Architecture that does not have a function, is not appreciated or that stands unused has no place in a world that consumes as many naturally resources as ours.
The global building industry caters to the needs of billions, but it also is the highest consumer of these resources, meaning that there must be a level of responsibility in play that restricts unnecessary works at all costs. However, an increasing number of urban development projects are being undertaken that are unused and unnecessary. These ‘ghost towns’ stand as an outdated and regressive waste in the meantime, although they are often justified as a long-term development goal...
La dame de fer ne fait pas son âge mais s'offre tout de même un petit lifting : des travaux viennent de débuter et devraient s'étaler sur dix-huit mois. L'objectif : rénover entièrement le premier étage de la structure, avec notamment la mise en place d'un large plancher de verre pour attirer davantage de touristes sur cette partie, moins visitée que les étages supérieurs.
Un peu de verre donc, mais du vert aussi : le monument devrait accueillir de grandes éoliennes et des turbines qui produiront une partie de l'électricité dont la Tour Eiffel a besoin. "On constate d'année en année une progression du nombre de visiteurs de la Tour Eiffel : 7 millions par an, plus de 250 millions au total", rappelle la ministre du tourisme Sylvie Pinel, venue inspectée les travaux mardi 31 juillet...
La maison construite sans respect des normes parasismiques est "impropre à sa destination", selon la justice, et son propriétaire peut exiger du constructeur sa mise aux normes.
Interrogé par l'AFP, le maire UMP de Courcouronnes, Stéphane Beaudet, également vice-président de la communauté d'agglomération Evry-Centre-Essonne, estime que cette pétition traduit un "corporatisme puant"...
via City-in-Progress @City_inProgress prospective et réflexions urbaines par Gaspard & Rémi, deux étudiants en archi & urbanisme http://city-in-progress.com
In just eight short months, London will kick off the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Like every city on the eve of hosting a major world event, London has been unveiling building after new building from stadiums to restaurants.
The shiny new Queen Elizabeth Olympic park is almost finished, which almost all of the main buildings finished on time, and includes Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Center. On top of a turf field over looking the rest of the campus is the new London Velodrome, one of the four permanent fixtures of the park.
Cette monographie retrace l'histoire du logement social : des premiers logements sociaux jusqu'aux réalisations les plus ambitieuses en matière de développement durable.
Todo listo en la góndola del globo Victoria II. 60 bombonas de propano. 5 metros cuadrados de panel solar. 120 litros de agua, 15 kilos de provisiones y gadgets… muchos gadgets para navegar, inmortalizar y atacar los kilos de soledad que inflarán el lastre del Victoria. A punto de emprender un viaje alrededor del mundo sin escalas en busca de respuestas. La aventura no está tras un récord ya imposible, la idea es fotografiar 30 de las más variadas ciudades para estudiar y comprender el tejido urbano que domina el planeta del siglo XXI. Este es el cuaderno de bitácora del sueño imposible de Le Corbusier y Verne.
This four-bedroom vacation home is a study in spatial efficiency, coming in under 2,000 SF of living area including 1,700 SF of modular construction and 240 SF of site-built construction.
The design can be adapted to any site of the owners choosing. The two-story factory-built modular house has a reverse living plan to maximize available terraces and views for the primary family kitchen, dining and living areas, while tucking three bedrooms and a master suite into the lower level.
Conceived specifically to touch lightly on the landscape both during and after construction, this home is ideal for flood-prone areas. This home is comprised of two living volumes that are joined by a prefabricated, site assembled entrance staircase that provides an immediate visual and physical connection to the upper level.
Each volume is made of two stacked modular units, that when raised on piloti, allow the landscape to move through and under the house that provides an environmentally sensitive and visually dramatic design solution...
Situato in un eterogeneo quartiere peri-urbano di Parigi, il progetto per una day nursery pubblica di ECDM Architects si confronta con una situazione caotica: edifici di ogni dimensione, stile e periodo si contendono lo spazio in un ambiente che ha un che di old fashioned, declinazione tipica dell'architettura ibrida e disgregata che caratterizza la banlieu parigina.
La modernità sembra giunta al caos totale: adiacente al sito si trova una costruzione fuori scala, in deroga ad ogni parametro edilizio e ad ogni limite di proprietà; la ricerca di un possibile comune denominatore è vana, impossibile dare origine a una composizione omogenea. In questo contesto la day nursery si colloca come un tentativo, un piccolo edificio di pubblica utilità che cerca di farsi largo tra palazzi di dodici piani che tolgono la luce nella loro schiacciante mostruosità...
Today the Architect Day is special. It's about the places that are being used in the Olympics games, in London 2012. Check out the works and the architects responsible for each project.
Jean-Marc Ayrault renouvelle l'engagement de la majorité de relever le seuil de logements sociaux pour les villes de plus de 3.500 habitants de 20% à 25%. Et de quintupler les amendes pour les communes hors-la-loi.
Le Monde.fr - "Le Monde" vous propose de découvrir cette semaine des habitations hors du commun. Aujourd'hui, la tour-horloge de l'architecte Monica Donati, qui offre une vue imprenable sur les monuments de la capitale.
Le Grand Paris, ce n'est pas que de la politique. Entre ceux qu'on rencontre et ce qu'on voit dans le paysage, la métropole parisienne se raconte par les petits détours. Parfois, c'est l'essentiel.
via Sibylle Vincendon @SVincendon Rédactrice en chef adjointe à Libération, blogueuse du Grand Paris sur Liberation.fr, fabricante des hors-série du quotidien, tweeteuse peu envahissante. http://grandparis.blogs.liberation.fr/vincendon/
Even today different parameters of judgment are hardly ever applied in comparing urban phenomena of such differing scales as the metropolis, the town and the village.
La figura del hacker suele estar asociada específicamente a la informática y casi siempre tiene connotaciones negativas. Se considera que un hacker es un “pirata”, alguien que se infiltra sin permiso en sistemas informáticos burlando o quebrando sus mecanismos de seguridad para alterar de manera ilícita y malintencionada su funcionamiento.
Pero los hackers no son en realidad delincuentes informáticos y su campo de acción es mucho más amplio que el mundo de las computadoras (Richard Stallman dice que es válido hasta hackear bicicletas). Según la Indianopedia: “Hackear es utilizar el conocimiento que tenemos sobre un sistema de cualquier tipo para desarrollar funcionalidades para las que no había sido diseñado originalmente o hacerle funcionar de acuerdo con nuevos objetivos”.
Esta conducta tiene que ver con la diversión: el hacker es movido por un placer que deviene de la curiosidad, la creatividad y el conocimiento. En ocasiones tiene connotaciones políticas y fuertes basamentos éticos.
Caramba… con esta definición muchos artistas podrían ser hackers y de hecho lo son. La vida urbana, la ciudad, ofrece innumerables oportunidades para ello.
Brilliant compilation of diagrams, sketches, models, structures and patterns related to several fields (design, biology, landscape, science, architecture...) with parametricism and organicism as common factors, by Marta Krivosheek.
"Inspired by cell division, Michael Hansmeyer writes algorithms that design outrageously fascinating shapes and forms with millions of facets. No person could draft them by hand, but they're buildable -- and they could revolutionize the way we think of architectural form. Michael Hansmeyer is an architect and programmer who explores the use of algorithms and computation to generate architectural form."
Built back in 1190s, located in western Afghanistan, the 65 meter high Minaret of Jam is the second largest religious monument of its kind in the world.
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