Category: projects
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Annals of Artifice
This project made me think specifically of the MOMA rooftop garden by Ken Smith… something about artifice that seems somewhat contrived… but I guess that’s the point 🙂 Via Treehugger: “Purists sneered at this garden made out of plasticine when it was first exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show. Designed by the star of Top…
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New Light on No Man’s Land
Joyce van den Berg, a Dutch landscape architect, has some interesting plans to memorialize the thin strip of land that divided East and West Germany. From Spiegel Online: “The “death strip” or No Man’s Land was the ground between the two Germanys. In the inner city the border consisted of an actual concrete wall, the…
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Reinterpreting a Classic
Via Treehugger: “In 1982 Agnes Denes created one of the first examples of ecological art–she planted a wheatfield on an abandoned piece of land in downtown New York. Now, 27 years later, her work is being reinterpreted and updated, only this time in the east end of London. A derelict site has been planted with…
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The Writing on the Wall
The ability to use public art as a form of expression is quite rare. Installations are often visual or have a tacit (or expressed) ‘do not touch’ policy – creating the idea of public without the opportunity for real interation. A few installations try to break this boundary – offering a platform for expression. One…
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DailyLand: Rapid Palace
Location: Gothenburg, Swedenby Visiondivision Okay, I’m a sucker for interesting landscape graphics… and these are pretty cool. Some definitely questions about the viability of this for security and safety… but pffft… how can you argue with the graphic magical realism of these images. :: images via Arch Daily
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Paradigm Shift?
I was frankly a bit thrilled by this little news nugget on Designboom announcing that uber-firm West 8 had replaced Frank Gehry for the the Miami Lincoln Park project. “The 2.5 acre park will serve as an entrance to the gehry designed new world symphony scheduled to open in january 2011. it will also provide…
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Two if by Land, None if by Sea
Just last month, a strange site appeared in Portland, docked at Waterfront Park. The area, chain-linked off from anyone getting too close, gave a vision of a spectacle equal parts Rose Festival Fleet Week and kitschy episode of the The Love Boat, spawned from gigantism of the engineering prowess and the ego that could only…
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Interim Vacancy – Pt 2
A followup to the idea of interim use of vacant lands, the SF Chronicle surprised with expanded coverage of some ideas for these sites… and they are all pretty fun. King continues: “…a quartet of local designers see something else: a site that could become a sculpted realm of green folds spiked by artistic birdhouses…
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Interactive Architecture
This one should be done for every building designed, as part of design review. An installation called ‘walking berlin’ by fantastic norway was recently featured on DesignBoom (go the link for much more): “The walking houses are man-sized models of our latest architectural project: a tourist destination located on the northern west coast of norway.…
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Urban Chickens Build – 6
The final installment, the completion of the Chicken Cube, with ramp, some final security measures, ecoroof, and rain chain downspout. The ecoroof plants were leftovers from the Ecoroof Vendor Fair and had a diverse variety of sedums along with some native and other perennials, grasses, and herbs. The front side, with all the hardware cloth…