I found this building on ArchDaily's website. It pretty much sums up the triangulation and faceting of the station shelter that I have started. In this case, it is a building facade and it is all in glass. Something to think about because in my review some people brought up that it might be a little to dark and heavy feeling inside and out of the station. Check out the link below cause it really is a beautiful facade! http://www.archdaily.com/7093/basque-health-department-headquarters-in-bilbao-coll-barreu-arquitectos/
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I found this on archdaily's website when I was researching for studio, and it immediately drew my attention. I saw the color, and the variation of density and how it undulated across the plaza, and immediately wanted to know what it was, how it did it, and if it worked in Phoenix's extreme climate. Apparently it's just off the shelf electrical conduits and unistrut hangers? They vary in shades of green and provides shade but still allows light to penetrate so it's not completely dark and closed off. They also included solar panels integrated into the structure that holds up the conduits to power the stations lights at night! I really want to work with a surface that undulates, interacts, and materializes from one thing to another and this might help me get somewhere!!
here is the link to the archdaily site where you can read more and find more of the pictures like the one below! http://www.archdaily.com/26182/phoenix-civic-space-shade-canopies-architekton/#more-26182 I chose to research Floating Green by the Chinese artist Ling Fan. It is an installation located in Pudong Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park in Shanghai China, that addresses the idea of a public lawn, and how it is no longer purposeful for what it was originally brought to a site to accomplish. “A lawn represents social commonwealth, an urban substitute for the productive soil of the rural environment.” (Ling Fan) It is placed in cities to represent nature in an urban context, and create a space for relaxation and slowing down. The lawn is supposed to be something people can use, whether it’s walking on, laying on, playing on, etc. But the problem with this idea is that the lawn slowly browns, and becomes an unsightly object that now must be maintained and kept from public interaction. It’s not uncommon to see a nice large lawn in a park and there is a “keep off” sign posted so that it stays nice and green with little maintenance. What Ling Fan wanted to accomplish was to bring back the lawn in an inhabitable way so that it once again became a part of the urban landscape. Ling thought that street furniture would be the best way to go about integrating the urban landscape with the human element once more. Ling was intrigued by the idea that lawn is supposed to represent a natural atmosphere, when in actuality it is a completely engineered element that has been genetically enhanced, mass produced into rolls that get shipped around the country on trucks. He saw the “Floating Green” as an urban element of lawn that detaches itself from the flat Earth and folds it and structures it to form an inhabitable piece. It draws on the interest that instead of “keeping off” the lawn, the user is drawn to “hop on” the lawn and touch the greenery.
I chose this as my case study because I liked the green element in it, and I was intrigued by the form and nature of the sculpture. I like how it goes from ground plane to furniture to wall in one fluid motion, much like how I see my project taking the direction of. I like this uniform element where it is one continuous surface that creates 3 or even 4 planes. Ideally, I would see my plaza being integrated with the station by being one surface that is continually wrapped from plaza floor, sculptural wall, to shelter piece. Ling Fan’s piece is just one example of how any material can be inhabitable and continuous with an artistic appeal. Sources: http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/26/floating-green-a-grassy-bench/ http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/7557/ling-fan-floating-green.html http://www.fatflatfloat.com/floating-green-%3F%3F%3F%3F All images were found at www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/26/floating-green-a-grassy-bench/ http://www.arcspace.com/architects/alsop/stratford/stratford.htmlThis is the link to arcspace where ALSOP has their new design for a train station in Stratford, London. It's a really cool design that facets its way from platform ground to platform ceiling. I like the wrapping of the skin and it becomes this undulating form that takes over the station and protects the passengers on the platform from weather and passing trains. Definitely an inspiration!
Here is the link to the site with tons of images! http://www.arcspace.com/architects/alsop/stratford/stratford.html so this is pretty cool. I found these images of cardboard lights that you can hang in your home. I dont know how safe they are as far as catching on fire...BUT it does look cool and makes me think that my cardboard panels have all kinds of potential for design! :) Check it out!
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