3d Drawing pen

3d Drawing pen? Really..

 

People by Design

Tree Adventure by Metcalfe Architecture

 

By Miguel Rus

Out on a Limb is the award-winning, one-of-a-kind, central feature of a multi-faceted exhibit called Tree Adventure, designed by Metcalfe Architecture & Design at Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. Morris Arboretum, a 92-acre landscape of trees, gardens, fountains, ponds, sculpture, and more, is the official arboretum of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Morris enlisted Metcalfe’s expertise to help conceptualize, design, and layer family-friendly experiences into the historic garden. The goal was to expand visitor attendance by creating experiences throughout the Arboretum that would engage all ages and offer a rich, sensory experience in the beauty and importance of trees, as opposed to creating a distinct children’s garden that would separate families with various aged children.
Out on a Limb is the highlight of Tree Adventure, a five-station exhibit focusing on urban forestry that opened to public and critical acclaim July 4, 2009. Each station addresses the biology of trees, the benefit of trees, and the stewardship of trees.
The exhibit was organized around tree-focused activities with the purpose of encouraging families to play together. While the landscape is the typical focus of development at the Arboretum, the new frontier, with Out on a Limb, became the treetops.

 

Believe it or not these are Hand drawing by Diego Fazio  

 

 

 

bEAUTY tHat Is SkiN dEeP

bEAUTY tHat Is SkiN dEeP

 

Prize giving 2013

 

                 Motion Picture Academy Unveils Designs for Renzo Piano-Designed Museum

         

It’s surprising to think that Los Angeles - the home of the U.S film industry – doesn’t have a museum solely dedicated to its homegrown artform. However, all that is about to change should the Academy of Motion Pictures have their way.

Last Thursday, plans were unveiled for the long-touted Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a new museum designed by Renzo Piano and native Los Angeleno architect Zoltan Pali, which will be located in the streamline-moderne Wiltshire May Company building at Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, on the campus of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Although the designs are at an early stage, the released drawings propose to convert the historic building into a museum, while marrying it with a 140-foot-diameter glass dome.

 

 

But what about that dome? The new globe, dirigible, or soap-bubble, as Piano is wont to describe it, will be attached to the northern side of the building and will house a premiere-sized theatre underneath a glass-covered rooftop venue. Offering vistas stretching from the Hollywood sign to the Pacific Ocean, the terrace is slated to be L.A’s new go-to spot for ritzy receptions and industry events. While back on ground level, a wide public piazza will stretch underneath the dome and through the ground floor of the building, connecting the museum to the LACMA campus and the city.

 

Recreational Island House by 2by4

Architects: 2by4
Completion year: 2012
Area: 32 sqm
Location: Loosdrechtse Plas, Netherlands

On an island of 5 by 100 meters in the Dutch lake area ‘Loosdrechtse Plas’ 2by4-architects designed a unique recreational house. The house is a subtle frame that captures the view from the inside out and outside in. Completely anticipating on the client’s needs 2by4 has designed the house in such a way that it can customize the interaction with the surrounding nature. One of the glass facades can be completely opened so that the wooden outdoor terrace becomes part of the interior. To even more lift the inside-outside barrier the dark wooden facade can be folded open, creating a panoramic view to nature. The folded facade becomes an abstract perpendicular element that floats above the water. By opening this part of the facade the wooden floor of the living area is now directly connected to the water enabling the inhabitants to access the lake from the living room.

Although the size of the house is limited it still contains all the functions that are needed for comfort. Shower, toilet, kitchen, closets, storage and other functions are all integrated into a double wall. According to the need of a specific function the wall can be modified so that the spatial configuration changes, resulting into different atmospheres. The fire place, that hangs from the ceiling, also contributes to the changing of atmospheres because it can be rotated towards the outdoor terrace for those cozy summer evenings.
The orientation of the house is based on sunrise and sunset. In the morning cold light shines on the east facade, illuminating the white interior. In the evening the warm light flows into the west facade, announcing the end of the day.
Visitors that arrive at the house enter it in a series of sequences. Seen from the main land the house floats above the island. Arriving on the island itself the visitors are guided towards an elevated jetty that brings them to the terrace on the other side. The terrace continues towards the inside of the house where it stops halfway. Here the floor changes material and becomes a raised platform from where the visitors can look back at the nature they just came from.

How Plastic Bottles can Lighten up the Darkness

 

 

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