Tuesday 29 March 2011

Thank you everyone!

WOW Over 1000 hits now since I started writing on here. thank you everyone for taking the time to have a look at my work. :)

DePloy Project initial renders





These are two initial renders for my DePloy project in Covent Garden. The design is aimed to creats structures which are adjustable and based on the original sight lines that pass through the site. When this project is finalized I will add more images up and explain more about the project.

Monday 21 March 2011

FRICKING SWEET

Looking for a website that is showing the latest in real awesomeness? Then this one is definitely for you. Something that a few friends and myself write on to show things that we just think are really cool at the moment.

http://www.frickingsweet.com/

R.I.P Macbook Pro


Sadly, on Friday the 18th March, my MacBook Pro sadly got inbetween myself and a bottle of Lucozade in an attempt to stop a tragic fight. Sadly the MacBook Pro came off second after the Lucozade exploded once opened. Other casulties were myself and iPhone 4. Luckily iPhone 4 has survived the incident but the MacBook Pro is at a state of disrepair..

Rest In Peace,

You served well

The Changing Face Of Designers

Written by myself




Thursday 17 March 2011

Sendai Mediatheque in Sendai Suffers bad


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heh5ITmYbRs&feature=player_embedded#at=60

Sendai Mediatheque is a cultural center in the recently affected Sendai in Japan. The video shows how the earthquake that measures 8.9 on the Richer scale affected the center. The building designed by Toyo Ito was one of the few that was left standing.

My heart goes out to everyone that is suffering in Japan. All the best to everyone.

Wednesday 16 March 2011

BIG architects are making it BIG


Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group have won a competition to design multistorey, prefabricated wooden housing for Kouvola, Finland. The E2 (Ecology + Economy) Timber Competition aims to prototype and showcase large-scale sustainable wooden construction that can be replicated worldwide. Entitled PUU-BO, BIG’s design comprises prefabricated modules that could be reconfigured to make different building typologies in different environments, from townhouses to skyscrapers.


Previously to this they have managed to win about 3 major competition projects which will really start to put them more on the map more than they are already. Bjarke, the director of BIG has made his intentions clear to rethink how we design and how an architect should be seen in the public eye. He will still rarely dress up and often is very casual in what he wears. The other competitions that BIG architects have recently won are:

The National Gallery of Greenland

The building will form a ring round a central glazed courtyard.Its roofline and internal paths will follow the shape of the sloping site, which overlooks a fjord.








West 57:
A residential building for Manhattan, New York, with a rectangular plan pulled up at one corner to form a triangular tower. Called West 57th, the 600-apartment block will be organised around a central courtyard, providing residents with views of the Hudson River.The sloping roof will rise to a peak of 467 ft and its surface will be punctured by roof terraces.The other three façades will comprise balconies and bay windows serving each of the apartments.Construction is due for completion in 2016.









TEK:

A technology centre for Taipei, Taiwan, comprising a cube-shaped structure with round voids cut from its volume. Called TEK (Technology, Entertainment & Knowledge Centre), holes in the structure will create a spiral within the volume, forming access routes from street level into the building and up to its roof.The building will be made up of concrete lamellas, an arrangement of stacked thin plates, that will recede in the centre and function as a staircase where the holes have been cut into the structure.These stepped areas can also provide informal seating areas for visitors.The centre will comprise exhibition spaces, showrooms, an auditorium, restaurants and galleries, which will be organized around the central spiral.Retail spaces, a hotel and offices will also be incorporated.








Waste-To-Energy Plant
A power plant for Copenhagen with their design that will blow smoke rings and double up as a ski slope.The Waste-to-Energy Plant will replace the neighbouring Amagerforbraending plant and will function as a treatment facility that transforms waste into energy.The roof of the building will be a ski slope, accessed via an elevator running along a smokestack and providing views to the inside of the plant.The smokestack will expel rings of smoke 30cm in diameter whenever a ton of fossil Co2 is released, acting as a signal to raise awareness of ecological issues and energy consumption amongst the inhabitants of Copenhagen.The smoke rings will be illuminated at night by lasers that will be directed towards them.Construction is due for completion in 2016.







Danish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo '10

Shanghai Expo 2010: the Danish Pavilion by Bjarke Ingels Group at Shanghai Expo 2010 opened to the public today along with the rest of the Expo.BIG’s double-loop structure has a cycle park on the roof containing 300 free bikes for visitors, and features as its centrepiece a pool overlooked by the Little Mermaid statue from Copenhagen – specially imported for the Expo – where visitors can swim.



South Kilburn Swap Shop




South Kilburn Swap Shop

The South Kilburn Swap Shop is a collaborative marketplace in which the inhabitants of South Kilburn and the wider area can explore the rising trend of collaborative consumption: an explosion in sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping.
People can meet and exchange their unwanted goods and items for a range of different products and services. They can participate in a variety of events or workshops. It is both a physical space and an online network. It is both social and commercial.

The Façade


The façade is painted in a striking bold colour with applied graphics and features a variety of different functions, including a ‘community chalkboard’ and a number of ‘storefronts’. Each ‘storefont’ has a unique graphic covering providing them with a sense of identity and ownership of their space.

Canopy


The canopy activates the façade of the building by creating an external exchange space. Community members can take advantage of this new sheltered area and enjoy reading the ‘community chalkboard’, gazing at many of the 'storefronts' displays, relaxing in the sun or even exchanging a product or service directly on the street.

Community Chalkboard


The Chalk board will serve as a community newspaper and act as a device to collect local stories from different cultural groups. People can chalk a story or a message for someone, whether it is to report something they found, announce something happening in the community, ask to borrow an item, warn people of something to watch out for, or simply to chat.

Store Fronts


The existing windows become storefronts which are linked to the studio spaces that are offered to local business and artists within the Swap Shop. These windows to the street can be used as a display area, a performance space or a kiosk counter for exhibiting artworks, staging impromptu events or selling products and services to passersby. The external area outside each of the storefronts are filled with planting boxes growing a variety of herbs, fruits and vegetables for use in the Swap Shop Cafe

Wednesday 2 March 2011

Village Underground Readjusted Renders.. for now.






I was asked to re-do a few of the images that I have for the Village Underground Project, so attached are these images.