Theme Specific Project Development
http://weheartit.com/entry/561205/via/radiogirls
This week we discussed how our conceptual ideas could be transformed into real architectural solutions. It's not good enough to propose that we will 'bolt on' green space to existing buildings, this needs to be developed further and more thought needs to be placed into this concept.
We wanted to go back to the source of the issues: overpopulation
How could we represent this issue through our design as a means of solving the issue or just providing relief to assist with the issue?
Discussion was based around how this would also relate back to Australian capital and the Australian Parliament. We were guided in the direction of a public forum, a travelling one, perhaps in the form of a theatre/exhibition space.
travelling house
The Carapace House is intended for use in "challenging natural environments." Similar to Lab Zero's own Drop Off Unit, the Carapace House is temporary, mobile, and easy to "drop off" in a variety of locations. All of which brings us to the Jellyfish House – not that Jellyfish House – a kind of floating tower perfect for those of us interested in "spatial delocation."
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/mobile-minimalism_24.html
infomab10 pavilion.studio kawamura ganjavian
In Madrid, Spain, Infomab10 by Studio Kawamura Ganjavian is a pavilion designed and built in record time and within record budget. It consists of an off-the-shelf 28m³ glass-fiber reinforced polyester water tank that was intervened. 100 circular perforations allow speckles of natural light to flood the space during the day, whereas during the night they project the internal light towards the outside like a constellation. Two doors allow circulation through the space.
http://plusmood.com/2011/04/infomab10-pavilion-studio-kawamura-ganjavian/
mobile chaplet
http://weheartit.com/entry/561205/via/radiogirls
This week we discussed how our conceptual ideas could be transformed into real architectural solutions. It's not good enough to propose that we will 'bolt on' green space to existing buildings, this needs to be developed further and more thought needs to be placed into this concept.
We wanted to go back to the source of the issues: overpopulation
How could we represent this issue through our design as a means of solving the issue or just providing relief to assist with the issue?
Discussion was based around how this would also relate back to Australian capital and the Australian Parliament. We were guided in the direction of a public forum, a travelling one, perhaps in the form of a theatre/exhibition space.
travelling house
Ever since Archigram presented the Suitaloon in 1968, (image 1), ideas have been put forward for minimalist shelters that one can carry on their back. This looks like just about the simplest one yet- a poncho designed to turn into a tent.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11/carry-your-house-on-your-back-wearable-tent.php
mobile operating theatre
This Mobile Theatre travels the length of NZ on a regular timetable, stopping at isolated rural communities where the residents do not have easy access to a hospitalVic goes on to say: One of the major modifications to the unit, is a 60 kva generator that runs off the PTO. It is capable of running the surgery should there be an external power failure, and is a significant feat of engineering. If power is lost, an onboard UPS provides energy while the truck automatically starts, ensuring a seamless transfer.The trailer unit is 2.5m wide and 4.2m in height, and when deployed it extends to 5m in width. Four hydraulic rams level the unit, and another four extend the sides out to their fully opened position.
http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/2008/09/mobile-operating-theatresheres.html
theatre of the people
There was never in Sri Lanka a troupe of actors that traveled beyond those facilities in the cities, carrying a Mobile Theatre and performing in it to cater those rural masses. After many efforts, Janakaraliya presented the first ever Mobile Theatre to Sri Lankan society. The possibilities afforded by the collapsible mobile theatre hall are unique in many ways. Dramatists in Sri Lanka are accustomed to the picture frame (proscenium) theatre. Performance is direct from one side of the theatre to the spectators on the other side. Janakaraliya Mobile Theatre was designed and constructed as a ‘New Arena Theatre’. Performance can be audienced from all four sides. Also, a director could use this theatre as a ‘thrust’ theatre and the audience will then see the play from three sides. Sri Lanka still doesn’t have even a fixed theatre with such flexibility. This modern, collapsible mobile theatre has an audience capacity of 800 adults or 900 children. It could be dismantled with minimum effort and transported in two trucks, to any part of the country. Dismantling, reinstallation and transportation as well as other necessary activities connected to the Mobile Theatre are done by the Full-time Theatre Group.
There was never in Sri Lanka a troupe of actors that traveled beyond those facilities in the cities, carrying a Mobile Theatre and performing in it to cater those rural masses. After many efforts, Janakaraliya presented the first ever Mobile Theatre to Sri Lankan society. The possibilities afforded by the collapsible mobile theatre hall are unique in many ways. Dramatists in Sri Lanka are accustomed to the picture frame (proscenium) theatre. Performance is direct from one side of the theatre to the spectators on the other side. Janakaraliya Mobile Theatre was designed and constructed as a ‘New Arena Theatre’. Performance can be audienced from all four sides. Also, a director could use this theatre as a ‘thrust’ theatre and the audience will then see the play from three sides. Sri Lanka still doesn’t have even a fixed theatre with such flexibility. This modern, collapsible mobile theatre has an audience capacity of 800 adults or 900 children. It could be dismantled with minimum effort and transported in two trucks, to any part of the country. Dismantling, reinstallation and transportation as well as other necessary activities connected to the Mobile Theatre are done by the Full-time Theatre Group.
http://jan.netne.net/?page_id=12
mobile theatres for rural areas
The Kerala State Chalachitra Academy is planning to roll out mobile cinema theatres for the rural areas of the State.
The mobile theaters for rural areas, which will be arranged inside a bus, will have a seating capacity for thirty viewers.
‘Chitra Tarangam’ is being organised by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in association with the Children’s Film Society of India and the Directorate of Public Instruction.
http://kochireporter.com/2011/09/15/chalachitra-academy-plans-mobile-cinema-theatres-in-rural-areas/
prada transformer - portable, shape-changing cultural pavilion
Known as the Prada Transformer it is a portable, shape-shifting cultural pavilion designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Rem Koolhaas. Commissioned by the well known fashion brand Prada, the pavilion takes the form of a tetrahedron with one hexagonal face, one cross-shaped face, one rectangular face and one circular face. This humongous structure, transforms itself into a platform for various events like fashion shows, exhibitions, concerts by laying its different sides on the ground to create unique venues. Expected to make its first appearance in Seoul, Korea next month, this massive structure will definitely attract a lot of attention.
For five months this shape-shifting venue will host multiple interdisciplinary projects, bringing a unique mix of visual arts to Korea. The building, entirely covered with a smooth elastic membrane, will be flipped using cranes, promising visitors a new experience every time they visit.A masterpiece, it will definitely become a landmark in Korea’s history.
http://www.luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/prada_transformer_portable_shapechanging_cultural_pavilion.php
shipping container & other mobile houses
Lab Zero has put together a number of cool projects, including the solar-powered Minimum Mobile Module, pictured above, and the Carapace House, below.
mobile theatres for rural areas
The Kerala State Chalachitra Academy is planning to roll out mobile cinema theatres for the rural areas of the State.
The mobile theaters for rural areas, which will be arranged inside a bus, will have a seating capacity for thirty viewers.
‘Chitra Tarangam’ is being organised by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy in association with the Children’s Film Society of India and the Directorate of Public Instruction.
http://kochireporter.com/2011/09/15/chalachitra-academy-plans-mobile-cinema-theatres-in-rural-areas/
prada transformer - portable, shape-changing cultural pavilion
Known as the Prada Transformer it is a portable, shape-shifting cultural pavilion designed by Office for Metropolitan Architecture/Rem Koolhaas. Commissioned by the well known fashion brand Prada, the pavilion takes the form of a tetrahedron with one hexagonal face, one cross-shaped face, one rectangular face and one circular face. This humongous structure, transforms itself into a platform for various events like fashion shows, exhibitions, concerts by laying its different sides on the ground to create unique venues. Expected to make its first appearance in Seoul, Korea next month, this massive structure will definitely attract a lot of attention.
For five months this shape-shifting venue will host multiple interdisciplinary projects, bringing a unique mix of visual arts to Korea. The building, entirely covered with a smooth elastic membrane, will be flipped using cranes, promising visitors a new experience every time they visit.A masterpiece, it will definitely become a landmark in Korea’s history.
http://www.luxurylaunches.com/other_stuff/prada_transformer_portable_shapechanging_cultural_pavilion.php
shipping container & other mobile houses
Lab Zero has put together a number of cool projects, including the solar-powered Minimum Mobile Module, pictured above, and the Carapace House, below.
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/mobile-minimalism_24.html
infomab10 pavilion.studio kawamura ganjavian
In Madrid, Spain, Infomab10 by Studio Kawamura Ganjavian is a pavilion designed and built in record time and within record budget. It consists of an off-the-shelf 28m³ glass-fiber reinforced polyester water tank that was intervened. 100 circular perforations allow speckles of natural light to flood the space during the day, whereas during the night they project the internal light towards the outside like a constellation. Two doors allow circulation through the space.
http://plusmood.com/2011/04/infomab10-pavilion-studio-kawamura-ganjavian/
mobile chaplet
Mobile Chaplet is one of six portable spaces for reflection commissioned to travel to rural communities around the state of North Dakota as part of the Roberts Street Chaplet Project.
The conceptual starting points for Mobile Chaplet were the covered wagons that transported settlers to the Midwest, as well as the vaulted forms of traditional church naves. The design itself is the result of countless study models which explored the range of forms that could be created by weaving a series of rods of identical length (the form comes from variations in the distance spanned by each rod). The final pattern consists of two vaulted forms, one nested inside the other. Weaving was chosen as a method of construction in part because it allowed for a space that is simultaneously intimate and open to the surrounding prairie landscape. It was also chosen because the rods themselves reflected the linear nature of the paintings of the artist who commissioned the Chaplet (and painted a mural on its floor).
Constructed on a trailer bed, the vaulted canopy is composed of over 200 thirty-foot long thermoplastic composite rods. A bench floats above the trailer bed supported by the rods which also act as a backrest for the bench.
http://plusmood.com/2009/06/mobile-chaplet-moorhead-moorhead/
zaha hadid's mobile art pavillion for chanel
It used to be that Manhattan’s Central Park was reserved for leisurely Sunday strolls, ultimate Frisbee on the Great Lawn, and narrated carriage rides for out-of-towners. There was a policy to keep public art works out of the park proper leaving public spectacles to be reserved for ‘New Yorkers just being New Yorkers’ and the odd impromptu performance. Ever since Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s saffron-bedecked The Gates and now Olafur Eliasson’s Waterfalls, it seems as if the city is looking for creative ways to build up its financial reserves. We are not sure if Zaha Hadid’s latest Mobile Art pavilion (created as an homage to Chanel’s classic handbag) is the best way for the Central Park Conservancy to boost its programs and plantings, but in this new era of ‘bread and circus’ art and life on the verge of recession, who is really going to fight a posh take on an old classic? Mobile Art was designed by Pritzker Prize winning, London architect Zaha Hadid and will be installed as a temporary structure at Central Park’s 1.5 acre Tumsey Playfield (midpark at 70th Street) from October 20 to November 9, 2008. It will be the architect’s first New York building – despite its transitory nature. Mobile Art has already been installed in Hong Kong and Tokyo and will travel after New York to London, Moscow, and Paris. Despite the cool renderings and the ‘artistic mission’ of the project as a hip nomadic gallery, Mobile Art also serves as a pop-up ad for fashion brand Chanel and it’s 2.55 quilted style chain handbag. During its urban stint the pavilion will serve as a mini-museum or gallery to showcase the curated work of fifteen contemporary artists. It is also estimated that Chanel will donate a sum “in the low seven figures” to the Central Park Conservancy as well as a “use fee” of $400,000.
http://plusmood.com/2011/04/zaha-hadid-une-architecture-mobile-art-pavilion/
http://www.bestarchitecture.org/in-paris-the-mobile-art-pavilion-by-zaha-hadid
zaha hadid's mobile art pavillion for chanel
It used to be that Manhattan’s Central Park was reserved for leisurely Sunday strolls, ultimate Frisbee on the Great Lawn, and narrated carriage rides for out-of-towners. There was a policy to keep public art works out of the park proper leaving public spectacles to be reserved for ‘New Yorkers just being New Yorkers’ and the odd impromptu performance. Ever since Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s saffron-bedecked The Gates and now Olafur Eliasson’s Waterfalls, it seems as if the city is looking for creative ways to build up its financial reserves. We are not sure if Zaha Hadid’s latest Mobile Art pavilion (created as an homage to Chanel’s classic handbag) is the best way for the Central Park Conservancy to boost its programs and plantings, but in this new era of ‘bread and circus’ art and life on the verge of recession, who is really going to fight a posh take on an old classic? Mobile Art was designed by Pritzker Prize winning, London architect Zaha Hadid and will be installed as a temporary structure at Central Park’s 1.5 acre Tumsey Playfield (midpark at 70th Street) from October 20 to November 9, 2008. It will be the architect’s first New York building – despite its transitory nature. Mobile Art has already been installed in Hong Kong and Tokyo and will travel after New York to London, Moscow, and Paris. Despite the cool renderings and the ‘artistic mission’ of the project as a hip nomadic gallery, Mobile Art also serves as a pop-up ad for fashion brand Chanel and it’s 2.55 quilted style chain handbag. During its urban stint the pavilion will serve as a mini-museum or gallery to showcase the curated work of fifteen contemporary artists. It is also estimated that Chanel will donate a sum “in the low seven figures” to the Central Park Conservancy as well as a “use fee” of $400,000.
http://plusmood.com/2011/04/zaha-hadid-une-architecture-mobile-art-pavilion/
http://www.bestarchitecture.org/in-paris-the-mobile-art-pavilion-by-zaha-hadid
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