Material is important. I can't imagine forms without an idea of the materials used in the composition.
I am excited to run across another great article in this month's Print magazine:
the big pixel
by Andrew Blum
the architect James Sanders and his vision of a Celluloid Skyline.
ag4|mediatecture company and GKD metal fabrics "mediamesh and Illumesh embed LEDs with all power and control cabling into structural metal mesh...the new materials create a shift in the way electronic signage is conceived not as a box attached to a building, but as the building itself."
the pharmaceutical company Merck Serono building http://www.medienfassade.com/medienfassade_serono.html?&L=1
Marc Romero, "Is it entertainment, is it cultural, is it advertising?"
4 comments:
Kara!
What is the T ?
T:
Transportation
Transit
Train
Track
Tunnel
Tube
Ticket
Travel
Timetable
Token
Toll
Trip
Trolly
What is the i ?
i-Pod
i-Phone
i-Tunes
i-Lounge
I am eager to see what the i-T looks like!
Amr
Kara,
YES! I appreciate the look into materials and thinkthe transluscent concrete is a really innovative product. I've seen this material up close at the National Building Museum when this was part of a conctete exhibit and enjoyed the shadow puppet display. I instantly became a "people watcher" as others passed the wall and quickly sent one person in their party to go on the other side and make shapes! Are you thinking of putting a video screen behind the concrete wall and projecting through? That could also be interesting? Keep up yer good wurk. I like what you've got posted already!
Kara,
The material studies and sketches are great. Stop doing them and figure out what the building is below grade! At Friday's faculty meeting they wanted to know how I can let a student go on without developming a building. I defended this by describing the work as integral to your idea that this place will make you think differently, (about a store). However, I think we need to push your idea beyond simply an interesting idea.
Specifically, you need to develop a plan and elevation (possibly a section) of one subway station. This can serve as a prototype of all subway stations in your "Anywhere America" but MUST be beleivable. As architects we put trust in believable plans, elevations and sections. For your development, I strongly suggest getting the below ground to the same level of the above ground work you have done. We can get back to the above ground once the other catches up.
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