You've got to dig to dig it, you dig?
These gardens, though only mock-ups, are hanging on around town. I will look for them, during my travels; looks like Brickell area.
These hanging vertical elements, designed with plant-artist Patrick Blanc, …, and horticulturalists Michael Davenport from Fairchild Tropical Garden and Jeff Shimonski …, will contribute significantly to the identity of the museum.
via mam.
Melnikov House: entrance façade. photo by M.A. Ilyin, 1931. Department of Photographs, Schusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow. via
garden facade, via Igor Palmin
El Lissitzky, Sketch for Proun 6B, 1919-21 Pencil and gouache on paper. 346 x 447 mm. State Museum of Contemporary Art – G. Costakis Collection, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Suburbia: What a concept by Allison Arieff.
What what most tangible in Open House was the work that remained most invisible. The design team of EFGH (Hayley Eber and Frank Gesualdi) with Irina Chemyakova explored the potential benefits that changes to code, zoning and other regulatory modifications might have on the existing suburb. The things they proposed, much in keeping with the work of others spearheading the movement to rethink suburbia like Ellen Dunham-Jones, June Williamson and Galina Tachieva, included increasing density, retrofitting existing buildings for new uses, and experimenting with public/private space.
These changes, along with residents’ inclination to improve their own communities, could lead to better models for future development. I’ve observed little glimmers of the possibilities in truly collaborative projects like Farmer D’s suburban agriculture communities in the southeastern United States, the Ainsworth Collective’s efforts to develop a sustainable neighborhood in Portland, Ore., or the livable community projects of the Dallas suburb Oak Cliff.
Research for Project Kendall.
Amateur Architecture Studio. via Architecture Biennale 2010. A bit more here and here.
Built spontaneously, illegally and temporarily, amateur architecture is equal to professional architecture. But amateur architecture is just not significant.
An early version of dome.
A short interview of Wang Shu in Domus.
We had a great time in New York City. It was great to see and be with family, friends (old and new) and all the nice folks moving about the city. The whitney events were fun and meeting some of the artists in the show was a bonus.
We stayed in Greenpoint, a polish neighborhood.
