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Tag Archives: Camouflage

GREEN CAST [vertical green: aesthetic + function exposed]

December 14, 2012by kmata01 1 Comment

Project: Green Cast, Odaware-shi, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan Architect/Designer: Kengo Kuma and Associates Sources: http://kkaa.co.jp/ Featured material:  Aluminum die cast panels and plant material. This vertical green facade by KK+A leaves […]

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Light, Living, Metal, Mineral, Uncategorized

Urban Camouflage Rethought

November 30, 2012by elenk002 Leave a comment

Rethinking about the application and ability for camouflage’s potential impact on design and the building industry, I have started challenging some of my earlier thoughts. How do we start to […]

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Biomaterials, Concrete, Glass, Living, Mineral, Uncategorized, Wood

Holy Crypsis

November 30, 2012by elenk002 Leave a comment

Crypsis is the final study of camouflage I’m taking a closer look at. In biology crypsis is the ability for an organism to avoid observation or detection by other organisms. […]

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Biomaterials, Concrete, Glass, Light, Paint & Coatings

Razzle Dazzle

November 30, 2012by elenk002 Leave a comment

This week I am going to continue testing and studying the idea of camouflage. Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting is used in the animal kingdom […]

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Concrete, Fabric, Paint & Coatings, Uncategorized

Camouflage This?

November 13, 2012by elenk002 1 Comment

For my second attempt at understanding methods of camouflage I decided to study Casa Corallo by Paz Arquitectura. The project is located on a hillside forest in the Santa Rosalia […]

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Biomaterials, Concrete, Living, Mineral, Wood

50 Shades of Camouflage

November 2, 2012by elenk002 Leave a comment

Camouflage is a set of methods or concealment that allow otherwise visible animals, military vehicles, or other objects to remain unnoticed by blending in with their environments by resembling something […]

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Biomaterials, Living, Mineral, Paint & Coatings, Wood

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Course

ARCH 5541
Material Strategies
University of Minnesota School of Architecture
Fall 2012

Location and Time

35 Rapson Hall
Mondays 9:45 am—12:30 pm

Instructor

Blaine Brownell
Assistant Professor
Rapson Hall 151P
612.626.1040
brownell@umn.edu
Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays
11:00 am­—12:00 pm
or by appointment

Source Text

Blaine Brownell, Material Strategies: Innovative Applications in Architecture (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012)

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