Festivus! For Architects and the Rest of Us!
As the snow fell today in Minneapolis, Christmas music and lights began to surround me. Yes, it’s that wonderful time of the year when it’s okay to eat an extra […]
Tag Archives: light
Holy Crypsis
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. […]
Journey to the Center of a Bathhouse
Every once in a while, I like to indulge in looking back to a rather perplexing creation of Peter Zumthor, the bathhouse at Therme Vals. And what a peculiar bathhouse […]
Light
There have been several posts dealing with light in architecture on this Material Strategies site and tonight, while browsing Pinterest, I have decided that it is time I present my […]
Dematerialized Facade
The dematerialized façade of the Q4 office building ads layers that seem to defy gravity. The cedar planks are suspended from steel cables. They shade the building from the sun […]
FLOCK [>from typical – innovative surface>]
FLOCK [>from typical – innovative surface>] Material/application: FLOCK Designer: Speziell Studio Sources: http://www.speziell.net/ Featured material: Flocks (plastic or natural fibers) – surface coating In 2003, Speziell Studios unveiled the great […]
RTP/RPD Studios [concrete_dematerialized=glass]
RTP/RPD Studios [concrete_dematerialized=glass] Project: R.T.P. / R.P.D. Studios, Lisbon Architect/Designer: Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos Sources: http://www.fvarq.com/ Featured material: Glass (printed glass facade) The RTP/RDP Studios offers a remarkable example of concrete […]
PORSCHE@AUTOSTADT [Concrete_Metal?]
PORSCHE@AUTOSTADT [Metal_Concrete?] Project: Porsche Pavilion @ Autostadt in Wolfsburg Architect/Designer: Henn Architekten Sources: http://studio-b.org/ Featured material: Metal At first glance, the Porsche Pavilion designed by Henn Architekten might appear to […]
Material Interrogation: The New Olympic Infrastructure
Perhaps reflecting on infrastructure failures in cities like Montreal and Athens, planners for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics sought to embrace the temporality of the event and extend its […]
TERRAMAC [living_3Dcarpet]
TERRAMAC [living_3Dcarpet] Project: Time of Moss Designer/Artist: Makoto Azuma – AMKK Sources: http://www.azumamakoto.com Featured material: TERRAMAC [living_3Dcarpet] Perhaps the best way of welcoming the outside/inside could be by means of […]
Material Replication–Or should I say substance replication?
The H2O building designed by the firm Axis Mundi, is an example of architecture trends that recailm the essence of materiality. Here, phenolic composite material is used to give a sense […]
What do you want Light?
Light – misunderstood, sometimes downplayed, and often ignored as an architectural material. It has incredible transformative power and emotional weight, some of which architects choose to control and some of […]
Translucent Concrete
Walking through dynamic concrete spaces at varying times of the day will tell you a lot about the chameleon-like attributes of the material. Concrete is an incredible light absorbing/reflecting material. […]
X.LEYKOS – Wood + Light
Imagine a filtered glow reminiscent of the sun penetrating through the trees when walking through the woods. This glow is unique; natural, warm, filtered, and captivating. There is nothing that […]
Islamic Cemetary: Modern interpretation of Islamic ornament
The Shingle Mihrab is an Islamic Cemetery in Vorarlber, Austria. The design by Bernardo Bader officially opened in June of 2012. Below, you see the detail of the Qibla wall, […]
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