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When priests at the temple complex of Chavín de Huántar in central Peru sounded their conch-shell trumpets 2,500 years ago, tones magnified and echoed by stone surfaces seemed to come from everywhere, yet nowhere. The effect must have seemed otherworldly, but there was nothing mysterious about its production. According to archaeologists at Stanford University, the temple’s builders created galleries, ducts, and ventilation shafts to channel sound. In short, the temple’s designers may have been not only expert architects but also skilled acoustical engineers.
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President Leon Botstein of Bard College steps boldly into the fray to answer one of the most enduring human questions: What is art? This discussion spills over into debates about art's value to society ---- whether access to the arts is right as basic as education or health care, and whether it should be assessed and supported by government or left to the "invisible hand" of the free market. President Botstein explains why it is essential to ask these questions and offers a sturdy basis for evaluating them. He goes so far as to suggest that engaging with art can give our lives meaning and purpose.
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With cities running out of room, the world’s ever-expanding population may soon need to find new homes. But where? Sea, sky, or desert? We look at the alternatives
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Image Be Proactive. There’s much any city can do today. Via Toni Sánchez, association concert urbain
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You heard it here first. NO NEW BUILDINGS. The future of architecture hangs in the balance–a balance of energy and environmental constraints that will profoundly alter the way humans interact with their environment. ARCHITECTURE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=architecture
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Architectural Augmented Reality Created by Merchlar Labs... Articles about AUGMENTED REALITY http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=Augmented%20Reality
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A Dutch architectural firm is working to innovate floating infrastructure which could help cities expand beyond their coastal limitations, providing citizens with more space and helping cities run better
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April 5, 2012 1:06 PM
Inpiration from the Venus Project by Jacque Fresco (Zeitgeist) : http://oxymoron-fractal.blogspot.fr/2011/05/moving-forward-les-intervenants.html
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Even the most exact construction plan lacks many details and design options. The building owner needs imagination to obtain an idea of the constructed building. Now, new 3D video glasses provide a true representation in virtual reality.
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Patterns made with nothing more than a compass and a straight edge...
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Animal behaviour | This is an updated version of an old piece, edited to include new information. Science progresses by adding new data to an ever-growing picture.
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Inspiration and interpretation are inevitable. As metaphor is basic to what we do, so emerging results in neuroscience will be taken well beyond the intentions and even meanings of their authors. Much caution and critique will be needed. Yet at the same time, I want to preserve a space for this other mantle, from science to art and humanism. To creation and design and expression.
A revolution based on neuroscience? No. A recognition of our bodies and experiences and senses? Yes. And thus much closer to metaphors that inspire us every day. Like HOME or WARMTH. And maybe even a tree or two.
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A new book on the radical design disicpline of biomimicry in the built in environment...
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Emory students and scholars, under the direction of Bonna Wescoat, Professor of Art History, are working together to investigate the visibility of the Parthenon frieze by recreating reliefs (currently on view London and Athens museums) and installing them on the Nashville Parthenon.
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A dam unearthed during excavation work in the northern Anatolian province of Çorum reveals that the dam construction techniques of the ancient past are similar to the techniques used today, according to archaeologists.
Shannon Bench's curator insight,
October 18, 2013 8:24 PM
Of course! They were the Hattians! THEY RULE!
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Instead of just basic machines, the city becomes a vast interconnected system designed for turning energy into work. Seen through that lens, cities are really giant heat engines, and that makes them creatures subject to one of the most profound principles in all of physics: the omnipresent Second Law of Thermodynamics.
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To enable as many cities as possible to have their own 3D city model, the specialists from 3D Reality Maps, perfected the next generation of high resolution 3D landscape models, and the technology for 3D modeling of cities.
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Santiago Calatrava's latest masterpiece: The Science and Technology Building at Florida's Polytechnich University.
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Noise levels, fine particulate matter, traffic volumes – these data are of interest to urban planners and residents alike. ...
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Mobile Augmented Reality visualization of architectural plans. Building of a new hotel complex is being planned at Raseborg town in Finland. Municipal decision makers go on a walking tour at the site and view the 3D plans using N900 mobile phones. Articles about AUGMENTED REALITY http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=Augmented%20Reality
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A researcher specialising in architecture and synthetic biology, Rachel Armstrong imagines a future with building materials that function as part of living systems. New Scientist caught up with her to talk about her new TED book, Living Architecture.
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Our built environment doesn’t have to be static. With the right synthetic biology, it can respond automatically to changes in temperature or moisture level, and even react to natural disasters, hunkering down during earthquakes or removing toxins after a toxic spill.
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Living Architecture: How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities and Reshape Our Lives By Rachel Armstrong. What will the city of the future look like? More like an ever-changing and vibrant garden than a static set of buildings and blocks, says British architect Rachel Armstrong. Via Gerd Moe-Behrens
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Rachel Armstrong is co-director of AVATAR (Advanced Virtual and Technological Architectural Research) in Architecture and Synthetic Biology at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (UCL). She is also a Senior TED Fellow, and Visiting Research Assistant at the Center for Fundamental Living Technology, Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark. Her research investigates 'living materials', a new approach to building materials that suggests it is possible for our buildings to share some of the properties of living systems. She is author of a forthcoming TED Book on 'Living Architecture' that will be released on the kindle platform in the autumn.
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Architectural Projection Mapping is a relatively new art form, but it may give fireworks shows a run for their money in the outdoor nighttime entertainment department. Using 3-D effects, motion graphics and choreographed music video artists are able to transform the surfaces of buildings and objects into unique, giant canvases for their animations. The effect can be stunning. Here we've collected some of our favorite examples. Enjoy!
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