Bjarke Ingels Group of Denmark designed these towers, with a goal of breaking away from the typical rectilinear silhouette of most modern buildings. They used a very unique process to develop the form, and then constructed an amazing model entirely out of Legos. The scale of the project, and the detail involved is very impressive.
lego skyscraper at the Storefront for Art and Architecture (Soho, NYC) from dens on Vimeo.
Despite the fact that I can't seem to come up with posts to populate the other categories, there is now a new one: Architecture & Environmental Design. This is something I have been quite interested in for quite a while now (I did go to school for 5 years to study it), so maybe I can turn my interest into deep, prolific reflections on said subject.I am going to put my money on that not being the case, but who knows, I have felt somewhat... inspired as of late.
Regardless, new subject - first post:
David Pogue just wrote an article about the Enertia House, a house which regulates its climate throughout the year, by creating its own atmosphere. Very cool concept:
The sunspace is always on the south, or the side that’s within 35 degrees of south. It connects to the attic, which connects to the space between the double north walls, which connects to the basement. There are metal grilles in the sunspace floor to complete the convection loop.
Read more (or buy yourself a house) at enertia.com. And on the same note (that of using less energy to survive), The Hummer Is Dead. Long live the Hummer?
