the building's surface in a fractured, organic, and random pattern, creating a rich surface that changes in the intense Denver sunlight and forms varied shadows across the building.  Clyfford Still Museum, image courtesy Allied Works | Photo by Jeremy Bittermann The entry is revealed beneath a canopy of trees, and visitors are welcomed into the museum by a low, long reception lobby. Visitors rise from the lobby and reception area toward the natural light falling from the galleries on the second floor. The museum's second level features nine light-filled galleries, totaling approximately 10,000 square feet. Each gallery is distinctly defined and proportioned to respond to specific aspects and needs of the collection and helps trace the different phases of Still's career in chronological sequence. Gallery heights vary to accommodate changes in scale and media; those with 17-foot, 6-inch-high ceilings showcase Still's monumental Abstract Expressionist canvases, some of which extend to over 12 feet tall and 16 feet long, while smaller galleries with 12-foot ceilings create a more intimate viewing environment for the presentation of smaller-scale paintings and works on paper. Two outdoor terraces and an education gallery offer visitors a moment of reflection and investigation during the gallery sequence, and allow them to re-orient themselves with the surrounding and distant landscape. Moving between galleries, visitors are provided glimpses down into the collection storage and interpretive galleries on the first level.  Clyfford Still Museum, image courtesy Allied Works | Photo by Jeremy Bittermann The visitor's experience of the collection is enlivened by natural light that enters the galleries through a series of skylights over a cast-in-place, perforated concrete ceiling. The geometry of openings in the ceiling creates an even field of soft and changing daylight in the galleries. Diffusing glass, motorized shades, and electric light give curatorial flexibility to the gallery spaces, helping to support different gallery configurations and the museum's rotating exhibition program.  Clyfford Still Museum, image courtesy Allied Works | Photo by Jeremy Bittermann Upon completing the primary gallery sequence, visitors may descend back to the museum's first level to explore the painting storage, archive, and exhibition spaces viewable from above. An open double-high corridor connects these facilities and serves as an exhibition hall allowing visitors to further their learning of the history and life of Clyfford Still. A "timeline" section of the corridor places the artist's work in context with historic events and other artistic movements, and an "archive" hallway presents the everyday artifacts of the artist's life and information about his painting technique and media. From this corridor, visitors are also able to view the collection storage rooms, and assess the number of paintings produced during the artist's prolific career. A visible conservation lab and a research center offer visitors additional resources for furthering their knowledge of Still's career. This open corridor speaks to the institution's founding principle of unveiling this once-private and very personal collection to the public, as it invites a gradual immersion in the works of Still. + Project factsOpening Date November 18, 2011 Location: Permanent Collection: Building Size: Special Features: Nine exhibition galleries, dducation facilities, library and archives, collection storage, conservation laboratory Building Materials Cast-in-place concrete walls with a variety of specialized wood-formed finishes. Concrete structural ceiling slabs. Wood panels and glazing systems. Project Team: Project Team: Collaborators: Project Budget: + ABOUT ALLIED WORKSAllied Works is an interdisciplinary architecture and design practice that operates from offices in New York City and Portland, Oregon. Founded by Brad Cloepfil in 1994, the practice has been defined by a deep concern for the landscape, human experience and craft, as well as the preservation and enhancement of the public realm. Currently, Allied Works is working on a variety of projects at multiple scales. The largest of these is the design for the National Music Centre of Canada in Calgary, Alberta, a 135,000 sf performance, education, exhibition, and production space dedicated to advancing Canada's musical heritage, which is scheduled to open in 2014. Allied Works is also working on the Vancouver Community Connector, a 14-acre urban park and freeway cap in Vancouver, Washington, just north of the Columbia River (Ongoing). Other building projects include the Main House at the Dutchess County Residence in Upstate New York (2012); a new arts building for Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon (2013); master planning and a phased building redevelopment for the Pacific Northwest College of Art (2013); and a master plan and new facilities for Sokol-Blosser Vineyards (2013). Smaller current works include the design of two new Sitings Projects, suburban and forest, which centers around the development of five specific design proposals or site interventions in diverse landscapes across the Pacific Northwest. The Maryhill Overlook, desert, was the first of the five completed in 1998. The practice is also engaged in a variety of furniture designs, including a collection of beds, tables, benches and cabinets for the Dutchess County Residence and a new conference table for Wieden+Kennedy. Completed projects include a 155,000sf creative workspace for a feature animation company in California (2011); the NYC Loft, a major urban residence in Lower Manhattan (2010); the University of Michigan Museum of Art (2009); the Portland Heights Residence, sited on a ridge of the Tualatin Mountains with views of the Cascade Range, the Willamette River, and the city of Portland (2010); Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts located in the Dallas Arts District(2008); the Museum of Arts and Design on Columbus Circle in Manhattan (2008); the Guest House at the Dutchess County Residence (2007); a major expansion to the Seattle Art Museum, which provides space for 20 years of phased growth (2007); the Sun Valley Residence (2005); a master plan and Hearth Building for the Caldera Arts Center (2004); the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis (2003); the world headquarters for Wieden+Kennedy, which also includes the design of Bluehour Restaurant and the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, in the heart of Portland's Pearl District (2000); and the PDX Gallery (1999). Allied Works has been widely published in magazines and journals throughout the US, Europe and Asia. The practice released its first book, entitled “Allied Works Architecture Brad Cloepfil: Occupation” in April 2011. The book, a series of conversations with a selection of artists, scientists, thinkers and makers, explores past, present and future projects and focuses on the ideas and principles that form the basis of the practice's work. Allied Works and Brad Cloepfil have received numerous awards for their work from professional organizations, local officials, non-profits and the design press. Beginning with a Progressive Architecture Design Award for the Seattle Brewing Company proposal in 1996, the practice has gone on to receive more than 25 design awards, which include national honor awards from the Society of College and University Planning and the American Institute of Architects for the University of Michigan Museum of Art; a 2009 Northwest & Pacific Region Honor Award for the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts; Chicago Athenaeum Awards for the Sun Valley Residence and the University of Michigan Museum of Art; a Mayor's Award for Design Excellence for 2281 Glisan, a mixed-use building located in an historic retail and residential neighborhood in Portland, Oregon; and Best Adaptive Reuse and Best Energy Efficiency Business Awards for the Wieden+Kennedy Headquarters in 2000. In 2009, the Guest House at the Dutchess County Residence was named a Record House in Architectural Record and was a Best New Private House finalist in Wallpaper*. Most recently, Allied Works was a finalist at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona to receive design awards for the National Music Centre of Canada and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. + ABOUT THE CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUMThe Clyfford Still Museum was founded to promote public and scholarly understanding of the late artist's work and legacy, through the presentation and preservation of the Clyfford Still and Patricia Still estates, donated to the City of Denver in 2004 and 2005 respectively, and totaling approximately 2,400 artworks. Considered one of the most important painters of the twentieth century, Still (1904 – 1980) was among the first generation of Abstract Expressionist artists who developed a new, powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II. The Stills' estates—now understood to contain 94 percent of the artist's total output—as well as his extensive archive, have been sealed off from the public since 1980. The new museum, designed by Allied Works Architecture and situated in the heart of Denver's Arts District, reintroduces Still's body of work to the public for the first time in over three decades and provides an unprecedented opportunity to reflect on the full scope of Still's legacy and his profound influence on American art. + All images courtesy Allied Works | Photo by JEREMY BITTERMANN                  |
| H-Supplies Kit \ dialoguemethod Posted: 24 Jan 2012 09:17 PM PST
 H-Supplies Kit, image courtesy dialoguemethod South Korean design studio dialoguemethod has created the “H-Supplies Kit”. “H-supplies kit” is started out the trouble for South Korea’s traditional paper Hanji’s new using beyond paper. Hanji paper has excellent lightweight and natural patterns compared to other papers. Hanji (1mm) and birch plywood (4mm) were repeatedly stacked. so, the product has lighter weight and durability, birch plywood has color stripe pattern on the cross section. “H-supplies kit” is consist of six different types of modular office equipment items.(tape holder, pen holder, business card holder, cable holder, notes, deposit) The same production process can be applied to a wide range as well as office supplies and furniture accessories, lighting.  H-Supplies Kit, image courtesy dialoguemethod  H-Supplies Kit, image courtesy dialoguemethod  H-Supplies Kit, image courtesy dialoguemethod + Design factsDesign studio: dialoguemethod | http://www.dialoguemethod.com/ + All images courtesy dialoguemethod                   |
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