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<title><![CDATA[From chaos to shape. Rome (1996-2002)]]></title>
<link>http://valerioberdini.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/from-chaos-to-shape-rome-1996-2002/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Valerio</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a pretty unique photo story showing the growth of the Renzo Piano auditorium in Rome. These ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is a pretty unique photo story showing the growth of the Renzo Piano auditorium in Rome. These photos have been taken throughout many years, travelling back to Italy from UK to not miss the important moments.</p>
<p>One of the very few masterpieces of modern architecture allowed to be built in the eternal city. Any sort of problem, from archeological finding to technical issues, delayed the opening.<br />
In the end the three &#8220;beetles&#8221; view the light of day.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Series 3. Eco Icon No.20]]></title>
<link>http://findingeco.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/series-3-eco-icon-no-20/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>orifb</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Renzo piano walnut dining table World renowned architect Renzo Piano who recently designed the accla]]></description>
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<h1><span style="color:#808080;">Renzo piano</span> <span style="color:#625337;">walnut</span> dining table</h1>
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<p>World renowned architect Renzo Piano who recently designed the acclaimed organically shaped San Francisco Academy of Sciences with its living roof&#8230;has collaborated with New York based Hudson Furniture  to create this sustainable, covetable  walnut dining table with legs referencing the 50&#8242;.</p>
<p>Hudson Furniture spromotes and produces sustainable design through it&#8217;s own brand and collaborative furniture collections. Their design philosophy is born of a fundamental respect for the natural forms of trees and their inherent grain patterns. Inspired by the  well defined organic lines and geometric forms of trees, Hudson Furniture uses traditional joinery techniques and hand rubbed oil finishes to produce its furniture collection..</p>
<p>None of the woods they use are harvested from old growth forests. All the wood slabs  that they use are domestically sourced from either salvaged trees or wind/storm damaged trees. The trees have an average life span of 250-300 years. When these trees die, they gradually do so from the crest to the roots.These trees then have to be removed  as they might cause damage to nearby  houses, other trees or outlying areas.</p>
<p>&#8221; We put high regard and value on these trees by turning them into pieces of enduring art instead of leaving them out to decay &#8220;, Barlas Baylar, Hudson Furniture Inc. founder and designer.</p>
<p>Hudson Furniture  is also New York&#8217;s only repository for legally harvested petrified wood. For Hudson Furniture Inc. it was second nature to explore petrified wood as an extension of its already existing collection of organic contemporary designs. Petrified wood, having the visual characteristics of wood but the feel of stone, represents a contemporary fusion of the two original materials into a new compelling organic interior accessory.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.hudsonfurnitureinc.com"><span style="color:#605643;">www.hudsonfurnitureinc.com</span></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[I 10 edifici più brutti del mondo]]></title>
<link>http://loriscosta.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/i-10-edifici-piu-brutti-del-mondo/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>loriscosta</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&nbsp; (Da Cinemaeviaggi): Il sito di viaggi Virtualtourist ha completato un sondaggio tra i suoi vi]]></description>
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<p>(Da <a href="http://amosgitai.blogspot.com/">Cinemaeviaggi</a>):</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxpCtMvAcI/AAAAAAAAC5E/MndC1JdAUIw/s1600/i+10+edifici+pi%C3%B9+brutti+del+mondo.gif" alt="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxpCtMvAcI/AAAAAAAAC5E/MndC1JdAUIw/s1600/i+10+edifici+pi%C3%B9+brutti+del+mondo.gif" /></p>
<p>Il sito di viaggi <a href="http://www.virtualtourist.com/">Virtualtourist</a> ha completato un sondaggio tra i suoi visitatori per decretare i 10 edifici più brutti del mondo. Tali edifici, ritenuti spesso dagli addetti ai lavori esempi di architettura d’avanguardia, risultato di menti geniali sempre alla ricerca di soluzioni innovative, in realtà non hanno trovato alcun consenso tra la gente che li considera come opere prive di bellezza e di gusto. Famosi architetti sono autori di opere ritenute vere mostruosità dalle persone comuni. Ed anche l’archistar italiana Renzo Piano fa parte di questa lista nera.</p>
<p>Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang, Corea del Nord)<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxqg6qVJCI/AAAAAAAAC6M/AcNPnUIzolo/s1600/Ryugyong+Hotel.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxqg6qVJCI/AAAAAAAAC6M/AcNPnUIzolo/s320/Ryugyong+Hotel.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Il Ryugyong Hotel è un grattacielo di Pyongyang, capitale della Corea del Nord. La sua realizzazione, iniziata nel 1987, fu interrotta nel 1992 in primo luogo a causa della mancanza di fondi del committente, lo stato coreano. Furono in realtà diversi i motivi che portarono alla chiusura dei lavoro: inosservanza delle più banali norme di sicurezza (materiali di scarsa qualità) e grossolani errori di progettazione (dopo aver completato la struttura, i progettisti si accorsero che i pozzi lungo i quali dovevano scorrere gli ascensori erano troppo stretti). Dunque il Ryugyong Hotel rimase per lunghi anni incompleto, un mostro di cemento dalla strana forma piramidale e talmente alto (330 m.) da dominare ignobilmente lo skyline della capitale coreana. Le oltre tremila stanze e i cinque ristoranti rimasero senza finestre e gli impianti incompleti, soggetti all’incuria ed alle intemperie. Nell’aprile 2008 sono inaspettatamente ripresi i lavori che si spera abbiano presto fine. Una soluzione che però non scioglierà le numerose critiche intorno a questa struttura, in quanto non è neanche facile comprendere i motivi della sua realizzazione, un albergo che può contenere oltre 5000 persone in una città che non certo è elencata dalle guide di viaggio come una città da visitare assolutamente. Unica struttura presente nella lista dei peggiori edifici del mondo del 2008, Ryugyong Hotel ha fatto parlare di sé in maniera negativa in molte occasioni e la rivista americana Esquire l’ha definito tempo fa il più brutto edificio nella storia della umanità.</p>
<p>Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (Baltimora, USA)<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxqNLBcceI/AAAAAAAAC50/GXxMd-m3308/s1600/Morris+A.+Mechanic+Theatre.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxqNLBcceI/AAAAAAAAC50/GXxMd-m3308/s320/Morris+A.+Mechanic+Theatre.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>naugurato nel 1967, il Morris A. Mechanic Theatre fu progettato dall’architetto John M. Johansen con l’idea di creare un punto di riferimento per le rassegne teatrali della città di Baltimora. L’edificio è considerato un esempio di brutalismo architettonico, un nuovo modo di concepire l’architettura introdotto nel 1954 con Le Corbusier. Particolarità di movimento architettonico era la volontà di palesare i gli elementi costituenti gli edifici: tubature, impianti elettrici e così via. Inoltre le forme grezze fanno risaltare la struttura ed il cemento a vista completa lo scenario di apparente povertà estetica. L’edificio rimase chiuso per ben trent’anni per passare di mano più volte. L’ultimo acquirente, nel 2005, è stato lo “One West Baltimore Associates Street”, intenzionato a trasformare la struttura in un centro ad uso misto comprendente attività commerciali, uffici, residenze private ed un albergo.</p>
<p>Centro Georges Pompidou (Parigi, Francia)<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxpzirSkhI/AAAAAAAAC5c/oEN_RIsslLg/s1600/Centro+Georges+Pompidou.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxpzirSkhI/AAAAAAAAC5c/oEN_RIsslLg/s320/Centro+Georges+Pompidou.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Nel 1969 il presidente francese Georges Pompidou decise creare nel cuore di Parigi un importante centro culturare con musei d’arte, biblioteche e mediateche. Fu indetto un concorso internazionale ed il progetto vincitore tra gli oltre 600 in gara fu quello degli architetti Renzo Piano (allora semisconosciuto) e Richard Rogers, con il contributo di un terzo architetto, Gianfranco Franchini. Dopo cinque anni di lavori, il Beaubourg, il vero nome dell’edificio, fu inaugurato nel 1977. Il complesso ospita tuttora ogni tipo di attività museale, con particolare spazio all’arte moderna, il cui museo occupa gli ultimi tre piani della struttura. Gli altri piani sono attualmente occupati da una biblioteca, un cinema, alcune librerie, ristoranti e centri culturali. Fin dall’inizio Centro Georges Pompidou fu il bersaglio di numerose critiche perché molti consideravano fuori luogo quell’edificio troppo moderno, dal design audace e bizzarro, con gli elementi portanti, le scale mobili, gli ascensori installati all’esterno della struttura. Caratteristici sono i tubi a vista ognuno di colore diverso in base alla funzione da essi svolta: il blu corrisponde all’impianto di climatizzazione, il giallo a quello elettrico, il rosso alla circolazione e il verde al trasporto delle acque.</p>
<p>Žižkov Television Tower (Praga, Repubblica Ceca)<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxquT-FVDI/AAAAAAAAC6c/qE-l4Y4CDy4/s1600/Zizkov+Television+Tower.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxquT-FVDI/AAAAAAAAC6c/qE-l4Y4CDy4/s320/Zizkov+Television+Tower.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Progettata tra il 1985 e il 1992 dall’architetto e scultore ceco David Černý, la Žižkov Television Tower è alta 216 m. e rappresenta l’edificio più alto di Praga. Un’opera interessante ma, fin da subito, fortemente discussa. Simile ad un’astronave o ad un missile, con alcune insolite figure infantili che vi si arrampicano, la torre svetta dal quartiere Žižkov e rappresenta per i suoi residenti un pugno nell’occhio, rovinando l’armonia del quartiere storico della città. D’altra parte l’altezza della torre consente una vista panoramica sulla parte storia e più attraente di Praga, in particolare se nel caso di una cena romantica nel ristorante con vista presente nella torre. Per alcuni un illustre esempio di architettura comunista, per altri una costruzione inserita in un contesto sbagliato. Per i visitatori di Virtualtourist si tratta invece di un edificio semplicemente orrendo.</p>
<p>Federation Square (Melbourne, Australia)<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxp-w_nHQI/AAAAAAAAC5k/eg5-KEAFmgc/s1600/FEDERATION+SQUARE.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxp-w_nHQI/AAAAAAAAC5k/eg5-KEAFmgc/s320/FEDERATION+SQUARE.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>La Federation Square è la piazza principale della città di Melbourne ed è il luogo d’incontro di residenti e turisti. Un contesto architettonico piuttosto disordinato che alcuni critici ritengono inutile e privo di significato artistico. In realtà la piazza con i suoi edifici offre ogni genere di intrattenimento: luogo di eventi, concerti e mostre, possibilità di fare shopping nei numerosi negozi, corsi di tai chi, ristoranti e locali dove mangiare e divertirsi. Un trionfo di acciaio, vetro e geometrie surreali, la Federation Square è diventata il cardine della città. Caratteristiche che però non sono state gradite agli invitati al sondaggio che confermano i mugugni di tanti che non riescono ad apprezzarne il senso estetico e funzionale.</p>
<p>Palazzo della Markel Corporation (Richmond, USA)<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxqGLklEaI/AAAAAAAAC5s/b7D_LhgFCmM/s1600/Markel+Corporation.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxqGLklEaI/AAAAAAAAC5s/b7D_LhgFCmM/s320/Markel+Corporation.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Se qualcuno si trovasse a passeggiare per le strade di Richmond, in Virginia, potrebbe imbattersi in quello che a prima vista sembrerebbe un’astronave aliena nascosta in modo grossolano della CIA o dall’FBI. Non ci troviamo in un episodio tratto dalla serie X-Files, perché in realtà si tratta del palazzo della Markel Corporation, una società di assicurazioni e di investimenti quotata a Wall Street. Nel 1962 la Market commissionò all’architetto Haigh Jamgochian il progetto della sua sede di Richmond. Dopo tre anni di lavori e continui restringimenti di budget, partorì quello che lo stesso architetto definì “una patata al forno avvolta nella carta stagnola”, idea che gli venne durante una cena tra architetti. In effetti ogni piano dell’edificio è completamente avvolto da una striscia di alluminio, materiale scelto per la presenza nella città Richmond della Reynolds Metals, terza società al mondo per produzione di alluminio. Per estremo gusto artistico, le fasce che circondano i piani sono state deformate a colpi di mazza. Un esempio genialità architettonica degli anni ’60 che oggi risalta nel centro dello shopping della città di Richmond. Risalta ma non esalta.</p>
<p>Beehive (Wellington, Nuova Zelanda)<br />
Il Beehive è il nome comune dell’ala esecutiva del Palazzo del <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxprQD102I/AAAAAAAAC5U/sk7vYqXIkCw/s1600/Beehive.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxprQD102I/AAAAAAAAC5U/sk7vYqXIkCw/s320/Beehive.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Parlamento della Nuova Zelanda. Situato a Wellington, la sua ideazione è attribuita all’architetto scozzese Sir Basil Spence, che ne abbozzò qualche schizzo durante una cena nel 1964. L’edificio è stato in seguito progettato da Gibson O’Conner, proprietario di un’impresa di costruzione e terminato nel 1979 dal suo socio Noel Gibson. Il Beehive è stato costruito in più fasi tra il 1969 e il 1979, perché durante questo periodo, fu vittima di una serie di disavventure, tra le quali un incendio che distrusse gran parte di quello che era stato costruito. La costruzione è è composta da dieci piani, alta circa 72 m. ed ha quattro piani sotto terra. La parte antistante l’ingresso è decorata con pavimenti in marmo, le mura sono costituite di pannelli di acciaio e il soffitto è in vetro che consente una buona illuminazione durante le giornate di sole. La sua struttura particolare gli ha donato il nomignolo di Beehive (alveare) ma anche numerosi critiche che ne hanno evidenziato le discutibili qualità artistiche.</p>
<p>Sede Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brasile)<br />
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxqn9XSEdI/AAAAAAAAC6U/6-83FE2aVWI/s1600/Sede+Petrobras.jpg"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxqn9XSEdI/AAAAAAAAC6U/6-83FE2aVWI/s320/Sede+Petrobras.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>La Petrobras è una delle più importanti compagnie petrolifere al mondo, con filiali in 27 nazioni in tutto il mondo. Il design decisamente audace dell’edificio, ubicato a Rio de Janeiro, vuole presumibilmente tradurre l’imponenza e l’autorità della società petrolifera di proprietà dello Stato (ne possiede circa il 30% delle azioni) esprimendo una netto contrasto architetturale tra la pesantezza dei blocchi e la leggerezza e la sottigliezza delle colonne/pilastro che si intervallano ad essi. Tale pesantezza è inoltre mitigata dalla presenza di alcune terrazze e giardini pensili che collegano gli spazi interni ed esterni. Un sistema di brise soleil (frangisole orientabili) accentuano l’eccentricità della sua architettura risolvendo però il problema della corretta esposizione delle facciate alla luce del sole. Quello che sembrerebbe un esempio di architettura estrosa e al tempo stesso funzionale, a molti sembra in realtà un mostro realizzato dalla mano di un bambino che, stanco di giocare, lo ha lasciato incompleto.</p>
<p>Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada)<br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxqbb7aFTI/AAAAAAAAC6E/V0UNorTlF58/s1600/Royal+Ontario+Museum.jpg"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/Swxqbb7aFTI/AAAAAAAAC6E/V0UNorTlF58/s320/Royal+Ontario+Museum.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Il Royal Ontario Museum, conosciuto come ROM, è il più grande museo del Canada. Fu progettato per rinnovare le gallerie contenute in museo preesistente, ampliandolo con uno spazio espositivo di 100.000 mq che oggi comprende quaranta gallerie d’arte con circa sei milioni di opere in esposizione. Molto curata è la parte relativa alle scienze naturali con un’incredibile collezione di fossili e dinosauri. Situato in uno degli incroci più importanti nel centro di Toronto, il museo è diventato un punto di riferimento per la città. Aperto al pubblico nel 1914, l’edificio ha subito ben tre ampliamenti, nel 1933, nel 1964 e, l’ultimo, nel giugno 2007. Sebbene i suoi elementi architettonici sono creativi ed innovativi nel loro incedere obliquo che spaventa per l’apparente instabilità, è troppo netto e poco appropriato il contrasto con lo splendido palazzo d’epoca che si ispira ad un misto bizantino ed art deco, risultando melting pot artistico discutibile.</p>
<p>Biblioteca Nazionale (Pristina, Kosovo)<br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxqVdir4CI/AAAAAAAAC58/St-6DBC0ZTo/s1600/national+library+pristina.jpg"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-Jo--h8OVDs/SwxqVdir4CI/AAAAAAAAC58/St-6DBC0ZTo/s320/national+library+pristina.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Opera dell’architetto croato Andrija Mutnjakoviç ed inaugurata nel 1982, la biblioteca nazionale di Pristina è un edificio composto da cubi disposti in forma piramidale con 99 cupole di vetro, completamente rivestito da una maglia aggrovigliata di metallo. Un esempio di architettura moderna balcanica che custodisce un rilevante patrimonio letterario. L’edificio ha un’origine geometrica, con un impianto planimetrico di forma quadrata che si innalza attraverso una serie ordinata di cubi. Secondo alcuni critici, Mutnjakoviç trasse ispirazione dalle architetture dell’Hammam di Gazi Mehmed Pasha a Prizren o del Patriarcato di Pec, considerazioni basate soprattutto per la presenza delle cupole che ne richiamano lo stile. Difficile dire se si tratti di un’architettura geniale o di un vera e propria oscenità.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Arquitectura | California Academy of Sciences]]></title>
<link>http://lyingonsofa.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/arquitectura-california-academy-of-sciences/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ricardo Hernandez</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The Living Roof at the California Academy of Science. Photo by davepatten on Flickr. En el Golden Ga]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_622" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davepatten/3576966547/"><img src="http://lyingonsofa.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/roof.jpg" alt="The Living Roof at the California Academy of Science" title="The Living Roof at the California Academy of Science" width="480" height="319" class="size-full wp-image-622" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Living Roof at the California Academy of Science. Photo by davepatten on Flickr.</p></div>
<p>En el <a href="http://www.sfgov.org/site/recpark_page.asp?id=17796">Golden Gate Park</a> de San Francisco, Estados Unidos, se construye la nueva sede de la <a href="http://www.calacademy.org/">California Academy of Sciences</a>. El diseño está a cargo del arquitecto italiano <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano">Renzo Piano</a> (Genoa, 1937).</p>
<p>Lo interesante de edificio es su diseño sustentable, en el que su cubierta (llamada <a href="http://www.calacademy.org/academy/building/the_living_roof/">Living Roof</a>) es un &#8220;techo verde&#8221; lleno de vegetación propia de la zona y con tomas de luz en forma de circulos. Esta cubierta permite las regulación de temperatura, ventilación y la toma de agua de lluvia, la cual es reciclada y utilizada para la red sanitaria.</p>
<p>El material de la cubierta es una solución denominada <a href="http://www.ranacreek.com/">BioTray</a>®, que son contendedores porosos hechos de savia de árboles y cáscaras de coco. Se utilizaron cerca de 50,000 contenedores para albergar a 1.7 millones de plantas nativas de la región.</p>
<p>Un ejercicio arquitectónico que muestra que lo sustentable no está peleado con el diseño de vanguardía y lo funcional.</p>
<p>En <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=california+academy+of+sciences+roof">Flickr</a> hay algunas fotos con tomas aéreas del edificio.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kansai International Airport]]></title>
<link>http://osakainsider.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/kansai-international-airport/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>osakainsider</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Kansai International Aiport (KIX) is the second most important airport in Japan (after Narita in Tok]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Kix_aerial_photo.jpg/800px-Kix_aerial_photo.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="232" />Kansai International Aiport (KIX) is the second most important airport in Japan (after Narita in Tokyo) and the main airline hub for the Kansai area, which includes Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Wakayama, and many other large cities. KIX is located on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, near Sennan and Izumisano Cities in southern Osaka Prefecture. It is connected to the land by a 3 km (2 mile) bridge that carries rail and road traffic, and also by ferry services.</p>
<p>The island built for this airport turned Osaka Prefecture, formerly the smallest prefecture in Japan in terms of land area, into the second smallest in Japan, putting Kagawa Prefecture in last. There have been problems with the island sinking slowly each year, but they have been mitigated for the most part, naturally and due to technological innovations. Fear of strong crosswinds affecting rail traffic has also been assuaged through installation of protective barriers. KIX survived severe typhoon winds and the 1995 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" target="_blank">Great Awaji-Hanshin Earthquake</a> without significant damage.</p>
<p>The airport was designed by world-famous Italian architect Renzo Piano, and the terminal is the longest in the world at 1.7 km in length (it is served by a tram/train). There are two runways, and a third is planned as part of a future expansion. KIX has a good variety of restaurants and facilities, and just across the bridge is Rinku Town, one of the most extensive and entertaining shopping areas in all of Osaka Prefecture. You can also stay in the ANA Gate Tower Hotel at Rinku Town, located in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinku_Gate_Tower_Building" target="_blank">Rinku Gate Tower Building</a>, the second tallest building in Japan after Yokohama&#8217;s Landmark Tower (Rinku Gate Tower is the same height as Osaka City&#8217;s WTC Cosmo Tower).</p>
<p>KIX is about 35-45 min. by limited express train (JR or Nankai Railways) from central Osaka City, and JR trains continue through Osaka all the way to Kyoto. Check out <a href="http://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/en/index.asp" target="_blank">KIX&#8217;s website here</a>. When you visit Osaka next, come through Kansai International Airport and learn why it is considered on of the best airports in the world.</p>
<p>Here is another <a href="http://leolaksi.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/kansai-international-airport-osaka-japan/" target="_blank">good post on KIX</a> that focuses more on the interesting architecture design of the airport and contains a number of terminal-building photographs.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Finalmente delle buone proposte]]></title>
<link>http://democraticallyspeaking.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/finalmente-delle-buone-proposte/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>elianigris</dc:creator>
<guid>http://democraticallyspeaking.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/finalmente-delle-buone-proposte/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ho appena letto il piano del comune con Renzo Piano per piantare fino a novantamila alberi a Milano ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Ho appena letto il <a href="http://milano.corriere.it/milano/notizie/cronaca/09_novembre_6/piano-idea-bosco-duomo-1601966176241.shtml">piano</a> del comune con Renzo Piano per piantare fino a novantamila alberi a Milano entro l&#8217;expo del 2015.</p>
<p>L&#8217;idea mi piace, mi piace il fatto che ci lavori Renzo Piano e mi piace l&#8217;idea di una maggiore attenzione al &#8220;verde&#8221;, cosa di cui questa citta` ha davvero bisogno.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vivere l’Architettura: “I monumenti moderni: l'architettura e la musica”]]></title>
<link>http://novarchitectura.com/2009/11/04/vivere-l%e2%80%99architettura-%e2%80%9ci-monumenti-moderni-larchitettura-e-la-musica%e2%80%9d/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nov-ES</dc:creator>
<guid>http://novarchitectura.com/2009/11/04/vivere-l%e2%80%99architettura-%e2%80%9ci-monumenti-moderni-larchitettura-e-la-musica%e2%80%9d/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[La quinta puntata della seconda serie di Vivere l&#8217;architettura affronta l&#8217;argomento I mo]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">La quinta puntata della seconda serie di Vivere l&#8217;architettura affronta l&#8217;argomento <em><strong>I monumenti moderni: l&#8217;architettura e la musica</strong></em>. Ospiti in studio gli architetti Andrea Giunti<strong> </strong> e Marianna Addeo<strong> </strong> con la partecipazione di Silvio L. Riccobelli. La clip mostra l&#8217; <em>Auditorium Parco della Musica</em><strong> </strong>di Renzo Piano.<br />
Il cammeo è dedicato alla <em>Sede dell&#8217;Ordine dei Medici</em><strong> </strong> opera di <a href="http://www.sartogoarchitetti.it/ITA/Sito_ITA/ITALIA.htm">Piero Sartogo</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center;display:block;'><object width='400' height='330' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' data='http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-2277188129891017190'><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='never' /><param name='movie' value='http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-2277188129891017190'/><param name='quality' value='best'/><param name='bgcolor' value='#ffffff' /><param name='scale' value='noScale' /><param name='wmode' value='window'/></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Modern Art Wing, Art Institute of Chicago]]></title>
<link>http://mgerwing.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/modern-art-wing-art-institute-of-chicago/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mgerwing</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mgerwing.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/modern-art-wing-art-institute-of-chicago/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Art Institute of Chicago has recently opened the new Modern Art wing designed by Renzo Piano.  P]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>The Art Institute of Chicago has recently opened the new Modern Art wing designed by Renzo Piano.  Piano&#8217;s Design Workshop is probably the most consistently innovative and interesting big-name international architecture office out there.  Every building they execute is marked by an acute attention to detail and they all seem to serve their clients rather than the architect&#8217;s ego.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-981" title="P1020645" src="http://mgerwing.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p1020645.jpg" alt="P1020645" width="497" height="372" /></p>
<p>So, on a recent visit, I found myself really appreciating the building, but not loving it.  As mentioned, it is beautifully and simply put together &#8211; the spaces flow nicely, the materials are clearly and cleanly brought together.  Maybe most importantly, and in light of Denver&#8217;s Art Museum, it is clear that the building is there to serve the art that it displays, not the reverse.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-982" title="P1020644" src="http://mgerwing.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p1020644.jpg" alt="P1020644" width="497" height="662" /></p>
<p>However, in its simplicity and lightness, it lacks the robust material quality that I think distinguishes the best of Chicago architecture.  For while the Chicago skyscrapers and the Chicago window of the early twentieth century championed a kind of structural determinism and rationality, it exerted this as the primary formal expression.  The Modern wing more like a series of screens, horizontal and vertical, that wrap the building.  So, while this is a great response to the program of the building, to the housing and display of art,  it does not have to be the primary driver of the building.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-983" title="Gage Building" src="http://mgerwing.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/gage-building.jpg" alt="Gage Building" width="497" height="800" /></p>
<p>This is a photo of the Gage Building, near the museum on Michigan Avenue, designed by Louis Sullivan.  You can feel the frame and weight of this building, the decorative medallions seeming to hold up the middle piers.  This is what I think of when I  think of Chicago architecture &#8211; taut buildings that are both light and heavy, rational and expressive.</p>
<p>Piano&#8217;s addition is a very good building, a great addition to the museum and the city.  But it speaks more to an international, place-less design than one rooted in a city of a great architectural tradition.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Remembering Jan Kaplický – Architect of the Future @ Design Museum]]></title>
<link>http://everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/remembering-jan-kaplicky-%e2%80%93-architect-of-the-future-design-museum/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>everydaylifestyle</dc:creator>
<guid>http://everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/remembering-jan-kaplicky-%e2%80%93-architect-of-the-future-design-museum/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[今年1月15日に71歳で亡くなった建築家、Jan Kaplický（ヤン・カプリツキー）の追悼展「Remembering Jan Kaplický – Architect of the Future」]]></description>
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<p>今年1月15日に71歳で亡くなった建築家、<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kaplický">Jan Kaplický</a>（<a href="http://trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp/lc/world/090218_london/index.html">ヤン・カプリツキー</a>）の追悼展「<a href="http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/kaplicky">Remembering Jan Kaplický – Architect of the Future</a>」（<a href="http://designmuseum.org/">デザイン・ミュージアム</a>）が、昨日のエントリーの「<a href="http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/mariscal">Mariscal: Drawing Life</a>」とともに、今週末11月1日で終わる。プラハ生まれのカプリツキー氏は、、1968年の<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/プラハの春">プラハの春</a>（旧ソ連の<a title="チェコスロヴァキア" href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A2">チェコスロヴァキア</a>への軍事介入）後、祖国を脱出し、イギリスに亡命。パリの<a title="ポンピドゥー・センター" href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC">ポンピドゥー・センター</a>（<a title="Centre Georges Pompidou" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou">Centre Georges Pompidou</a>）を共に手がけた、<a title="レンゾ・ピアノ" href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BE%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E">レンゾ・ピアノ</a>（<a title="Renzo Piano" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano">Renzo Piano</a>）と<a title="リチャード・ロジャース (建築家)" href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9_(%E5%BB%BA%E7%AF%89%E5%AE%B6)">リチャード・ロジャース</a>卿（<a title="Richard Rogers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rogers">Richard Rogers</a>）の建築事務所、<a title="ノーマン・フォスター" href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC">ノーマン・フォスター</a>卿の<a title="Foster and Partners" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_and_Partners">Foster and Partners</a>を経て、建築シンクタンク<a title="Future Systems" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Systems">Future Systems</a>（フューチャー・システムズ）を主宰。生物的なフォルムと未来派ハイテクを組み合わせた、常識を覆すユニークな建築物で世界的に有名になった。代表作には、数々の賞を受賞し、バーミンガムのシンボルにもなった<a href="http://www.selfridges.com/index.cfm?page=1189">Selfridges</a>（<a href="http://everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/made-in-england-tea-towel-selfridges/">セルフリッジズ</a>）や、宇宙船を彷彿させるロンドンの<a title="Lord's Cricket Ground" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Cricket_Ground">Lord&#8217;s Cricket Ground</a>（ローズ・クリケット場）のメディアセンター等がある。亡くなる前は、チェコ共和国での仕事に力を入れていた。彼の母国での最初の重要な建築物となるはずだった、国立図書館の新しい建物の国際コンペに通ったが、「<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/jan/06/architecture">Octopus</a>（たこ）」とあだ名された、紫と緑のしみにも見える奇抜なデザインに反対意見が相次ぎ、残念ながらプロジェクトはキャンセルされた。カプリツキーは、彼がデザインした、<a title="České Budějovice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice">České Budějovice</a>（チェスケー・ブディヨヴィツェ）に建築予定だった議会とコンサートホールの完成を見届けることなく、故郷のプラハで、娘の誕生を見届けた直後、急性心不全で亡くなった。</p>
<p>追悼展では代表作の他にも、世に出なかった作品、彼の太陽発電の乗り物、電気自動車、ジュエリー、2階建てバス、果てはビキニデザインまで、カプリツキーの想像力と才能を余すことなく展示。SF映画に出てきそうな、彼のユニークで未来的なデザインは、模型を見ているだけでも楽しい。下の階で開催中の、建築家の「<a href="http://everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/david-chipperfield-form-matters-design-museum/">David Chipperfield: Form Matters</a>」に比べると規模が小さいのが残念だ。</p>
<p>&#8220;<a href="http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/kaplicky">Remembering Jan Kaplický – Architect of the Future</a>&#8221; at <a href="http://designmuseum.org/">Design Museum</a> will end at the end of this week on November 1, as well as yesterday&#8217;s entry &#8220;<a href="http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2009/mariscal">Mariscal: Drawing Life</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>World-renowned Czech-born architect <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kaplický#cite_note-Radio_Prague_20090115-14">Jan Kaplický</a>, who died on January 15 this year, escaped to London in September 1968 in the wake of the <a title="Prague Spring" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague_Spring">Prague Spring</a>, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He worked at the office of <a title="Renzo Piano" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Piano">Renzo Piano</a> and <a title="Richard Rogers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rogers">Richard Rogers</a>, with whom he developed the design for the <a title="Centre Georges Pompidou" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou">Centre Georges Pompidou</a> in Paris, and then joined Foster Associates, now <a title="Foster and Partners" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_and_Partners">Foster and Partners</a>. In 1979 Kaplický set up his own architectural think tank <a title="Future Systems" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Systems">Future Systems</a> with David Nixon, and had created innovative and unusual architectures style that combined organic forms with high tech futurism. His major works include awards-winning <a href="http://www.selfridges.com/index.cfm?page=1189">Selfridges</a> Building which became an icon of <a title="Birmingham" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, and spaceship look-like media center at <a title="Lord's Cricket Ground" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Cricket_Ground">Lord&#8217;s Cricket Ground</a>. Kaplický began to spend more time in the Czech Republic toward the end of his life. He won the international architectural competition for the new Czech National Library building, which was to have been his first major building in his home country, but his design plan resembling a green and purple blob and nicknamed &#8220;<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/jan/06/architecture">the Octopus</a>,&#8221; was cancelled due to the strong objections as it would &#8220;ruin Prague&#8217;s panorama.&#8221; Kaplický died with heart failure in his native Prague, just after observing his daughter&#8217;s birth, without seeing the completion of another of his project, the Congress and Concert Hall Centre in <a title="České Budějovice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk%C3%A9_Bud%C4%9Bjovice">České Budějovice</a> (Budweis), with his own eyes.</p>
<p>In this exhibition, you can see gifted architect and designer Kaplický&#8217;s major works as well as his stream of ideas for solar powered vehicles, electric cars, jewellery, bikinis and double-decker buses. His futuristic design, perfect for Science Fiction movies, is fun and exciting. It is a shame that the space is much smaller than another architect&#8217;s less entertaining exhibition &#8220;<a href="http://everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/david-chipperfield-form-matters-design-museum/">David Chipperfield: Form Matters</a>&#8221; downstairs.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/everydaylifestyle/4057597812/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1578" title="Remembering Jan Kaplický @ Design Museum" src="http://everydaylifestyle.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/jankaplicky1.jpg" alt="Remembering Jan Kaplický @ Design Museum" width="500" height="374" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hand of the Architect]]></title>
<link>http://thefliesonthewall.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/the-hand-of-the-architect/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://thefliesonthewall.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/the-hand-of-the-architect/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Designers have had a long love affair with moleskin sketchbooks.  So, it should come as no surprise ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-648" title="moleskin" src="http://thefliesonthewall.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/moleskin.jpg" alt="moleskin" width="282" height="324" />Designers have had a long love affair with moleskin sketchbooks.  So, it should come as no surprise that moleskin is now releasing a collection of sketches from 110 famous architects like Zaha Hadid, Tadao Ando, Piero Lissoni, Renzo Piano, and more.  The book is a tribute to Piero Portaluppi who designed the Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan.  The sketches were initially auctioned off to help pay for maintenance on the building.  Now, they&#8217;ve compiled them into a limited edition moleskin. </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-649" title="ando" src="http://thefliesonthewall.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/ando.jpg" alt="ando" width="490" height="346" /></p>
<p>Could be a perfect Christmas present for the architect in your life!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Reference images]]></title>
<link>http://scheepens.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/reference-images/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[assignment 6 till 12 Introduction The professional fascination for these pictures lie&#8217;s in the]]></description>
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<p><strong>Introduction</strong><br />
The professional fascination for these pictures lie&#8217;s in the one hand in the clarity and composition (Rossi) and in the other hand in the lightness and transparency (Piano).<br />
Both strike my in there clarity and simplicity. Simplicity in a positive way, maybe best formulated in the term concentrated (strong) architecture.</p>
<p class="mceTemp"><strong><a href="http://scheepens.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/reference-images1.jpg"></a><a href="http://scheepens.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/reference-images2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-514" title="Reference images" src="http://scheepens.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/reference-images2.jpg?w=300" alt="Reference images" width="500" height="350" /></a><!--more-->Comparison</strong><br />
The differences between the pictures are best explaned with the keywords.</p>
<p class="mceTemp">The images are equally on just a few points. To start with the architects, both are from Italy. An importand stream in Italy is Rationalistic architecture. To as harmony, rhythme, symmetry, eye for the character of the materials and the synergy between the building, his destiny and the context.</p>
<p class="mceTemp">Expressing it different you cane discover in both buildings this bakground. Where you coud say Rossi has a &#8216; classic&#8217; or post modern approach. Piano adds modern material and trays to achieve, in it&#8217;s appearance,  to make a transparned and &#8216;light&#8217; building.<br />
Both appearances are of course inspired by and inbedded in there time.</p>
<p class="mceTemp"><strong>Analyse New York Times</strong></p>
<p class="mceTemp"><em>Type<br />
</em>High rise (form) glass and screens of ceramic rods (material) public (accessibility) space and light (radiance) offfice building (program).</p>
<p class="mceTemp"><em>Concept<br />
</em>The concept of the New York Times building is bast on the goal of bringing the city and the newspaper together. The Times tower is a fully glass-enclosed building. Its only unclear surfaces are its exposed structure, and the inventive sunscreen that keeps the building from overheating yet allows its clarity to read through. To emphasize transparency, the designers used a low-iron, water-white glass, clear as crystal, without a trace of tint. This essentially brings the inside and outside together.</p>
<p class="mceTemp"><em><a href="http://scheepens.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/concept-new-york-times-building.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-540 alignright" title="concept new york times building" src="http://scheepens.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/concept-new-york-times-building.jpg?w=120" alt="concept new york times building" width="120" height="150" /></a>Model<br />
</em>The concept is shaped in this drawing of Renzo Piano. The drawing features in my optic two points; 1) The connection between the tower and the city by it&#8217;s transparncy. 2) And the echo of live of the city reflects in the news paper.</p>
<p class="mceTemp"><em>Program<br />
</em>This building is a real estate investment on the newspaper&#8217;s part, a joint development venture with Forest City Ratner Companies, which owns 42 percent of it. The Times occupies floors two through 27, and their development partner rents out the rest, save for floors 28, 51, and the lobby space, which are co-owned. Commercial spaces on either side of the courtyard will are occupied by retail tenants.</p>
<p><strong>Analyse Hotel Il Palazzo</strong></p>
<p><em>Type<br />
</em>Geometry (form) brick masonry with expressed steel lintels (material) public (accessibility) reinterpretation of classical orders (radiance) hotel (program).</p>
<p><em>Concept<br />
</em>The concept of the building is in my optic based on the notion of a Palace on a plint with outbuildings. For all is buildings counts that he treids to abstract buildingtypes from his research to find elemental and clear shapes. Also in this design is the abstraction and reduction easy to recognize.</p>
<p><a href="http://scheepens.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/concept-new-york-times-building.jpg"></a><em>Model<br />
</em>Aldo Rossi is an architect who expresses himself with drawings. This drawing shows a first sketch of the hotel. It&#8217;s already saying a lot about the final design in it&#8217;s material, color, facade.</p>
<p>Program<br />
The program of this building consists of a hotel with support program to as a disco, bar, restaurant and squar. On the picture you cane see the entrance to the disco on the front and on the squar the entrance to the hotel with al it&#8217;s corresponding program. It&#8217;s exely not a really big hotel, but because of the frontal facade it&#8217;s very demanding.</p>
<p>Source:<br />
<span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com/" target="_blank">Renzo Piano Building Workshop</a></span><br />
<span style="color:#000000;">Ferlenga, Alberto, <em>Aldo Rossi zijn complete werk</em>, Könemann, 2001, Amsterdam</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Genova]]></title>
<link>http://splendidiquarantenni.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/genova/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>splendidiquarantenni</dc:creator>
<guid>http://splendidiquarantenni.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/genova/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[E&#8217; lunga Genova. Mentre lasci il saliscendi di cemento e approdi al lungomare sgombro dai cont]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">E&#8217; lunga Genova. Mentre lasci il saliscendi di cemento e approdi al lungomare sgombro dai container, ti vien da dubitare che sia ancora la stessa città da tanto è lunga. E&#8217; una striscia di mare che ti accompagna per trenta chilometri senza farsi annusare. Perché Genova non sa di mare.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ci sono i palazzi di vetro dell&#8217;America intervallati dalle brutte sopraelevate, c&#8217;è un po&#8217; di Milano in via venti, palazzi torinesi a contorno di piazza De Ferrari, la kasbah di Marrachech in faccia al Porto Antico. Nei caruggi tutti i cantori intonano paraculi De Andrè e Fossati mentre gli alpini fanno le ronde con un occhio alla vetrina del bar che proietta la Samp dal satellite.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sono dolci i genovesi. Mica ti fan pesare che hanno Renzo Piano che ogni tanto riordina, e ti raccontano di Lauzi che si vedeva sempre meno in Piazza Erbe perché ormai stava tanto male poverino e poi ti confessano candidi quanto adorino i genovesi famosi che restano a Genova, mica come Villaggio.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ti vien voglia di viverci a Genova appena scopri di poter mangiare fuori in maniche di camicia a ottobre inoltrato, ma poi ti chiedi in quale Genova riusciresti a rispecchiarti. </p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">E così se continui a scendere scorgendo ormai il monte di Portofino, finisci a Boccadasse, sulla spiaggia che prelude alla farinata. Mentre guardi i condomìni galleggianti della MSC crociere che si allontanano al tramonto per soli 700 euro a settimana, ti rendi conto che e a Rovigo, per dire, il cielo in una stanza mica la si poteva scrivere.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Perchè la musica, a Genova, è sposata col mare.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Das W-eltstadthaus oder: der W-alfisch]]></title>
<link>http://april11.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/das-w-eltstadthaus-oder-w-alfisch/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>april</dc:creator>
<guid>http://april11.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/das-w-eltstadthaus-oder-w-alfisch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In der Kölner Einkaufsmeile &#8220;Schildergasse&#8221; hat der renommierte Architekt Renzo Piano fü]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big Names in the Big "D"]]></title>
<link>http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2009/10/22/big-names-in-the-big-d/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Richard Lacayo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2009/10/22/big-names-in-the-big-d/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, Dallas, Foster + Partners, 2009/photo: Iwan Baan Dallas has sp]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Museum Kerfuffles]]></title>
<link>http://slowpainting.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/museum-kerfuffles/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Deborah Barlow</dc:creator>
<guid>http://slowpainting.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/museum-kerfuffles/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The carriage house at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was razed to make way for new museum build]]></description>
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<em>The carriage house at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was razed to make way for new museum buildings. (David L. Ryan/Boston Globe) </em></p>
<p>The Barnes Foundation, a charmingly intimate museum in Merion, just outside Philadelphia, has been trying to move itself for years to a more prominent location. It has not made a lot of friends in the process.</p>
<p>Founder Albert C. Barnes was a major crank and patent- medicine magnate who died in 1951 leaving strict orders on how he expected his art to be hung in the rooms of his mansion. Those orders had to be followed by Manhattan architects Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, who must also duplicate the rooms in which the art was hung.</p>
<p>The Barnes teetered at the edge of a financial abyss for years, but it has doggedly raised cash and run a long legal gantlet in pursuit of the risky move. The foundation insists it is essential to bring in more visitors and expand giving.</p>
<p>The architects’ proposed design retains the dignity of the Barnes current home in the new location on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway. To keep the 93,000-square-foot structure from dwarfing the 12,000 square feet of replicated exhibition space, Williams and Tsien use a high light court to separate a low limestone rectangle housing the collection from the rest of the structure&#8230;</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in Boston, the beloved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum sees misplaced salvation in a Renzo Piano addition. Gardner, a flamboyant art patron of the Gilded Age, placed 2,500 items &#8212; starring Titian, Raphael and Rembrandt &#8212; in a gawkily proportioned faux Venetian palace, where her wayward taste and bizarre display sensibility at once charm and appall. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&#38;sid=azD3SivRJ0ZI">More</a></p>
<p>James Russell<br />
Bloomberg</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Volcano buono]]></title>
<link>http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/volcano-buono/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>detectivesalvaje</dc:creator>
<guid>http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/volcano-buono/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No suelo publicar las últimas novedades en el mundo de la arquitectura, para eso ya están los de Arc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>No suelo publicar las últimas novedades en el mundo de la arquitectura, para eso ya están los de <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/">ArchDaily</a>, <a href="http://www.noticiasarquitectura.info/especiales/index.htm">N/A</a>&#8230;.</p>
<p>Pero me ha sorprendido la escala de la última obra de <a href="http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com/">Renzo Piano</a>, se trata de un centro comercial en la Campania, zona de Italia cercana a Nápoles, famosa por <a href="http://www.robertosaviano.it/documenti/8869">Gomorra</a> la novela de Saaviano.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-711" title="vb" src="http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/vb.jpg" alt="vb" width="499" height="528" /></p>
<p>En la foto del Google Earth podeis ver el Volcán Vesubio y el Centro comercial.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-712" title="VULCANO BUONO - NOLA (NA)" src="http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/1253760344-nol-289.jpg" alt="VULCANO BUONO - NOLA (NA)" width="500" height="252" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-713" title="1253760326-nol--338" src="http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/1253760326-nol-338.jpg" alt="1253760326-nol--338" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-714" title="1253760327-nol--339" src="http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/1253760327-nol-339.jpg" alt="1253760327-nol--339" width="500" height="332" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-715" title="1253760331-nol-c066-966x900" src="http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/1253760331-nol-c066-966x900.jpg" alt="1253760331-nol-c066-966x900" width="500" height="465" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-716" title="1253760340-nol--081-1000x668" src="http://detectivesalvaje.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/1253760340-nol-081-1000x668.jpg" alt="1253760340-nol--081-1000x668" width="500" height="334" /></p>
<p>Más info <a href="http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/09/14/colossal-green-volcano-rises-in-italy/">aquí.</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10: Vivencias espaciales en San Francisco - Dos]]></title>
<link>http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/top-10-vivencias-espaciales-en-san-francisco-dos/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alex Ruiz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/top-10-vivencias-espaciales-en-san-francisco-dos/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Gracias a que la carga de trabajo se alivió, puedo continuar este top 10. 5. Centros comerciales Com]]></description>
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<p><strong>5.</strong> <strong>Centros comerciales</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-400 aligncenter" title="GetAttachment" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/getattachment.jpg" alt="GetAttachment" width="360" height="480" /></strong></p>
<p>Como el Westfield, o San Francisco Shopping Center, que por no tener mucha selección en la zona de &#8220;Under 200 dollars&#8221; no fuimos seducidos al consumismo, pero tanto mercantil como arquitectónicamente es impresionante. El inmenso complejo entra en la lista de los mejores centros comerciales del mundo, y es objeto de mayor contraste cuando, saliendo del edificio, un par de <em>homeless</em> deambulan pidiendo dinero. Otra tienda impactante fue Guitar Center. <em>(Fotografía cortesía de Martín Cortes y Lyzzeth De La Rosa). </em></p>
<p><strong>4. Catedrales: St. Mary y Grace</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-401" title="SanFco 1794" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-1794.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 1794" width="225" height="300" />   <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-402" title="SanFco 383" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-383.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 383" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p>Una neogótica y otra modernista, las catedrales juegan un papel importante aun en una ciudad tan liberal como San Francisco. En lo personal, hallé mucho más poderoso el efecto de estos edificios que en la Catedral de Oakland. La catedral de Grace, episcopal, es ecléctica del estilo gótico. Dentro había alguien tocando el órgano, que sumado la altura y la luz reproduce el efecto tétrico de las catedrales francesas medievales con maestría, una de las intenciones del arquitecto Lewis Hobart. Su <em>trademark </em>quizá es el laberinto dibujado en el ingreso de la nave central (a la Chartres) y su cameo en <em>Family Plot</em>, de Alfred Hitchcock. Pero la catedral de Saint Mary of Assumption, católica romana, expresa las cualidades estructurales de sus elementos más enfáticamente que en la otra, principalmente por la participación del genial Pier Luigi Nervi en el diseño, y otra vez quedando demostrado que la ingeniería y la arquitectura no son disciplinas mutuamente excluyentes. Las columnas en el interior parecieran estar lejos de toda forma racional, pero son consecuencias geométricas de los muros y la cubierta. Y eso que estaba cerrada.</p>
<p><strong>3. Museum of Modern Art &#8211; Mario Botta</strong></p>
<p><strong><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-403" title="SanFco 1663" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-1663.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 1663" width="225" height="300" />  <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-404" title="SanFco 1645" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-1645.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 1645" width="225" height="300" /></strong></p>
<p>El MOMA de San Francisco fue diseñado por Mario Botta y retiene varios signos recurrentes en su arquitectura, incluyendo aquellos reminiscentes de Le Corbusier y Louis Kahn como su escala monumental. Y gracias a eso, fotografiar el edificio es un excelente ejercicio de minimalismo. Encaja perfectamente con la naturaleza de muchas obras que ahí se exhiben, incluidas algunas de Kandinsky, muy afín al estilo Bauhaus y con tendencia hacia lo abstracto. Además de lo visual, la vivencia espacial es especialmente fuerte en el puente del último piso, justo bajo el domo.</p>
<p><strong>2. California Academy of Sciences &#8211; Renzo Piano</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-405" title="SanFco 692" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-692.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 692" width="225" height="300" />    <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-406" title="SanFco 561" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-561.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 561" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p>Sin duda el más impactante edificio que visité, la obra de Renzo Piano es de hecho una readaptación de la antigua academia, que sufrió severos daños en el terremoto de 1989. La nueva adecuación dispuso también de características sustentables, con sistema de reuso de aguas de lluvia, cubiertas verdes, celdas fotovoltaicas, uso de luz natural en el 90% de los espacios y otras características para beneficio del medio ambiente. Es un edificio coherente entre su función de preservación natural y sus elementos constructivos.  IMAX, reproducción de selva, mariposas, acuario, péndulo de Foucault, cafetería: la academia lo tiene todo. Y lo que es más sorprendente, los jueves en la noche pasa de ser un museo de historia natural a un club nocturno con música y bebidas.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-407 aligncenter" title="SanFco 632" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-632.jpg?w=300" alt="SanFco 632" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p><strong>1. Las calles y barrios de San Francisco</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-408" title="SanFco 1529" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-1529.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 1529" width="225" height="300" />   <img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-409" title="SanFco 1904" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-1904.jpg?w=225" alt="SanFco 1904" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p>Así es, las mejores vivencias son las empinadas calles, la bulliciosa Chinatown, chinos, japoneses, sushi caro, la vida nocturna, los <em>homeless</em> en el centro, las preferencias sexuales diferentes, los hippies, casas victorianas, el cameo de Libeskind <span style="text-decoration:line-through;"><em>as sir-not-appearing-in-this-top</em></span>, pasar por Transamerica Building, el muelle 39&#8230; Se puede recorrer toda la ciudad a pie sin mayores inconvenientes. Las banquetas son lo suficientemente anchas, la traza urbana es cuadriculada y escasea el peligro. El recorrido es una sinfonía, con edificios adquiriendo eventual protagonismo a la manera de instrumentos. O como en una suite, las zonas alcanzan diferentes grados de dinamismo. Los transeúntes caminan inadvertidos del efecto que las calles tienen sobre ellos, pero sí saben que la ciudad es un aliado, una sensación difícil de sentir en lugares donde uno tiene que cuidarse la espalda todo el tiempo. San Francisco, por su parte, es una ciudad funcional y bella <em>al extremo</em>.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-410" title="SanFco 1885" src="http://desafinacion.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sanfco-1885.jpg?w=768" alt="SanFco 1885" width="461" height="614" /></p>
<p><em>Fotografías (excepto Westfield): Alejandro Ruiz.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Academia de ciências da California - Museu de História Natural]]></title>
<link>http://monolitho.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/academia-de-ciencias-da-california-museu-de-historia-natural/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sylvia  Soares</dc:creator>
<guid>http://monolitho.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/academia-de-ciencias-da-california-museu-de-historia-natural/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nome do Projeto: California Academy of Sciences Ano: 2007 Arquiteto: Renzo Piano * Fotos: Mike Chino]]></description>
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<p>Nome do Projeto: California Academy of Sciences</p>
<p>Ano: 2007</p>
<p>Arquiteto: Renzo Piano *</p>
<p>Fotos: Mike Chino</p>
<p>Site da Academia : http://www.calacademy.org/ (Algumas fotos e desenhos e infomações complementares)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Pois bem amado mestre e queridos amigos de classe, nesta nova era onde o sustentável deixa de ser moda e passa a ser uma necessidade global, tudo e todos tentam adequar-se  a esta nova realidade. Um belo exemplo disso é a ACADEMIA DE CIÊNCIAS DA CALIFÓRNIA , que possue um aquário, um planetário, um museu de história natural e instalações de pesquisa e ensino, sua cobertura é um telhado verde e possue muitas características sustentáveis. Alguns dos  intuitos dessa obra é  explorar, explicar e proteger o mundo natural.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">A  academia  abriga o  Natural History Museum Kimball, o Aquário e o Planetário Steinhart Morrisone e também realiza pesquisas em 11 áreas de estudo, e abriga mais de 20 milhões de espécimes científicos.  O grande arquiteto ganhador do prêmio Pritzker Renzo Piano,  tranbalhou em conjunto com a empresa local Stantec Architecture, para  criar um projeto que cresce a partir da missão da instituição, história e definição. Este  projeto unifica matriz original da Academia, que possue doze edifícios que foram construídos ao longo de oitenta anos, em um marco único moderno, que coloca uma ênfase visual e intelectual sobre o mundo natural.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Com a nova Academia, estamos criando um museu que é visualmente e funcionalmente ligadas ao seu ambiente natural, metaforicamente, erguendo um pedaço do parque e colocando um prédio embaixo, estamos muito animados para colaborar com a Academia em um projeto em que a concepção e missão são tão perfeitamente integrados. Através da arquitetura sustentável e design inovador, estamos adicionando um novo elemento vital ao Golden Gate Park e expressando a dedicação da Academia com a responsabilidade ambiental. Através da arquitetura sustentável e design inovador, estamos adicionando um novo elemento vital ao Golden Gate Park e expressando a dedicação da Academia com a responsabilidade ambiental. &#8221; diz o arquiteto Renzo Piano.</p>
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<div id="attachment_1287" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1287" title="Cobertura" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/calacademy3.jpg" alt="calacademy3" width="600" height="445" /><p class="wp-caption-text">A Cobertura VIVA ... Precisa dizer que é sustentável???</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Esta cobertura vai proporcionar excelente isolamento, mantendo a temperatura interior de cerca de 10 graus mais frio do que um telhado padrão, Ela também irá diminuir o efeito de ilha de calor urbano, permanecendo cerca de 40 graus mais frio do que um telhado normal. Além disso, irá absorver cerca de 98% de todas as águas pluviais, impedindo até 3,6 milhões de litros de escoamento de  poluentes no ecossistema de cada ano.</p>
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<div id="attachment_1385" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 510px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1385" title="California Academy Of Sciences telhado" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/california-academy-of-sciences-telhado.jpg" alt="Este detalhe é fantástico.. 60.000 células fotovoltaicas" width="500" height="360" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Este detalhe é fantástico.. 60.000 células fotovoltaicas</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">&#8220;Ao redor do telhado vivo é um dossel de vidro com uma faixa decorativa de 60.000 células fotovoltaicas. Estes painéis solares vão gerar cerca de 213.000 quilowatts-hora de energia por ano e fornece até 10% da necessidade da Academia de electricidade. A utilização da energia solar evitar a libertação de £ 405.000 de emissão de gases com efeito de estufa para a atmosfera &#8220;,  explica o site da academia, referindo-se ao design sustentável e recursos adicionais LEED. **</p>
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<div id="attachment_1386" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1386" title="61710-400-600" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/61710-400-600.jpg" alt="Detalhes da montagem do telhado" width="400" height="600" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Detalhes da montagem do telhado</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">O aquário&#8230;</p>
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<div id="attachment_1303" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 547px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1303" title="Túnel pelo Aquário" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/tunnel.jpg" alt="Imagine vc.... passando por baixo de um aquário enoooooooorme..." width="537" height="357" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Imagine vc.... passando por baixo de um aquário enoooooooorme...</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Este aquário abriga um recife de corais com mais de 4.000 peixes e comporta a bagatela de 212.000 litros de água.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/P-TR9g1ckNQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/P-TR9g1ckNQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">O Planetário&#8230;</p>
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<div id="attachment_1388" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1388" title="Planetário" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/planetario.jpg" alt="Até um planetário tem... isso é que é incentivo a ciência" width="400" height="600" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Até um planetário tem... isso é que é incentivo a ciência</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">A Floresta Tropical&#8230;</p>
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<div id="attachment_1311" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1311" title="Floresta Tropical" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/notcot_academyofsciences_07.jpg" alt="Floresta tropical " width="600" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Floresta tropical </p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Esta floresta carinhosamente denominada &#8221; Florestas tropicais do mundo em exposição&#8221;, possue pássaros, borboletas, rãs e insetos do mundo todo.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1317" title="California Academy Of Sciences 1" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/california-academy-of-sciences-1.jpg" alt="California Academy Of Sciences 1" width="600" height="458" /></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1318" title="California Academy Of Sciences  2" src="http://monolitho.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/calacademy7.gif" alt="calacademy7" width="586" height="490" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/ZTNWgOz_Ctw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/ZTNWgOz_Ctw&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">*Renzo Piano, Arquiteto Italiano  formado em 1964 na Escola de Arquitetura do Instituto Politécnico de Milão. Recebeu o prêmio Pritzker em 1998.</p>
<p><strong>** Leed</strong> (<strong>Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design</strong>) é uma certificação para edifícios sustentáveis, concebida e concedida pela ONG americana U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), de acordo com os critérios de racionalização de recursos (energia, água etc.) atendidos por um edifício.  É a certificação sustentável mais conhecida e recorrida no Brasil. ( Fonte: Wikipédia )</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The absence of architecture]]></title>
<link>http://squaresofwheat.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/the-absence-of-architecture/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>squaresofwheat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://squaresofwheat.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/the-absence-of-architecture/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Community Garden, Lower East Side flickr.com/neatnessdotcom Nothing is better about contemporary Lon]]></description>
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<p>Nothing is better about contemporary London architecture than a lack of it. After the demolition of the Swiss Centre on Leicester Square, a beautiful rectangle opened up – eating dim sum in Joy King Lau we could look across the void to Whitcomb Street and see the jumble of mismatched adjoining buildings and balcony bars. The breathing space lasted barely a breath: now another soulless behemoth of a hotel is being assembled, consuming the space, chewing out the sky.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the multicoloured slab-sides of Renzo Piano’s new <a href="http://www.buildingcentralsaintgiles.com/">Central St Giles</a> development (the kind of building that makes you <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannybirchall/galleries/72157622465709364/">wonder if Al Qaeda does requests</a>) are a grim reminder that the governing principle of urban architecture isn’t any kind of plastic artistry, but rather the brutal economics of floor space measured in square metres. It’s clear that we can’t hope for any more good buildings: the best we can hope for is that they demolish the awful ones we already have.</p>
<p>In Walthamstow, the site of a failed shopping development has been paved over and a few desultory benches added: the cheapest possible form of public space, a skatepark for empty crisp packets. On Oxford Street, Land Securities, developers of proposed flats on the site of the old Park House have run into trouble and want to turn the wasteland into a <a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23739566-open-air-venue-set-to-rescue-derelict-site-in-oxford-street.do;jsessionid=53BCE43875B70791049CFF48D0F05259">temporary corporate hospitality venue</a> for film parties and reality TV shows. At least some are campaigning to turn the Middlesex  Hospital site into <a href="http://www.thecnj.co.uk/westend/2009/081409/wnews081409_01.html">community allotments</a>. Better by far would be the kind of <a href="http://www.notbored.org/gardens.html">community gardens</a> that the residents of New York’s <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannybirchall/galleries/72157622341103303/">Lower East Side</a> have been <a href="http://laplazacultural.org/">developing since the 1970s</a>. Community gardens don’t just provide for diversity, playgrounds and public art, but through their membership require intelligent and collective decision-making about the shared use of green space. London could do with some more of that, and a bit more demolition, too.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Evolutionary Architecture | Arquitectura Evolutiva]]></title>
<link>http://biodsign.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/evolutionary-architecture-arquitectura-evolutiva/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>srdave</dc:creator>
<guid>http://biodsign.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/evolutionary-architecture-arquitectura-evolutiva/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[. From the Frank Lloyd Wright´s organicism to new futuristic concepts from Evolo today architecture ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">From the <a href="http://www.organicbuild.co.uk/organicapproach.html">Frank Lloyd Wright</a>´s organicism to new futuristic concepts from <a href="http://www.evolo-arch.com/">Evolo</a> today architecture begins to move away from Euclidian reticularity showing that it requires an understandign in fractal dynamism and emergence of natural systems.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.tdrinc.com/">Eugene Tsui</a>, <a href="http://www.arquitecturaorganica.com/">Javier Senosiain</a>, <a href="http://www.exploration-architecture.com/">Michael Paulin</a>, <a href="http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/">William McDonough</a>, <a href="http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com/">Renzo Piano</a> and many others architects not only integrate in their projects ecological and sustainable principles but an undestandig that constructions require an holistic approach studying the form, materials and efficiency that Nature have becoming the infallible mentor in the creation of an comfortable and symbiotic world.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#808080;">Desde el organicismo de <a href="http://www.organicbuild.co.uk/organicapproach.html">Frank Lloyd Wright</a> hasta los nuevos conceptos futuristas inspirados por <a href="http://www.evolo-arch.com/">Evolo </a>hoy la arquitectura comienza a alejarse de la reticularidad euclidiana mostrando que se requiere entender el dinamismo fractal y emergente de los sistemas naturales.<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#808080;"><a href="http://www.tdrinc.com/">Eugene Tsui</a>, <a href="http://www.arquitecturaorganica.com/">Javier Senosiain</a>, <a href="http://www.exploration-architecture.com/">Michael Paulin</a>, <a href="http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/">William McDonough</a>, <a href="http://rpbw.r.ui-pro.com/">Renzo Piano</a> y entre muchos otros arquitectos no solo integran en sus proyectos los principios ecológicos y de sustentabilidad sino que han comprendido que las construcciones requieren de una proyección mas holística estudiando las formas, materiales y la eficiencia que la  naturaleza puede darnos, siendo ella el mentor infalible en la creación de un mundo confortable y simbiótico.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Walk II]]></title>
<link>http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/walk-ii/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>urbanrichardlong</dc:creator>
<guid>http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/walk-ii/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This week was pretty lazy. Most of the time took one of my favourite routes with little variation. S]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This week was pretty lazy. Most of the time took one of my favourite routes with little variation. Still bumped into some interesting things.<br />
The other day, reading about <a href="http://www.shardlondonbridge.com/">Renzo Piano&#8217;s latest project</a> &#8211; &#8216;The Shard&#8217; &#8211; I saw a quotation that to be tired of London is to be tired of life. Being perfectly aware of the levels of cheese I think it&#8217;s 100% spot on! By the way, who gives buildings their nicknames? How can anyone sane call a building &#8216;the shard&#8217;. I get that they move away from names based on what&#8217;s inside (as this changes and can be confusing) but &#8216;The Shard&#8217; sounds like a name of a teenage hard rock band which enjoyed a two weeks long half life in a dusty garage somewhere in an American suburb. The band didn&#8217;t make it as summer holiday ended and pimple-adorned boys went back to school. Unfortunately for London one of them became a marketing assistant somewhere and came up with this &#8216;brilliant&#8217; edgy nickname.<br />
Coming back to the walks&#8230; I liked a sculpture commemorating victims of a terrorist attack in Indonesia &#8211; a stone ball with <a href="http://artgalleryartist.com/pablo-picasso/photos/dove-of-peace.jpg">Picasso&#8217;s doves</a> etched on it. It&#8217;s by the HM Treasury.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-105" href="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/walk-ii/london-iii-2009-31/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-105" title="London Your Spirit with Picasso doves" src="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/london-iii-2009-31.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="602" /></a></div>
<p>As of late I spot faces in objects &#8211; as disturbing as it sounds. On the bright side better to spot faces then other human parts. So for example I saw a combo of a bench and a building looking like a sad old man or spotted an alien-like face in a spilled beer, and also saw a hungry character about to eat something in a small alley just of Strand.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-106" href="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/walk-ii/london-iii-2009-15/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-106" title="London monster" src="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/london-iii-2009-15.jpg" alt="" width="496" height="741" /></a></div>
<p>It does look like a face peeking from behind a corner, right?<br />
As I was mostly following my favourite route had the opportunity to take some more shots of the London Eye. The first one is taken from a standard perspective, but in hdr technique &#8211; which tends to produce nice colourful pictures.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-107" href="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/walk-ii/london-iii-2009-14/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-107" title="London Eye Thames" src="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/london-iii-2009-14.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="372" /></a></div>
<p>On another one the Eye forms a halo/laurel wreath above the Battle of Britain heroes.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-108" href="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/walk-ii/london-iii-2009-6/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-108" title="London Battle of Britain" src="http://urbanrichardlong.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/london-iii-2009-6.jpg" alt="" width="497" height="665" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">The other day had a lengthy chat with a gas engineer who used to work with Polish pilots who had fought for Britain. Guess contrary to what one might think looking at the Battle of Britain monument and the included list of dead pilots some Poles did survive. And became gas engineers &#8211; great reward.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">Speaking of rewards, have recently learned that people who move from unemployment (and life on benefits) to employment in some cases effectively work for as little as 80p an hour. Why would someone prefer to have a disposable income of 430GBP a week and spend 35 hours doing a not-very-exciting job when as unemployed he/she can get 400GBP? Yes, there&#8217;s a sense of fulfilment and ego boost that comes with work &#8211; and it gives prospects for a better position in the future. But it also comes with potentially bitchy boss, extra stress, less time for leisure and possibly a depressing realization that there is no &#8216;going up&#8217; in a particular workplace. My solution to activate the unemployed &#8211; give more financial incentives to work. Do not cut benefits, but the opposite &#8211; make them disappear more gradually. And raise minimum wage. How to pay for it? Simple, save by not spending money on wars.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;">On a more positive note, the other day found this little jewel in the tube &#8211; written by a tube worker (presumably one who does feel fulfilled).</div>
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<p>So yes, it&#8217;s nearly Sunday, my lovelies. So smile and have a great day!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Designing from Memory]]></title>
<link>http://heuretics.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/designing-from-memory/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>glue</dc:creator>
<guid>http://heuretics.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/designing-from-memory/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hal Foster was in Gainesville to give a lecture for the Architecture School.  The theme was neomoder]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hal Foster was in Gainesville to give a lecture for the Architecture School.  The theme was neomodernism, focusing on Norman Foster and Renzo Piano.  I had not heard the story before about the role that childhood memories played in Piano&#8217;s aesthetic.  It is another example of an image of wide scope, the formatting of an imagination in specific childhood experiences.  There are two memories that reinforce one another in Piano&#8217;s case:  one of watching sailing ships in the port city of Genoa, his hometown; the other of laundry blowing in the wind on the roofs of the city.  Below are two citations documenting the references.  The images are of<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patricia-zohn/culture-zohn-pianissimo-f_b_213852.html"> the &#8220;flying carpet&#8221; roof, the Modern Wing </a>of the Art Institute of Chicago.</p>
<div id="attachment_839" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-full wp-image-839" title="pianoroof" src="http://heuretics.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/pianoroof.jpg" alt="&#34;Flying Carpet&#34; roof" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&#34;Flying Carpet&#34; roof</p></div>
<blockquote><p>The notion of a ‘light modernity’ is suggestive. ‘There is one theme that is very important for me,’ Piano remarks: ‘Lightness (and obviously not in reference only to the physical mass of objects).’ He traces this preoccupation from his early experiments with ‘weightless structures’ to his continued investigations of ‘immaterial elements’ like wind and light. Lightness is also the<a href="http://slowpainting.wordpress.com/category/search-for-the-sublime/"> message of his primal scene as a designer, a childhood memory of sheets billowing</a> in the breeze on a Genoese rooftop, a vision that conjures up the shapely beauty of classical drapery as well as contemporary sailing boats as architectural ideals. For Piano lightness is thus a value that bears on the human as well as on the architectural – it concerns graceful comportment in both realms.</p>
<div id="attachment_840" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 260px"><img class="size-full wp-image-840" title="laundry" src="http://heuretics.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/laundry.jpg" alt="Windsack" width="250" height="382" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Windsack</p></div>
<p>The talk of not struggling is all very well, but in order to be where he is today, Piano has had to work very hard, with great purpose and commercial nous. (His point is that it is a question of balance.) Piano&#8217;s outlook is heavily influenced by two things: having been a child in postwar Italy, and growing up near a port. &#8220;A harbour,&#8221; he says, &#8220;is like an imaginary city where everything keeps moving.&#8221;</p>
<p>Every Sunday his father would take him to Genoa&#8217;s harbour and Piano would watch the ships, which he thought of as &#8220;immense buildings that move&#8221;. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2005/nov/21/architecture.communities">When they sailed</a>, he watched them cross the water and imagined that they were flying. These notions converged in his mind to form an idea of buildings as structures that &#8220;fought against gravity&#8221;, as &#8220;miracles&#8221;.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[On the internet: September 25, 2009]]></title>
<link>http://electricmud.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/on-the-internet-september-25-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>electricmud</dc:creator>
<guid>http://electricmud.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/on-the-internet-september-25-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Leandro Erlich, Swimming Pool, 2008 I&#8217;ll be here all day. Umberto Eco laments the loss of hand]]></description>
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<li><a href="http://newliteraryhistory.com/">I&#8217;ll be here all day</a>.</li>
<li>Umberto Eco <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/21/umberto-eco-handwriting">laments the loss of handwriting</a> in the Guardian.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-21/georgia-okeeffes-love-letters/#gallery=733;page=1;item=">love letters of Georgia O&#8217;Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz</a> at The Daily Beast.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.theparisreview.org/viewinterview.php/prmMID/5948">Read an excerpt</a> from the Paris Review interview with the always entertaining James Ellroy.</li>
<li><a href="http://denniscooper-theweaklings.blogspot.com/2009/09/you-are-sort-of-there-david-lynch.html">Lot&#8217;s of stuff</a> from David Lynch&#8217;s art exhibit in Paris over at DC&#8217;s.</li>
<li>Louis P. Masur on <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2226603/">the origins of </a><em><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2226603/">Born to Run</a></em> over at Slate.</li>
<li><a href="http://post.thing.net/node/2824">No Country for Old Art Critics</a>: Dave Hickey lecture at SVA (watch it soon, because it&#8217;s in danger of being removed).</li>
<li><a href="http://c-monster.net/blog1/2009/09/22/art-burn-2009/">C-Monster needs art to burn</a>.</li>
<li>Renzo Piano-designed arts center <a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Renzo-Piano-designed-arts-centre-to-open-in-Sweden/19329">will open in Sweden</a>.</li>
<li>Richard Brody <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/revivals/2009/09/28/090928gomo_GOAT_movies_brody">on Jeanne Dielman</a> in The New Yorker.</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Renzo Piano's Volcano]]></title>
<link>http://archland.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/renzo-pianos-volcano/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jgonot</dc:creator>
<guid>http://archland.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/renzo-pianos-volcano/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Renzo Piano is world renowned for his architecture and this is no exception. Check the link at Inhab]]></description>
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