Morphosis // Casablanca Finance City Tower

November 16, 2015 by bg-martin

Casablanca Finance City Tower is the first tower planned has a critical role in the development, symbolizing Morocco’s vision for the future and setting precedents in building performance, scale, and style for a city that does not yet exist. Rendering | Casablanca Finance City Tower ©Morphosis Morphosis Architects // Casablanca Finance City Tower, Casablanca, Morocco, 2014 “ Casablanca is expanding its historical role as the gateway to the continent, through government-driven plans that will open untapped markets in francophone Africa to […]

Categories: Architecture, Commercial, News • Tags: architecture, Casablanca, commercial buildings, Morocco, Morphosis, news

The Depth of Space // Perception and Syntax in Representation

April 20, 2015 by bg-martin

The Depth of Space // Perception and Syntax in Representation by BG-Martin “There can be no design action without representation”.[1] Thoughts and ideas must be represented if they are meant to be shared with others. The notion of design representation is complex, serious, and more important than has been acknowledged in contemporary research and scholarly writings. With the event of modern architecture, the perception of image becomes part of a different system of thought: no longer, is an object related […]

Categories: Brave Drawn World • Tags: Archigram, Bernard Tschumi, Brave Drawn World, drawing, Morphosis, Rem Koolhaas, representation, Zaha Hadid

At the Verge of #Utopia // Defying Boundaries

April 17, 2015 by bg-martin

At the Verge of #Utopia // Defying Boundaries In 1961 Henri Lefebvre published a short essay defending the concept of what he called “experimental utopia,” which he defined as “imaginary variations on themes and exigencies defined by the real understood in the broadest sense: by the problems posed by reality and by the virtualities held within it.” It was the exploration of human possibilities, with the help of the image and the imagination, accompanied by a ceaseless criticism and a […]

Categories: V for Visionary • Tags: Archigram, architecture, Archizoom, Bernard Tschumi, Constant Nieuwnhuys, Daniel Libeskind, Eilfried Huth, Günther Domenig, Guy Debord, Henri Lefebvre, Morphosis, Peter Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas, utopia, V for Visionary, Yona Friedman

Palenque at Centro JVC | Morphosis

November 25, 2012 by bg-martin

Palenque at Centro JVC | Morphosis | Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico | 1998-2007 “Since pre-Colombian times, palenques have traditionally accommodated the spectacle of pelea de gallos – cock fighting. Relatively recent changes in cultural attitudes have broadened the palenque’s role to as a performance and entertainment venue that hosts events such as concerts of musica ranchera (folk music) boxing matches, and public assemblies. The layered, adaptable, open-air arena makes three discrete transformations to accommodate a variety of event requirements. In the […]

Categories: Architecture, hashtag ARCHITECTURE • Tags: architecture, design, digitalimagery, Morphosis, PalenqueCentroJVC

Sixth Street House | Morphosis

September 14, 2012 by bg-martin

Sixth Street House | Morphosis | 1989 Elevation with axonometric.

Categories: Archilibs, Architecture dwg, Design, Drafting • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, axonometric, design, Drafting, elevation, Morphosis, Thom Mayne

Comprehensive Cancer Center | Morphosis

September 13, 2012 by bg-martin

Morphosis | Comprehensive Cancer Center | Los Angels “A series of composite superimposition of plans and elevations drawings illustrates the rotation of the moving element at different angular orientation and exploration of the fourth dimension, time.”

Categories: Archilibs, Architecture dwg, Design, Drafting • Tags: architecture, art, design, drawing, elevation, ink, Morphosis, Thom Mayne