ExLibris
New Design for the National Archive/Library in Prague
by Alexander Daxböck
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
rendered perspective
[Image: For a project at the Bartlett School of Architecture's Unit 11, presented and discussed
at the Landscape Futures Super-Workshop,
Rina Kukaj explored a series of aerial landscapes
—a "purification
blanket"—that would act as a distributed atmospheric filter for the
city].
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
rendering examples
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| Jeff Konigsberg - New Pollution |
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| Jeff Konigsberg - Twenty 14 |
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| Bosak - pool line drawing (note different line weights) |
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| Paul Rudolph rendering (note use of vertical lines) |
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Fractals(/similar) in Architecture
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris - Jean Nouvel
Orient Station, Lisbon - Santiago Calatrava
Tenerife Opera House, Canary Islands - Santiago Calatrava
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Spiral Staircase in Tuborg 15 Building, Hellerup, Copenhagen
A white concrete cantilevered staircase that challenges metal for slimness - Hans Exner, Ramboll Engineers and Bendt Aarup - CRC (Compact Reinforced Composite) Technology.
"CRC is a special type of [steel] fibre reinforced high performance concrete developed in 1986 by Aalborg Portland in Denmark". "The CRC binder is more expensive than cement and the steel fibre content also leads to a higher price for CRC. On the other hand elements are typically one-third the volume of conventional concrete...the price for CRC has been equivalent to alternatives in steel or concrete. Obviously in cases where the architect chooses very special solutions this also requires a higher price, but in these cases it has little to do with the price of materials, but more to do with the price of formwork and production costs." However the "challenge of utilising a different type of material in a manner that leads to savings in the total cost has been met by a number of Danish architects...just like the spiral staircase at Tuborg 15."
"CRC is a special type of [steel] fibre reinforced high performance concrete developed in 1986 by Aalborg Portland in Denmark". "The CRC binder is more expensive than cement and the steel fibre content also leads to a higher price for CRC. On the other hand elements are typically one-third the volume of conventional concrete...the price for CRC has been equivalent to alternatives in steel or concrete. Obviously in cases where the architect chooses very special solutions this also requires a higher price, but in these cases it has little to do with the price of materials, but more to do with the price of formwork and production costs." However the "challenge of utilising a different type of material in a manner that leads to savings in the total cost has been met by a number of Danish architects...just like the spiral staircase at Tuborg 15."
Concrete Elegance One - A series of architectural presentations given at the Building Centre by leading designers, innovators and manufacturers of concrete. The Concrete Centre 2006, RIBA Publishing.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Reintroducing the Soul to the City
Thesis Studio Project
A project for a community of artists to revitalise a derelict area of Manchester's city centre, where the atmospheres created spill out onto the street.
A project for a community of artists to revitalise a derelict area of Manchester's city centre, where the atmospheres created spill out onto the street.
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