Publicación en AFASIA de un proyecto que hice hace unos años en Medina del Campo.
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Publicación en AFASIA de un proyecto que hice hace unos años en Medina del Campo.
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New books on the shelf (or pocket)
Stones against diamonds, collection of short writings by Lina Bo Bardi.
A super old book on Bosch
Why look at animals? Berger’s writing on relationship between men and animals in consumer age.
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.
Cities Without Ground: A Hong Kong Guidebook by Adam Frampton, Jonathan D Solomon and Clara Wong.
Axonometric maps revealing Hong Kong’s multi-layered elevated walkways, ramps, elevators and infrastructure interchanges. Definitely enbiggen.
(read more on the guardian and randomwire)
Pink Rabbit by Gelitin on Colletto Fava Mountain, Italy
New York World’s Fair
[peace through understanding
a view from belgian village and adjacent french park
1964/65]
(Source: eye-you)
Cloud Hedges by Jacques Wirtz, Antwerp
Cloud Hedges by Jacques Wirtz, Antwerp
Big Air Package, Project for Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany was conceived in 2010 by Christo and will be on view from March 16 to December 30, 2013. The sculpture, which is installed inside the former gas tank, was made from 20,350 square meters of semitransparent polyester fabric and 4,500 meters of rope. The inflated envelope is 90 meters high and 50 meters in diameter. It has a total weight of 5.3 tons and a volume of 177,000 cubic meters. […] The “Big Air Package” nearly spans the distance from wall to wall of the Gasomter, leaving only a small passage to walk around the sculpture. Two air fans creating a constant pressure of 27 pascal (0.27 millibar) keep the package upright. Airlocks allow visitors to enter the package. Illuminated through the skylights of the Gasometer and 60 additional projectors, the work of art creates a diffuse light throughout the interior. Inside the sculpture, an extraordinary experience of shape, space and light is provided.
“Elbiphilharmonie of Herzog and de Meuron”
2011. 50cm x 50cm.
Sea City by Francis Jonckheere
Ball of Batteries by Mark Wilson
Kowloon
drawing by Adolfo Arranz
(Source: humanscalecities)
