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Official NYTA Architecture Thread (pg. 6)
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| Blake |
| quote: | Originally posted by coolestrl
There Nothing like Dubai when it comes to Architecture, i have been to dubai 3 times, my fav place after nyc. |
Off topic, how's Peppermint Club? |
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| DJ Eco |
| quote: | Originally posted by coolestrl
wow looks cool, what is it anyway? |
It's a house in Japan :)
| quote: | The originality of the c-1 project started from the design process. it is designed as a product, unique independant, a seamless space where architecture interior furniture and products will become an unique emotional experience, each carefully connected. The basic design defines the different missions project that should be initiated to achieve the goal, from building design to tap design.
Thus unlike the usual process of articture projects which is of course designed from architecture, inetrior and finally products, all designs were developped in parallell.
The basic architectural design, a glass box surrounded by a walkway-gallery that connects the floor, was designed before the land was found. the basic design is defined from a user point of view, with movement and discovery as the main theme. the design is not defined by the wall and floor but by the movement of the user within the space, defined by a series of scenes. how the user will appear and disappear from floor to floor. to realise the seamless movement, the cooperate architec, tomoyuki ustumi proposed to use 25mm steel slabs as floor and finally the thickness finally comes to only 60mm when added to the flooring material. this is equivalent to a line in the architectural scale.
As the walkway surrounds the house, the interior should be designed in 3 dimensions, visble from floor level to ceiling level the top of a table is as visible as the buttom, a real 3d interior, and a very difficult challenge. using 3d animations the sequences of the interior were check from all angles.
Also, the challenge of c-1 is to define a different topology for the different aspects of life. an alternative to the existing our perception of space and object is the result of informations we memorized as we try to recognize things to understand them. c-1 design aim to define a different perception, the existence itself of each element and object is questioned.
1-the exterior of the building itself, a specific material like wood or concrete would reveal the scale of it, the actual finish create a scaleless architecture. in the same way to achieve seamless interior materials were developed. the facade finish and interior is the same, a textured white finish, a specific melamine (collaboration with aica) was created to achieve the same visual effect with high functional specification for strenghs and cleaning.
2-the size, proportion, hight and materials of furniture re-evaluated the perception of scale. without user within the space the real scale and size of the interior is difficult to evaluate. all the elements that could reveal the scale and function of the space were redesigned. the kitchen identity, usually revealled by the tap and hood design disappear as the tap (just a metal line) and hood (integrated vertically within the wall) was developped, so the kitchen function even open does not seems to exist.
A private house is not a canvas for life it should define life itself, each action and movement is defined and controlled by the design of the space and it creates the balance of life, the speed and rythm of the human body. |
http://www.archdaily.com/9542/c1-house-curiosity-milligram-studio/#more-9542 |
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| coolestrl |
| quote: | Originally posted by Blake
Off topic, how's Peppermint Club? |
peppermint is huge and nice, all the major trance/house events happen there, they pull out some nice talent me and my friends saw carl cox there. But the best place to party in dubai according to me is Plastik Beach Club, the place is off the charts, really expensive but worth every penny. the most beautiful women i have ever seen were there. the amazing vibe, great system, service was great, We did our new years there! |
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| coolestrl |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Eco
It's a house in Japan :) |
wow too cool to be a house, should have been architect's office or something atleast |
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| coolestrl |
btw Do clubs count in Architecture? If so the interior of cocoon is really awesome, looks like a alien space ship
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| DJ Eco |
| quote: | Originally posted by coolestrl
btw Do clubs count in Architecture?[/IMG] |
Absolutely :) Getting approached by a club to design their interior is every architect's dream (as it allows them to go nuts, AND it's lucrative) ;) |
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| DJ Eco |
Blue Frog in Mumbai...
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| DJ Eco |
Speaking of club design, this one club in Italy is the nicest club I've ever been to.... It's designed like one big Roman compound.. It's gotten old and cheesy over the years (kinda like our Webster Hall), but no one disagrees with how amazing it is....
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| bluE_Neon |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Eco
I sense the sarcasm but either way, it will never be like a New York or London or Tokyo. These cities are rich in history, hundreds, some even thousands of years old. Dubai is just being forcefed and jumpstarted to existence, with so many things wrong with it ALREADY. It has massive 6-hour long traffic jams already and less than only 1.5 million people. |
Ye, imagine traffic with 15 million people? NYC just like in the rush hour :D :stongue:
| quote: | Originally posted by jerZ07002
try reading some books on new urbanism. |
Well a man of my position doesn't to read to often & if I do it's either history, world issues & newspaper. Enlighten me oh wise one but I have my own perspective on architecture & civil engineering so you can try me.
Those are some amazing club designs! |
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| DJ Eco |
| quote: | Originally posted by bluE_Neon
Ye, imagine traffic with 15 million people? NYC just like in the rush hour :D :stongue: |
It's surprisingly not bad. Actually, it's completely minimal during rush hour compared to just 3-4 years ago. My commute has been sliced in half these recent years. The reason I said how bad the traffic was is because Dubai has a tiny fraction of the population of New York and a worse traffic situation.
| quote: | | Well a man of my position doesn't to read to often & if I do it's either history, world issues & newspaper. Enlighten me oh wise one but I have my own perspective on architecture & civil engineering so you can try me. |
Well architecture and civil engineering is one thing, while urbanism and city planning are completely different. I haven't checked out the books he mentioned either, but I've had many a class in school that uses Dubai as an example of "what NOT to do." There should be a balance of things that look cool AND work. |
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by coolestrl
The Valencia Opera House Spain
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Calatrava is a beast, another of my favorites.
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| jerZ07002 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bluE_Neon
Well a man of my position doesn't to read to often & if I do it's either history, world issues & newspaper. Enlighten me oh wise one but I have my own perspective on architecture & civil engineering so you can try me.
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a man of your position :rolleyes: Before you become too pompous, perhaps you should brush up on your english skills. A man of your stature should have equally impressive linguistic skills.
In any event, urbanism (and urban planning) is about the development of communities and the use of land. It draws on architecture, land use, transportation planning, social patterns, and more generally on the interaction between people and places. A place like Dubai can have great architecture, but be disastrously planned, which appears to be the case. Great architecture is of minimal importance if it is not optimally utilized and fully incorporated into its greater surroundings.
So what if Dubai has some nice buildings? Those buildings lack a connection with people, which is one of the key elements that makes architecture truly great (which isn't to say its the only element). |
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