the Magical Legend of the Mayan Serpent God

Grand Cancun designed by Richard’s Architecture + Design will be the world’s first luxury eco-tourism resort that responds to our energy crisis and local fossil fuel dependency of the city. This is a vision for the year 2020 where Cancun will celebrate its 50th founding anniversary, a landmark or a memorial sculpture which is adapted from “KUKULKAN” and the magical legend of the Mayan Serpent God. This awesome eco-architecture contributes to the myth and raises the serpent from water to infinity, a great representation of exceptional harmony between Mayan people and their new metropolis.

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/grand-cancun-is-the-first-net-zero-energy-luxury-eco-turism-resort/

Folded Ocean

It investigates how oceanic practices and protocols fold into spatial and architectural products on land, figuring both sea and land based logics. The project frames the ocean through three tropes: as contact zone, with which are associated ideas of creolisation, transnationalism, entanglement, compaction and multi-polarity;http://geoarchitecture.wordpress.com/2013/11/22/folded-ocean-publications/

the Guardians

"The Guardians: Hero and Superhero," two 13-foot-high statues by acclaimed Italian architect and designer Antonio Pio Saracino were installed outside
Bryant Park in New York City last week. An opening reception was held on December 10, and the sculptures will remain on view indefinitely.http://www.stoneworld.com/articles/87813-a-modern-day-david-is-sculpted-out-of-vermont-danby-marble

‘Blindspot Initiative‘

The ‘Blindspot Initiative‘ is a group exhibition in Los Angeles, being funded via a Kickstarter campaign. The exhibition will showcase work by cutting edge interdisciplinary designers based in Los Angeles.
Backers of the campaign can attend up to 10 workshops, which are being offered by each of the participating designers. Each workshop aims to share the techniques and ideas at play in the production of the work. They include: fabrication, gaming, programming, 3D printing, data visualization and much more.http://www.evolo.us/architecture/blindspot-initiative/

‘Blindspot Initiative‘

The ‘Blindspot Initiative‘ is a group exhibition in Los Angeles, being funded via a Kickstarter campaign. The exhibition will showcase work by cutting edge interdisciplinary designers based in Los Angeles.
Backers of the campaign can attend up to 10 workshops, which are being offered by each of the participating designers. Each workshop aims to share the techniques and ideas at play in the production of the work. They include: fabrication, gaming, programming, 3D printing, data visualization and much more.http://www.evolo.us/architecture/blindspot-initiative/

Bioclimatic Greece

In this era, when the ecological management of urban surroundings has become an imperative, more than ever, the idea that the bioclimatic component owes to become the primary constitutive element of architectural design so as to produce viable spaces in present and in future is constantly being enforced.

http://www.greekarchitects.gr/en/books-review/bioclimatic-architecture-in-greece-id3130

The Curved Universe of Einstein

...I am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. I am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves. The curves that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuousness of its rivers, in the waves of the ocean, and on the body of the beloved woman. Curves make up the entire Universe, the curved Universe of Einstein...Oscar Niemeyer

 

 

 

 

 

to Build Chicago Tribune

In 1922 Chicago’s famous daily newspaper The Chicago Tribune launched an international competition for its new headquarters, which were to be built on Michigan Avenue. Carefully strategized as a media event, the call for proposals attracted both interest from the general public and a massive participation of 263 architects from the US and abroad.

http://thecityasaproject.org/2011/10/the-barest-form-in-which-architecture-can-exist-some-notes-on-ludwig-hilberseimer%e2%80%99s-proposal-for-the-chicago-tribune-building/

Biological Principles

Biological Growth is the title of master thesis project by Yong Ha Kim, done at Southern California Institute of Architecture. The design uses basic biological principles of growth as an continuous transformation and improvement by repeated fundamental processes and by time – the metabolism represents basic system of creature which has its own perfect biological system. And it is also a fundamental discipline for the biological growth...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/biological-growth-employs-principles-of-continuous-transformation-and-improvement/

a World without People

And yet everything ends up being an image. Even if architects dislike images and try to stage “real” events or situations, images remain the fundamental medium through which these events are transmitted. Instead of trying to go beyond images, perhaps it would be more interesting to understand them not as mere illustrations, but as a form of production. Within architecture the production of images transcends the distinction between “virtual” and “real” spaces.http://thecityasaproject.org/2012/09/manet-images-for-a-world-without-people/

Palympsestuos Ithaca

Mariée en haut, célibataires en bas. Les célibataires devant servir de base architectonique à la mariée, celle-ci devient une sorte d’apothéose de la virginité

Marcel Duchamp

http://thecityasaproject.org/2011/09/underground-observatories-on-marots-palympsestuos-ithaca/

de Fotografía de Arquitectura

El Premio de Fotografía de Arquitectura,, organizado por Arcaid Images, ha anunciado el ganador, finalistas y las pre-selección de imágenes para las mejores fotos de arquitectura de este año. Se pidió a un panel de distinguidos arquitectos y editores, que incluía a: Catalina Slessor, Eva Jiricna, Zaha Hadid, Ivan Harbour y Graha Stirk…http://www.archdaily.mx/270147/ganadores-imagenes-de-arquitectura-premio-arcaid-images-2013/

Green Heritage

Jenny Sabin’s Greenhouse and Cabinet of Future Fossils was Commissioned by the American Philosophical Society Museum, funded by Heritage Philadelphia Program, a program of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. This greenhouse for the 21^st century is located in the garden of American Philosophical Society. It is conceived by artist, researcher and architectural designer Jenny Sabin and it is an outgrowth of the Museum’s current exhibition.http://www.evolo.us/architecture/greenhouse-and-cabinet-of-future-fossils-by-jenny-sabin/

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is transforming the way we think about how our buildings and communities are designed, constructed, maintained and operated across the globe. Comprehensive and flexible, LEED is a green building tool that addresses the entire building lifecycle recognizing best-in-class building strategies.

http://www.usgbc.org/leed

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is transforming the way we think about how our buildings and communities are designed, constructed, maintained and operated across the globe. Comprehensive and flexible, LEED is a green building tool that addresses the entire building lifecycle recognizing best-in-class building strategies.

http://www.usgbc.org/leed

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is transforming the way we think about how our buildings and communities are designed, constructed, maintained and operated across the globe. Comprehensive and flexible, LEED is a green building tool that addresses the entire building lifecycle recognizing best-in-class building strategies.

http://www.usgbc.org/leed

Mega Trends

Despite unique identities, geographic spread and differing economies, cities all over the world are being challenged by the same mega trends. With more than 60% of the world population predicted to live in cities by 2030 we are asked to develop sustainable strategies for the future. There is no doubt that the density of cities will increase and therefor the cities fabric will grow vertically. But with reaching a certain height, towers are facing problems...http://www.evolo.us/architecture/the-ny-billboard-by-prechteck/