Capacitor | Yumi Saito

September 30, 2012 by bg-martin

Capacitor Yumi Saito | Bartlett 2008 | Lea Valley, London “A series of man-powered flying structures populate a group of drifting park landscapes, traversing and gazing the Lea Valley. These lighter-than-air structures are powered by pleasure generated from the work and labour of the users. Helium supported, they are lowered and raised by the capture and release of heat generated from the perspiration of these users.”

Categories: Archilibs, Digital, drawings • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, capacitor, design, digital, drawing, drawings, landscape, masterplan, mix-media, The Bartlett, Yumi Saito

Instant City | Peter Cook

September 28, 2012 by bg-martin

Instant City Peter Cook | 1970 Instant City is a mobile technological event that drifts into underdeveloped, drab towns via air (balloons) with provisional structures (performance spaces) in tow. The effect is a deliberate overstimulation to produce mass culture, with an embrace of advertising aesthetics. The whole endeavor is intended to eventually move on leaving behind advanced technology hook-ups.

Categories: Archilibs, drawings • Tags: Archigram, Archilibs, architecture, art, design, drawing, instant city, mix-media, Peter Cook

Rik Nijs

September 28, 2012 by bg-martin

Rik Nijs AA Files AA | 1990

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Scogin Elam Bray

September 28, 2012 by bg-martin

Scogin Elam Bray | AA Files AA | 1992 …

Categories: Archilibs, Drafting, drawings • Tags: AA Files, Archilibs, digital, Drafting, Scogin Elam Bray

Foro Romano | Ben Cowd

September 26, 2012 by bg-martin

Foro Romano Ben Cowd | Rome, Italy Laser-cut paper “Inspired by cosmic diagrams of ancient civilizations, the project focuses on the theme of cosmology and sacred space. Mapping the paths and cycles of the sun and stars; the contoured surfaces can be read as astronomical clocks and calendars: steps representing days and months, stones representing minutes and lines attributed to seconds. The cartography of these studies is generated by a series of recessed laser-cut drawings and models. The final proposal of […]

Categories: Architectural Models, Galleries • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, Ben Cowd, design, digital, foro romano, mix-media, modelmaking, The Bartlett

Catrina Beevor and Robert Mull

September 25, 2012 by bg-martin

Catrina Beevor and Robert Mull | 1993

Categories: Archilibs, Art, drawings • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, Catrina Beevor, composition, design, diagram, Drafting, drawing, mix-media, perspective, Robert Mull

Taking Measure | James Corner

September 25, 2012 by bg-martin

Taking Measure Across the American Landscape | James Corner | 1995

Categories: Archilibs, drawings • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, design, James Corner, landscape, mix-media, Yale

Emperor’s Castle | Thomas Hillier

September 24, 2012 by bg-martin

Emperor’s Castle Thomas Hillier | Tokyo | 2008 Artist statement: “This piece of narrative architecture was the vehicle to examine current day cultural and social issues in Japan such as unconditional piety, relentless work ethic, and conservative attitudes towards love. The way the work was represented throughout was key in illustrating my precise architectural ambition for the project. Tokyo is looked upon as the city of ‘bright – lights’ and fast moving technology, yet within its underbelly still exists the idea of […]

Categories: Architectural Models, Galleries • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, design, digital, drawing, drawings, landscape, mix-media, modelmaking, The Bartlett, Thomas Hillier

architectural model \ Theatre For Magicians by Sara Shafiei

September 23, 2012 by bg-martin

Theatre For Magicians by Sara Shafiei | 2008 “The project attempts to portray how magic and illusion can become an inherent part of the architectural design, which foregrounds the engagement of the user in the building. The proposal begins by exploring how Harry Houdini’s ‘Vanishing Elephant’ trick is manifested within Albrecht Dürer’s ‘cone of light and vision’ to merge showmanship, optics and illusion.The resultant building, a Theatre for Magicians, is located in the National Botanical Gardens in Rome.”

Categories: Architectural Models, Galleries • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, design, digital, Drafting, drawing, drawings, mix-media, modelmaking, perspective, Sara Shafiei, The Bartlett