The Ali ibn Hamzeh Mosque in Shiraz, Iran
Anatomy of a Chinese City via Archdaily
In cities around the globe, change happens almost instantly. Buildings rise, buildings disappear, and skylines morph before one’s eyes. There is no better example of this, of course, than China. From Ordos to Shanghai, Chinese cities are in a constant state of flux, as the Chinese people willfully abandon signs of the past and embrace the new.
Of course, it’s one thing to know this fact; it’s quite another to witness it firsthand, to experience this urgent impetus to demolish and demolish in order to build, build, build, and build. In the face of such large-scale, exponential urban development, it’s easy to feel powerless to suggest another path.
However, in publishing Anatomy of a Chinese City, that is exactly what two young architects have done. By taking the time to observe the “urban artifacts” that make a Chinese city unique, compiling over 100 drawings of everything from buildings to bicycles, Thomas Batzenschlager and Clémence Pybaro have preserved a piece of Chinese history that is quickly going extinct.
In a world where, in the race for progress, quotidian realities are erased unthinkingly, Anatomy of a Chinese City is not just a resource, but a call-to-action, reminding us to slow down and observe the very human context that surrounds us.
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Choi Jeong Hwa who recently did an installation on the Southbank in London using recycled plastic containers and colanders
Peter Shire’s workshop and studio.
The Geological Hues of Zhangye Park
The vibrant colours on the rock formations in Western China are a result of red sandstone and mineral deposits being laid down over 24 million years.
Make your own 3d teapot in the manner of Peter Shire with some of the best examples on the website.
Some of the exceptional drawings presented by Alice Labourel in her final review at ESA in Paris on Saturday.
In her project The Hidden Orchestra she proposes a building to be viewed in glimpses, as you’re speeding past the LA concrete river in the cabin of a train, sitting in the back seat of a car driving over the bridge, or simply walking amongst the plastered graffiti beneath the building. The drawings have the delightful ability to guide the viewer along a journey through the building, moving in and out of reality, from stage set to class room, from library to film, the ultimate surrealist experience.
In her own words:
Hidden Orchestra
This project is an attempt to render subjective experience as objective reality.
It recreates so-called ‘actual’ / physical reality out of perceived reality - that is to build the Real from Experience.
The architecture allows for the user to interact with the spaces, react to the spaces and be stimulated by the spaces. A child constructs a reality by filling in the gaps based on the information he has. This, in practice, is what everyone does in every aspect of their lives, whether acknowledged or not.
The project is a ballet school within a time based architecture that evolves from the rhythm and movement from the outside (motorized vehicles, flows of water) and the inside (activities related to the people and the program) along the cinematic banks of the Los Angeles River.
Pantone Tarts - Emelie de Griottes
Sandbag Shelters by Nader Khalili
After extensive research into vernacular earth building methods in Iran, followed by detailed prototyping, he has developed the sandbag or ‘superadobe’ system.
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Joseph Herscher - Page Turner
Lynda Benglis - Phantom
Polyurethane foam with phosphorescent pigments
David Schwen - Pantone Pairings
Office S&M - The Public Florinal
Our winning proposal for a urinal and flower shop in Barkingside.
The old George Jackson Factory in Rathbourne
Christina Schou Christensen - gently grotesque
