Showing posts with label Blanka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blanka. Show all posts

Liverpool One masterplan


Hello all! I think we spent some very useful time on the site today, there were many interesting observations and ideas. Few of us thought that a masterplan would be the best way to start as the area is pretty large and complex. For those who like the idea and think about a similar approach I have scanned in the article from the latest AJ about the mixed use masterplan by BDP. I'll need more precedents myself, so if you have any other please post! :)... thanks... Blanka





Chaos, Dis-order & Residual surfaces




Following my site visit yesterday at the Curzon Street station these two pages from the book I'm reading (architecture & mobility by gino finizio) seem to match the experience:) Hope you find it useful as well... see you all on Tuesday... Blanka







Static within Dynamic - part 2


In addition to the previous I posted, here is a sketch to clarify my idea about the static and dynamic elements within a design... not sure where it could lead me/us, seems interesting for now.... Blanka

Static within Dynamic

" Indeed, it is no longer the house that becomes more similar every day to the car, in the name of extreme dynamism, of movement, both physical and conceptual, but rather it is the car that becomes increasingly like a house, abandoning the myth of speed, to seek above all inhabitability, the comfort of the interior, reconciliation with urban spaces, with the structure of the old historic centres , respecting ecological equilibria, energy saving, the elimination of environmental pollution. "

Architecture & Mobility – by Gino Finizio

… makes me think about an architectural design with both static and dynamic elements where a dynamic element can easily be detached/ attached back again as necessary and used for both its static and mobile properties as opposed to the current practise whereas the car, representing a dynamic element, is contained within a garage, the static element and used only for its dynamic properties… any comments more than welcome… sketches to follow shortly, as soon as I find the way to do it lol... Blanka

Global Architecture & the Mobility of architectural inspiration


Commenting on Matt's blog about virtual mobility…

In a way we experience a lot more visually nowadays through the modern communication systems but at the same time we pay less attention to details.
We can probably all agree that experiencing architecture on a basic level is mainly visual and although a deeper and thorough understanding of an architectural creation can only be achieved through physical presence, the main human sense to register spatial information remains visual.
Compared to a physical-spatial experience whereby a human registers many thousands of images in a second if not more, a visual-virtual experience is based upon limited number of images.
My concern and question is whether the solely virtual experience without physical attendance is reliable enough to influence the contemporary architecture in a positive direction?

Blanka