Analyzing building technologies through 3D drawings. Complex details in the works of EMBT
Analyzing building technologies through 3D drawings. Complex details in the works of EMBT
The rendition of the construction details of a building is normally done with two-dimensional drawing which are not immediately understandable, especially for...
Timeless time Form and Spirit in Italian Design
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, as Juliet whispers to Romeo in Shakespeare’s tragedy, or Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose as in Gertrude Stein’s verse?...
AILATI – Riflessi dal futuro – Padiglione Italiano – La Biennale di Venezia
An exhibition in progress
Of all the national pavilions participating in this year’s Twelfth International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, the Italian one, curated by Luca Molinari, has undoubtedly been among those which have...
La bellezza del costruire non coincide con la ricerca della bellezza
Ensamble Studio, Hemeroscopium house, Lasrozas-Madrid, Spain 2008 – photo by Roland Halbe
Architectural planning and the subsequent construction bears witness to an own interior beauty – the most appropriate term would however be felicity –...
Costruire da dietro: l’architettura e l’estetica del “retro”
Building from behind: Architecture and the aesthetics of dorsality.
Beauty? Yes, by all means , but from which angle? In addition to who or what is being looked at, one has to reconsider the aspect...
l‘architettura strutturale: dalla ricerca della forma al free form design
Structural Architecture: from form finding to free form design
1. Abstract.
The empirical method in structural form finding has achieved world-wide efficiency and recognition as massive building tradition has continued to expand in history. Through direct...
Cidade da Musica
Barra de Tijuca is a new town in Rio de Janeiro’s southern outskirts. It is a long plain that lacks strong architectural events and urban marks. The site is structured by two highways that...
Museum of Kanayama Castle Ruin
The site is located at the foot of Kanayama Castle, known for its beautiful stone wall and stone pavement. It is a community center incorporating guidance facilities for this historic place and a workshop...
Gallery Yeh
Enormous urban <canvas> has been attempted through the project Gallery Yeh. Canvas is the wall of the building as well as a piece of experimental artwork that indicates a sign of the upcoming change...
Serpentine Gallery
How should one make a pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery? Where should one begin? I open my eyes, and where am I? In England. In London. In Hyde Park: a typical area of the...
Torres Porta Fira
Within the “European Plaza”, a pair of twin towers now stands as part of the urban regeneration project for L’Hospitalet, the neighboring city to Barcelona. The site is approximately 8km away from Barcelona El...
The Waterhouse at South Bund
Located by the new Cool Docks development on the South Bund District of Shanghai, the Waterhouse is a four-story, 19-room boutique hotel built into an existing three-story Japanese Army headquarters building from the 1930’s....