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Located in the ‘La Finca’ estate project in Madrid this house was optimized for functionality and the architects used a simple design, but with its unique shape and with the large swimming pool built around the house turned out to be wonderful.
The interior design it’s based on the same whitish hue and combined with the high windows and the modern furniture gives the impression of open space and connectivity between indoor and outdoor.
With an interior swimming pool and a home theater this house screams luxury and it can be considered a dream house by many people without any doubts.Located in the ‘La Finca’ estate project in Madrid this house was... more
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Video: Watch Flying Robots Build a 6-Meter Tower
POSTED BY: Erico Guizzo / Fri, December 02, 2011
This is the Flight Assembled Architecture, an installation that opened yesterday near Paris and is still going up as I write this. It's the result of a collaboration between ETH Zurich roboticist Raffaello D'Andrea and architects Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, also from ETH.
D'Andrea, an IEEE Fellow and IEEE Spectrum editorial board member, is known for his amazing robotic sculptures and flying robot stunts, and Gramazio and Kohler, who run their own design studio, are pioneers in bringing together robotics and architecture. But for an installation at the FRAC Centre, in Orléans, near Paris, they wanted to do something entirely new and bold.
How about using a fleet of quadcopters to build a 6 meter (20 feet) twisting tower out of 1500 foam bricks? Sure!
D'Andrea tells me they're using four flying robots at the same time. First, the robots grab foam bricks from a special brick dispenser on the ground. Next the quadcopters receive the exact coordinates of where the bricks should go based on a detailed digital blueprint of the tower. Then they fly off.
The robots fly autonomously, but they get help from the environment: The ceiling of the room where the assembly is taking place was equipped with a motion-capture system. A computer uses the vision data to keep track of the quadcopters and tell them where to go -- the same approach used at ETH's Flying Machine Arena. (More technical details here.)
When a robot's battery runs low, it automatically lands on a charger and a new quadrotor takes its place. The assembly is happening at a pace of 100 bricks per hour on average, D'Andrea says. Glue on the bottom of the bricks keeps them in place (the installation will become part of FRAC's permanent collection).
The foam tower is actually a 1:100 model of a "vertical village" conceived by Gramazio and Kohler. It would have a height of 600 meters and living space for 30,000 people, with each "brick" housing up to three floors of apartments as well as stores, cinemas, and gyms. A system of express and local elevators would allow efficient transportation, and traversing the entire building would take just 7 minutes. If you don't like the idea of having 29,999 other people living less than 7 minutes away, you may take some comfort in the fact that the village would be everything but densely packed: Looking out your window to the interior of the tower, the other side would be more than 300 meters away, and while shielding wind, the porous structure would allow for plenty of sunlight from all directions.
This week, after some test runs in Zurich, D'Andrea, Gramazio, and Kohler gathered their teams, packed their robots and bricks, and started the setup at the FRAC space. Last night, the museum opened its doors, and a crowd filled the room, letting off "lots of oohs and ahhs," reports Markus Waibel, a member of the D'Andrea team.
You have got to see this video and the associated pictures:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/video-watch-flying-robots-build-a-6-meter-towerVideo: Watch Flying Robots Build a 6-Meter Tower
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Archeast Visualization Studio mainly provide architectual rendering services such as: house rendering, sketchup rendering，3D floor plan and animation/fly through in Shanghai, China. Pls kdly visit our website: http://www.archeast.com for more information.Archeast Visualization Studio mainly provide architectual rendering services such as:... more
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Most visitors walking along the Champs-Élysées in Paris stop to admire the C42 Citroën building, the work of French architect Manuelle Gautrand, who also breathed new life into the Gaîté lyrique.Most visitors walking along the Champs-Élysées in Paris stop to admire... more
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CCM News New York - The fourth edition of Eco-Trek - one of the first ever syndicated green online news magazines and presented by German actress Anita Anthonj- is now available for download and re-publishing for websites, newspapers, and magazine.
Eco Trek producers are traveling with the Mercedes F-Cell World Drive around the globe. After crossing Europe and driving more than 3700 kilometers or 2300 miles - emission free - the Mercedes F-CELL World Drive has completed its first leg on its ride around the world. In this weeks episode of Eco-Trek we catch up with the tour in its final location in Europe, Portugal. Join us as we discover some of many ways Portugal is redefining the concept of green design.
Poem Paved Bike Path:
The bike paths wind around the riverbank in Tejo River in Lisbon display the poetry of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. The project was designed by the municipality of Lisbon to promote urban cycling.
Interview with Eco-Architect & Designer Pedro Campos Costa:
Cardboard is a resourceful material being used widely to make a clean green statement. Designer Pedro Campos Costa who is best known for his design of the extension of Lisbon's Ocenario has created an intricate installation within Lisbon's LOW Bar. The glue-free cardboard creation acts as a seating unit, a shelving unit and is a remarkable work of art.
Stone House in Portugal:
This eco-friendly getaway is wedged between four large boulders in the mountains of Fafe, Portugal and is a spectacle of green design.
Join us next week as Eco-Trek brings you more great green news stories from the path of the Mercedes F-Cell World Drive as the tour leaves Europe and continues on to the US from Miami, Florida.
For More Eco-Trek Episodes log on to: http://www.youtube.com/user/EcoTrek2011CCM News New York - The fourth edition of Eco-Trek - one of the first ever syndicated... more
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Artists Wanted presents the official video of our featured artists at SCOPE Miami 2010 during Art Basel Miami Beach. Featuring the official selections from Art Takes Miami: Tim Sullivan, multi-media artist and Grand Prize recipient; José Gonzales of design studio SOFTLab; composer and installation artist Aaron Taylor Kuffner and live installation artist Frida Kamau. Produced by ideagarden.org More info at artistswanted.orgArtists Wanted presents the official video of our featured artists at SCOPE Miami 2010... more
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Mineta San Jose International Airport in California has received a permanent art work called eCLOUD between gates 22 and 23.
The team consisting of Dan, Nik, and Aaron has created the eCLOUD interactive sculpture deriving inspiration from the behaviour and volume of an idealized cloud. eCLOUD has been designed as a sculptural cloud animated by real-time weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/news/mineta_san_jose_airport_features_ecloud_interactive_sculptures_110104/Mineta San Jose International Airport in California has received a permanent art work... more
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Abandoned complex in Bulgaria
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THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD--------
WINDERMERE, Fla. – Listed as a "monument to unparalleled success," the largest home for sale in the United States comes with plenty of space but no carpet, tiles or interior walls. It's up to the future buyer to finish it.
The mansion started by timeshare tycoon David Siegel boasts plenty of big numbers: 90,000 square feet. Twenty-three bathrooms. Thirteen bedrooms. Ten kitchens. A 20-car garage, with additional space for two limos. Three pools. A bowling alley. Indoor roller rink. Two-story movie theater. Video arcade. Fitness center. Baseball field and two tennis courts.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100622/ap_on_bi_ge/us_odd_massive_mansion_unfinished_3THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD--------
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The Civic Arena, Mellon Arena, the Igloo; no longer home to the Pittsburgh Penguins is fighting for it's life. It may be one of only two of these unique structural building left. The dome retracted to give concert goers, fans, etc. an unbelievable exposure to the night sky.
I was there the last time it was retracted. An experience I'll never forget. If pgh tears it down it will be a huge loss for everyone. This story gives a wonderful repurposing use great for and from the city. Grow food in it to feed the downtown people. HOW Green can you get?Many suggest ways to save Mellon Arena
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
By Patricia Lowry, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Courtesy of David Julian RothArchitect David Roth's very preliminary concept study suggesting that the Mellon Arena become an urban greenhouse in partnership with the Swedish company Plantagon, which aims to produce food where much of it is consumed, in cities.When I asked for ideas for reusing Mellon Arena on June 13, I hoped to get at least a handful of responses. But almost 60 of you e-mailed or called with suggestions or simply encouragement to find a way to save the arena.
Convert it to a market house, "a large open floor filled with vendor stalls of fresh produce," writes computer programmer Joel Hess of Etna. "Imagine that, when the weather permits, the roof of the dome would be opened to create an instant fresh-air market. ... Pittsburgh would have the most impressive market house in the nation along with the recognition that goes with reusing and preserving a historic piece of architecture."
And both the Hill and Downtown would have something they've long needed -- a grocery store. A dedicated shuttle service and walk-ins from the new surrounding neighborhood could eliminate the need for massive amounts of parking.
Architect David Roth took the market house idea a step further, suggesting the Igloo become an urban greenhouse in partnership with the Swedish company Plantagon, which aims to produce food where much of it is consumed, in cities.
"Our arena installation would be a self-funded food agora, with Plantagon produce and local farmers market stalls in each of the perimeter bays," Mr. Roth writes.
Although his design shows the dome replaced by a new structure, the existing dome could be glazed.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10174/1067462-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml#ixzz0rhiZwird
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10174/1067462-437.stm?cmpid=news.xml#ixzz0rhiHxIClThe Civic Arena, Mellon Arena, the Igloo; no longer home to the Pittsburgh Penguins is... more
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Wow, how “green” of her. I wonder how much carbon she added to the atmosphere with that twin engine helicopter dragging all those pieces up to her site? Quite true its not green, but its still damn cool. Video after the jump here:
http://kaktusjack.com/2010/woman-builds-home-from-747-airplane/Wow, how “green” of her. I wonder how much carbon she added to the... more
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This particular jetted lounging tub from Wasauna is somewhat peculiar, with a combination of transparent plexiglass sides and cushioned seats that make it look as much like a mid-century modern lounge chair as a water-soaking basin. Best of all, a freestanding tub solution like those listed here are easier to install, remodel, repair, reglaze or refinish as needed.
Offered by HighTech this elegantly curved wooden tub seems anything but, well, high tech – save maybe the smooth cylindrical metal fixtures that service the stand-alone, naturally-finished basin. Pebbles around the base replace the need for conventional tile. They provide a nice textured and traction-friendly surface for bare feet catch, but equally important: they channel and ultimately drain any overflow (or excess water should the wood turn leaky).
http://dornob.com/soaking-in-style-6-freestanding-modern-bathtub-designs/This particular jetted lounging tub from Wasauna is somewhat peculiar, with a... more
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With images borrowed and photographed from his surroundings, Trautrimas crafts images with a familiar yet unsettling existence. Shifting scales and positions, Trautrimas’s images range from fabricated Space Stations to rotating pencil sharpener restaurants all incorporating the signifiers of out local and regional lives. Canada Post boxes become two storey homes and coffee cups become fountains for birds. Satisfying a desire to pull apart and reassemble objects and environments around him, Trautrimas delicately fabricates multiple landscapes inviting the careful consideration of their viewers.
Trautrimas was the recipient of the Ontario College of Art and Design Printmaking Medal in 2003 and has appeared in the Framework Foundation Auction as well as this year’s Casey House Art for Heart Auction.
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http://thechive.com/2010/05/12/imaginatice-steampunk-cities-by-dave-trautrimas-29-photos/
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Imaginative Steampunk cities by Dave Trautrimas (29 Photos)
( for a QUICK look )
http://thechive.com/2010/05/12/imaginatice-steampunk-cities-by-dave-trautrimas-29-photos/2 Posts With MANY objects---
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This could give the Iron Man’s house a run for its money. Approximately 40 miles north of Auckland, New Zealand is the perfect perch for a proposed dream house. Though only an architectural visualization at this point, this is the kind of house you would normally expect a Bond movie villain to own!
Mahina, Maori for moon, designed by Weber Consulting was originally slated to be placed on the relatively uninhabited Kawau Island. However the island’s residents are torn over whether or not to allow it to be built. The controversy has led to international interest, and according to the New Zealand Herald News, the official website for the Mahina says that the moon-shaped house can be built anywhere on the planet.
http://www.home-designing.com/2010/05/mahina-the-dream-house-you-cannot-ownThis could give the Iron Man’s house a run for its money. Approximately 40 miles... more
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he pardisan park, also called shahrak-e gharb's forest park, is an immense landscape park which
covers 175 ha. and was originally designed by the american ecologist ian mcharg (1920 - 2001);
famous for his humanitarian, utopian vision of designing communities by giving a central role to nature.
mcharg thought of a huge park that could contain micro-ecologies representing the five major climate
zones in the world.
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/10212/massimo-roj-progetto-cmr-pardisan-park-conference-centre.htmlhe pardisan park, also called shahrak-e gharb's forest park, is an immense... more
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This mind teasing structure that you are viewing in pictures below was designed and developed by organic architect Javier Senosiain.
Javier Senosiain is a Mexican architect who has a peculiar taste to create numerous marvels in different patterns. This particular shell house aptly named “Nautilus House” was given shape in 2006 at a place called Naucalpan in Mexico. Being an exceptional one directly from the imagination of its architect, it naturally had to undergo enough changes testing the patience of its builder. The concept “Organic” can be well experienced from the way one feels being amidst the nature. The way the structure and the interiors have been designed is nothing but teasing the ever hungry urban population confined to concrete jungles. Do you want to be the one, dreaming different?
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http://www.desicolours.com/do-you-want-to-dream-different/11/09/2009This mind teasing structure that you are viewing in pictures below was designed and... more
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He could have pumped up the combat a little,....but otherwise....
( If ol Mike had hung with Frazetta he probably would have added a little more blood and steel and sorcery,.....and T+A !!!
Still,....good anatomy,....interesting distribution and arrangement of panels, amusing use of perspective,...all in all,....not bad.....B+. Oh,...and much improved now that the color has been reworked!
Hit link to view free comic in 3D, courtesy of the Vatican----
http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.htmlHe could have pumped up the combat a little,....but otherwise....
( If ol Mike had... more
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MUSEUM HR GIGER BAR
in Château St. Germain, Gruyères, Switzerland
The interior of the otherworldly environment that is the H.R. Giger Museum
Bar is a cavernous, skeletal structure covered by double arches of vertebrae
that crisscross the vaulted ceiling of an ancient castle. The sensation of being in this extraordinary setting recalls the tale of Jonah and the whale, lending the feel of being literally in the belly of a fossilized, prehistoric beast, or that
you have been transported into the remains of a mutated future civilization.
Apparently,....it REALLY EXISTS !----
http://www.hrgiger.com/barmuseum.htm#MUSEUM HR GIGER BAR
in Château St. Germain, Gruyères, Switzerland... more
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Located in Seoul, South Korea, Platoon Kunsthalle offers something different about subcultural creative fields. Commercially opened on 11th April 2009, Platoon Kunsthalle is built of 28 cargo containers. What a unique here is the Architects success to convert containers become multi-function exhibition hall. As icons of a flexible architecture in a globalized culture, the stacked containers form a unique construction that can be rebuilt anywhere else any time.
http://www.colorfullhome.com/platoon-kunsthalle-multi-function-building-made-from-container/Located in Seoul, South Korea, Platoon Kunsthalle offers something different about... more
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