(archi)tectonic design frame • skin • space
of, relating to, or according with the principles of architecture; having an organized and unified structure that suggests an architectural design. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Right: Tokyo International Forum by Rafael Viñoly, completed in 1996
inter-weavings: woven support matrices; arrays; lattice works of multi-layered, complex, and flexible paths
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structure: a network of connectivity; joins discrete ideas or elements into a coherent entity; is skeleton or skin, points and lines or fold contour
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fuselage:
a lightweight framework or flexible bearing structure open to topological variations" Right: Tokyo International Forum
construction: building with discrete elements in series, linked to design decisions or intentions; putting together systems of combinable components of structure and skin, an exterior layer mediating between the interior and exterior space.
elements • components • groups • systems whole deconstructed Mercedes formula 1 car suspended on wires at an exhibition in Weybridge, Surrey
photographic collage: http://www.10ison.com/photographyison/extracts-of-local-distance_putting-vanishing-points-into-perspective/
http://blog.farmboyfinearts.com/index.php/2009/06/28/avenue-of-lights-brightens-city-of-fort-worth-texas/
Sci-Arc student work
Sci-Arc 1st year student work, competition winner
Student work from the Department of Architecture & Design, Aalborg University, Denmark
Bench designed by Frank Gehry
Study model of Telluride Residence by Frank O. Gehry, 1995
Cooper Union Building by Thom Mayne, Morphosis
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners: International Terminal Waterloo, London 1993
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners: International Terminal Waterloo, London 1993
Right: Ijburg Bridges 2001 2002
HSB Turning Torso, Malmรถ, Sweden by Santiago Calatrava, 2005
Detail model Stadlehofen Railway Station by Santiago Calatrava
Cutty Sark Pavilion designed by Alastair Townsend, Youmeheshe Architects (now with Bakoko) 2009
Foster + Partners Architects: Millennium Footbridge, London 1996
Samitaur Tower, Culver City, CA by Eric Owen Moss Architects
Detail left: Dome of the Reichstag, Berlin by Foster + Partners Architects
Detail right: Copenhagen Airport Terminal 3 by Vihelm Lauritzen AS, Thomas Scheel, and Søren Daugbjerg, 2001