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Located in Sayulita, a well-known surfers’ town on the West coast of Mexico, the building stands on the beachfront and blends smoothly into the steep and articulated topography, with a breathtaking view over the Pacific Ocean.
Month: October 2018
interview with ‘brothers in arms’ ian gillespie and bjarke ingels
bjarke ingels, together with friend and patron ian gillespie, knew early on that their 2016 serpentine pavilion would have a traveling life. as both ian — founder of development firm westbank — and bjarke both find more satisfaction from the journey of design than from the completion of a project, it was inevitable that the adaptive pavilion […]
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Words on the Street: Art, Architecture, and the Public Protest
This article was originally published as “What Marchers Today Can Learn from the May 1968 Protests in Paris” on CommonEdge in May 2018. In the 50 years since the historic and worldwide protests of 1968, much has changed. But today’s political climate seems equally volatile, with seismic changes threatening social and political establishments across the globe. Lessons from the past are, to borrow the phrase of the moment, more relevant than ever.
brothers in arms: interview with bjarke ingels and ian gillespie
designboom spoke with bjarke and ian about their working dynamic and design philosophies.
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Kaikaya / Masquespacio
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the first Japanese arrived in Brazil with the aim to work in the coffee plantations, although, the Japanese nutrition was totally different to the Brazilian for which they were obliged to adapt to the local ingredients. Seeking their own flavors, a new Nikkei Nipo-Brazilian gastronomy flourished with a strong identity that after more than one century with its unique flavors and fusions reached international fame.
ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2018 is made from 120,000 interlocking stars
The University of Stuttgart’s ICD Aggregate Pavilion 2018 is made from over 120,000 recycled plastic spiked stars that create a self-supporting structure bonded only by friction. Over a decade of research went into the project, applying lessons from large granular masses found in nature to architecture. Like grains of sand in a dune or snowflakes in a snowdrift, each
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Architectural Models of Constructive Details: Examples of Representation and Utility
It’s not easy to find theory in the implementation of architectural models: a practical model that allows you to analyze and showcase the organization of material elements according to a particular process. They also allow you to detect and modify the key elements of a project while also addressing the project’s executive procedures.
Architectural Models of Constructive Details: Examples of Representation and Utility
It’s not easy to find theory in the implementation of architectural models: a practical model that allows you to analyze and showcase the organization of material elements according to a particular process. They also allow you to detect and modify the key elements of a project while also addressing the project’s executive procedures.
This Company Designed a House Out of Seaweed with 50% Fewer Resources Than the Average Social Housing Project
Over the past few months, Quintana Roo’s coast has been overtaken by an invasion of seaweed that has put the locals to work cleaning up the beaches as the weeds wash ashore. The work is an exhausting day-to-day ordeal and while the cause of the invasion is still unknown, many point to the changes in climate impacting the Atlantic Ocean.
Mood Changers: Lighting Design 101 – Why Lighting Is The Most Important Design Feature
Walk into a room bathed in cozy, inviting light and you’ll feel instantly at ease. Walk into the same room buzzing with harsh fluorescents, and your teeth may start to grind. Why? In 2014, a Journal of Consumer Psychology study found that the more intense the lighting, the more affected and intense the participants’ emotions were — both positive and negative.