Indoor Clouds (Cloudscapes) by Tetsuo Kondo Architects + Transsolar

I were in the Architectural Biennial in Venice last week, and one of the most promising things for me to watch was this indoor clouds. But sometimes destiny plays its own way and I end up watching a room full of humidity and thats about it. Even though it wasn't the Biennial fault nor the artist, the problem is that in order to make interior clouds there must be certain conditions (stacking a warm humid layer 25º and 100%RH between a lower cool dry layer 18º and 40% RH and a higher hot dry layer of 37º and 60%RH) without these conditions clouds won't form indoors.... So the problem there was that the door was open half of the time because it is an exhibition and you can't  forbid people from moving to the next intervention in their way, and obviously it was impossible to keep the air in the proper form. But anyway I still think that it is very interesting, hopefully for the first visitors during the morning they probably had the chance to watch these spectacular cloud formations.







Tetsuo Kondo Architects


Transsolar

Venice Architecture Biennial

Trinity College Quadrangle by GH3

I am not sure what Trinity College are we talking about,  and even though I don't like the pattern when I have a close look, when I see it as a whole it is really cool, and I don't usually like to use "really cool" but it's the way I see it, I like the result. I wouldn't put the UFOs though....

gh3

Burial Mounds in South Korea

And again something related to films... Don't you think this pictures could be taken from a Tim Burton's film? I like "unnatural natural" because at the end most of the landscapes have been modified by humans through history so its hard to tell what is truly natural. I prefer irrational landscapes because you can be sure they are not selling it to you as the "natural state", but they are still amazing if not better...

House in Ayora by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

This type of architecture usually doesn't strike my attention but this piece is such a break from the context that its almost like the opposite and somehow creates a balance that makes this house amazing.  Its like a piece of art left in the wilderness and it's so simple.... It suits perfectly on its site.

I don't have words to describe this, but another thing I really enjoyed is the idea of making a house that seems big but its indeed small. And the terrace is one of the best ones that I have ever seen with the views from the kitchen (the view is the terrace and the land above).  No need for oversize consumption, just perfect.









Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

Bug Dome by Marco Casagrande

I saw this project months ago and I thought this was non sense but lately I am getting more involve with the sustainable concept, simple living, etc. And I am not a hippie but this now seems like a beginning for something interesting. I am saying "beginning" because this looks more like the first step of a building, I wouldn't call this a building, more likely to be called a pretty sculpture.

The constructive method reminds me the one used by EMBT for the spanish pavilion in shanghai. But this one seems more practical and less "artistic".

Bambu has been a used material since centuries, maybe millenniums...









Bug Dome

Marco Casagrande

Underspaces Toronto

Just another example of what can be done under highways... those ones that usually are considered trash areas. The funny thing is that there is indeed plenty of possibilities over those spaces.





Underpass Park under Waterfront Toronto project

The Aquacontour is The End of Circular Crops

I found this info by NL Architects blog:

"The Aquacontour by Gardena is a sprinkler irrigation system that allows for free-form lawns.

Virtually any shape can be programmed without wasting water. Is the Aquacontour the beginning of a new type of land art? When can we start harvesting a Matisse or a Jean Arp? Surprisingly the new center pivot irrigation can do 90 degree corners as well. A soccer pitch can be watered from the middle circle with one single sprinkler… By creating square irrigation ‘circles’ 20% more land can be used!"

The meaning of this apart of being capable of making art is that you can irrigate the 100% of flat land without the need of a human being going around... Think of the possibilities!

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Jean Nouvel

Hot news!! Jean Nouvel will design next Serpentine Gallery Pavillion...

Some explanations:

"The design for the 2010 Pavilion is a contrast of lightweight materials and dramatic metal cantilevered structures. The entire design is rendered in a vivid red that, in a play of opposites, contrasts with the green of its park setting. In London the colour reflects the iconic British images of traditional telephone boxes, post boxes and London buses."

"The building consists of bold geometric forms, large retractable awnings and a freestanding wall that climbs 12m above the lawn, sloping at a gravity defying angle. It experiments with the idea of play in its incorporation of the French tradition of outdoor table-tennis. Striking glass, polycarbonate and fabric structures create a versatile system of interior and exterior spaces. The flexible auditoria will accommodate the Serpentine Gallery Park Nights and Marathon and the changing summer weather."

Restello by Piercy Conner Architects

I am not usually the kind of person who judges from the image... But  I have to say that the external renderings of this building are seriously atmospheric (to put it one way). Might not big the best architecture but the way the perforated steel makes this building disappear from the outside (except when the shutters are open) and opens the space to the exterior is well done. The effects of the light and shadow going trough the interior, and the openness inside the houses with the simplicity it projects. The used of a second skin completely glazed...
I don't know, I just have to like it. Also the detail of the green roof treated the same way as the rest of the flats its brilliant.







by Piercy Conner Architects