tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41120222805359285942024-03-05T13:13:03.602+07:00ARCHITECTURE CORNERROAM AROUND INNOVATIVE ARCHITECTUTRE AND INTERIOR DESIGN IN THE WORLDAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-87604824294631774242010-12-06T14:08:00.001+07:002010-12-06T14:11:29.532+07:00Bright and Blocky Modular Portable School in Amsterdam<span style="font-weight: bold;">By Steph</span><br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-25538" title="amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium" src="http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="400" /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">For many of us – at least in America – the phrase ‘portable school building’ calls to mind squat, bland, beige trailers clad in vinyl siding and smelling of formaldehyde. Such buildings can seem like the lowest common denominator in architecture – a structure upon which not a whit of creativity has been wasted. But in Amsterdam, at least for the Het 4e Gymnasium, the opposite is true: HVDN Architecten has designed a school that is temporary and modular, but still thoughtful and beautiful.<br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="more-25537"></span><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-25539" title="amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium-2" src="http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium-2.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="468" /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">Sited on an open industrial lot in the neighborhood of Houthavens, the school – which is just a placeholder for the permanent one that will come in five to ten years, once zoning issues are resolved – can easily be moved to a new location to make way for new construction. But Het 4e Gymnasium definitely doesn’t look disposable. Dutch firm HVDN gave it a lively feel with a wooden facade punctuated by colorful aluminum panels.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-25540" title="amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium-3" src="http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium-3.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="468" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"> The architects explain that they prevented the school from simply looking like a bunch of stacked structures by making some of the facades stand out in relief against the rest of the collective building. “The wooden facade has been developed more spatially and in depth and gives the building plasticity. This expressive modular built facade is hard to distinguish from a traditional facade because of a number of innovations, which prevents the monotonous picture of piled up units.”</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-25541" title="amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium-4" src="http://img.weburbanist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/amsterdam-temporary-school-gymnasium-4.jpg" alt="" width="468" height="468" /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The building has a square floor plan around a large courtyard that functions as the heart of the school. The former harbor area of Houthavens has blossomed from disuse into a hip cultural hub packed with similarly modular multi-functional housing, retail and restaurant buildings – a fitting environment for an unusually forward-thinking school design.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://weburbanist.com/2010/12/03/bright-and-blocky-modular-portable-school-in-amsterdam/#respond"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">http://weburbanist.com/2010/12/03/bright-and-blocky-modular-portable-school-in-amsterdam/#respond</span></span></a><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-82614716822114162752009-02-04T11:17:00.003+07:002010-12-06T13:06:48.822+07:00Why 3d Architectural Rendering Services?<div style="text-align: justify;">Why to use architectural rendering services? 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5AkuHcnCmAHKl-zEaIcZMFbU72daOT8lrypE_ngokuzLKy6o2ZXs19ZWIl7bX1LfyzaAU_Lzxq-Q_UG9k4Rdbc8H7-4PFQteUSu-Uthk2nssZDU6pq_aDT2rRmiqnQYnK2YmLTIrP1s/s400/lilypad_pl30m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292573283911637666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4EFN_AAjt0Lg9QfYxgQd2GPXhW0wS2Kwdwa2gbCquLfi3Yh6bEqfZ8QcX_1U8zNwcTCFSa_WEdRtXlCaqZxg6ajYkl3NpA8OR4wveWnQejFwN5-tQBrlPi6sHr617XSHzGqLFMu7SAM/s1600-h/lilypad_pl29m.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4EFN_AAjt0Lg9QfYxgQd2GPXhW0wS2Kwdwa2gbCquLfi3Yh6bEqfZ8QcX_1U8zNwcTCFSa_WEdRtXlCaqZxg6ajYkl3NpA8OR4wveWnQejFwN5-tQBrlPi6sHr617XSHzGqLFMu7SAM/s400/lilypad_pl29m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292573725161117074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC9CGWzhqFVLB33ttHIy3aQVj0BzYeOrPNobfCSS1OeOkvWc8LfCWYH1VIB65XfGY_fiR0fRfu0wqeYO0zjtMpvWCw8ysE8nK80EJtDU1SbbG4VfYoMOkFwG0QHCLBFfANqGvcv-CBlk/s1600-h/lilypad_pl31m.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwC9CGWzhqFVLB33ttHIy3aQVj0BzYeOrPNobfCSS1OeOkvWc8LfCWYH1VIB65XfGY_fiR0fRfu0wqeYO0zjtMpvWCw8ysE8nK80EJtDU1SbbG4VfYoMOkFwG0QHCLBFfANqGvcv-CBlk/s400/lilypad_pl31m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292573280731797698" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrddTH6KooE6OnZf_Jvn3dPv862oa35BhZLX-4_5HsPSq4MjW0rT-AeRQNDJVEc50t3YnT4yw_fTnw7b5yOfJD2CoFQ_HNw7xfsxvv0FNEqEzO37QSLoyjLpBwGYHRojCUbq-rwRD3eAI/s1600-h/lilypad_pl32m.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrddTH6KooE6OnZf_Jvn3dPv862oa35BhZLX-4_5HsPSq4MjW0rT-AeRQNDJVEc50t3YnT4yw_fTnw7b5yOfJD2CoFQ_HNw7xfsxvv0FNEqEzO37QSLoyjLpBwGYHRojCUbq-rwRD3eAI/s400/lilypad_pl32m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292573273496343602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6FbEjTkohoQfxOa8KJRWX4jWH8piprUmkWvjen2P7xiLGHKRfiZKxZoGPvwXHo6toYX_HGcODy8Z8q1HY5-9EyzNneIcxGeCXzIWAl8bZ1FOPNxfXurESQ6QBG0QsJ1aa_zy3Sz56pE/s1600-h/lilypad_pl34m.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP6FbEjTkohoQfxOa8KJRWX4jWH8piprUmkWvjen2P7xiLGHKRfiZKxZoGPvwXHo6toYX_HGcODy8Z8q1HY5-9EyzNneIcxGeCXzIWAl8bZ1FOPNxfXurESQ6QBG0QsJ1aa_zy3Sz56pE/s400/lilypad_pl34m.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292572746648603266" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sumber/Source : http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/09/modern-wonders-of-green-technology/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-33933723180211513002009-01-21T12:51:00.011+07:002009-02-04T15:06:03.687+07:00Disain Arsitektur : Prototipe Sebuah Kota Terapung (2)<a href="http://architecturecorner.blogspot.com/2009/01/architecture-design-floating-ecopolis.html">(artikel sebelumnya/ previous article)</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XdxgTUydeKkfR61sdn0cAJgQIwhehcBXWOmEW2hmNDz8SBYiNAHjiZRvtIl4D1BPMKxRixoacJJqbHRP0qqH_i2g3g5-alJXNy0qdyeb5RS-X4fmP1fFTecrZ-F5KKxXg7tQHHUsZbo/s1600-h/lilypad_pl01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9XdxgTUydeKkfR61sdn0cAJgQIwhehcBXWOmEW2hmNDz8SBYiNAHjiZRvtIl4D1BPMKxRixoacJJqbHRP0qqH_i2g3g5-alJXNy0qdyeb5RS-X4fmP1fFTecrZ-F5KKxXg7tQHHUsZbo/s400/lilypad_pl01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292573738978463666" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86M6Ik-H76pGn5LOcyPQ9dm8eWOviEmcQPt0efB40U4j5MIvlPP_nt4hwaE9COMq0V1Pbh05aH_4E5tPBYSszJ4xhlWY1Vqfl164Xvb4Nl1KipQXFJlryetL-87BfLTeR53sSurmucw4/s1600-h/lilypad_pl16m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg86M6Ik-H76pGn5LOcyPQ9dm8eWOviEmcQPt0efB40U4j5MIvlPP_nt4hwaE9COMq0V1Pbh05aH_4E5tPBYSszJ4xhlWY1Vqfl164Xvb4Nl1KipQXFJlryetL-87BfLTeR53sSurmucw4/s400/lilypad_pl16m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292573725284952978" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkm-koUAcNyCi7aszTBKIhxS6GgqoPaatst2s2r35b3Y6NC_BAkLcfcmqYjEjthZf4kcqpshf9XcVV46VYCYFwGT-w1AtJ3V-GRjxeOD6IjhTcGeqWccuGqlf7z6HUF-6Ck0oiJ-nucY/s1600-h/lilypad_pl18m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkm-koUAcNyCi7aszTBKIhxS6GgqoPaatst2s2r35b3Y6NC_BAkLcfcmqYjEjthZf4kcqpshf9XcVV46VYCYFwGT-w1AtJ3V-GRjxeOD6IjhTcGeqWccuGqlf7z6HUF-6Ck0oiJ-nucY/s400/lilypad_pl18m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292572752762723794" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ75SmnXhgwDH7TlxxICfajI4e4WQFFpzg_kFLjmv_YvdIouTBXcEW5mZqJdN_7GpylabWmKJ9H090UCU96FuH5apug2K1zFVnLL4EaAFdLi6rg0WkL1tGGfCtsIiI03TBjX90FlewrsA/s1600-h/lilypad_pl17m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ75SmnXhgwDH7TlxxICfajI4e4WQFFpzg_kFLjmv_YvdIouTBXcEW5mZqJdN_7GpylabWmKJ9H090UCU96FuH5apug2K1zFVnLL4EaAFdLi6rg0WkL1tGGfCtsIiI03TBjX90FlewrsA/s400/lilypad_pl17m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292572753333536002" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNA8-agHF6zPyaIgKjCUwhrh03YaLYDKvoy-rtqRcGRLpbBqnC9Tgxfc1_4IPpDcjKJyRfb-f9ovLEYowinTPiJ2ngerIiMa_7xjMTmCNN4Ma0HjneVNv00w7k2UEUN6Ip4rNwMr2oRxQ/s1600-h/lilypad_pl19m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNA8-agHF6zPyaIgKjCUwhrh03YaLYDKvoy-rtqRcGRLpbBqnC9Tgxfc1_4IPpDcjKJyRfb-f9ovLEYowinTPiJ2ngerIiMa_7xjMTmCNN4Ma0HjneVNv00w7k2UEUN6Ip4rNwMr2oRxQ/s400/lilypad_pl19m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292572750637086306" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://architecturecorner.blogspot.com/2009/01/architecture-design-floating-ecopolis_8695.html">(gambar-gambar selanjutnya/ next images)</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-39512025729281182982009-01-21T12:43:00.018+07:002009-02-04T15:06:52.089+07:00Disain Arsitektur : Prototipe Sebuah Kota Terapung (1)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiwIHraaQS4LfjjgGQ19EkgCiC9F6DctHMkGlI0c9jcGgO41_3HDCGBdK1JT2SNiJ2rPPYDa7ri9pkcK8Pz4DfurYR4aNe0KhJlvWT0ZJUzRYeGhiYYLcqniKJmZyCujfcc6QNz5Ov90/s1600-h/lilypad.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiwIHraaQS4LfjjgGQ19EkgCiC9F6DctHMkGlI0c9jcGgO41_3HDCGBdK1JT2SNiJ2rPPYDa7ri9pkcK8Pz4DfurYR4aNe0KhJlvWT0ZJUzRYeGhiYYLcqniKJmZyCujfcc6QNz5Ov90/s400/lilypad.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292573283321205554" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Lilypad Project</span><br /><br />Lilypad didesign oleh Vincent sebagai antisipasi untuk tahun 2100 yang digambarkkan bahwa akan banyak sekali jumlah para pengungsi dunia akibat terjadinya pemanasan global. Dia mengemukakan bahwa prinsip Archimedes bahwa cairnya es tidak akan merubah peningkatan permukaan air. Sama halnya dengan mencairnya es di dalam air di gelas. Namun ada dua sumber air raksasa yang tidak berada diatas air yang akan mencair dan langsung menuju ke laut yang menyebabkan naiknyapermukaan air laut. Hal ini berhubungan dengan gunung es di Antartika dan Greenland disisi lain, serta benua es. Hal lain yang menyebabkan naiknya permukaan laut tidak ada sangkut pautnya dengan mencairnya es, tetapi dilatasi air yang terjadi akibat pengaruh suhu udara.<br /><br />Menurut ramalan GIEC (Intergovernmental group on the evolution of the climate), kenaikan permukaan laut akan mencapai 20 hingga 90 cm selama abad ke-21. Setiap kenaikan suhu 1°C akan mengakibatkan air naik 1 meter. Kenaikan air ini akan mempengaruhi 0.05% di Uruguay, 1% di Mesir, 6% di Belanda, 17.5% di Bangladesh dan lebih dari 80% di daerah atoll Majuro di Marshall dan pulau-pulau Kiribati hingga pulau-pulau di Maldives.<br /><br />Negara-negara seperti Vietnam, Mesir, Bangladesh, Guyana atau Bahamas akan melihat tempat-tempat tinggal masyarakatnya kebanjiran dan genangan Lumpur air asin dari laut. New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Hô Chi Minh City, Shanghai, Miami, Lagos, Abidjan, Jakarta, Alexandria dan lebih dari 250 juta pengungsi dari negara lain akibat perubahan suhu udara.<br /><br /><br />Itulah sebabnya Lilypad, sebagai prototipe kota yang dibuat mengapung diatas air dan dapat menampung sebanyak 50.000 penduduk. Dan didalamnya dikembangkan kehidupan flora dan fauna disekitar danau dengan air yang ditampung dari air hujan.<br /><br /><br />Lilypad kota yang akrab dengan lingkungan dapat mengapung dari dari Monaco di Eropa hingga ke daerah bagian Atol Polenesia.<br /><br />Desain yang sangat modern dalam antisipasi pengungsi akibat pemanasan global. Inspirasi dari daun lilypad Amazonia Victoria Regia, dari keluarga Nympheas, tanaman air yang ditemukan oleh ahli tanaman Jerman Thaddeaus Haenke.<br />Lilypad kota lingkungan yang mengapung dengan zero emisi udara. Melalui teknologi energi dari matahari (solar), angin, gelombang laut dan biomass. Bahkan dapat memperoses gas CO2 di adalam atmosfer dan meresap ke kulitnya yang terbuat dari titanium dioxide.<br /><br /><a href="http://architecturecorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Disain%20Arsitektur%20%3A%20Prototipe%20Sebuah%20Kota%20Terapung%20(2)">(Klik disini untuk melihar gambar/ Click here to see images)</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">English</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">2100, A Large Crowd of Ecological Refugees</span><br /><br />Further to the anthropogenic activity, the climate warms up and the ocean level increases. According to the principle of Archimedes and contrary to preconceived notions, the melting of the arctic ice-floe will not change the rising of the water exactly as an ice cube melting in a glass of water does not make its level rise. However, there are two huge ice reservoirs that are not on the water and whose melting will transfer their volume towards the oceans, leading to their rising. It deals with the ice caps of Antarctic and Greenland on the one hand, and the continental glaciers on the other hand. Another reason of the ocean rising, that does not have anything to do with the ice melting is the water dilatation under the effect of the temperature.<br /><br />According to the less alarming forecasts of the GIEC (Intergovernmental group on the evolution of the climate), the ocean level should rise from 20 to 90 cm during the 21st Century with a status quo by 50 cm (versus 10 cm in the 20th Century). The international scientific scene assets that a temperature elevation of 1°C will lead to a water rising of 1 meter. This increase of 1 m would bring ground losses emerged of approximately 0.05% in Uruguay, 1% in Egypt, 6% in the Netherlands, 17.5% in Bangladesh and up to 80% approximately in the atoll Majuro in Oceania (Marshall and Kiribati islands and step by step the Maldives islands).<br /><br />If the first meter is not very funny with more than 50 million of people affected in the developing countries, the situation is worse with the second one. Countries like Vietnam, Egypt, Bangladesh, Guyana or Bahamas will see their most inhabited places swamped at each flood and their most fertile fields devastated by the invasion of salt water damaging the local ecosystems. New York, Bombay, Calcutta, Hô Chi Minh City, Shanghai, Miami, Lagos, Abidjan, Djakarta, Alexandria… not les that 250 million of climatic refugees and 9% of the GDP threatened if we not build protections related to such a threat. It is the demonstration inflicted to reluctant spirits by a climatological study of the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and that challenges our imagination of eco-conception!<br /><br />The water rising being not written in the agenda of the Grenelle agreements on environment in France, it is primordial in terms of environmental crisis and climatic exodus to pass from now on from a strategy of reaction in emergency to a strategy of a adaptation and long-lasting anticipation. It is surprising, whereas some islands prepare their disappearing to see that the management of the rising of the ocean level does not seem to worry the governments beyond measure. More surprising to see that the populations of the developed countries continue to rush on the littoral to build districts over there; houses and buildings dedicated to a certain flood.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Lilypad, A Prototype of Auto-Sufficient Amphibious City</span><br /><br />Whereas the Netherlands and the United Arabic Emirates « fatten » their beach with billion of euros to build their short-living polders and their protective dams for a decade, the project «Lilypad» deals with a tenable solution to the water rising! Actually, facing the worldwide ecological crisis, this floating Ecopolis has the double objective not only to widen sustainabely in offshore the territories of the most developed countries such as the Monaco principality but above all to grant the housing of future climatic refugees of he next submerged ultra-marine territories such as the Polynesian atolls. New biotechnological prototype of ecologic resilience dedicated to the nomadism and the urban ecology in the sea, Lilypad travels on the water line of the oceans, from the equator to the poles following the marine streams warm ascending of the Gulf Stream or cold descending of the Labrador.<br /><br />It is a true amphibian half aquatic and half terrestrial city, able to accommodate 50,000 inhabitants and inviting the biodiversity to develop its fauna and flora around a central lagoon of soft water collecting and purifying the rain waters. This artificial lagoon is entirely immersed ballasting thus the city. It enables to live in the heart of the subaquatic depths. The multifunctional programming is based on three marinas and three mountains dedicated respectively to the work, the shops and the entertainments. The whole set is covered by a stratum of planted housing in suspended gardens and crossed by a network of streets and alleyways with organic outline. The goal is to create a harmonious coexistence of the couple Human / Nature and to explore new modes of living the sea by building with fluidity collective spaces in proximity, overwhelming spaces of social inclusion suitable to the meeting of all the inhabitants – denizen or foreign-born, recent or old, young or aged people.<br /><br />The floating structure in « branches » of the Ecopolis is directly inspired of the highly ribbed leave of the great lilypad of Amazonia Victoria Regia increased 250 times. Coming from the family of Nympheas, this aquatic plant with exceptional plasticity was discovered by the German botanist Thaddeaus Haenke and dedicated to the Queen Victoria of England in the 19th Century. The double skin is made of polyester fibres covered by a layer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) like an anatase which by reacting to the ultraviolet rays enable to absorb the atmospheric pollution by photocatalytic effect. Entirely autosufficient, Lilypad takes up the four main challenges launched by the OECD in March 2008: climate, biodiversity, water and health. It reached a positive energetic balance with zero carbone emission by the integration of all the renewable energies (solar, thermal and photovoltaic energies, wind energy, hydraulic, tidal power station, osmotic energies, phytopurification, biomass) producing thus durably more energy that it consumes! True biotope entirely recyclable, this floating Ecopolis tends thus towards the positive eco-accountancy of the building in the oceanic ecosystems by producing and softening itself the oxygen and the electricity, by recycling the CO2 and the waste, by purifying and softening biologically the used waters and by integrating ecological niches, aquaculture fields and biotic corridors on and under its body to meet its own food needs.<br /><br />To reply to the mutation of the migratory flows coming from the hydroclimatic factors, Lilypad join thus on the mode of anticipation particular to the Jules Verne’s literature, the alternative possibility of a multicultural floating Ecopolis whose metabolism would be in perfect symbiosis with the cycles of the nature. It will be one of the major challenges of the 21st Century to create an international convention inventing new special means to accommodate the environmental migrants by recognizing their rights and obligations. Political and social challenge, the urban sustainable development must more than ever enter in resonance worldly with the human sustainable development! </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://architecturecorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Disain%20Arsitektur%20%3A%20Prototipe%20Sebuah%20Kota%20Terapung%20(2)">(Klik disini untuk melihar gambar/ Click here to see images)</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-86727671664339990782009-01-14T18:10:00.006+07:002009-02-25T09:15:16.773+07:00Dynamic Architecture 4 : A NEW ERA OF GREEN BUILDING<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CySRDpAJwjN5Cshb8VD5kt3izDsdCRoQtuH9N6voAPVKVFnAUudHd9PhgpyFkCBadIaY6aulI5W94ImutyvCQ2bK2gfqf-E_OXr7SvPQ6XUSYHW53K-gKpmaBE9v_UnorHt-cwh-2i4/s1600-h/aneogb1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 142px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8CySRDpAJwjN5Cshb8VD5kt3izDsdCRoQtuH9N6voAPVKVFnAUudHd9PhgpyFkCBadIaY6aulI5W94ImutyvCQ2bK2gfqf-E_OXr7SvPQ6XUSYHW53K-gKpmaBE9v_UnorHt-cwh-2i4/s400/aneogb1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291105753055297842" /></a><br /><br />The Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion, takes the concept of green buildings to the next level were it will generate electricity for itself as well as other nearby buildings, making it the first skyscraper designed to be self powered.<br /><br />The building generates electricity from wind turbines mounted horizontally between each floor, eighty story building will have up to seventy nine wind turbines, making it a true green power plant while traditional vertical wind turbines have some environmental negative impact, including obstruction of views and the need for roads to build and maintain them, the Dynamic Tower's wind turbines are practically invisible and extremely quiet due to their special shape and the carbon fibre material they are made of.<br /><br />Another environmentally green element of the Dynamic Tower is the photovoltaic cells that will be placed on the roof of each rotating floor to produce solar energy, approximately 20% of each roof will be exposed to the sun, so a building that has 80 roofs will equal the roofing space of 10 similar size buildings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTan-a7x3eDl_R0jJivzm9sB6HJZUERnaxO18UXjtwN6Pqc7Z3yMJK1JHtnOIOHdPCPeBsdvzo4DSesiINsEB7ixfODrqMqCScIUE_BPiR7sB2ODEkFucBs6NheGgM2OzsTGgZj_OtXY/s1600-h/aneogb2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZTan-a7x3eDl_R0jJivzm9sB6HJZUERnaxO18UXjtwN6Pqc7Z3yMJK1JHtnOIOHdPCPeBsdvzo4DSesiINsEB7ixfODrqMqCScIUE_BPiR7sB2ODEkFucBs6NheGgM2OzsTGgZj_OtXY/s400/aneogb2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291105755336594034" /></a><br /><br />In addition, natural and recyclable materials including stone, marble, glass and wood will be used for the interior finishing.<br /><br />To further improve the energy efficiency of the Dynamic Tower, insulated glass and structural insulating panels will be employed.<br /><br />Energy will also be saved during construction, which involves pre-fabricating individual units in a factory, this Fisher Method not only reduces construction time, but it also results in a cleaner construction site with limited noise, dust, fumes and waste, the shorter building time also results in a less energy consumption than traditional construction methods.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIZITcCwaWci57wUCmuoBy83ZPi6Q1dq2N10Wu9ff7gTbt4-9AK3qT0HNzbH2joeCl1Wy4DeEEa-z0yfBGrPNr3jGFog4ndQ2eYGfBLJ2GiaeKaRQMBTaveMuvqUwCuGYqP14Ib1oenE/s1600-h/aneogb3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIZITcCwaWci57wUCmuoBy83ZPi6Q1dq2N10Wu9ff7gTbt4-9AK3qT0HNzbH2joeCl1Wy4DeEEa-z0yfBGrPNr3jGFog4ndQ2eYGfBLJ2GiaeKaRQMBTaveMuvqUwCuGYqP14Ib1oenE/s400/aneogb3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291105756483106866" /></a><br /><br />Go to next related article: <a href="http://architecturecorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Dynamic%20Architecture%204%20%3A%20A%20NEW%20ERA%20OF%20GREEN%20BUILDING">Dynamic Architecture 4 : A NEW ERA OF GREEN BUILDING</a><br /><br />http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/home.htmlAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-48294475917091349072009-01-14T18:06:00.005+07:002009-01-23T22:26:29.906+07:00Dynamic Architecture 3 : PREFABRICATION<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc9k_cDULfrHAMPd90NuviXpvuM7oGWizHD9hy3PHGmWuWtEayPqcU0plqD4XQBH17CYH5CNKvmCA7w4J4JzegcIAoh_lbVbKYYMspyQgFEfc_aFlLQoqpK5MuXp_dT9Bpr1joUr53es/s1600-h/p1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfc9k_cDULfrHAMPd90NuviXpvuM7oGWizHD9hy3PHGmWuWtEayPqcU0plqD4XQBH17CYH5CNKvmCA7w4J4JzegcIAoh_lbVbKYYMspyQgFEfc_aFlLQoqpK5MuXp_dT9Bpr1joUr53es/s400/p1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291104602939453554" /></a><br /><br />THE FUTURE OF CONSTRUCTION<br /><br />Dr. David Fisher's revolutionary Dynamic Tower, the first building in motion which is the first skyscraper to be entirely assembled in a factory from prefabricated parts, factory made buildings will offers the advantages of any modern industrial product, it saves energy, reduces construction time and dramatically cuts building costs.<br /><br />The prefabricated units arrive at the building site ready for quick and efficient installation, this approach known as the Fisher Method also requires far less workers on the construction site than traditional traditionally, In fact each floor of the building can be completed in only seven days, units can also be customized according to the owners' needs and styles.<br /><br />Each individual unit will be completely finished at the Factory and exported worldwide, it will be equipped with all necessary plumbing and electric systems including all finishing from flooring to ceilings, bathrooms, kitchens,...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgKzQdDA4oreyd3mpkQmpPmTEnWu8_8NVOsRKrPbMMmxBEYrcbIhaNABI9iQRKrXLu_aA8AzcTTxvNLyGcjm9MgH_FB2jgG3snyIxTa-d3Yxun3L-ZtQmv0J84c0a1ZNxfx4KrFNBAwM/s1600-h/p2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHgKzQdDA4oreyd3mpkQmpPmTEnWu8_8NVOsRKrPbMMmxBEYrcbIhaNABI9iQRKrXLu_aA8AzcTTxvNLyGcjm9MgH_FB2jgG3snyIxTa-d3Yxun3L-ZtQmv0J84c0a1ZNxfx4KrFNBAwM/s400/p2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291104598212795474" /></a><br /><br />The preassembled units are simply hooked to each other mechanically, this results in environmentally clean construction sites, avoiding unloading of materials, waste, noise and pollution, there will be less risk of accidents to construction workers, and construction time will be reduced by over 30 percent. due to their particular construction method, prefabricated buildings will also be easy to maintain and repair, the building's maintenance facility, type of materials used, and the quality control employed will also make them more durable than any traditional structure.<br /><br />Since the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids not much has changed in the world of building construction, workers placed a stone on top of another, and brick on top of brick, in 1889, the use of steel was introduced into construction for the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and beginning in 1905 reinforced concrete was used, with the start of the Industrial Revolution in 1780, products began to be made in factories using industrial methods, but today buildings are still done on site as they were 4,000 years ago.<br /><br />“Almost every product used today is the result of an industrial process and can be transported around the world, from cars and boats to computers and clothing, factories are chosen for their ready access to materials, production technology, inexpensive labour, efficiency, and other conditions that result in high quality at a relatively low cost,” Dr. Fisher noted.<br /><br />“It is unbelievable that real estate and construction which is the leading sector of the world economy, is also the most primitive, for example most workers throughout the world still regularly use trowels that was first used by the Egyptians and then by the Romans, buildings should not be different than any other product, and from now on they will be manufactured in a production facility,” Dr. Fisher stated.<br /><br />The Dynamic Tower represents the future of architecture, resulting in a new era of living that will benefit both man and nature.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLBoaJmoOcx4VThePXht2HaM5e4zZtzy5GBgon2-gnni28IlG5Dy3XeY-y-6x7dYM8SzXIat2JumQNfttZYPB0BeGPhE5KgteR18t3WyzUwkcoB9N6xg8l52Kzv_2Mz1wDuStW7DueEg/s1600-h/p3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLBoaJmoOcx4VThePXht2HaM5e4zZtzy5GBgon2-gnni28IlG5Dy3XeY-y-6x7dYM8SzXIat2JumQNfttZYPB0BeGPhE5KgteR18t3WyzUwkcoB9N6xg8l52Kzv_2Mz1wDuStW7DueEg/s400/p3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291104594573829362" /></a><br /><br />Renowned Italian architect Dr. David Fisher is the creator of the Dynamic Tower, a building in motion. He has spent more than 30 years working to redefine the technical and technological extremes of buildings in cities like London, New York, Moscow, Hong Kong, Paris and Dubai, he graduated with honors from the University of Florence where later he served as a professor of architecture and structural engineering.<br /><br />Fisher is the creator of the world's first building in motion, the Dynamic Tower heralds a new era of architecture buildings in motion that will challenge traditional architecture to become the symbol of a new philosophy that will change the look of our cities and the concept of urban living.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT65sXGvHujR5x2rhRYiZ71Zaon6uuwt8GSvrtkd24QiYr-ZD8Ne2UB7hO4NaECIWlxENHeXi37l8v51nJmuR-W9dkx4DFEF3ic0HPF7hgJUtJVNMQIP6Vdwg-Lxwn_esh4NDsqGITxbc/s1600-h/p4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT65sXGvHujR5x2rhRYiZ71Zaon6uuwt8GSvrtkd24QiYr-ZD8Ne2UB7hO4NaECIWlxENHeXi37l8v51nJmuR-W9dkx4DFEF3ic0HPF7hgJUtJVNMQIP6Vdwg-Lxwn_esh4NDsqGITxbc/s400/p4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291104596877373810" /></a><br />http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-85235202469155902862009-01-14T18:05:00.008+07:002009-01-23T22:25:26.934+07:00Dynamic Architecture 2 : A BUILDING IN MOTIONVisionary architect Dr. David Fisher is the creator of the revolutionary Dynamic Tower, the world's first building in motion. The Dynamic Tower heralds a new era of architecture: Buildings in motion will challenge traditional architecture, becoming the symbol of a new philosophy that will change the look of our cities and the concept of living.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gAO4lU-UxGbrvHI8TRBino9phd4WRNnGn7_ZwF-HQjlt5V7PHg9AKp9CneWK0Qk8dGmYz3eT5REAm6QX06K203_pPo7HKwwidAL91kQiQXtC7T-mURBX4b0U71r29L-llqX8X2O24B4/s1600-h/abim+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_gAO4lU-UxGbrvHI8TRBino9phd4WRNnGn7_ZwF-HQjlt5V7PHg9AKp9CneWK0Qk8dGmYz3eT5REAm6QX06K203_pPo7HKwwidAL91kQiQXtC7T-mURBX4b0U71r29L-llqX8X2O24B4/s400/abim+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291104133566189778" /></a><br /><br />The Dynamic Tower offers infinite design possibilities, as each floor rotates independently at different speeds, resulting in a unique and ever evolving shape that introduces a fourth dimension to architecture, Time.<br /><br />The Dynamic Tower is environmentally friendly, with the ability to generate electricity for itself as well as other buildings nearby making it the first building designed to be self-powered, it achieves this feat with wind turbines fitted between each rotating floor. An 80-story building will have up to 79 wind turbines, making it a true green power plant.<br /><br />The Dynamic Tower is also the first skyscraper to be built entirely from prefabricated parts that are custom made in a workshop, resulting of fast construction and of substantial cost savings . this approach known as the Fisher Method, also requires far less workers on construction site while each floor of the building can be completed in only seven days, units can also be customized according to the owners needs and styles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvc9aDunTcbm7i5Robe8_qiCGWwoc4A21X_Nn50QvUV8ZEm3UPTdpBPSBGcJ38tTg-GEQbRTjw0Rt3bJ6SWOg6pK4I6k6rK6T8RiScBh0NEJ4qo3T9Dc5sbXZ_FmfZc0SD9Llib3Ndkg/s1600-h/abim+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIvc9aDunTcbm7i5Robe8_qiCGWwoc4A21X_Nn50QvUV8ZEm3UPTdpBPSBGcJ38tTg-GEQbRTjw0Rt3bJ6SWOg6pK4I6k6rK6T8RiScBh0NEJ4qo3T9Dc5sbXZ_FmfZc0SD9Llib3Ndkg/s400/abim+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291104133935681074" /></a><br /><br />Dr. Fisher states, “Today's life is dynamic, so the space we are living in should be dynamic as well, adjustable to our needs that change continuously, to our concept of design and to our mood, buildings will follow the rhythms of nature, they will change direction and shape from spring to summer, from sunrise to sunset, and adjust themselves to the weather, buildings will be alive.<br /><br />“From now on, buildings will have four dimensions, the fourth dimension is ‘Time' to become part of architecture,” Dr. Fisher added. “Buildings in motion will shape the sky line of our cities.<br /><br />By combining motion, green energy and efficient construction, the Dynamic Tower will change architecture as we know it, and will start a new era of Dynamic Living.<br /><br />Go to next related article: <a href="http://architecturecorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Dynamic%20Architecture%203%20%3A%20PREFABRICATION">Dynamic Architecture 3: PREFABRICATION</a><br /><br />http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-88690847471405410232009-01-14T11:13:00.014+07:002009-01-23T22:13:15.679+07:00Dynamic Architecture 1 : DYNAMIC TOWER | DUBAI<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQFdwbKI-t4EPYHw0WMysYcIPxaUD0TJXEmC91MyrWHpxvaceOHhrMiCVHIW6zPblkr9OK4hN8076Ut2EQshlYekFYxa1YYnRB2p7HsO9tJkS_s775VI-mOZIgoRMu7TGX1eHLR-819s/s1600-h/dtb1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiQFdwbKI-t4EPYHw0WMysYcIPxaUD0TJXEmC91MyrWHpxvaceOHhrMiCVHIW6zPblkr9OK4hN8076Ut2EQshlYekFYxa1YYnRB2p7HsO9tJkS_s775VI-mOZIgoRMu7TGX1eHLR-819s/s400/dtb1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290998508411090498" /></a><br /><br /><br />The Dynamic Tower in Dubai is the first Building in Motion to be constructed in the world, and it will herald a new era of architecture and become a symbol of Dubai, the city of the future.<br /><br />(Dynamic Tower, Dubai, adalah bangunan pertama di dunia yang dapat "bergerak", dijuluki sebagai arsitektur era baru serta menjadi simbol kota Dubai sebagai kota masa depan.)<br /><br />The developer is Rotating Tower Dubai Development Limited of Dynamic Group.<br /><br />(Pengembang dalam proyek ini adalah Rotating Tower Dubai Development Limited Group Dynamic.)<br /><br />Created by revolutionary architect Dr. David Fisher, the mixed use Dynamic Tower offers infinite design possibilities, as each floor rotates independently at different speeds, resulting in a unique and ever evolving structure that introduces a fourth dimension to architecture, Time.<br /><br />(Disain bangunan ini ditangani oleh seorang arsitek revolusioner bernama Dr. David Fisher. Ia mengatakan bahwa Dynamic Tower menawarkan kemungkinan desain tanpa batas, dimana masing-masing lantainya dapat berputar dengan bebas dengan arah yang berbeda-beda, sehingga menghasilkan bentuk fasade dan struktur yang unik. Dengan kemampuan ini Dynamic Tower mencoba untuk memperkenalkan kepada kita apa yang disebut dengan arsitektur "empat dimensi".)<br /><br />The Dynamic Tower in Dubai will have 80 floors, and will be 420 meters (1,380 feet) tall, Apartments will range in size from 124 square meters (1,330 square feet), to Villas of 1,200 square meters (12,900 square feet) complete with a parking space inside the apartment. the first 20 floors will be an offices, floors 21 to 35 will be a luxury hotel, floor 36 through 70 will be residential apartments, and the top 10 floors will be luxury villas located in a prime location in Dubai, it is destined to become the most prestigious building in the city.<br /><br />(Dynamic Tower Dubai nantinya akan memiliki 80 lantai, dengan tinggi 420 meter (1,380 kaki), luas unit apartemen 124 m2, luas unit vila 1200 m2, dilengkapi dengan lantai parkir. 20 lantai pertama diperuntukan sebagai ruangan kantor, lantai 21 sampai 35 menjadi sebuah hotel, lantai 36 hingga 70 sebagai apartemen, dan 10 lantai tertinggi akan dipergunakan menjadi vila.)<br /><br />The Dynamic Tower in Dubai will be the first skyscraper to be entirely constructed in a factory from prefabricated parts, it will require only 600 people in the assembly facility and 80 technicians on the construction site instead of 2,000 workers on a similar size traditional construction site, Construction is scheduled to be completed by 2010.<br /><br />(Dynamic Tower Dubai juga akan menjadi pencakar langit pertama yang seluruh bagian bangunannya akan dirakit di dalam suatu pabrik, pelaksanaannya hanya memerlukan 600 orang tenaga kerja lapangan dan 80 teknisi di lokasi konstruksi (sebanding dengan 2,000 pekerja pada ukuran yang sama secara tradisional). Bangunan diperkirakan akan selesai pada tahun 2010.)<br /><br />His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, is considered by many to be a true visionary of the future, Dr. Fisher's dreams for the Dynamic Tower in Dubai were inspired by His Highness who said “Do not wait for the future to come to you…face the future.”<br /><br /><br />(Dr. Fisher mengatakan bahwa ide disain Dynamic Tower Dubai terinspirasi oleh kata-kata Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, penguasa Dubai dan Wakil Presiden United Arab Emirates, yang mengatakan “Jangan menantikan masa depan datang kepada anda, tetapi andalah yang harus berjalan menghadapi masa depan.” <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo62lVLz0070Qpax7rLzhq8otKMkQkAkx1vuEwqwvbCd2aEl-Jxzi7GP2MVSUH7fQ1DDFkW6vfMHzSrW0rAdauAtokQMHE2dEvLfl9-RozbqJqVVp_uWBixNdJnSBfagz-w9mGpJaDP_E/s1600-h/dtb2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 375px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo62lVLz0070Qpax7rLzhq8otKMkQkAkx1vuEwqwvbCd2aEl-Jxzi7GP2MVSUH7fQ1DDFkW6vfMHzSrW0rAdauAtokQMHE2dEvLfl9-RozbqJqVVp_uWBixNdJnSBfagz-w9mGpJaDP_E/s400/dtb2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290998503364955490" /></a><br />Rotating Tower Dubai<br /><br />Go to next related article: <a href="http://architecturecorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Dynamic%20Architecture%202%20%3A%20A%20BUILDING%20IN%20MOTION">Dynamic Architecture 2 : A BUILDING IN MOTION</a><br /><br />http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-1319570313439657082008-12-12T15:57:00.009+07:002009-02-04T14:49:34.227+07:00Atlantis Hotel In Dubai...!Water world .... the Atlantis Hotel in Dubai , one of the world's most anticipated hotels, finally opens its doors on September 24. Situated on 113 acres of the Palm Jumeirah, the hotel boasts over 1539 rooms.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInys1D3XNTNWPWPQBxSiUvvjfBD8EvvFVksgRBgLygs_4xW9mqqVKNqgxCchhh9SpkKhWhp2D9c8XMAmK47WVS3k4GA5TGWr2ZtfFjDVbYfU3R8RYLcob-92aaQyBPYP8CwLD0vaOmP0/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInys1D3XNTNWPWPQBxSiUvvjfBD8EvvFVksgRBgLygs_4xW9mqqVKNqgxCchhh9SpkKhWhp2D9c8XMAmK47WVS3k4GA5TGWr2ZtfFjDVbYfU3R8RYLcob-92aaQyBPYP8CwLD0vaOmP0/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278827679741793730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Water bed ... the Neptune and Poseidon Suites are exclusive to Atlantis, with both bedroom and bath views directly into the mesmerising underwater world of the Ambassador Lagoon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0MjT0EG-nrdIfNFKAQcBDhNRLwwvyi7kW0xu0O_LeoAIMkAzx8vwKzvM1w6m7RaP7NaSKtwvtEn3fZTnsnFo5o9jJXnes_QEuCMG28M1FbbWJ8ykvqK5-UNd4fm8TAtrbF0vUYMpj4U/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0MjT0EG-nrdIfNFKAQcBDhNRLwwvyi7kW0xu0O_LeoAIMkAzx8vwKzvM1w6m7RaP7NaSKtwvtEn3fZTnsnFo5o9jJXnes_QEuCMG28M1FbbWJ8ykvqK5-UNd4fm8TAtrbF0vUYMpj4U/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278827681385439858" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Sea view ... the Ambassador Lagoon is a window into the wonders of the ocean, and the centre-piece of Atlantis, with over 250 species of fish and sea creatures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXueUsA8CSkUc1ugmieRqHQNeS1nmiEXCV2XC7nllcnT8mrcZPiB-CLjGxzAbPfyolsrwAHZbsL1QoeYXoLorG-tcbyS2_i4Y6CJYsJPLnEe18VMhAHhmVuIlYdwQhRVq5NGoW_PkKytA/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXueUsA8CSkUc1ugmieRqHQNeS1nmiEXCV2XC7nllcnT8mrcZPiB-CLjGxzAbPfyolsrwAHZbsL1QoeYXoLorG-tcbyS2_i4Y6CJYsJPLnEe18VMhAHhmVuIlYdwQhRVq5NGoW_PkKytA/s400/3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278827677329370562" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Fish surprise ... keeping with he water theme, the Lost Chamber is a maze of underwater halls and tunnels under the Ambassador Lagoon with over 65,000 fish.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVnZ7s4cnft9V1IdtoH5BFRn4nPzDhWJ1qSlCqTPp_DYOnvP8Bhm56bAQIszUHeyGxgviDfBwLoG5XjHaI613H80icXgrQrgb2waPPZz7rxRM7DYQApuZGSDLgVFKz0OmyxSbigEV8_w/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVnZ7s4cnft9V1IdtoH5BFRn4nPzDhWJ1qSlCqTPp_DYOnvP8Bhm56bAQIszUHeyGxgviDfBwLoG5XjHaI613H80icXgrQrgb2waPPZz7rxRM7DYQApuZGSDLgVFKz0OmyxSbigEV8_w/s400/4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278826465897676146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />See sea food ... Ossiano is home to a three-star Michelin chef, and offers gourmet seafood with views of the exotic marine life of the Ambassador Lagoon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1O3n6kRGCcenVnKlFP6FHY0tCwr7tcRgkr3AB4mbEYX5F5itvI0cZZaJcasAbuDwsqvkiIKQjt5unRdWVuXiCe_vMSSbKyzJhSC2zH6JNtjM7EZD73iG6RgUl8o9TIFSh0zBxebKSzc/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1O3n6kRGCcenVnKlFP6FHY0tCwr7tcRgkr3AB4mbEYX5F5itvI0cZZaJcasAbuDwsqvkiIKQjt5unRdWVuXiCe_vMSSbKyzJhSC2zH6JNtjM7EZD73iG6RgUl8o9TIFSh0zBxebKSzc/s400/5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278826464296390338" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Big dipper ... Aquaventure is a 42-acre waterpark with the Zigguret Centerpiece that touts a 27.5m vertical drop.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53rsa9wvFF36_O3tLJ3kzXzvXRYMvaY4V-Au6zggr2ilfwE4BM2HUZpNAZ8p7MRmkjEIJMTJTt3ndxru29gCV5ZJFKV9BKMuI41u116WfbmpIhOFatifcWzuJoDz-iFQQ9Lo_qdME16w/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53rsa9wvFF36_O3tLJ3kzXzvXRYMvaY4V-Au6zggr2ilfwE4BM2HUZpNAZ8p7MRmkjEIJMTJTt3ndxru29gCV5ZJFKV9BKMuI41u116WfbmpIhOFatifcWzuJoDz-iFQQ9Lo_qdME16w/s400/7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278826458947582530" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shark tank ... after the Ziggurat, you will emerge slowly through the lagoon at Shark Attack.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3g7J3o7eFQSSh9IqMWpPPLo2ZGJjCW3KsBUAqhBpxwfqm94fL3-k6GZ93Jwb_7X7gKXAfqCyVwClcg1M6laklccvqkvEyo-cZEETfz288oovcvg4A8IJvnp-7R6vxa4U0NsWcfozMEo/s1600-h/8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3g7J3o7eFQSSh9IqMWpPPLo2ZGJjCW3KsBUAqhBpxwfqm94fL3-k6GZ93Jwb_7X7gKXAfqCyVwClcg1M6laklccvqkvEyo-cZEETfz288oovcvg4A8IJvnp-7R6vxa4U0NsWcfozMEo/s400/8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278826450634593938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Shark proof ... you can also experience the Shark Tank from the dry, and more comfortable, viewing chamber.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzE2ATpEHFX9NXF0lM75en0W_tQUwhr5ElkRiPvFkthcskYoj2L3xk_uYmnOhknyE7yyU-q9mYDIWEP4-GL0CC4pvFyw7UPg_Yx_IV3r-wSWj3e653qWq2ceZlZwiirQB3ITPzMnVLxc/s1600-h/10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzE2ATpEHFX9NXF0lM75en0W_tQUwhr5ElkRiPvFkthcskYoj2L3xk_uYmnOhknyE7yyU-q9mYDIWEP4-GL0CC4pvFyw7UPg_Yx_IV3r-wSWj3e653qWq2ceZlZwiirQB3ITPzMnVLxc/s400/10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278826448201419986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bar view ... sip cocktails in the oceanic space of Barazura and enjoy views overlooking Palm Jumeirah.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33mTgDBdIPTBjS3QJLVGG_G4bsSgi7_xU7Pdd-rPfR4jwQNZgmmhiPqUl5BZBaohGM8FMQ5cv1LusNfXAsSCgqunTq5bQ_XQRV7doYps9JTBCEoyWfHDDtXUB4Pls7IVXCgM5GCXRi7Y/s1600-h/11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg33mTgDBdIPTBjS3QJLVGG_G4bsSgi7_xU7Pdd-rPfR4jwQNZgmmhiPqUl5BZBaohGM8FMQ5cv1LusNfXAsSCgqunTq5bQ_XQRV7doYps9JTBCEoyWfHDDtXUB4Pls7IVXCgM5GCXRi7Y/s400/11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278825541433607730" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Grand view ... the Grand Lobby makes a colourful first impression.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPoLPKkhohOuaSLAaEU1CUW7yjsgy0R7ajrPDR5Q_ER6UGxe8_EDWKe3cy7Sw8GrsNoJiUx6Wl7ax-t30wWNt-ZKgGszJ_-vGPjEstHeSx0Xi71bk5HBlDTHV_3IwpUkc6ruZJXuKXsI/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFPoLPKkhohOuaSLAaEU1CUW7yjsgy0R7ajrPDR5Q_ER6UGxe8_EDWKe3cy7Sw8GrsNoJiUx6Wl7ax-t30wWNt-ZKgGszJ_-vGPjEstHeSx0Xi71bk5HBlDTHV_3IwpUkc6ruZJXuKXsI/s400/12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278825535813094658" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Bath time ... the spa experience includes two hours of spa treatments, your own private time in a jetted tub and access to both indoor and outdoor relaxation areas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxF7sqNDg0MsH52ixkLPfdQtqKn92KJ7hGnexrnB9eAQ60cMUu2ssXZBRaau-sXGhLK_NDmaEE-AagDeZyRKSqBXm2TriDgtIMrer6krEED0Vk868h57aD7stYmwi-EauU_8E7DiLAtI/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgxF7sqNDg0MsH52ixkLPfdQtqKn92KJ7hGnexrnB9eAQ60cMUu2ssXZBRaau-sXGhLK_NDmaEE-AagDeZyRKSqBXm2TriDgtIMrer6krEED0Vk868h57aD7stYmwi-EauU_8E7DiLAtI/s400/13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278825534725261986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Spa service ... the Royal Spa Suite offers treatments designed to individual needs, and a spa menu delivered byprivate butler service.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2a0Zor7SXpLJNRQdTDfxxuDYm1wrewVR8a0nKs6Mj3cBoE1kWv2h61m-RsyPPHlhRcYh1yjo4wfwZj-7EZ5rc51mwyNwmNlGqXgfMULh7qvhk8UtmAaktJd1nqlKlXZteiKjxsmxc0H8/s1600-h/14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2a0Zor7SXpLJNRQdTDfxxuDYm1wrewVR8a0nKs6Mj3cBoE1kWv2h61m-RsyPPHlhRcYh1yjo4wfwZj-7EZ5rc51mwyNwmNlGqXgfMULh7qvhk8UtmAaktJd1nqlKlXZteiKjxsmxc0H8/s400/14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278825527019180098" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Grand designs ... each of the 1373 spacious guest rooms and 166 suites is designed with subtle oceanic and Arabic influences.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCJ2rDyJEuAF7HW2LYWCSQq4UYFv-Ra3iB0ZUw8cuP2y3Yk7HaC2aPuZF4Lmsx0rQ1rk-ietJW1Tpr_ELeuDJhcBMsFnPUxI-UfeiwRIbrJUboVl0eJutFKBFfkTeL4nI9wBBsrJ5ur4/s1600-h/15.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCJ2rDyJEuAF7HW2LYWCSQq4UYFv-Ra3iB0ZUw8cuP2y3Yk7HaC2aPuZF4Lmsx0rQ1rk-ietJW1Tpr_ELeuDJhcBMsFnPUxI-UfeiwRIbrJUboVl0eJutFKBFfkTeL4nI9wBBsrJ5ur4/s400/15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278825526137797330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cheers…<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Forwarded email from Nur Ainy</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-31377175357675974712008-12-12T13:38:00.007+07:002010-12-06T13:07:18.238+07:00A Study In Silver<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ADIlLsidVo8obIgyuqEKS15L5_UDPfIRJQAyBZj46a9SEJ3pcJlvF05k6ctb8vSKg1mDdNDAKn3sWzv6SB6aagzSH_tgOEdNAjvOTI2BR9pTWCV9EJbeLZdOu5M4hLzbXflVYrodPh0/s1600-h/152204650_9062535b30.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ADIlLsidVo8obIgyuqEKS15L5_UDPfIRJQAyBZj46a9SEJ3pcJlvF05k6ctb8vSKg1mDdNDAKn3sWzv6SB6aagzSH_tgOEdNAjvOTI2BR9pTWCV9EJbeLZdOu5M4hLzbXflVYrodPh0/s400/152204650_9062535b30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278790999814841570" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">From the archives: inside the library in the Institut du monde arabe in Paris, France, designed by Jean Nouvel.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The curtain wall features a photosensitive system of blinds that were designed to automatically let in different amounts of light depending on the conditions. This was an example of "smart" architecture. However, the blind system no longer works. It still looks pretty damn nice, though. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">http://flickr.com/photos/<br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-402795840047167162008-12-12T12:53:00.008+07:002010-12-06T13:06:19.379+07:00Santiago Calatrava L’Hemisfèric (Planetarium)<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Valencia, Spain</em></strong>Valencia, Spain </p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/Photo-1.jpg" width="300" height="225" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Photo: arcspace </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">L’Hemisfèric, the distinctive eye-shaped construction designed by Santiago Calatrava, was the first element to be opened to the public in the City of Arts and Sciences, in April 1998.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The building’s unique architecture comes alive as the lids of the colossal “Eye of Knowledge” opens up to reveal the fascinating setting.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/photo-2.jpg" width="300" height="225" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Photo: arcspace </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The globe of L’Hemisfèric (the Planetarium), which also houses the Omnimax theater, is roofed over by an elliptical shell structure and placed within an elliptical pod that cradles it like the pupil of an eye.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The L’Hemisfèric is set slightly below grade to avoid visual conflict with the Science Museum and Palacio de las Artes.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/Photo-3.jpg" width="300" height="235" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Photo: arcspace </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The concrete socket of the eye incorporates elongated aluminium awnings that differ in length and fold upwards collectively, or as individual units, to form a brise-soleil roof that opens along the curved central axis of the eye shape. The concrete encasement has been extended upwards, and the brise-soleil narrowed and replaced by a system of slats mounted on each side of pivoting, to imitate the structure of a feather.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/Photo-4.jpg" width="200" height="245" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Photo: arcspace </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The brise-soleil is moved hydraulically up the outside of the structure by telescoping cylinders.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/photo-5.jpg" width="300" height="223" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Photo: arcspace </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">A set of stairs descends into the vaulted concrete lobby from an axial path that splices the City of Arts and Sciences in half. Translucent glass panels embedded in the path allow light into the underground spaces and demarcate the axis through the center of the Planetarium. The walkway also connects to the sunken gallery, formed by the prefabricated, concrete arches that support the transparent roof, which in turn houses ticket booths, a restaurant and other services.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/Photo-6.jpg" width="300" height="225" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo"><span class="photo">Photo: arcspace </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The IMAX theater’s spherical exterior is clad in Gaudiesque fragments of shattered tiles. The structural concrete and steel shell creates a weblike vault above the planetarium.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/7.-Longitudinal.gif" border="1" width="300" height="120" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Drawing courtesy Santiago Calatrava</span><br /> Longitudinal Section</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/8.Plan.gif" border="1" width="300" height="223" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Drawing courtesy Santiago Calatrava</span><br /> Plan</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/9.Section.gif" border="1" width="300" height="189" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Drawing courtesy Santiago Calatrava</span><br /> Cross Section</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;">Design dates: 1991-1995<br /> Construction dates: 1996-1998</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/Photo-10.jpg" width="200" height="272" /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <span class="photo">Photo: arcspace<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="photo"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/">http://www.arcspace.com/architects/calatrava/planetarium/</a></span><br /></span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-39940702762660404952008-12-09T18:32:00.009+07:002009-02-04T14:50:06.434+07:00Songjiang hotel, Shanghai - Building Information Dec 2006 from Atkins<span style="font-weight: bold;">Atkins wins international design competition for Songjiang beauty spot hotel</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQwfbrKHZP2jHLm9dMBKKjcqHKp1nyMSHewXNmsglc11Z0LduJbChNKsqVJOPUuiuX-TDnfUXjtyfWE9HnPE3pl8xVlw0zPJI7C8KjIcSoy2WH9x7kt_7kQ8pllAmxadKCcW_R-rXINw/s1600-h/songjiang_shanghai_atkins1206_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQwfbrKHZP2jHLm9dMBKKjcqHKp1nyMSHewXNmsglc11Z0LduJbChNKsqVJOPUuiuX-TDnfUXjtyfWE9HnPE3pl8xVlw0zPJI7C8KjIcSoy2WH9x7kt_7kQ8pllAmxadKCcW_R-rXINw/s400/songjiang_shanghai_atkins1206_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277752957243670690" border="0" /></a>Songjiang hotel<br />image © Atkins<br /></div><br />Atkins has won an international competition to design a five-star resort hotel set within a beautiful water-filled quarry in the Songjiang district close to Shanghai in China. Its stunning concept designs inspired by the natural water and landscape features of the quarry captured the imagination of judges to quash competition from two other international firms.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQO65VVGAudNLRwI4f7dmAJXwID3wk_jWpiwY-wrIGzhXVkG6smegCbuqKBCgbEaLx5IY97jbXXBr1aK98NsXu5VNNkfkCn8GbVDAeHjvks7ZjvG6HE48eorb6S6SRkl95NNprZorsu0/s1600-h/songjiang_shanghai_atkins1206_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQO65VVGAudNLRwI4f7dmAJXwID3wk_jWpiwY-wrIGzhXVkG6smegCbuqKBCgbEaLx5IY97jbXXBr1aK98NsXu5VNNkfkCn8GbVDAeHjvks7ZjvG6HE48eorb6S6SRkl95NNprZorsu0/s400/songjiang_shanghai_atkins1206_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277752958415656610" border="0" /></a>Songjiang building<br />image © Atkins<br /><br />The innovative design of the 400-bed resort hotel stands two levels higher than the rock face of the 100 metre deep quarry and includes underwater public areas and guestrooms. It will incorporate conference facilities for up to 1,000 people, a banqueting centre, restaurants, cafés and sports facilities. Sustainability is integral to the design ranging from using green roofing for the structures above the ground level to geothermal energy extraction.<br /><br />An aquatic theme runs through the design both visually and functionally. Curved wings of the main body of the guestrooms enclose a naturally lit internal atrium, which uses the existing rock face with its waterfalls and green vegetation. This will be overlooked by guestroom balconies and contain restaurants and cafés at the base. Two underwater levels will house a restaurant and guestrooms facing a ten-metre deep aquarium. The lowest level of the hotel will contain a leisure complex with a swimming pool and water-based sports. An extreme sports centre for activities such as rock climbing and bungee jumping will be cantilevered over the quarry and accessed by special lifts from the water level of the hotel.<br /><br />Bristol-based Martin Jochman, who led the design team, says, "We drew our inspiration from the quarry setting itself, adopting the image of a green hill cascading down the natural rock face as a series of terraced landscaped hanging gardens. In the centre, we have created a transparent glass 'waterfall' from a central vertical circulation atrium connecting the quarry base with the ground level. This replicates the natural waterfalls on the existing quarry face."<br />The Songjiang district is a natural beauty spot close to Shanghai and an increasingly popular weekend and holiday destination for Shanghai residents and other visitors. The new resort hotel will help to meet growing demand and offer an additional attraction for this unique district.<br /><br />The project is Atkins' eighth design competition win in China this year. It also reinforces the company's international reputation for exceptional hotel design. The design was the result of collaboration between Atkins' teams in Bristol and Shanghai. It was led by Martin Jochman in Bristol and involved Paul Rice, Hu Yali, Ding Fang, Zhang Jian and Vivian Chen from Shanghai.<br /><br />Songjiang hotel, China: Building PR 20 Dec 2006 from Atkins, Architects<br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.e-architect.co.uk/shanghai/songjiang_shanghai.htm"><br /><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">www.e-architect.co.uk</span></span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-5979505637113895002008-12-05T13:17:00.011+07:002009-02-04T14:50:16.836+07:00Welcome Future Top 9 Unique Structures<span style="font-weight: bold;">Top 9 unique structures should be built soon...</span><br /><br />They are have construction technologies are advancing extremely quickly. Couple that with multi-billionaires / deep-pocketed companies trying to out do each other in the quest for the next standout design and you have a near-future filled with mile-high skyscrapers and buildings that no longer look like buildings.<br /><br />Below are 9 strange and unique structures which have either been approved or are in the final stages of approval, some have already been partially constructed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1.Aqua, USA</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO0s5DihA5GLr2lrPS6pOBLsw6fdudS9HmF3sgZCQRZ3vFiagmMBX2suuh4xrH5SI3NOMT1H6JnCDfvFDibjOhf6vA85tP9aqqQcJ1WYIiXld5ehjbY0CPGm5D3ZpkM1cghSWcONzvdM/s1600-h/1+aqua,+usa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFO0s5DihA5GLr2lrPS6pOBLsw6fdudS9HmF3sgZCQRZ3vFiagmMBX2suuh4xrH5SI3NOMT1H6JnCDfvFDibjOhf6vA85tP9aqqQcJ1WYIiXld5ehjbY0CPGm5D3ZpkM1cghSWcONzvdM/s400/1+aqua,+usa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186898204744962" border="0" /></a><br />To be completed in 2009 in Chicago, from a distance this skyscraper, will seem quite traditional. It’ll only be when you get close and look up that you can appreciate the ripple/jelly effect created by variously sized balconies from top to bottom.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2. Chicago Spire, USA</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql7F7PSxinm8A6iYkLETQ_s63klRTiK0TOn7uDjjykwbVd-PJ0UjL6HXVruTb5s5-ZrKe53xxhvDae9pNfp2xL1y5AopZ1JdqFTTL9cvE_0QP1v3hy3tzjxl43IhYzj5hE7BjeCz4eXg/s1600-h/2+chicago+spire,+usa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhql7F7PSxinm8A6iYkLETQ_s63klRTiK0TOn7uDjjykwbVd-PJ0UjL6HXVruTb5s5-ZrKe53xxhvDae9pNfp2xL1y5AopZ1JdqFTTL9cvE_0QP1v3hy3tzjxl43IhYzj5hE7BjeCz4eXg/s400/2+chicago+spire,+usa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186894939823122" border="0" /></a>The Phenomenal Chicago Spire, when completed in 2010, will be the world’s tallest residential building and the tallest building of any kind in the western world. Seemingly modeled on the image of a giant drill poking through the ground, the 609m structure will dominate the Chicago skyline.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3. CCTV Headquarters, China</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS88YuwYOgQ4Z_ZVdyczm4UXNB7Uoc8Z-hOqT1SuvhRCCffKMB8n9hKA1ECYKwjGuoLAAklrMFvvN9lc2magYFfJs8LCdLdVWtRogWrUpe4O2NdHW3NqAdHOhZ1nc2iyUD_2N2Im31Xk/s1600-h/3+cctv+headquarters,+china.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS88YuwYOgQ4Z_ZVdyczm4UXNB7Uoc8Z-hOqT1SuvhRCCffKMB8n9hKA1ECYKwjGuoLAAklrMFvvN9lc2magYFfJs8LCdLdVWtRogWrUpe4O2NdHW3NqAdHOhZ1nc2iyUD_2N2Im31Xk/s400/3+cctv+headquarters,+china.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186888968539218" border="0" /></a><br />At a modest 234m the cctv building isn’t going to stand out from a distance. However the design and shape is a crowd stopper to say the least and will be another incredible addition to Beijing ’s skyline in time for the 2008 Olympics. The shape, described as a ‘z criss-cross’ results in a very high, seemingly unsupported corner at the front. let’s hope there’s a glass floor up there.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4. Regatta Hotel, Jakarta</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzkTHs_oWlqmc5wsxlYoPB0BSP6-AoNmm-Gdz9zoPVhuv3A1fUDsozfCsZHWdW6_1d2E2d_jx7kyhzYHBuWQCXRP-tuWjJdjHncK0_lT2bldndmd5Qfwc1kpMX5wfJZVfKThWd2Ubqog/s1600-h/4+regatta+hotel,+jakarta.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzkTHs_oWlqmc5wsxlYoPB0BSP6-AoNmm-Gdz9zoPVhuv3A1fUDsozfCsZHWdW6_1d2E2d_jx7kyhzYHBuWQCXRP-tuWjJdjHncK0_lT2bldndmd5Qfwc1kpMX5wfJZVfKThWd2Ubqog/s400/4+regatta+hotel,+jakarta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186885483795602" border="0" /></a><br />Taking on a nautical theme, the developers say the 10 smaller towers represent sailing boats whilst the larger building is ‘the lighthouse’. It’s the lighthouse that steals the show for me, possibly the most incredible looking structure I’ve seen for a long time. If it ends up looking anything close to these pictures I’ll be impressed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. Residence Antilia, India (Architects’ Website )</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNQTJB19QcUrv71SCTf6n_4fzpoiiM4ZTTKxDG12xVuNy75NIEQvTuAuoTdcB0mh3BkF1QRiCh1Ne9sZBiAAo1leCycfexvqILGtlJsRUbwBCRU71Cqp31tdMKOHdhBgQM38IfwncgYM/s1600-h/5+residence+antilia,+india.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNQTJB19QcUrv71SCTf6n_4fzpoiiM4ZTTKxDG12xVuNy75NIEQvTuAuoTdcB0mh3BkF1QRiCh1Ne9sZBiAAo1leCycfexvqILGtlJsRUbwBCRU71Cqp31tdMKOHdhBgQM38IfwncgYM/s400/5+residence+antilia,+india.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186645122487426" border="0" /></a><br />Construction has begun on residence antilia despite opposition from those who see it as an ‘excessive’ design in a city where more than 65% of the population live in slums. Politics aside and after you recover from the initial shock of seeing a skyscraper that resembles an Ikea CD rack, the building actually looks like it may succeed as a stunning, unique, green piece of architecture.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">6. Russia Tower, Russia</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIzsTj-vG9OfdQcV8aV8oMYnoyxJPIY10x2mL0vvvPTunQJwayryBDCFyOF_eVP7CFnM52QuYnMZbYH0j_vhSpUHSrrAVRL5mD0_qHkgNZbZ1J4_n0pNuqU42_bM_wE7U-3AtRQDarIY/s1600-h/6+russia+tower,+russia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIzsTj-vG9OfdQcV8aV8oMYnoyxJPIY10x2mL0vvvPTunQJwayryBDCFyOF_eVP7CFnM52QuYnMZbYH0j_vhSpUHSrrAVRL5mD0_qHkgNZbZ1J4_n0pNuqU42_bM_wE7U-3AtRQDarIY/s400/6+russia+tower,+russia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186644770974930" border="0" /></a><br />Topped with an observation deck over the city of Moscow , Russia Tower will become the tallest building in Europe when completed in 2012 and twice the height of the Eiffel tower. Construction has already started on this angular beast which was designed by Foster & Partners, also responsible for the gherkin and spaceport America, currently in development.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">7. Penang Blobal City Centre, Malaysia</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HODMYhlGMV22AqsHKU8_V21GL3TgCMlphEZuiYaTlgszTQdyxDpuYcDCVzi9CKg76SLCnLOlEiuw-m_-67TXcZO6c5gaHixTmggva9qaB-2Cor6Pb4-5Xem5-wxWSDf6cAN5wm8OtQQ/s1600-h/7+penang+global+city+centre,+malaysia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HODMYhlGMV22AqsHKU8_V21GL3TgCMlphEZuiYaTlgszTQdyxDpuYcDCVzi9CKg76SLCnLOlEiuw-m_-67TXcZO6c5gaHixTmggva9qaB-2Cor6Pb4-5Xem5-wxWSDf6cAN5wm8OtQQ/s400/7+penang+global+city+centre,+malaysia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186638903184850" border="0" /></a><br />Following months of speculation and sturdy opposition, this humungous project is in the final stages of approval and apparently construction will start very soon. Even so, due to the size of the plan it will take at least 15 years to complete. Resembling a sci-fi city, the area will be crowned by 2 x 200m towers and completely transform the small island of Penang .<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">8. Gazprom Headquarters, Russia (Architects’ Website )</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlecVkyZch7_QkjR6yJKNFs2SCZLpvGlhOHt0NA7gosxiPrcD6vh1IMek2xN5jEIjAOEW8rM_vVFjKOfkxizVfkeSTwLTb_LFWyhne38E0R2rXyhF6roKTCF8XAudfi3720EDqZX2Ur8/s1600-h/8+gazprom+headquarters,+russia.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlecVkyZch7_QkjR6yJKNFs2SCZLpvGlhOHt0NA7gosxiPrcD6vh1IMek2xN5jEIjAOEW8rM_vVFjKOfkxizVfkeSTwLTb_LFWyhne38E0R2rXyhF6roKTCF8XAudfi3720EDqZX2Ur8/s400/8+gazprom+headquarters,+russia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186635200278850" border="0" /></a><br />This gigantic, 300m tall glass flame of a building will house the gazprom headquarters in St. Petersburg , dwarfing all structures in its vicinity. It will apparently change colour up to 10 times per day depending on the position of the sun. The building has already been nicknamed ‘corn on the cob’ by unhappy locals.<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">9. Burj Dubai, Dubai</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9i_icRc0L6Qffh4UAYd2Kgn5r0yjH8b-UFOo7AkPvI_ZH4GG3bC8UZX-NFbjfW6r5he46DcBVu9tEVb7PqO06usTt0JxGV9N32ZYDU2f_MuKo2lUYZW6IRHLAb9b3lNZKas-Ag64WNiA/s1600-h/9+burj+dubai,+dubai.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9i_icRc0L6Qffh4UAYd2Kgn5r0yjH8b-UFOo7AkPvI_ZH4GG3bC8UZX-NFbjfW6r5he46DcBVu9tEVb7PqO06usTt0JxGV9N32ZYDU2f_MuKo2lUYZW6IRHLAb9b3lNZKas-Ag64WNiA/s400/9+burj+dubai,+dubai.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276186637338492706" border="0" /></a><br />This is the big one. When completed next year it will be the tallest man-made structure in the world and the tallest building by a long shot with a predicted height of 818m. Note: currently the tallest building on earth, excluding an antenna, is Taipei 101 in Taiwan which stands at 509m. The photo below is the building’s current state: the skyscrapers below the Burj Dubai used to look tall.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-87579519431609183882008-12-04T13:32:00.010+07:002009-02-04T14:50:34.270+07:00Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre by Zaha Hadid<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1haNcMJO3I8yAUQLsMsA7eEk6XjronxOSDei4x7lCcJCtf5UZul0gsxFizGhuVYhza3AfRXkw0RSfBaVMLI0dKccjsj65HK90sGdk3JTvmunQAVZPXlA3thF3JL8cVV5ELv8ORDn-jA/s1600-h/abu_dhabi2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj1haNcMJO3I8yAUQLsMsA7eEk6XjronxOSDei4x7lCcJCtf5UZul0gsxFizGhuVYhza3AfRXkw0RSfBaVMLI0dKccjsj65HK90sGdk3JTvmunQAVZPXlA3thF3JL8cVV5ELv8ORDn-jA/s400/abu_dhabi2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275820049943241346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4f0WSLlcdnnsYLvJXkrZ3YAaOFRNpKJ9rwrTzCubn5QOKvUSrRClOMKI6gqTMWAZ8g06Rc3ZcHVeVZreNI-dfo4KwdWhgBx9pD980JpIvE_5ALcD65GW2zMvTcWr-ojaWRpxcEHLwrM/s1600-h/abu_dhabi.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4f0WSLlcdnnsYLvJXkrZ3YAaOFRNpKJ9rwrTzCubn5QOKvUSrRClOMKI6gqTMWAZ8g06Rc3ZcHVeVZreNI-dfo4KwdWhgBx9pD980JpIvE_5ALcD65GW2zMvTcWr-ojaWRpxcEHLwrM/s400/abu_dhabi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275820045636488034" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Zaha Hadid Architects announce the design of the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre a new cultural institution for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of the Tourism Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi (TDIC). Zaha Hadid unveiled the design of the new Performing Arts Centre at a press conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE today.<span id="more-442"></span> </p> <p>Hadid’s Performing Arts Centre concept, a 62 metre high building is proposing to house five theatres a music hall, concert hall, opera house, drama theatre and a flexible theatre with a combined seating capacity for 6,300. The Centre may also house an Academy of Performing Arts.</p> <p>The Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre will be one of five major cultural institutions on the new 270-hectacre cultural district of Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi - developed by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of the Tourism Development and Investment Company of Abu Dhabi (TDIC).</p> <p>Zaha Hadid describes the design of the Performing Arts Centre as a sculptural form that emerges from a linear intersection of pedestrian paths within the cultural district, gradually developing into a growing organism that sprouts a network of successive branches.</p><p style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.yankodesign.com/images/design_news/2007/02/2/abu_dhabi.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.yankodesign.com/2007/02/02/abu-dhabi-performing-arts-centre-by-zaha-hadid/&usg=__JKNdGrltdbThBzpA6bawB99H1VQ=&h=312&w=468&sz=56&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=zC--gIPHHTDtWM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dzaha%2Bhadid%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG">www.yankodesign.com</a></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-33310225138652554672008-12-03T18:01:00.008+07:002009-02-04T14:50:46.728+07:00COR Miami<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEnigkCh8ikMoWTpW5AsAY2XsR38tZtj0pt8GauMrFw6gBRkfzA1hlfvBoD2SV3saTyUlj80C_B1G4u0CWMQIvMIUWcH88UdFAH5dVkTxKLTVNSG7pfgsLK9l6-18cG4jkb4hgN8NwJw/s1600-h/cormiami2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxEnigkCh8ikMoWTpW5AsAY2XsR38tZtj0pt8GauMrFw6gBRkfzA1hlfvBoD2SV3saTyUlj80C_B1G4u0CWMQIvMIUWcH88UdFAH5dVkTxKLTVNSG7pfgsLK9l6-18cG4jkb4hgN8NwJw/s400/cormiami2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275517846488513074" border="0" /></a><br />A new hi-rise in miami’s design district takes green architecture to a new height. The residential/commercial space integrates the greenest in green: wind turbines, photovoltaic panels and solar hot water generation.<br /><br />Designed by Chad Oppeheim<br /><br /><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://linearchitecture.com/">linearchitecture.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-67120694110321319832008-12-03T17:51:00.011+07:002009-02-04T14:51:03.842+07:00What Would be the Urban Architecture in 2050?Found a very good article on <a href="http://weburbanist.com/" target="_blank">Web Urbanist</a> listing 5 futuristic building designs for sustainable, ecological, and agriculture skyscrapers. <a title="Las Vegas Skyscraper Farm" href="http://www.slashfood.com/search/?q=nextenergynews.com">Las Vegas</a> is mentioned to be one of the first places where you can find the world’s first vertical 30-story farm. I’m pretty sure that we’ll see few of those in our lifetime as well.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3M9Fw-5Os7OBnc08iSO_g839YNNl1eVSQPvMmhgRMTil1yyML5_vEnE-Ru0Wlz_lDNvf8_e5_24K9wdPoFFEN9Jq62OLjXcX7Da1aUUSL9IIOzAYiUTESnBof0CGhKOLzqfhDpMd974/s1600-h/ecological-skyscraper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 359px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3M9Fw-5Os7OBnc08iSO_g839YNNl1eVSQPvMmhgRMTil1yyML5_vEnE-Ru0Wlz_lDNvf8_e5_24K9wdPoFFEN9Jq62OLjXcX7Da1aUUSL9IIOzAYiUTESnBof0CGhKOLzqfhDpMd974/s400/ecological-skyscraper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275516888212063442" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeEJmnHdkspcFx4QarYwA5Bbj4KQP4HTZFs1ozcWxzirrYpyvgHnARm1EpbICnaryxzc7X4ylZrbVUG0grufehMevOYTm1TPTEuLd244IWigpWBuX9LE1YfrfaEfsVSvDRDjbZI0FgbA/s1600-h/ecoskyscraper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilYrTZRJAMtiZj5M7khzhOrZLcg992uoaUMTbXQto4WtPrkpFqqnZPBb0kkwSjU4u5UdCc5BvceYNk1aVyneCZlPbaOiMoa1Qz3u5hlYJZnHrI9hW7g_pNie_iD2JH7c7EOX_YWWYr1Og/s400/1570_1_468.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275444627531140498" border="0" /></a><br /><p></p><p>The Z.CAR is a three-wheeled two-seat city car by prolific Iraki designer Zaha Hadid and it’s one of the most interesting new designs we have seen in a while, using the hinged rear suspension to facilitate a variable (speed adjusted) wheelbase so the car can be better at both country and city driving. In town, the drive-by-wire Z.CAR sits more upright to offer the driver a better view in traffic and to make parking easier - a shortened wheelbase requires less space. At higher speeds the pod lowers around 10 degrees, on the hinged rear suspension, lengthening the wheelbase for greater high speed stability, moving the car’s centre of gravity closer to the road for better handling and tilting the teardrop shape backwards for lower frontal area and improved aerodynamics. The lightweight carbon-fibre composite Z.CAR is hydrogen powered by design, but “there is a functional prototype in development with a British manufacturer, with the fruits expected to be unveiled within 7-12 months” according to inside sources. We think the Z.CAR is ready for prime-time, but not in hydrogen format – there are alternatives but let’s hope a path to market is negotiated because this vehicle promises much. The projected price of the Z.CAR is said to be approximately UKP35,000 (US$65,000). (Giz Magazine)</p><p><em><a href="http://www.arabaquarius.blogspot.com/">arabaquarius.blogspot.com</a></em></p><p></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-8197808077998088232008-12-03T13:09:00.013+07:002009-02-04T14:51:16.379+07:00The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KUR2t2axP6ARL1xIbjLBTXLaRqik4Z5Nc207ek6VkHOpF3JXF4Vay3khnVQ2hi24b-hZqQiK8G2m_mhzIgZgExK4LB0reTlk187_khyphenhyphenFjJR1hOO4PklG3d-HrrV0ho_CSwZEmoxG7ns/s1600-h/17271_1_468.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KUR2t2axP6ARL1xIbjLBTXLaRqik4Z5Nc207ek6VkHOpF3JXF4Vay3khnVQ2hi24b-hZqQiK8G2m_mhzIgZgExK4LB0reTlk187_khyphenhyphenFjJR1hOO4PklG3d-HrrV0ho_CSwZEmoxG7ns/s400/17271_1_468.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275443113489505986" border="0" /></a><br /><p></p><p>Trend Hunter has featured numerous designs by the talented Zaha Hadid. Here we present you with her latest design that won a competition to design the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania.<br /></p><br />According to Zaha Hadid Architects, “The new centre for international art will house pieces from collections of both the New York based Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the St. Petersburg based State Hermitage Museum.”<br /><br />Hadid said in a statement, “I am delighted to be working in Vilnius on the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum. The city will be the European Capital of Culture in 2009 and has a long history of art patronage. With such an interest in the arts, Vilnius will continue to develop as a cultural centre where the connection between culture and public life is critical. This museum will be a place where you can experiment with the idea of galleries, spatial complexity and movement.”<p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs55oEd9C_a4L2dgGFsY3QFXZoPhabbBkgBaLSpGI8dNo1l603ms112-mvtsvBNss3AnjonlluDbv5nC7cj7XrjnMvpwUWYRcRUFIuSaaOwBSz-sf2mmPIpRBso74m3pG2oqqsFCaBI8/s1600-h/17271_2_468.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzs55oEd9C_a4L2dgGFsY3QFXZoPhabbBkgBaLSpGI8dNo1l603ms112-mvtsvBNss3AnjonlluDbv5nC7cj7XrjnMvpwUWYRcRUFIuSaaOwBSz-sf2mmPIpRBso74m3pG2oqqsFCaBI8/s400/17271_2_468.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275443108943281074" border="0" /></a><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEmsmy2KMynQurZLFn4GFSB99cF-we6n0q8uS8i4ZdLsxJB2p3erxXKKrC9s5EqJgc2-uB3I77XAwXXixn_BxTEhCWlQvO06nDTh7ARd04DjtGvbzYxrv_S3C6HqaKEiolCpUle8bQ_0/s1600-h/17271_3_468.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEmsmy2KMynQurZLFn4GFSB99cF-we6n0q8uS8i4ZdLsxJB2p3erxXKKrC9s5EqJgc2-uB3I77XAwXXixn_BxTEhCWlQvO06nDTh7ARd04DjtGvbzYxrv_S3C6HqaKEiolCpUle8bQ_0/s400/17271_3_468.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275443106088200914" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk72tfLg7F-pvBaOOV8u2Xkd8vmS3we8o9kAoEVi2Qe_IWRKj3sakpjcW8CEBVEm5O8I0T0QvdppeIS2vxkpSSkcZVwxzfvSG_22EqeaXh5rcwZkHKs51MNimjqohI4U2exOnlUxdVOA/s1600-h/17271_4_468.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAk72tfLg7F-pvBaOOV8u2Xkd8vmS3we8o9kAoEVi2Qe_IWRKj3sakpjcW8CEBVEm5O8I0T0QvdppeIS2vxkpSSkcZVwxzfvSG_22EqeaXh5rcwZkHKs51MNimjqohI4U2exOnlUxdVOA/s400/17271_4_468.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275443104676563714" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5n4bkK5zoA0G6debRtDHTjXuTz1ZehWnLq1jDwYO8h-peXIcB-cpixY90MvC5-VAlZ0L49uiCo-F69hHJmm0MBJ9kh6Ge2thlDn0EVeuvq56M5gfzV24-kNcY6ssvXvXqqc5Kr79XW4/s1600-h/17271_5_468.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ5n4bkK5zoA0G6debRtDHTjXuTz1ZehWnLq1jDwYO8h-peXIcB-cpixY90MvC5-VAlZ0L49uiCo-F69hHJmm0MBJ9kh6Ge2thlDn0EVeuvq56M5gfzV24-kNcY6ssvXvXqqc5Kr79XW4/s400/17271_5_468.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275443100009336850" border="0" /></a><br /><p><em><a href="http://www.arabaquarius.blogspot.com/">arabaquarius.blogspot.com</a></em></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-80508907427647920982008-12-03T11:51:00.011+07:002009-02-04T15:07:22.299+07:00Green Roof Art school in Singapore<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcNTtfh8wzg3T6XFVNraH_q1ibtZMbV18MUHm4F-PmPbMTDe233JFYfZOEp15ZcIIazvib_y4kQ9hSmNF5rRCwBcvVTuRQt3rNrRIhAcp-7LP3K3ToumzeLjCoaoaQG7svS1hViNAkZE/s1600-h/nanyang1_thumb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcNTtfh8wzg3T6XFVNraH_q1ibtZMbV18MUHm4F-PmPbMTDe233JFYfZOEp15ZcIIazvib_y4kQ9hSmNF5rRCwBcvVTuRQt3rNrRIhAcp-7LP3K3ToumzeLjCoaoaQG7svS1hViNAkZE/s400/nanyang1_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275423395710572498" /></a><br /><p>This amazing architecture is situated in Singapore at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University. It’s a 5 story facility with an all glass façade to provide a high performance building envelope that reduces solar gain and heat load while allowing the benefits of natural views and daylight into creative spaces.<br /></p><p>Finishes are intentionally raw to act as a backdrop for the art, media and design projects. Concrete walls and columns, cement-sand screeded floors, timber railings and a neutral palette define the interior spaces which vary in shape and size. This amazing design seems to offer a new experience at every elevation or perspective fulfilling the intent that a school for art should inspire creativity.</p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RP2xJXtCVqwdZ8Nyod7VOVERwxjU-JCCRd48IFtGf213iXa2ErPtNnq48_fIiGsCr6N7E0ls3mHklzUEmXWuyEAvvWRp5a9cMEvQ5X8Jfg30_ayAMGA9L3WVf-luG2y5F14ymhHVtN8/s1600-h/nanyang6_thumb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RP2xJXtCVqwdZ8Nyod7VOVERwxjU-JCCRd48IFtGf213iXa2ErPtNnq48_fIiGsCr6N7E0ls3mHklzUEmXWuyEAvvWRp5a9cMEvQ5X8Jfg30_ayAMGA9L3WVf-luG2y5F14ymhHVtN8/s400/nanyang6_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275423390204769938" /></a><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimim7Vk289u94xD3sG6a6mhfSUfe315uGtDcsJMRlxoPfMtuU7xbbaUg7nblAZ3sJ08FKrtdKtPd43ZrRZG1NE4dpBh-Hfzgy1G9QOzvIxmIZvYwhTQcuiWapZsNlQ7yOkXimE-VvNUho/s1600-h/nanyang3_thumb.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 349px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1i36UoS94OV5m687lEy0iQoBFcS2lqKXguCEM7QQdIqzSlNGh8kOIeaGbfeg9Je1U0-X2qyBIPtqOm5IKz7Vx1nKsCeUcKgYfHqxSn3RRKOFx4mpWtepbBabjnAmOXFuIraVRPZkBMg/s400/origamic-architecture-willem.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275420610263461522" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the Japanese paperfolding art of origami, cutting the paper is frowned upon. But in 1981, Masahiro Chatani, professor of Architecture at Tokyo Institute of Technology proved that papercutting could indeed produce stunning pieces of art.<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br />Along with his colleague Keiko Nakazawa, Chatani developed Origamic Architecture, a variation of kirigami (itself a variation of origami where cuts were allowed), where you only needed an X-acto knife and a ruler to create complex 3-dimensional structures out of a single sheet of paper.<br /><br />Origamic Architecture sculptures range from (the relatively simple) geometric patterns to famous buildings’ facades. It’s like 3-D pop-up greeting cards, but much, much more complex. While looking at the examples below, keep this in mind: everything’s done with the simple cuts of the knife.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDOoH9ozx240oC81bQvzKPTBmt4I4Q2N20Ljp1XyLlaitD6F8Fdmz1MpuwhsRUCvPDs7roSIcQLzc9aQDcF75E-km4q26WFlsF02o6c-gI8fCroobo7asJuC8Xhw7buv6-FzK7q0Ka5g/s1600-h/origamic-architecture-stairs.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIDOoH9ozx240oC81bQvzKPTBmt4I4Q2N20Ljp1XyLlaitD6F8Fdmz1MpuwhsRUCvPDs7roSIcQLzc9aQDcF75E-km4q26WFlsF02o6c-gI8fCroobo7asJuC8Xhw7buv6-FzK7q0Ka5g/s400/origamic-architecture-stairs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275403283372061106" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWr06aZgHmcRCD1mOpawckE1QkJEPgC1swnzKe52nWi4Seq19ImM7tc8jrxqC90ijeHs71J7xKjdvlVco1xdOrforoZydfHZ3SAKPCyD4WBBZUgagFPVYjPmgPhHk6pbmf1BBxBm9I04/s1600-h/origamic-architecture-sideways-steps.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWr06aZgHmcRCD1mOpawckE1QkJEPgC1swnzKe52nWi4Seq19ImM7tc8jrxqC90ijeHs71J7xKjdvlVco1xdOrforoZydfHZ3SAKPCyD4WBBZUgagFPVYjPmgPhHk6pbmf1BBxBm9I04/s400/origamic-architecture-sideways-steps.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275403281722314946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVCB-qvAAkEuKbjv1gnyvcCBw1keKXrPNQZxJ-6TNw_pKNfXgY2lP8w7E2jk-zJfhXyqaYVtJFPOLZPz7h9VM2gMBauKcwqx1FACnEYX8KTo2X97QxK6PQ-pvKwdGQziN1ttHMGygAXI/s1600-h/origamic-architecture-chatani-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVCB-qvAAkEuKbjv1gnyvcCBw1keKXrPNQZxJ-6TNw_pKNfXgY2lP8w7E2jk-zJfhXyqaYVtJFPOLZPz7h9VM2gMBauKcwqx1FACnEYX8KTo2X97QxK6PQ-pvKwdGQziN1ttHMGygAXI/s400/origamic-architecture-chatani-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275403280294672482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxB8tmn_DIQ87LS-ysKOnXEesGtCgYXtMa_Kwvq0mnzJU8L2GSkW9yn_QwowSdQniYcZveQ2UKZ3eQx0wIQMaO49H05LrhP451rAyijGMIr0d6Fyc8s-19Rb3BDkBxDn6iyCUvZ8TnHs/s1600-h/origamic-architecture-chatani.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxB8tmn_DIQ87LS-ysKOnXEesGtCgYXtMa_Kwvq0mnzJU8L2GSkW9yn_QwowSdQniYcZveQ2UKZ3eQx0wIQMaO49H05LrhP451rAyijGMIr0d6Fyc8s-19Rb3BDkBxDn6iyCUvZ8TnHs/s400/origamic-architecture-chatani.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275403277686266114" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.indianpad.com/"><em>www.indianpad.com</em></a></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112022280535928594.post-66512858472571946592008-11-12T18:26:00.017+07:002010-12-06T13:08:02.455+07:00Dynamic Architecture, A Green Environmental Tower - Dubai<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklqpa0qjrxsd-9cnxkG6U6ZVDagNxrv7NX5eB_Z4r2BzmCfhe4NQ_ysnYLyOk0LzigfQ5oqhIvl53ibvHme6RyF8ofGg8Hy8Mzo0XAHkoByhWRHttWMDM1WoFZsFVbDy9-GZ4eLWabS8/s1600-h/first+revolution,+the+new+era.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklqpa0qjrxsd-9cnxkG6U6ZVDagNxrv7NX5eB_Z4r2BzmCfhe4NQ_ysnYLyOk0LzigfQ5oqhIvl53ibvHme6RyF8ofGg8Hy8Mzo0XAHkoByhWRHttWMDM1WoFZsFVbDy9-GZ4eLWabS8/s400/first+revolution,+the+new+era.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275407686619406146" border="0" /></a><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The Dynamic Architecture building, which will be constantly in motion changing its shape, will be able to generate electric energy for itself as well as for other buildings. Forty-eight wind turbines fitted between each rotating floors as well as the solar panels positioned on the roof of the building will produce energy from wind and the sunlight, with no risk of pollution. The total energy produced by this inbuilt ‘powerhouse' every year will be worth approximately seven million dollars.<br />Each turbine can produce 0.3 megawatt of electricity, compared to 1-1.5 megawatt generated by a normal vertical turbine (windmill). Considering that Dubai gets 4,000 wind hours annually, the turbines incorporated into the building can generate 1,200,000 kilowatt-hour of energy.<br />As average annual power consumption of a family is estimated to be 24,000 kilowatt-hour, each turbine can supply energy for about 50 families. The Dynamic Architecture tower in Dubai will be having 200 apartments and hence four turbines can take care of their energy needs. The surplus clean energy produced by the remaining 44 turbines can light up the neighborhood of the building.<br />However, taking into consideration that the average wind speed in Dubai is of only 16 km/h the architects may need to double the number of turbines to light up the building to eight. Still there will be 40 free turbines, good enough to supply power for five skyscrapers of the same size.<br /><br />The horizontal turbines of the Dynamic Architecture building are simply inserted between the floors, practically invisible. They neither need a pole nor a concrete foundation. In addition, they are at zero distance from the consumer, which makes maintenance easier.<br />The modern design of the building and the carbon fiber special shape of the wings take care of the acoustics issues. Producing that much electric energy without any implication on the aesthetic aspect of the building is a revolutionary step in tapping alternative energy sources. Furthermore, this energy will have a positive impact on the environment and economy</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHxNnB2IMvRJ0O_pDO-nEea9P-jRi6XHtxrq6nvFmuk2YZImS9I2LoQYUfHHTiPJPp1uYXTCvzIyFss1pbaTcHlC5vLdmeE5q9_GE3l4jdhK0xlsvcpHnFOrSdiQgaEeyG9WNX14OMFs/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSHxNnB2IMvRJ0O_pDO-nEea9P-jRi6XHtxrq6nvFmuk2YZImS9I2LoQYUfHHTiPJPp1uYXTCvzIyFss1pbaTcHlC5vLdmeE5q9_GE3l4jdhK0xlsvcpHnFOrSdiQgaEeyG9WNX14OMFs/s400/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275407681243290482" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em><a href="http://dynamicarchitecture.net/">info@dynamicarchitecture.net</a></em></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10856841804582995407noreply@blogger.com