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Sidewalks That Generate Energy Through The Steps

February 27, 2019 Eduardo Souza 0

When we think of energy from renewable sources, the first that probably come to mind are solar and wind. And decentralizing power generation is something that has inspired engineers and inventors from all over the world.

So what about turning the mechanical energy generated when people walk into electrical energy? It can be done thanks to technology developed by Laurence Kemball-Cook,founder of Pavegen. Using platforms inserted within sidewalks Pavegen converts steps into electric power (while also generating data and even rewards). But before you go out there feeling like Michael Jackson in Billie Jean, you should understand how this system works.

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Villa Fulô / Catálise Arquitetura

February 27, 2019 Rayen Sagredo 0

Caraíva is a small fishing village known for being quiet and peaceful. Located between the river and the sea, the village does not have motor vehicles and the streets are made of soft sand, so the only way to transport people and materials is by cart.  

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“I Don’t Have Any Competitors Because My Projects Are Unique”: In Conversation with Hua Zhang

February 27, 2019 Vladimir Belogolovsky 0

The following excerpt from my recent interview with Tianjin-based architect Zhang Hua continues an ongoing series of interviews that I’ve been conducting during my frequent trips to China. Zhang Hua is leading his design studio, Zhanghua Architects, which is a part of Tianjin University Research Institute. Professor Zhang Hua’s work follows his uncompromising form-generating theory, which is based on the desire to capture the progression of transformational processes. In his many built projects, the architect examines and expresses such formal transformations as turning from something basic to complex or from monolith to disperse. The focus is on the state of transformation itself, how a form is changing and morphing from one state to another. We spoke with Zhang Hua through an interpreter at the institute, with half a dozen young architects and researchers from his studio, seated all around and taking notes.

fala atelier transforms a former factory into an affordable housing unit

February 27, 2019 macnadusa 0

fala atelier has converted a former clothing factory into a housing unit. the factory that initially looked like a house so that it would fit in its context, was transformed into an apartment block that still resembles an industrial structure in an archetypical and existential innuendo.     each of the three levels is comprised of […]

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Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter creates “robust machine for experimental exhibitions” at ArkDes

February 27, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Boxen by Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter at ArkDes in Stockholm

The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design in Stockholm has a new exhibition space within one of its lofty galleries, featuring wire mesh surfaces, a huge round window and a ramp winding round its exterior. German studio Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter designed Boxen to give ArkDes – as the museum is better known – a space better suited to

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