‘Lotus‘ merges nature and architecture in a futuristic way, pushing the Renaissance architecture of the Sainte Marie Madeleine church into a contemporary, interactive experience. Daan Roosegaarde LOTUS DOME is a living dome made out of smart foils which fold open in response to human behavior. As a futuristic vision on the Renaissance LOTUS DOME merges [...]
Erupting Stability – (Tornado Proof Suburb) By Ted Givens AIA (Design Partner at 10 Design Hong Kong) Isn’t the Wizard of Oz a clear example of the awesome force that a tornado can muster? How can Jaws drive people out of the ocean screaming when a house blown through the sky brings back nostalgic memories? [...]
Netherlands-based Studio Toer designed the new autonomous sunscreen called Loef. Without sun Loef stands still. When sunshine is collected by the solar panels at the top, Loef starts spinning. The flexible arms open and a shade appears underneath them. + Designer: Studio Toer | http://www.studiotoer.com/ + Project by Studio Toer
South Korean Seoul-based design studio Monocomplex Design Group has created these creative Kinetic Robots. The object applied with the mechanism induces simple behavior to a person. If the same movement is repeated or the same strength is given for constant time, desired result will come out. A robot contains strong factor of kidult. There is [...]
Austrian firm Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner developed the Kiefertechnic Architecture Showroom in Styria, Austria. Office building including exhibition space for product presentation Shell construction: solid brick walls, reinforced concrete ceiling (floor), along the façade steel columns with concrete filling Façades: consisting of aluminum posts and transoms with protruding bridges for maintenance purposes, respectively EIFS-façade with [...]
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PALAZZO DEL LAVORO (Palace of Labour) \ Alberto Apostoli
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli signs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts from a building renovation from the 60’s that was partially wrecked by the terrible earthquake that seriously damaged the old town of L’Aquila (the heart [...]
Private Colege in Oporto \ OVAL – Avelino Oliveira
Photographer João Morgado shared with us his recently photography of the Private Colege in Oporto designed by OVAL – Avelino Oliveira. A group of buildings for the new facilities of the College Cebes (secondary school), which is situated in Foz do Douro, in the municipality of Porto. The project proposes a building that is based [...]
Sejong Art Center Winning Proposal / designcamp moonpark dmp
Sejong Art Center (hereafter SAC) is designed for various performing arts such as musical, ballet, dancing and etc. There are two theaters, a main theater with more than 800 seats and a medium sized theater with 300 seats, and a film theater with 250 seats and art gallery in SAC. It is located in the [...]
