Uh Oh. Construction workers please note: Somebody just built a 20-foot tower using flying robots. No people involved.
The demo took place in a warehouse-like art gallery called FRAC, just outside Paris.
As humans (none of them, I presume, in the construction trades) applauded and gaped, four helicopterish thingies swooped through the air, somehow avoiding each other, and one by one, settled on some “brick dispensers.” Using small plungers they then plucked one brick at a time, carried each to the “building site” and slowly created a wall. It took a few days, but what emerged is a twisting, undulating tower, designed by Swiss architects Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler……..by Robert Krulwich
Tucked away on the Kapiti Coast a couple of hours out of Wellington in New Zealand is a wonderful little seaside town called Waikanae.
Justine and I stumbled across this delightful little place in 2005 whilst there attending an Urban Design Conference. We stayed in a quaint architecturally designed cottage looking out over the beach. The more we looked around, the more gorgeous little beachside shacks were nestled amongst the sand swept streets and the dunes.
On ArchDaily today is a new “shack “in Waikanae by Parsonson Architects which certainly embodies my memory of that ‘place’…
It sure would be very interesting for Western Power to sponsor / run a similar design competition for our own infrastructural explosion here in WA….
“These designs were submitted as a competition entry in March of 2008 to Landsnet, Iceland national power transmission company who was working in collaboration with the Association of Icelandic Architects. The competition’s goal was to obtain new ideas in types and appearances for 220kV high-voltage towers and lines. The competition emphasized that specific consideration be given to the visual impact of the towers (or lines) and that careful consideration be given to the appearance of towers near urban areas and unsettled regions.”
The new Aboriginal Interpretive Centre has reached Practical Completion!!
A great strength of this project is the three public artworks:
Interpretive Wall – Norma MacDonald (with assistance from Concreto)
Interpretive Canopy – Shane Pickett (with assistance from Stuart Green)
Community Artwork – Sandra Hill and Jenny Dawson
The Centre which was commissioned by the Armadale Redevelopment Authority as part of it’s Champion Lakes Development will be handed over before the end of the year. The centre, through artwork and performance provides and interpretive journey to all who visit it. The amphitheater, audio visual infrastructure and changeroom facilities will enable performances ranging from a simple daytime performance right through to a sophisticated production……
Atlas Iron’s new fitout is the work of Perth design firm Design Monkee, with furniture from Wilkhahn.
Rapidly expanding junior miner Atlas Iron needed a new workspace that would accommodate the company’s growth.
The 1600sqm space required a speedy turnaround – just 4 months from briefing to final handover.
The designers took inspiration from the location of Atlas Iron’s iron ore mines, in the north of Western Australia where the horizon, land and sky dominate. Natural materials were used for feature floor finishes, and the sky is represented through light blue feature ceiling panels with construction mesh panelling through the reception area.
Metallic elements in the furniture and lighting and horizon and striation lines in the wall and cabinet work detailing reference the natural metallic striation in the ore.
Furniture from Wilkhahn, with its inspired functionality and light ambience, creates a professional but at once relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.
A mix of offices and workstations, meeting rooms, quiet rooms and breakout areas create a flexible and multi-functional space.
WHAT_architecture’s school in London, with its distinctive façade of Lego, took community consultation to the next level – involving kids in its design and construction.
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