Category: representation
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Pruning AAgrotecture
Most readers have no doubt seen Alexander Trevi’s great quartet of projects in an ongoing series on AAgrotecture over at Pruned. Part of a Vertical Studio from the Architecture Association (AA) in London taught by Nannette Jackowski and Ricardo de Ostos – the purpose was to address a central question: “Can extremes of programmatic effectiveness…
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Land Art Influence
As I muddle through the very dense and wonderful book ‘Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings’, it’s continually evident that 1) Smithson was way ahead of his time in thinking of sites within the context of emphemerality and change, and 2) the field of landscape architecture can learn significant amounts from the library of land art…
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Tree Manipulation
It’s always amazing how malleable plant materials can be, particularly as we manipulate them and bend them to our varieties of will. Not content to just allow plants to grow into their natural form, we do all sorts of madness to them – chopping, topping, pleaching, espalier, trimming, bosques, poodling, topiary, arborsculture – in addition…
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20+10+X = the World
A press release announcing the 20+10+X World Architecture Community Awards, a unique process of culling through what is no small feat – the best projects in the world architecture community. Aside from being a comprehensive online portal: “… WA is an “online community” initiated by Suha Özkan and 200+ invited Honorary Members, and a growing…
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Kaputt!
The firm Kaputt! has come up a couple of times recently, and aside from being one of those cool firm names that stick in your head. Recently they’ve gained some more exposure and notoriety. From the site: “They have earned some notoriety as they were acknowledged with an honorable mention in the international competition organized…
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Veg.itecture #42
It has been a while since we’ve had an opportunity to showcase some Vegetated Architecture. You missed it, didn’t you? Well, I did lose all of my accumulated links on my old computer – but it didn’t take long to accumulate some more gems. And well, it’s not all eye candy, as there has been…
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Ecotransitional Urbanism
This project came to Landscape+Urbanism via new LU graduate Jorge Ayala, from the AALU in London. It’s an interesting use of Landscape Urbanism principals in Chinese urban areas – balancing ecotourism with fragile natural systems in a rapidly growing region. [following images and text from Jorge – thanks!] ECOTRANSITIONAL URBANISM Pearl River Delta, ChinaJORGE AYALA…
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Materiality: Grab Bag
It’s been a long while since I’ve posted anything on materials… perhaps due to the work I’ve been engaged in, and the fact that little of it is dealing with material selection, or the recent focus on evaluating the more sustainable materiality – sans aesthetics. That is not to say that materials don’t constantly play…
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Earth-Sheltered
An important and somewhat overlooked aspect of Veg.itectural design is the connection and use of the ground plane in providing critical aspects of the shelter. Whether traditional cave-like dwellings that are carved into the sides of hills, or northern european era sod hut housing. These items are used for literally centuries, and there are still…
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Yeang, Nakamura, Lim
The reputation of Veg.itect extraordinaire Ken Yeang is undisputed, but it’s always nice for a refresher on how far he has been pushing in designing (and getting built) these bioclimatic treasures. Inhabitat has recent coverage of an old favorite – the EDITT tower in Singapore, which is slated for construction. Can’t wait to see this…