Category: representation
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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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A Short History of America
Perhaps an homage to a weekend of bbq’s and fireworks – this panel progression from the fantastic R.Crumb highlights the long (or really, actually quite short) road from nature to excess that we like to call development in America… anyone care to refute this vision? The interesting part, to see where this leads in future…
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Take to the Streets
I just passed a milestone of sorts… topping out at 500 posts (not to mention a few on the new Veg.itecture blog…). Seems like just yesterday I was starting this humble outlet for collecting thoughts – fighting with time to blog amidst time to work and occupying all of grey area in between. Often times,…
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DailyLand: Imperial War Museum North Exterior
Imperial War Museum North ExteriorManchester, UKTopotek 1> more via Bustler:: image via Bustler From the description: “The camouflage patterns used by the military are an abstraction of landscapes of combat. These patterns represent a visual average of the natural environment: the muted green, brown, and ocher hues of typical camouflage are a graphic summary of…
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Cause & Effect
Early in my career, I had the great opportunity to work at a firm that specialized in park and recreation planning, which not only gave a fabulous perspective on municipal planning (and reinforced my love of both the large ad the small scale) as well as the inventive use of mapping to illustrate particular schema.…
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DailyLand: Flowing Garden
Flowing Garden: Xi’an World Horticultural ExpoPlasma Studio> more at Arch Daily, Bustler, SpaceInvading, Inhabitat :: images via Arch Daily Some description: “Although the buildings are experienced as individual elements, they are connected through the relationship they each have with the landscape. The buildings are specifically situated into the site at certain points to illustrate specific…
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DailyLand: Secret Landscape Garden
An interesting visual exploration of space in this competition entry. I’m interested in what readers think about the success of this story/illustration (with a book illustrator) in telling this particular tale. Personally, aside from the plan graphic, I’m not feeling it and find it distracting from the overall concept, but that’s the beauty of expression…
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Tree Art Revisited
I did a series of posts back a year or so related to tree art – as I find these explorations terribly interesting to provoke understanding or look at different ways on perhaps one of the ubiquitous and overlooked workers in our urban landscapes. Here’s a selection of some newer additions to this eco-artform. ::…
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Mapping Green
An interesting post from Treehugger points out the power of ‘maps’ as inventive ways to capture the complexity of ecological systems and provides education and support for ideas. An article mentioned (via core77) in Communication Arts entitled ‘Mapping Power’ references this idea in detail (and worth a careful read). :: image via Treehugger One example…
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Avian Rooftops
I’m getting the feeling that Veg.itecture has turned a corner in both representation and concept. Aside from the mere amount of ‘green’ proposals being churned out in the guise of environmental and productive landscapes, the concepts continually provide more expansive ideas in theoretical underpinnings. This could be good, as it transitions beyond mere decorative or…