tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74020620190392751652024-03-02T11:14:33.954+01:00www.visiondivision.comvisiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.comBlogger258125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-61359355703976375422015-06-03T11:25:00.003+02:002015-06-03T11:33:22.076+02:00Hay Stack Café<br />
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We proposed a temporary structure to be erected in front of the Esther Klein Gallery, a structure that is truly unique and an eccentric fusion of a miniature farm and a café, <br />
stacked as a pile of hay that is impaled on wooden poles that holds up the structure.<br />
Goats, hens and crops lives and grows at different levels of the structure and the café/kiosk is integrated at the base and will have a breakfast menu based on the products of the mini-farm; goat milk, cheese, eggs and vegetables, making the dishes perhaps the most locally produced food that has ever existed in a big city.<br />
Haybales are placed around the small plaza where people can sit and eat omelet or just watch the goats climb and eat from the structure accompanied by the clucking melodies from the hens.<br />
The Hay Stack Cafe will be a true clash in the city landscape, a slice of another time, place and nature. <br />
A miniature world in itself, a stacked ecosystem.<br />
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Structure<br />
1. Wooden poles are driven into the ground as the primary structure.<br />
Hay are then impaled on the poles to a certain level, becoming the secondary structure. This is a traditional method to dry hay.<br />
2. Stabilizing rafters are then connected with the primary poles. Horizontal joists are placed as a mezzanine floor for the hen coop.<br />
3. More hay is then added. More stabilizing rafters and a second floor are added for the goats.<br />
4. More poles are driven into the hay for stairs and for planting crops.<br />
5. The structure is refined further with a clay plaster on the kiosk level, and excavation of hay for the kiosk and for the animals.<br />
Each and every material will be something that is found locally. The hay can be taken from a local farm, the mud for the plaster from amlocal river, the wooden poles from a lumber mill close by and so on.<br />
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visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-76540091163376513632014-09-08T15:47:00.002+02:002014-09-08T17:47:04.353+02:00Guest Harbor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In Sweden there are now a new building code that allows a home owner to build a 25m2 (270 square feet) additional house on their premise without a building permit. These buildings are called Attefallshus, named after the Swedish minister of housing Stefan Attefall.<br />
This new law has led to a quick rise of various Attefallshus on the market and that is also why visiondivision was invited to come up with their own version of an Attefallshus for a forthcoming book called 25 m2 where the cream of the Swedish architects are invited to present their ideas of how their Attefallshus would look like.<br />
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We have developed an alternative to the Attefallshus that is both cheaper, more fun and also more exclusive than any other permit-free house on the Swedish market. <br />
Building time and testing craftsmen are also deleted from the equation.<br />
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Background<br />
Sweden has a very rich boating culture with over 800 000 registered vessels in the country, which means a density of boats that is among the highest per capita in the world. Today, many of the boats are stored on ugly stilts and are blemishing residential areas in the whole country. <br />
If you happen to be one of those hundreds of thousands of boat owners in Sweden, we would recommend you not to buy an Attefallshus. Instead, we want you to enjoy your boat and take responsibility for our common cultural treasure that our boats are. We have therefore developed a strategy for how the Swedish boats should be stored and also be given a function when not at sea. We have developed three different types of docks to keep the boat in one's garden that is both smooth, aesthetically pleasing and appropriate to the needs and desires that you have. The result is a completely new typology that has all the prerequisites to become a popular addition to the residential areas all around the country. <br />
We will now present some advantages with a boat compared to a 25 m² Attefallshus.<br />
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Cheap<br />
With the turmoil of the financial crisis back in 2008, the resale value of boats has dropped by almost a third in Sweden, with even larger price declines among the bigger boats. <br />
You will also get a lot more genuine crafts and hours put in and fine expensive materials for your money plus you get a movement possibility if you buy a boat instead of a smaller house.<br />
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Good constructions <br />
We architects rarely get the opportunity to bend boards or plastic in our houses or create double curved facades and once we come up with such designs it usually means that the house will turn out to be way too expensive for the client. <br />
A mass-produced boat on the other hand, has always these qualities, and even more so.<br />
The structures are staggeringly thin and mathematically calculated to withstand both waves and severe weather. A part from this, there are also a lot of special details and custom built wall fixtures that few modern houses can compete with. The material of the boat is also of much higher quality than the materials for buildings. The grains in the boards for a wooden boat for example are much denser than a board for a house facade. The normal boat builder usually also have higher skills when it comes to craftsmanship than a Swedish carpenter has today. A normal boat is always designed by a skilled boat-builder and the design is usually always tested in harsh conditions, at sea by professionals. Plastic boats have a very long life and are easy to maintain. Wooden boats have an even longer life if you handle them right and they are also one of the finest forms of crafts we have in Sweden.<br />
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To build an Attefallshus, like with most houses, you have to deal with a lot of carpenters, builders and sometimes architects that doesn’t always comply with the clients wishes. This can be frustrating to handle. It is much easier to buy an already built boat instead, where you do not have to make guesses based on complicated drawings and wishful renders, the boat is already there to make an inspection of it before you buy it, and what you see is also what you get.<br />
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Bonus<br />
The problem with a boat is usually to find a port, especially in the larger city areas. But if you have room for an Attefallshus then you probably also have room for a boat on your premise. Having a boat standing on stilts in the garden is ugly and sometimes even unsafe. In our tribute to the boat, we suggest instead that the boat will be in their right element even in your suburb garden. A boat wants to be in the water and the easiest way to solve this is to build a swimming pool in your yard or alternatively an artificial pond beside your cottage or why not a fountain if you own a lavish manor.<br />
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The pool <br />
The pool, which we assume will be the most common category, works on most villa plots and has the advantage that when the boat is at sea during the summer season you will at the same time have a swimming pool on your land. A pool can be made in different designs and in different price ranges. Before you make the pool it’s essential to think through what kind of accessories you want for your boats purpose. Maybe a traverse over the pool facilitates the placement of the boat for example, especially if you move your boat often. <br />
If these pools are becoming increasingly more common, one can imagine that whole residential areas near water could be connected with channels alongside residential streets and be linked directly to each pool.<br />
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How to build the pool <br />
A cheap alternative is to order a fiberglass pool from Poland or Germany. To save even more money, you can make the foundation and install the pool by yourself. It’s not that hard really.<br />
To do this, you first dig a pit that is a decimeter larger than the size of the pool in all directions, then you should fill it with a 5 cm sand layer and then with a 5 cm thick layer of a mixture of cement and sand. This mixture prevents deformation of a fiberglass pool that is sometimes caused due to the temperature differences during the year. Once the mixture is in place it is time to lower the pool in to the pit. After that you should fill the pool with a decimeter of water. Then filling the gap on the pool sides with more of the sand and cement mixture and also add a bit of water. Then it’s time to gradually fill up the pool little by little.<br />
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The pond<br />
The artificial pond, which is suitable for a little larger plots, is a lake in miniature allowing larger boats to fit here. The pond can create such a peaceful place that you probably won’t move the boat at all. An artificial pond also blends very well into a garden environment, where the aquatic plants and the implanted carps will be a nice addition to the plot. With a small sailing boat or a wooden boat you’ll get a perfect guest house and a nice piece of art in the pond which can be illuminated at night. From the boat your guests can fish or just watch the reflections on the pond with water lilies and reeds that are arranged in nice compositions. If you are very prone to the marine way, you can choose to create a large pond on an empty parcel of land and then have a second-hand bought ship as a main building and smaller boats as guest cottages. Your own cute version of Water World.<br />
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To build the pond<br />
To make an artificial pond, you must first dig a big enough hole in your yard that are tailored to the boat that you have or will acquire. The larger the pond you have, the more even will the temperature be within, which is important if you want to be able to accommodate a healthy biological system where plants and animals will thrive. <br />
When you plan your pond it's a good idea if you divide the pit in different height levels to get different zones in your pond. It is beneficial to have large areas which are horizontal if you want the aquatic plants will root in a good way. When you dig, starting from the middle and then out, its important to remove rocks, roots and other irregularities. <br />
When you are satisfied with the dimensions and the grading, you should pour sand that covers the entire pond, preferably more than 5 cm. Then put out a pond foil and place large rocks all around the bottom to get the foil well anchored, and for aesthetically reasons you should also cover the foil on the edges with stones for a more natural pond appearance. <br />
Then fill it gently with water, starting in the middle and see if you need to adjust or add stones on the foil. Then fill in with smaller stones or sand to cover the foil and to create places where your aquatic plants can root. Also, make sure that the pond edges have the same horizontal plane. <br />
The different zones can be divided into three different parts; a transition zone, a shallow zone and a deep zone. The transition zone is something in-between solid ground and the pond consisting of water-saturated soil and is 0 to 40 cm deep. The plants are planted directly in the soil. Between this zone and the rest of the pond it's good to have a barrier of some kind so the soil won’t not be rinsed out of the water. The shallow zone is between 10 to 40 cm and is a level where most aquatic plants thrive. So does also frogs and birds. <br />
The deep zone is determined by the depth of your boat but is anywhere from half a meter to your decided maximum depth. If you are going to have fish that will overwinter in the pond, you must have at least one meter depth in places, a pump is also crucial to oxygenate the water.<br />
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For the better-off, this could be a guest house that beats everything that the market yet has to offer. The illusion to allow a fountain to lift your boat becomes the absolute proof that you are doing well and it also gives the impression that the boat defies gravity. The boat can not only be seen in your entire neighborhood, it will also splash water on your neighbors and if it is well polished, it will also dazzle the jealous by passing crowd and throw reflections from the sun over the entire block. You might think we're kidding, but it's just stuff like this visiondivison can help our clients with, and we promise you a lot of attention to both your boat and your aspirations in life. <br />
The boat can be reached either from the main house terrace or if you want, you can build in an elevator in the fountain. The latter solution requires that the boat is stationary. <br />
A purpose-built fountain in different levels means that you’ll get a very attractive gathering place in the summer for parties and social gatherings, where, for example, one can swim and ride jet skis in the lower part and then sip cocktails in the upper part where the boat is anchored. This kind of extravaganza can cost a lot, but at the same time, it is precisely boats in this price range that has fallen most in the second hand market, and if you would build a guest house with the same finish, you will probably have to pay a lot more. Another upside with buying a boat is that you can get it delivered the same day you order it. <br />
A cheaper alternative is to build the fountain and do all the preparations for the boat and then just hire the boat during special occasions such as weddings, birthdays or if your stock portfolio has been particularly favorable. <br />
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A class-act fountain is something that you don’t build yourself, for best finish and outstanding features you should always call visiondivision.<br />
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Together with the architect and the ice climber Alexander Ståhl we initiated the idea to create a series of spectacular ice falls for a temporary ice climbing festival that we imagined would take place each winter in Stockholm. The location would primarily be on the cliffs of Fredhäll, which is situated on the southwestern parts of the city district Kungsholmen and slopes towards the water. The area is a very popular area in the summer but that only sees occasional visits during the winter. Being a city that lies on the same latitude as the southern peak of Greenland means that the winters sometimes can be long and harsh, and where snowfall and ice often just means problems for the traffic. We wanted to explore the possibilities of what could be done in the public space during this season and where we could take advantage of the cold weather and making something that you can look forward to each year.<br />
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By investigating the natural slopes of Fredhäll we soon saw some possible ice falls with different degrees of difficulty that would attract beginners as well as more experienced climbers. To show the different levels we decided to dye the ice with natural colors, like beetroot or blueberries for example. This would also create a beautiful spectrum of glitzing colors for the people walking by.<br />
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During winter it is often possible to ice skate around Kungsholmen and for those people we imagine that we also could create wind shelters in colored ice that also could be used by the climbers.<br />
During a couple of days during this winter we laid the foundation to a medium-advanced slope. We cooked and mashed 60 kilos of beetroots which we later diluted with water from a hole we made in the ice near the cliffs, which we then carried in buckets to various sections of the falls and poured it over the cliffs. <br />
During our investigations we quickly understood that if we wanted to achieve a thick crust of ice that was going to be suitable for ice climbing, we had to have a greater and easier way to access water , which we now are working on so that we will be fully prepared for next winter, which hopefully will be colder than this one.<br />
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We assume that the falls and these shelters would be operational for a couple of freezing weeks every year and that they also could be lit up during the night since it gets dark so early at this time. The ice climbing event has a great potential to grow larger for each year, hopefully covering the cliffs entirely in a spectacular glowing rainbow of ice.<br />
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Our project Under the Bridge made it big on the front page of the Swedish newspaper Vårt Kungsholmen.<br />
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With a minimal intervention, visiondivision proposes to create a pedestrian walkway on the concrete vault of a bridge in Stockholm to dramatically shorten the time needed to walk between the city and its western suburbs and thereby also activating a large unused space in the city, making it an attractive place full of new potential.<br />
<i>Scroll down to see the proposal text in Swedish.</i><br />
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Stockholm’s many islands has created a beautiful city to live in but it has also created barriers between the inner city and the suburbs. Large scale bridges connects many of these places to each other, often built with the car in mind.<br />
Tranebergsbron is one of the most beautiful bridges in Stockholm and connects the city island Kungsholmen with the western suburbs. It was completed in 1934, at that time having the world’s largest bridge vaults in concrete.<br />
In 2005 an identical bridge vault was added to the two original ones, allowing more cars on the bridge.<br />
As many bridges that is predominantly built for cars, the construction begins to incline many hundreds of meters on land on both sides the shore, this means that if you want to walk over the bridge it will involve a strenuous 15 minute walk in a noisy environment considering that you will walk just next to a busy highway.<br />
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We propose to use the actual concrete vault of the recently built bridge to cater to the neglected pedestrian traffic between these two important areas in Stockholm and to dramatically shorten the time between the two shores and make the journey into a pleasant three minute walk in a beautiful and relaxed setting.<br />
To do this, only a minimal intervention is required.<br />
The concrete pillars that connects the vault with the surface of the bridge already has holes in them, so the only thing that is necessary to do is to extend the upper part of the vault to allow passage and to add stairs on to the vault, proper lighting and a protective fence. The ground before the arc begins could also be treated with red concrete tiles to highlight the new path better and make it more accessible.<br />
The two shores would benefit tremendously from being better connected to each other and they are both major gateways that are currently undergoing a great expansion with new housing and services.<br />
With the underworld of the bridge is suddenly being used, this would also mean that the beautiful space underneath the bridge will be better activated which leaves room for new functions and ideas. The impressive concrete pillars would be perfect to use as a temporary art gallery and the stairs on the vaults can have a double use as seating to watch film screenings on the pillars.<br />
The two abutments would be attractive spots where small kiosks could be set up when weather permits.<br />
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Tranebergsbron är en av Stockholms vackraste brokonstruktioner, ritad av Paul Hedqvist och David Hall. Vid färdigställning 1934 så hade den världens längsta brobåge gjuten i betong. 2005 så byggdes bron ut med en kopia precis intill den äldre konstruktionen för att tillåta mer biltrafik på bron mellan Brommalandet och Kungsholmen. Vi föreslår nu med enkla åtgärder att utnyttja denna nya bro för att också tillgodose den försummade gångtrafiken mellan dessa två viktiga områden i Stockholm. Likt många andra broar i Stockholm byggd för bilar börjar Tranebergsbron flera hundra meter upp på land på båda sidor om vattnet. Om man däremot promenerar vid Tranebergssund, vilket är möjligt på båda sidor av bron så är avståndet mellan fastland och Kungsholmen betydligt mindre. Att röra sig mellan befintliga gångstråk idag över bron tar ca 15 minuter och är en ansträngande promenad vid en högtrafikerad motorled. Om man istället skulle kunna röra sig över Tranebergsbrons valv skulle vandringen bli betydligt vackrare mer rofylld och framför allt ta endast ca 3 minuter. Tranebergsbron bärs av ett valv som är förberett att gå på med öppningar i bropelarna, det enda som krävs för att röra sig denna väg är att den övre delen av betongvalvet får en elegant liten utkragning som tillåter passage, en bättre anlagd trappa, belysning samt skyddsstaket. Både Alvik och Kristineberg är portar till stora områden av Stockholm och närområdet genomgår idag en stor expansion av hus och människor. Med stadens gemensamma politiska mål att bli en promenadstad så borde detta projekt vara ett stort och enkelt steg i rätt riktning. Vi som medborgare och arkitektkontor har därför gjort en enkel skiss på hur denna promenad mellan två expansiva områden skulle te sig samt en framtida utveckling av det fantastiska rum som Tranebergsbron skapar under sig. Vi förslår en skiss i tre faser som vi gärna hjälper staden att vidareutveckla till bygghandling.<br />
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Fas 1: Att med enkla medel knyta samman Alvik och Kungsholmen genom att anpassa brons båge för gångtrafik.<br />
Fas 2: Anpassa bron för lämpliga evenemang.<br />
Fas 3: Rita en detaljplan för temporära kiosker vid de båda brofästena.visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-77984052342061594532013-12-23T14:15:00.002+01:002013-12-23T14:16:21.916+01:00Happy Holidays!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-12999376096655645062013-12-13T10:48:00.001+01:002013-12-13T14:17:34.211+01:00Forts of Fanaticism<i><b>Forts of Fanaticism</b> is our entry in the Europan 12 competition, the world's largest architecture competition which is organized every second year. Our bold entry was awarded with a special honorable mention for the Swedish site Kalmar where we proposed five different settlements at this rural site for five extreme lifestyles where its enthusiastic inhabitants can dwell and prosper with people that share their specific passion in life.</i><br />
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In the past twenty years the most radical change in Europe has been the diminishing power of borders. Psychical and political borders between countries has dissolved, bridges and tunnels has been built and the cost for air transportation has reduced and is now equal to a shorter train ride between two major cities in Sweden. This has led to a closer contact between European cultures and the younger generation of Europeans travel, work and study all over Europe and speak in most countries fluent English, thus making communication with each other very easy.<br />
When the national psyche and the borders of countries becomes less interesting and important, the citizens starts to make their own definitions of how they see themselves and what they want to belong to. This specialization and search for each and everyone’s individuality can take various forms and with the Internet that has made the world smaller, one can now communicate with people all around the world sharing the same interest and beliefs. This has led to a Europe that can be seen as one major country. A country where many people and with the technological tools to team up with likeminded has made a flourishing arena for different types of fanatics to connect.<br />
We see it in right wing and left wing organizations teaming up across borders in Europe but also in people with different interest sharing the love for their specific subject across old borders. With so many people that can easily move and communicate, a new market for people to join in physical settlements has been created. Because if you are enthusiastic about a certain thing, why not surround yourself with others that share this passion?<br />
These new kinds of dedicated settlements can be built anywhere in Europe even in the far distant Kalmar region. These settlements can also be architectural more extravagant and Utopian than architecture erected to please a local crowd.<br />
As each built community are tailor made for that specific interest, these full time hobbies can evolve even further.<br />
In this proposal we have designed five forts where common interests in a specific subject has been the main drive of the design. The forts are made for people with a common love, but love spreads and these hubs of intense specialization will of course be enjoyed by local citizens of Kalmar as well, that will have a highly interesting smorgasbord of possibilities and advanced thinking that will enrich the whole region.<br />
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<b>Forum Floresco</b></div>
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Forum Floresco is a fortress for those who love gardening. The building complex is designed as a circle of 60 row houses. Each row house is roughly 200 sqm with an extra space for gardening of 230sqm. Each row house has a flexible plan with a staircase and a bathroom core, making the house easy to divide into 5 apartments sharing one kitchen. The complex can in total then have 300 apartments at its maximum. The extra space includes underground parking and plant storage</div>
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for plants who sleeps during the winter, a green house on the roof for exotic plants and a garden pointing towards the center of the complex. </div>
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The central garden can be divided into several smaller gardens. Where people living on the upper floors will have their gardens further to the center and still be able to see their gardens from their balconies. Each garden is divided by a hedge giving privacy while sitting down and social interaction possibilities while standing up.</div>
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The house complex has a central square where all of the citizens nearby can buy locally grown crops. The center is reached by several small paths between the hedges. In the squares center a high water sprinkler rises. The sprinkler can make a perfect half square of water, irrigating the central garden when needed.<br />
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Many people dream of the picturesque fishing village with its narrow streets and dark tar drenched wooden houses with its rich smell that blends so well with the salty wind from the sea and the sound of seagulls.</div>
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The site’s proximity to a beautiful archipelago would be idle for a fishing community where anyone with the dream of catching fish as a living can set up their new life.</div>
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The buyer of these houses will have a private boat harbor just under their house as well as a place to park their car underneath. The ground floor can be used for commercial use, to sell the newly caught fish or the smoked herring or other whitefish. The rooftop is equipped with a sturdy barbeque/fish smoke.</div>
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A lighthouse stands tall to guide the boats around treacherous cays.</div>
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Each house has shutters that can be closed or open as seems fit.</div>
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During the summer time hordes of tourists and citizens of Kalmar will probably wander around the narrow streets and the central square where it is possible to buy fish direct from the boats.</div>
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During winter the village will have a more closed appearance.</div>
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The complex is a cut pyramid shape with stairs going around it, creating a great place to train and also a great place to sit around observing the neighbors.</div>
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When there is nothing going on at the arena, a large jumbotron with a rig of lights just under the top platform, shows sports on the huge screens.</div>
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The apartments consists of a corridor where one can run back and forth to warm up before exercising, a bathroom unit with a sauna at one end of the apartment, and a bedroom at the other end. In the middle is a large open space with a kitchen, a large sofa and plenty of space for gym equipment. Every room has large mirrors to show off the great bodies of the citizens and the floor is treated with a rubber material that is nice to exercise on.</div>
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In the core of the stairs there is a large indoor space for different sports that the inhabitants and the citizens of Kalmar can take pleasure in anytime of the day.</div>
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Motorville is a compact, stacked typical Swedish residential neighborhood for the flourishing Swedish motor culture called “Raggare”, a lifestyle deriving from the Rockabilly culture. The interest for motors and the stacking of houses makes it possible to avoid the urban sprawl that is usually connected with these types of settlements. The complex consists of three streets stacked upon each other with 60 homes on each streets, reducing the footprint by a third to a normal street. Each home has a 170 sqm divided in 30 sqm of double parking at the top floor. 30 sqm of living and 30 sqm of garden on the second floor and 60 sqm of living and 20 sqm of garden on the first floor. The top floor is a space for storing your third car, boat or other big toys and gadgets that “Raggare” usually have. There is also some space over for the other surrounding inhabitants to store some gadgets if needed. Since “Raggare” loves the motor culture the house is placed over the old highway south of Rinkabyholm, a place where other settlements would not conceptually fit. The “Raggar culture” is a unique and spectacular culture only existing in Scandinavia and it is time that this culture is celebrated with an architectural statement; a power house for motors.</div>
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True fanatics seldom need architecture, they just need their primary tools for conducting their specific subject of interest. This high-rise is designed for the computer orientated youth living their social life through the web. Living your life and sharing your interest through a computer screen reduces the need of architecture to a minimum. This life doesn’t need daylight, bedrooms, living rooms or other normative rooms programed for social interaction inside your home. These kids doesn’t even need a double bed because the most likely will not share a normal relationship. They will have cybersex via their avatars instead. Therefor the high-rise provides only the ascetic needs for keeping the body running. It has a shower, a toilet and a small kitchenette which is enough to survive. The luxury is the deepness of the apartments where daylight won’t cast glare on your computer screen activities. Each floor also have a dark room in its core, where you can team up with other fanatics providing the possibility for epic computer events or hacking. This life might lead to a shortage of vitamins, to prevent that from happening the communication up and down the building is via exterior corridors and stairways. Each apartment also has its own spot on the outside corridor for a soda machine, food machines or maybe a pinball machine, making the corridor into a public amusement park where people can meet and absorb some sunlight while shopping for food or trying to beat a videogame high score.</div>
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The staircases and elevators sits in radio towers surrounding the building, making Kalmar the most connected town in Europe with the most connected youth in its core, guarding the freedom of the World Wide Web and at same time developing highly advanced applications and technology for the future.</div>
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If you happen to be flying within Asia this month, chances are that you can pick up a copy of GATEWAY, an in-flight magazine of China Southern Airlines, which is the largest airline in Asia. There you can read a couple of spreads about our Miami Sun.<br />
Thanks to our architect colleauge Chris Precht who took the photo.<br />
Have a nice flight!visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-47354877396796658042013-11-15T17:18:00.001+01:002014-02-11T15:32:07.978+01:00Friday Fix - The Asplund Library<br />
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The VD team has once again set up another Friday challenge for themselves; to once and for all solve The Stockholm City Library extension. With over a thousand proposals in the open competition for a new city library extension, Stockholm decided to build none of them. Could it be that over a thousand proposals was not good enough or could it be something else? <br />
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The vd team decided to go to the city library for one work day to have a look at the site and to make a new proposal. <br />
Being here it is obvious that the site for the competition was wrong. Instead of extending the building to the west against Odenplan, the obvious direction should be to the south along the giant slope towards Observatorielunden. The site is too steep for anyone to use it properly and the city library park would be a perfect foreground for a modern library with an entrance towards Sveavägen just like the existing library. The building could activate both the park and the hill at Observatorielunden and work as a staircase between the two. This site would also solve the problem of destroying the three buildings connected to west of the main library. <br />
Problem solved, congratulations Stockholm! Next time talk to us first before you decide to put over a thousand architects to work.<br />
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The connection to the city library would be very easy, just open up the big windows on the southern facade of the existing library.<br />
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That was easy, just six hours of work.<br />
BTW: We also have a more wild version we did a couple of years ago to put the library in the pool south of the library but that might be expensive especially since the subway system would go through the library. We still love that proposal and it could also be built if Stockholm decide to build something really expensive.<br />
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Vi är ett Stockholmsbaserat arkitektkontor som heter visiondivision och vi har tittat på möjligheterna till att uppföra en tillbyggnad av Gunnar Asplunds berömda Stadsbibliotek i Stockholm.<br />
En tävling om en tillbyggnad utlystes redan 2006 och mer än 1100 förslag strömmade in, vilket var sensationellt många. Tävlingstomten var förlagd bredvid biblioteket vid Odengatsbacken där tre k-märkta annex idag står. Sex förslag gick vidare varav förslaget Delphinium av den tyske arkitekten Heike Hanada stod som segrare efter juryns slutliga utvärdering 2007. Vinnarförslaget kom dock aldrig att realiseras, 2009 valde man att inte gå vidare med förslaget och inget nytt beslut för en tillbyggnad har tagits.<br />
Vi menar att den största anledningen till att inget blev av var att själva tävlingstomten var för snäv. Det är uppenbart att platsen för tävlingen var fel, istället för att utvidga byggnaden västerut mot Odenplan, borde det självklara riktningen vara söderut längs den stora sluttningen mot Observatorielunden. Sluttningen är ändå för brant för att man ska kunna dra nytta av den i någon större utsträckning.<br />
Denna placering gör också att en eventuell tillbyggnad fortsätter att låta det ikoniska Stadsbiblioteket fortsätta att spela huvudrollen i ensemblen. För att understryka detta än mer så blir gestaltningen av tillbyggnaden reducerad och repetitiv, med stålprofiler som ramar in de ljusa interiörerna och där byggnadens innehåll blir fasadens fokus.<br />
En tillbyggnad här skulle aktivera både parken och backen vid Observatorielunden och fungera som en trappa mellan de två. Den befintliga parken skulle dessutom vara en perfekt förgrund för ett modernt bibliotek med en entré mot Sveavägen, precis som det befintliga biblioteket.<br />
Dessutom så skulle en placering här också innebära att man inte behöver förstöra de tre k-märkta annexen väster om huvudbiblioteket.<br />
Själva anslutningen till stadsbiblioteket skulle vara mycket lätt, bara öppna upp de stora fönstren på den södra fasaden av det befintliga biblioteket.visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-54526187040562171462013-10-25T10:19:00.002+02:002013-10-25T10:19:41.190+02:00Frozen Flora<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdhKKKzCFZJ0GlJH0bkOCTBjVWCcHQ3xcnD7F3hR3ybRURJbwEJUJvjZyUKC0SEAnU2jjkSpr5QqoAt-Ae44PNNYMMYX623uCR3kiXNd83Pxi0pPEF8aYq-9gXgdEunKaXlM_8dZg-6k/s1600/1_visiondivision_canada_dagslisk_72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdhKKKzCFZJ0GlJH0bkOCTBjVWCcHQ3xcnD7F3hR3ybRURJbwEJUJvjZyUKC0SEAnU2jjkSpr5QqoAt-Ae44PNNYMMYX623uCR3kiXNd83Pxi0pPEF8aYq-9gXgdEunKaXlM_8dZg-6k/s400/1_visiondivision_canada_dagslisk_72dpi.jpg" /></a><br />
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<i>This is our entry for the Warming Huts Competition, an annual open art and architecture competition where the entrants where asked to create shelters along a skating trail on the Assiniboine river in downtown Winnipeg, Canada.</i><br />
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We wanted to create a unique local invention generated on site by a limited set of tools by pure man power and with no harmful waste. The cold climate, the river and the great scale and variety of Canada became our point of departure in finding a suitable building technique. <br />
The key material for this project is reinforced ice. <br />
Water is hand pumped on the site from the river and then reinforced and refined with organic materials taken from six different time zones of Canada into different blends of colorful ice-concrete. The technique of reinforcing ice with nature has been used by native people of America that made mixtures with sawdust and water to strengthen ice and make it more resistant to melting. These proposed structures can be made by two people without any energy consuming machines. The reinforcements will be a mélange of nature that colors water in a beautiful way, such as berries, flowers, vegetables and at the same time includes<br />
fibers that strengthens the ice constructively and also improves its melting time. The final result will be a cluster of six different ice tepees with six different colors of Canada, and on sunny days even with a scent when the sun melts the surface water. <br />
When spring arrives, the tepees will gradually melt into each other and a blend of Canadian colors and scents will eventually be a part of the river.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Section with construction method</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The time zones</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Exterior perspective with morning frost</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Exterior perspective night time</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Looking inside the Ontario Beetroot Tepee</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Close up of the British Columbian algae reinforcement</span></i>visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-25756706650706254692013-10-23T13:09:00.003+02:002013-10-23T13:09:50.776+02:00Thai Town in the Media <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakqI-yP0HFuT1L4EeAlRrKjHkY82auaPmNWkY4JTKqK4twd4IBVE5C6L4lhA9ulZRNBjoU93xwrg88943qiAv5qYuN2_61KP7mqo383zPB6gbFumhqGw_T8QXG0d_7MeUiqzLftKZDUg/s1600/thai+town+media+72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakqI-yP0HFuT1L4EeAlRrKjHkY82auaPmNWkY4JTKqK4twd4IBVE5C6L4lhA9ulZRNBjoU93xwrg88943qiAv5qYuN2_61KP7mqo383zPB6gbFumhqGw_T8QXG0d_7MeUiqzLftKZDUg/s400/thai+town+media+72dpi.jpg" /></a><br />
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Our proposal <a href="http://www.thegoldbrain.blogspot.se/2013/10/thai-town.html">"Thai Town"</a> has attained a great deal of media over the last days and the project has been featured in various newspapers, tv-interviews and radio programs. We hope that all this attention will increase the momentum of a Thai Town district in Stockholm.visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-56402500794752609882013-10-09T14:08:00.002+02:002013-10-09T14:08:20.734+02:00Thai Town<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thai Town is an earlier visiondivision sketch from the project titled ”Stockholm Showdown” where visiondivision proposed 24 projects to improve Stockholm. One of the sketches that we really wanted to investigate further was ”Thai Town”; a small budget project where all the key functions of a Thai town already exists but where architecture and design is whats lacking. We talked to a majority of the shop owners in the district and we came up with a plan on how to with small means make this project a reality. What we offer is the strategy you can read about below and also free of charge help to seek building permits and permits for commercial signs for all people in the district that wants to strengthen the Thai atmosphere in Thai town.<br />
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<i>Thai Town är en tidigare visiondivisionskiss från projektet "Stockholm Showdown" där visiondivision föreslog 24 projekt för att förbättra Stockholm. En av de skisser som vi verkligen ville undersöka ytterligare var "Thai Town"; ett litet budget projekt där alla viktiga funktioner för ett “Thai Town” redan finns men där arkitektur och design är en av de aspekter som saknas. Vi pratade med en majoritet av butiks- och affärsägarna i distriktet kring Olof Palmes gata och gjorde en strategi för hur man med små medel kan göra detta projekt till verklighet. Vad vi erbjuder är den strategi du kan läsa om nedan, och dessutom så erbjuder vi gratis hjälp med att söka bygglov och skyltlov för alla de som verkar (och vill verka) i området där projekten i någon mån går ut på att stärka den thailändska atmosfären i “Thai Town”.</i><br />
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Stockholm as a city is a rather homogeneous city which is a bit curious, considering the fact that there are living a large number of people from all over the world in the area.<br />
Whether you are walking around in Vasastan, Kungsholmen or Södermalm , it is basically the same scenery that you will encounter and the urban life differs very little.<br />
But if you go north from Hötorget in central Stockholm, there are a small number of back streets streets which over the years has accumulated an assortment of shops and restaurants that have a clear connection with the Thai culture, mainly at Holländargatan and at Olof Palmes gata but also at Olofsgatan.<br />
In a relatively small area, there are for example no less than four specialized food markets that sells almost only Thai food, which with Stockholm’s measure is hard to beat. This fine embryo of potential should be better highlighted; both in terms of marketing but also in terms of visually enhance the area and its character. We believe it is necessary for Stockholm as an aspiring metropolis to highlight the city's various ethnicities in a positive way and with Thailand we have strong ties in Sweden, mainly due to the many marriages between Swedish men and Thai women. <br />
We therefor propose a Thai Town on Holländargatan, Olofsgatan and at Olof Palmes gata where it connects the two parallel streets. We suggest a series of small changes that can be made independently to create Sweden's first real ethnic district.<br />
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<i>Stockholm som stad är en ganska likriktad stad, trots allt utbud och de etniciteter som finns här. Oavsett om man går omkring i Vasastan, på Kungsholmen eller på Södermalm så är det ungefär samma slags miljöer man upplever och stadslivet skiljer sig inte speciellt mycket åt. Men om man går norrut från Hötorget i Stockholm så kommer ett koppel av mindre gator där det genom åren har samlats en skara butiker och restauranter som har en thailändsk prägel, främst på Holländargatan och vid Olof Palmes gata men också på Olofsgatan. På en relativt liten yta finns det till exempel inte mindre än fyra butiker som säljer thailändska livsmedel, vilket med Stockholmska mått är svårslaget. Denna fina samling borde lyftas fram ännu bättre; både i form av marknadsföring och att rent visuellt förstärka området och dess prägel. Vi tror det är nödvändigt för Stockholm som en framtida metropol att lyfta fram stadens olika etniciteter på ett positivt sätt och just med Thailand har vi starka band i Sverige både på en kunglig och på en folklig nivå. Vi föreslår ett Thai Town på Holländargatan, Olofsgatan och på Olof Palmes gata där den binder ihop de två parallellgatorna. Vi föreslår en rad små förändringar som kan ske oberoende av varandra för att skapa Sveriges första riktiga etniska distrikt.</i><br />
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1. For a start, it would suffice to simply establish the concept of a Thai Town to be a catalyst to attract even more establishments with Thai origins. Just a sign and a name on a map would be an easy first step.<br />
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<i>1. Till en början så skulle det räcka med att bara etablera begreppet Thai Town för att det skulle bli en katalysator för att locka ännu fler etableringar med thailändska inslag. En skylt skulle var ett enkelt första steg.</i><br />
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2. With easy modifications you can then enhance the character of the area with Thai flags that is put up across the narrow streets and also by taking advantage of the current conditions and characteristics that the area already have.<br />
3. There is also a paved area which is located in the epicenter of Thai Town where it would be suitable to have small markets and events.<br />
4. The tree on Holländargatan could easily be decorated with Thai lamps.<br />
5. A number of empty windowless gables in the area could easily be painted or decorated with Thai motifs.<br />
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<i>2. Med enkla grepp så kan man sedan förstärka karaktären i området med till exempel thailändska vimplar som spänns över de smala gatorna och att man utnyttjar de förutsättningar och särdrag som området har.</i><br />
<i>3. Det finns också en asfalterad yta som ligger i själva epicentret av Thai Town där man skulle kunna ha små marknader.</i><br />
<i>4. Trädet på Holländargatan skulle enkelt kunna dekoreras med Thailändska lampor.</i><br />
<i>5. Tar man till exempel Holländargatan så har den delen som går från Olof Palmes gata till Adolf Fredriks kyrkogata en rad av brandväggar som man enkelt skulle kunna måla eller</i><br />
<i>dekorera med thailändska motiv.</i><br />
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6. Larger signs and details such as balcony fronts can be painted in gold, as well as the asphalt surface where the markets can be.<br />
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<i>6. Större skyltar och detaljer som balkongfronter kan målas i guld, likaså asfaltsytan där</i><br />
<i>marknaden kan vara.</i><br />
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7. To improve the area even further, you can also make some alterations to the small cemetery chapel located on the adjacent church Adolf Fredrik, which now serves as a tool shed.<br />
With inexpensive and easy measures it can be converted into a Buddhist chapel. <br />
There are already some places for prayers for Buddhists, but they are all far out in the suburbs so far.<br />
We have already been in contact with the church and they where open minded about the proposal and not alien to a further discussion.<br />
Having a Thai Town in Stockholm would benefit all residents and also attract more<br />
tourists and perhaps provide a starting point for even more special districts to develop in Stockholm<br />
city to increase and show off the diversity and the variety that the city actually already has, but that for the moment is well disguised.<br />
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<i>7. För att förgylla området ytterligare så kan även det lilla gravkapellet som ligger vid Adolf Fredriks kyrka, som nu fungerar som redskapsbod, enkelt och billigt göras om till ett buddhistiskt kapell. </i><br />
<i>Vi har redan varit i kontakt med ledningen av kyrkan och de var inte främmande för att diskutera frågan ytterligare.</i><br />
<i>Att ha ett Thai Town i Stockholm skulle gynna samtliga invånare, locka fler turister och kanske ge ett avstamp i att ännu fler särskilda distrikt kan vaskas fram i Stockholms stad för att öka mångfalden och variationen som staden redan har potential för.</i><br />
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visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-40618313696155084152013-10-04T10:58:00.000+02:002013-10-04T16:03:40.921+02:00A Nobel Race<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_HHSizjaMBog6MThbtvRDANlp7EEXbvEtKpvwMhZRei3T0J9TSvHwJtz2_1jWi7zFrfAmkMhx1I8I6GbIeX9UaeXv3zLb_-OqK6dAauKrOFZwUrwTcbo-WeNU8R2FaDL9Y3WvPm8fiM/s1600/IMG_1990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_HHSizjaMBog6MThbtvRDANlp7EEXbvEtKpvwMhZRei3T0J9TSvHwJtz2_1jWi7zFrfAmkMhx1I8I6GbIeX9UaeXv3zLb_-OqK6dAauKrOFZwUrwTcbo-WeNU8R2FaDL9Y3WvPm8fiM/s400/IMG_1990.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Hello dear citizens of the world.<br />
It is 10 :59 am GMT and we just finished our morning meeting with coffee and a look at the latest contributions to the architectural scene.<br />
Today should be a huge day for that. Eleven of the most famous architects in Sweden and the World has made an effort to design an iconic building for the finest prize one can receive; the Nobel prize.<br />
The building should be located at one of the finest sites in Stockholm; at Blasieholmen, the very core of Stockholms famed beauty.<br />
After seeing the proposals we wonder about the amount of effort put into these designs, and if our fellow colleagues has taken this commission serious, and most of all: are these proposals really iconic enough for the finest prize in the world?<br />
After some discussions on how to make an iconic building we decided to try to beat these proposals in one working day, starting right now, and since its Friday we thought that we will stop at 4:00 pm.<br />
As a design help we have gathered all the gadgets in a reachable distance from our office table.<br />
We will do these proposals live, and we will update the website after each new proposal are made, which means that you can follow the progress and be a witness to how many new beautiful iconic buildings that can be done in one short day.<br />
Let the Nobel Race begin!<br />
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11.34 AM<br />
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Radio Nobel<br />
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The new building focuses on the one thing that perhaps people anticipate the most with the Nobel Prize; who will win?<br />
When it is time to announce the winner, the large speakers will sound clear and loud so that everyone in a 500 meter radius will hear the name of the winner.<br />
Crowds will gather around the speaker building, and waiting for the announcement will become a festivity in itself. <br />
The most glorious street in Stockholm, Strandvägen, will finally get an event that suits its ambition.<br />
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12:07 PM<br />
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High-tech shaped landscape<br />
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This is a high-tech proposal that acts like a landscape element as well as a protecting shell for the Nobel activities, without taking too much space from the site, and instead using some of the water next to Blasieholmen.<br />
The prize winners will approach the building by boat and the Stockholmers can use it as a place to take baths from.<br />
This form language has proven to be very successful internationally and maybe it could work here as well.<br />
This building can be very difficult to build which automatically makes it expensive and therefor important.<br />
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12:49 PM<br />
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The Trophy <br />
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The Nobel Prize is the most prestigious trophy of them all. With this proposal we wanted to create a grand monument of triumph, with a public space in its base and a magnificent space for parties at the top.<br />
The winners and other important persons can easily be transported with helicopter to the helipad on top of the building, and then take the elevator down to the auditorium/celebratory space, where the most prestigious party of them all is held. From there the dining guests, will have a tremendously good view of central Stockholm and the Nobel festivities can at the same time be watched by the outside citizens, so the whole city can be a part of the celebrations.<br />
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1:20 PM<br />
The Golden Globe<br />
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Since the Nobel Prize is an international one, so is also the design for this building. The spherical form is a shape well proven for bigger events in Stockholm. This globe facade is slightly different; showing the world map in gold. The laureates countries will shine in different colors for one year. The building has a very small footprint, creating a huge beautiful public space underneath it. The building has two entrances; one public from the base and one for the laureates which is a Meridian elevator, taking them to the center of the globe and also to the center of the worlds attention.<br />
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1:40 PM <br />
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Lunch break<br />
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2:25 PM<br />
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Party For Six<br />
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In this proposal, the buildings are made up by six flamboyant tent structures, inspired from the traditional crayfish hats that the Swedes wear for the annual crayfish parties.<br />
Each tent represents one prize category, (the peace prize that is given away in Oslo, by some reason is not included) so that each winner will be more gratified and that the celebration can be more custom made for the prizewinner(s.<br />
This will be a colorful addition to the city and give an air of festivities to central Stockholm.<br />
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3:08 PM<br />
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Totem For Six<br />
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Do you recognize the faces of the laureates? If not this design will help you do that. This building is like a giant totem to worship scientists where the faces of the six laureates of the year is projected from inside. The peace prize winner you most likely recognize anyway and that's up to the Norwegians to promote that guy. Each head will be like a museum of each discovery that led to the Nobel prize.<br />
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3:25 PM<br />
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Oriental Style<br />
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Stockholm has an architecture legacy with a great history of oriental influences, and this teawarmer from Uzbekistan actually looks quite good as a Nobel Center.<br />
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3:35 PM<br />
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The Tree of Knowledge<br />
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This is a building that takes advantage of the high-end scietific research that the Nobel Prize stands for. In this scenario, it could be a genemodified tree with buidling parts nested in its structure.<br />
Different fruits has different functions and are interconnected with elevators and escalators.<br />
(Sorry we're in a hurry to make it before 4.00 PM)<br />
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3:38 PM<br />
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Friday Grog Break<br />
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3:50 PM<br />
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The document holder<br />
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The Swedish bureaucracys most beloved item, the document holder, is the inspiration of this Nobel Center, which primary function will be to document each prize. The building is completely open to the public, and each year, new documents will be added to the structure, explaining the new findings that the laureates came up with.<br />
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Ceremonial Plate<br />
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Instead of putting all that money into a center which really doesn't need to be built, we just propose a ceremonial plate standing on stilts in the water outside Blasieholmen with a simple Swedish design.<br />
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The Pig has landed<br />
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Visiondivision was commissioned to design a villa and a restaurant in the Nakhon Ratchasima province in Eastern Thailand.<br />
The site is on a former rice field and when it was time to staking out the site boundaries, visiondivision was there to inspect the site and also had a small chat with one of the neighbours that had some early inputs.<br />
Click on the movie to see how it looked like.<br />
<br />visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-88645966362454364862013-09-18T15:56:00.001+02:002013-09-18T15:56:52.736+02:00Guest Lecture Estonian Academy of Arts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd8zSZkS2HJlx1KsPhE2zRYj6f8wBRegc4h5THCuK6-3_5HrAkCxzWMOO3fqAnbq88R2qqSN7DMCF5R68ff63Lov5vCgBsRuIWqEQYxj1qlIdkZHLQMZoHcxGaVbcpGkdr1hh0RNU5NU/s1600/tallinnposter.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpd8zSZkS2HJlx1KsPhE2zRYj6f8wBRegc4h5THCuK6-3_5HrAkCxzWMOO3fqAnbq88R2qqSN7DMCF5R68ff63Lov5vCgBsRuIWqEQYxj1qlIdkZHLQMZoHcxGaVbcpGkdr1hh0RNU5NU/s320/tallinnposter.jpg" /></a><br />
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If you are in Tallinn the 19th of September, the VD-team will do a guest lecture at the Estonian Academy of Arts (Eesti Kunstiakadeemia) showing old and new architectural show stoppers. Remember that there are cheap boats from both Stockholm, St Petersburg and Helsinki to Tallinn and the buses from Riga are quite cheap as well, so this is a lecture for the whole Baltic region.<br />
The lecture starts at 6 pm and we hope to see you there.<br />
For more info and how to get there; <a href="http://www.arhliit.ee/uudised/eka-avatud-loengute-sari-jatkub-2013/">click here!</a><br />
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visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-28385402357308991082013-09-09T17:23:00.001+02:002013-09-09T17:23:19.327+02:00PinterestBotanize and follow the visiondivision board on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/visiondivision/boards/">Pinterest</a>, where you will see all of our projects divided in different categories. You will also find the complete vd guide in a massive folder. Other things will also appear in a near future, so make sure you bookmark the board and follow our architectural adventures.<br />
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You will for example see some repetitive housing projects, postmodern architectural explorations, small worlds made of bat droppings, tacky, but interesting, constructions in Latin America and a lot more.<br />
Sit back and enjoy this kaleidoscope of delights!<br />
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Basento Viaduct - A bridge with an extra layer<br />
Birth: 1967<br />
Location: Potenza, Italy<br />
Architect: Sergio Musmeci<br />
VD says: A smart Calatrava<br />
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Musmeci, who along with contemporaries Frei Otto, Eladio Dieste, and his mentor Luigi Nervi, derived his forms from the stresses incurred upon different materials and structural systems, usually through extensive studies using large-scale models, reversing the typical design process which first prescribes arbitrary geometry to specific conditions or problems before seeing to structural issues. The finalized form was the result of its optimization, which ensured maximum efficiency in performance and minimal material usage.<br />
The Basento Viaduct is comprised of a road deck supported below by a continuous structural concrete membrane 30 cm thick. The flatness and expanse of the carriageway’s top layer is subverted by as “underworld” of complex surfaces, whose curved, fluid forms can only in the most vulgar sense be called organic. This cavernous space functions as a pedestrian walkway–a perverse iteration of the High Line, avant la lettre, a kind of public (skate-) park sandwiched in mid-air.<br />
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Whereas Musmeci’s bridge may seem an over-elaborate solution to a relatively standard problem, it speaks to the aesthetic capabilities of the engineer, whose forms here are not given over to some Calatrava-like exuberance for expressivity’s sake, but are instead justified by their inherent efficiencies.<br />
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Kinkaku-ji - A gold temple inserted in a well-kept garden<br />
Birth: First in 1397 and then rebuilt many times, last time in 1955<br />
Location: Kyoto, Japan<br />
Architect: Ashikaga Yoshimitsu<br />
VD says: So perfect that a monk got insane and burned it down<br />
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Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf. Formally known as Rokuonji, the temple was the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and according to his will it became a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect after his death in 1408. Kinkakuji was the inspiration for the similarly named Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion), built by Yoshimitsu's grandson, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, on the other side of the city a few decades later.<br />
Kinkakuji is an impressive structure built overlooking a large pond, and is the only building left of Yoshimitsu's former retirement complex. It has burned down numerous times throughout its history including twice during the Onin War, a civil war that destroyed much of Kyoto; and once again more recently in 1950 when it was set on fire by a fanatic monk. The present structure was rebuilt in 1955.<br />
The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design.The Muromachi period is considered to be a classical age of Japanese garden design.The correlation between buildings and its settings were greatly emphasized during this period. It was a way to integrate the structure within the landscape in an artistic way. The garden designs were characterized by a reduction in scale, a more central purpose, and a distinct setting. A minimalistic approach was brought to the garden design, by recreating larger landscapes in a smaller scale around a structure.<br />
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Coats Coat Coat Store - A sales scheme<br />
Birth: Early 1900s Death: Same year<br />
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
Architect: Coat store owner<br />
VD says: Great commercial stunt<br />
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Ovesrstocked with a large supply of men’s spring and winter coats, a clothier in Copenhagen, Denmark, adopted a unique sales scheme. He erected a scaffolding around his store building and completely covered it from roof to sidewalk with more than a thousand overcoats. The novel display attracted prospective customers in such droves that police were summoned. Although the police ordered the proprietor to remove the display, he succeeded in selling all the overcoats.<br />
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Rocas Baimbridgen - A flamingo lagoon with a perfect observation slope<br />
Birth: A long time ago<br />
Location: Galapagos, Ecuador<br />
Architect: Earth<br />
VD says: A natural delight<br />
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Not only a visual stunning rock formation, but also a very important feeding site for millions of flamingos.<br />
The stark, rocky island teems with life at times with its brackish lagoon waters. The way the rock slopes it should also be a perfect observation point to see the great birds.<br />
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Dragon Descendants Museum- A huge fiberglass dragon with a museum inside<br />
Birth: 2008<br />
Location: Supan Bhuri, Thailand<br />
Architect: Unknown<br />
VD says: Funny<br />
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The main purpose of the exhibition space inside the tremendous golden dragon is to broaden the knowledge concerning the close relationship between Thais and the Chinese, as well as to present this long-running history in an enjoyable way.<br />
The 35-meter high and 135-meter long gigantic fiberglass dragon building in the shrine of Suphan Buri city pillar is known as the Dragon Descendants Museum. The museum was founded in the year 1996 when Banhan Silpa-archa was the prime minister of Thailand to commemorate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China. There was an official grand opening on the 24th of December 2008, and after that, the museum became the province’s new and magnetic cultural attraction. The museum inside the dragon building is arranged into twenty one display rooms , presenting 5,000 years of Chinese history, philosophy, beliefs and its close relationship with Thailand. In addition, there is an interesting exhibition showing the background of Thais with a dash of Chinese.<br />
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Rehabilitation Center - A brutalist housing with interesting balconies<br />
Birth: 1985<br />
Location: Dombai, Russia<br />
Architect: Unknown<br />
VD says: Brutal<br />
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A part from the location and when it was built, we haven't found out much more about this building, if you do, drop us a line.<br />
But even without so much info, the repetetive facade with the balconies are very fascinating to look at.<br />
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Kolmanskop - A ghost town reclaimed by the desert<br />
Birth: 1954<br />
Location: Namib desert, Namibia<br />
Architect: Sand and people<br />
VD says: Stark contrast between nature and building<br />
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Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the Namib desert in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port town of Lüderitz. Once a small but very rich mining village, it is now a popular tourist destination run by the joint firm NamDeb (Namibia-De Beers).<br />
In 1908 the worker Zacharias Lewala found a diamond while working in this area and showed it to his supervisor, the German railway inspector August Stauch. After realizing that this area was rich in diamonds, lots of German miners settled in this area and soon after the German government declared a large area as a "Sperrgebiet", starting to exploit the diamond field.<br />
Driven by the enormous wealth of the first diamond miners, the residents built the village in the architectural style of a German town, with amenities and institutions including a hospital, ballroom, power station, school, skittle-alley, theatre and sport-hall, casino, ice factory and the first x-ray-station in the southern hemisphere, as well as the first tram in Africa. It had a railway link to Lüderitz.<br />
The town declined after World War I when the diamond-field slowly exhausted and was ultimately abandoned in 1954. The geological forces of the desert mean that tourists now walk through houses knee-deep in sand. Kolmanskop is popular with photographers for its settings of the desert sands' reclaiming this once-thriving town. Due to its location within the restricted area (Sperrgebiet) of the Namib desert, tourists need a permit to enter the town.<br />
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Concattedrale Gran Madre di Dio - A church with perforated reinforced concrete<br />
Birth: 1979<br />
Location: Taranto, Italy<br />
Architect: Giò Ponti<br />
VD says: Muy bella<br />
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This Church the "Great Mother of God" is the Co-Cathedral of Taranto. It was conceived considering the close link with the maritime tradition of Taranto. The façade, in fact, represents a kind of canopy that reflects in the pools of the courtyard to symbolize the sea. These perforated reinforced concrete structures reach 50 meters in height and contain the stairs to the use of the tower hidden in the structures of the wing. The interior has three aisles from the essential character in the coating in white plaster, green and ocher. Even in the decorations, there is the hand of the architect, Gio Ponti in fact to give prepared and the Annunciation painted on canvas, the seats for the dignity of the Chapter and stalls for the rest of the canons. The same baptismal font in the chapel of the same name in the middle of the aisle, was designed by Ponti.<br />
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Svínafellsjökull Ice Caves- Spectacular ice caves<br />
Birth: Unknown<br />
Location: Svínafellsjökull Glacier, Iceland<br />
Architect: Ice<br />
VD says: Falleg!<br />
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Ice caves are temporary structures that appear at the edge of glaciers. They look amazingly beautiful from the inside. This particular cave is located on the frozen lagoon of the Svínafellsjökull glacier in Skaftafell, Iceland. The centuries old ice coming down the slopes of Öræfajökull via Svínafellsjökull glacier has metamorphosed into highly pressurized glacier ice that contains almost no air bubbles. The lack of air means that it absorbs almost all visible light, apart from the blue fraction which is then visible to the naked eye. However, this blue ice can be seen only under certain circumstances. It can be seen in winter after long periods of rain when the surface layer of the glacier has been washed away. It can be seen in ice-caves like this one and on floating icebergs that have recently rolled over.<br />
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This cave in the glacier ice is the result of glacial mill, or Moulin where rain and melt water on the glacier surface are channeled into streams that enter the glacier at crevices. The waterfall melts a hole into the glacier while the ponded water drains towards lower elevations by forming long ice caves with an outlet at the terminus of the glacier. The fine grained sediments in the water along with wind blown sediments cause the frozen meltwater stream to appear in a muddy colour while the top of the cave exhibits the deep blue colour. Due to the fast movement of the glacier of about 1 m per day over uneven terrain, this ice cave cracked up at its end into a deep vertical crevice, called cerrac. This causes the indirect daylight to enter the ice cave from both ends resulting in homogeneous lighting of the ice tunnel.<br />
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The cave is accessible through a 22-foot entrance on the shoreline. At the end it tapers to a tight squeeze no more than four feet high. Ice caves are in general unstable things and can collapse at any time. They are safe to enter only in winter when the cold temperatures harden the ice. Even so one could hear constant cracking sounds inside the cave. It was not because it was going to collapse but because the cave was moving along with the glacier itself. Each time the glacier moved a millimeter loud sounds could be heard.<br />
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The Fang Waterfall - A frozen waterfall<br />
Birth: On cold winters<br />
Location: Vail, Colorado, USA<br />
Architect: Ice<br />
VD says: Not often you hope for cold weather<br />
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Ice climbers flock to The Fang in Vail, Colorado. The enormous ice pillar forms from the cascading waterfall only on exceptionally cold winters, and when it does the column can measure up to 50 meters high and has been known to have a base measuring 8 meters wide.<br />
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The Syracusia - A lavish antique supership<br />
Birth: 240 BC Death: Unknown<br />
Location: Syracuse, Greece<br />
Architect: Archimedes<br />
VD says: The Titanic of the antique world<br />
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Syracusia was a 110 m ancient Greek ship sometimes claimed to be the largest transport ship of antiquity.<br />
The Syracusia was designed by Archimedes and built around 240 BC by Archias of Corinth on the orders of Hieron II of Syracuse. The historian Moschion of Phaselis said that Syracusia could carry a cargo of some 1,600 to 1,800 tons and a capacity of 1942 passengers. It reputedly bore more than 200 soldiers, as well as a catapult. It sailed only once to berth in Alexandria, where it was later given to Ptolemy (Ptolemaios) III Euergetes of Egypt and renamed the Alexandria.<br />
Of particular interest in the discussion of the construction of the ship is the detailed description of the efforts taken to protect the hull from biofouling, including coating it with horsehair and pitch. This may be the first example of proactive antifouling technology (designed to prevent the attachment of fouling organisms, rather than to remove them.<br />
In terms of passenger comfort, the Syracusia would be the equivalent of the Titanic compared to other ships of the era. Its innovative design and sheer size allowed for the creation of various recreational spaces aboard, including a garden and an indoor swimming pool with hot water. The lower levels of the ship were reserved for the crew and the soldiers on board, while the upper levels were for the use of passengers.According to Athenaeus, the ship was beautifully decorated using materials such as ivory and marble, while all public spaces were floored with mosaics depicting the entire story of the Iliad. The ship was also equipped with a library, a drawing room and a gymnasium for use by the passengers, as well as a small temple dedicated to Aphrodite.<br />
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El Peñon de Guatape - 650 cheaply done stairs to an observation deck<br />
Birth: 1960s<br />
Location: Guatape, Colombia<br />
Architect: Someone that didnt care so much<br />
VD says: The uglyness of the stairs becomes an attraction in itself<br />
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The stone rises from the bottom of the hydroelectric dam of Peñol-Guatapé. This monolith was spotted as a border landmark between country farms and the two cities.<br />
At its highest part, on the rear (southeast side), it has an elevation of 2,135 metres over sea level. with an average temperature of 18 °C. The "Peñol" has 185 cubic metres of rock mass and it is 385 metres long, with an approximate weight of 10,000,000 tonnes. It has some rock breaks, one of which was used for the construction of the 650 stairs that can be used to go to the top.<br />
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Waimangu Geyser - The world's former most powerful geyser<br />
Birth: 1886 Death: 1904<br />
Location: Near Rotorua, New Zeeland<br />
Architect: Earth<br />
VD says: Must have been an incredible sight<br />
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The Waimangu Geyser, located near Rotorua in New Zealand, was the most powerful geyser in the world. Its workings were apparently created by the great 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption, which opened a 14km-long fissure down the mountain, through Lake Rotomahana and the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley.<br />
The geyser was first seen erupting in 1900. Its eruptions were observed reaching up to 460 metres in height, and it excited worldwide interest. As a result of a landslide which changed the water table, the geyser became extinct on November 1, 1904.<br />
The water expelled by the geyser was black with rocks and mud from the surrounding terrain, so the indigenous Māori people named the geyser Waimangu, meaning 'Black Waters'. The geyser gave its name to the surrounding geothermal region, the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley.<br />
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Casa de Retiro Espiritual - An iconic villa merged with the nature<br />
Birth: 1975 - 2005<br />
Location: Outside Sevilla, Spain<br />
Architect: Emilio Ambasz<br />
VD says: Like a piece of art<br />
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Emilio Ambasz originally designed the House of Spiritual Retreat in 1979 for an imaginary site near Cordoba, Spain. It was constructed in 2005, on a hilly, arid landscape outside of Seville. Featuring two white walls situated at a ninety-degree angle and a long stairway descending into a sunken patio, the house reformulates the vernacular Andalusian courtyard house into a surrealistic reverie, a mythic, phantasmagorical dwelling. The living quarters, which surround the patio on the other two sides, are recessed below the ground, using the earths covering to insulate them from the strong southern sun. <br />
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Mackerel Ball - A defensive, although ineffectiv, mechanism performed by the mackerels<br />
Birth: A long time ago<br />
Location: Atlantic Ocean<br />
Architect: Mackerels<br />
VD says: Nice try mackerels<br />
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Mackerel perform a natural defense mechanism called a bait ball. Giant schools of mackerel rush together and swim in a giant circle. The idea behind to move is to ward off predators with the massive size of the fish ball. Unfortunately for the mackerel, tuna and dolphins don't really care. The tuna and dolphins swarm on the mackerel and pick the ball apart. The ball is so huge that even birds swim down to grab a few bites.<br />
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Whitehaven Beach - A river surrounded by a tropical beach<br />
Birth: A long time ago<br />
Location: Queensland, USA<br />
Architect: Earth<br />
VD says: A good example of why people should travel more<br />
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Whitehaven Beach is constantly being named amongst the world's best beaches and is the most photographed beach in Australia.<br />
The crystal clear aqua waters and pristine silica sand of Whitehaven stretch over seven kilometres along Whitsunday Island , the largest of the 74 islands in the Whitsundays.<br />
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Xanadu Houses - A series of experimental houses<br />
Birth: 1979<br />
Location: Kissimee,Wisconsin Dells and Gatlinburg, USA<br />
Architect: Roy Mason and others<br />
VD says: Übercool<br />
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The Xanadu Houses were a series of experimental homes built to showcase examples of computers and automation in the home in the United States. The architectural project began in 1979, and during the early 1980s three houses were built in different parts of the US: one each in Kissimmee, Florida; Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin; and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The houses included novel construction and design techniques, and became popular tourist attractions during the 1980s.<br />
The Xanadu Houses were notable for being built with polyurethane insulation foam rather than concrete, for easy, fast, and cost-effective construction. They were ergonomically designed, and contained some of the earliest home automation systems. The Kissimmee Xanadu, designed by Roy Mason, was the most popular, and at its peak was attracting 1000 visitors every day. The Wisconsin Dells and Gatlinburg houses were closed and demolished in the early 1990s; the Kissimmee Xanadu House was closed in 1996 and demolished in October 2005.<br />
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Kubuswoningen - A series of cube houses meant to create a forestlike structure<br />
Birth: 1977<br />
Location: Rotterdam, Holland<br />
Architect: Piet Blom<br />
VD says: A great uprise against the conventional<br />
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Kubuswoningen, or cube houses, are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in The Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.<br />
Three test versions were first constructed in 1974, and in 1977 18 houses were constructed in Helmond. The many houses required for a "woonwoud" (English: living woods) were never realized. The houses in Rotterdam were designed in 1977 in a plan of 55, of which 39 were built. The cube houses in Helmond surrounded a theater, Theater 't Speelhuis, which was destroyed by a large fire on 29 December 2011.<br />
The houses in Rotterdam are located on Overblaak Street, and beside the Blaak Subway Station. There are 38 small cubes and two so called 'super-cubes', all attached to each other.<br />
As residents are disturbed so often by curious passers-by, one owner decided to open a "show cube", which is furnished as a normal house, and is making a living out of offering tours to visitors.<br />
The living room of the "show cube" in Rotterdam.<br />
The houses contain three floors:<br />
ground floor entrance<br />
first floor with living room and open kitchen<br />
second floor with two bedrooms and bathroom<br />
top floor which is sometimes used as a small garden<br />
The walls and windows are angled at 54.7 degrees. The total area of the apartment is around 100 square meters, but around a quarter of the space is unusable because of the walls that are under the angled ceilings.<br />
In 2009, the larger cubes were converted by Personal Architecture into a hostel run by Dutch hostel chain Stayokay.<br />
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Huacachina - The Oasis of America<br />
Birth: A long time ago<br />
Location: Huacachina, Ica, Peru<br />
Architect: Nature and people<br />
VD says: Well worth a visit, try the sandboarding<br />
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Huacachina is a village in the Ica Region, in southwestern Peru. It is located in the Ica Province, near the city of Ica in the Ica District. Huacachina has a population of 115 (1999). The oasis features on the back of the 50 Nuevo Sol note.<br />
Huacachina is built around a small natural lake in the desert. Called the "oasis of America," it serves as a resort for local families from the nearby city of Ica, and increasingly as an attraction for tourists drawn by the sports of sandboarding and taking dune buggy rides on sand dunes that stretch several hundred feet high.<br />
Legend holds that the lagoon was created when a beautiful native princess was apprehended at her bath by a young hunter. She fled, leaving the pool of water she had been bathing in to become the lagoon. The folds of her mantle, streaming behind her as she ran, became the surrounding sand dunes. And the woman herself is rumored to still live in the oasis as a mermaid.<br />
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Ixtapaluca Mass Housing - A result of a copy paste low-income housing politics<br />
Birth: 2000<br />
Location: Ixtapaluca, Mexico City, Mexico<br />
Architect: Different real estate investors<br />
VD says: Iconic from a distance<br />
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In 2000, Mexican presidential candidate Vicente Fox Quesada proposed an unprecedented plan to build two million low-income homes throughout the country during his six year term. On the eve of his election, Fox proclaimed, "My presidency will be remembered as the era of public housing." To enact this initiative, the federal government agency INFONAVIT ceded the construction of low-income housing to a small group of private real estate investors. Then, almost overnight, grids 20 to 80,000 identical homes sprouted up, and they continue to spread in remote agrarian territory throughout the country. To encounter these developments by land, by air, or even via satellite imagery, evokes a rare sensation. In these places, urbanization is reduced to the mere construction of housing. There are nearly no public amenities—such as schools, parks, and transportation systems. There are few commercial structures—such as banks and grocery stores. Yet demand for these low-income homes continues to increase and developers continue to provide them with extreme efficiency. During Fox’s six-year presidency, 2,350,000 homes were built, at a rate of 2,500 homes per day, and this trend is set to continue.<br />
The Ixtapaluca complex consists of more than 10000 units and has been the posterboy for this housing campaign.<br />
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Ramot Polin - A geometrical feast<br />
Birth: 1972<br />
Location: Eastern Jerusalem<br />
Architect: Zvi Hecker and others<br />
VD says: Maniac in a way<br />
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The background to building this neighborhood, as well as several other neighborhoods in Jerusalem - including additional sub-neighborhoods in Ramot and in Gilo, was to settle wide parts of Jerusalem through new building after the Six-Day War. This phenomenon was characterized by urban and architectural trials by many Israeli architects, building designers, and engineers to design new shapes of residential, community, and local structures. In charge of planning the project of Ramot Polin, which is one of those settling projects, was the Israeli architect Zvi Hecker for both the neighborhood and the architectural planning. Hecker, who is known as an experienced architect in unique, innovative geometrical shapes, included in his plan several architectural proposals that were very innovative at the time.<br />
Ramot Polin was built in 1972–1975 It is an unusual prefabricated apartment complex with 720 non-rectangular components.The apartments were expanded later,incorporating more cubic rather than pentagonal components. The design idea of the neighborhood may seem to be purely geometrical, but it has been likened to a chemical structure.<br />
The Ramot Polin complex has been named one of the "World's Strangest Buildings" and has been described as a "housing project for honeybees". The entire neighborhood is organized upon a hill in central Ramot in a shape resembling a five-fingered hand or three-branched leaf. Each finger, which represents a different level of the building that lasted until the mid-1980s, is a series of 5-6 "L"-shaped apartment buildings incorporated in each other, creating a wide zigzag. In each of these 'fingers', there is an inner courtyard, which was designed to remember the traditional courtyards of the older Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem.<br />
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Hotel Camino Real Ixtapa - A massive sloping hotel<br />
Birth: 1973<br />
Location: Cancun, Mexico<br />
Architect: Ricardo Legorreta<br />
VD says: Megahotel made with style<br />
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Mr Legorreta's own words about the project:<br />
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"Cancún is more water than land. The Hotel Camino Real site was originally 70 percent water. It had been filled during the urbanization process.<br />
I wanted to return the site to its original status, so we built the guest room block on solid rock and the public areas on piles, and then excavated what was originally the lagoon. The difference in tide levels provides the necessary water circulation to keep the new lagoon clean.<br />
Public areas stretch from the entrance past the lobby bar and pool bar, restaurants, lagoon-side terraces, and finally across a causeway to the pavilion of private rooms. The blocks of rooms—one vertical, the other overlook either the sea beyond or the placid lagoon area. All rooms are approached through a lushly planted sheltered space created by the juxtaposed blocks of rooms."<br />
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Ksar Ouled - A fortified granary with an otherworldly look<br />
Birth: 15th century<br />
Location: Tataouine, Tunisia<br />
Architect: The Berber<br />
VD says: Artistic and functional<br />
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Ksar Ouled Soltane is a fortified granary, or ksar, located in the Tataouine district in southern Tunisia. The ksar is spread out over two courtyards, each of which has a perimeter of multi-story vaulted granary cellars, or ghorfas. Like other ksour (plural of ksar) created by North African Berber communities, Ksar Ouled Soltane is located on a hilltop, to help protect it from raiding parties in previous centuries.<br />
Ksar Ouled Soltane is now a tourist destination, with visitors coming to see its well-preserved granary vaults. It was also featured in the film Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in some of the scenes used to represented the slave quarters of Mos Espa, where the character Anakin Skywalker lived as a boy.<br />
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Osaka Dontobori District - A Blade Runner cityscape<br />
Birth: After the WWII<br />
Location: Osaka, Japan<br />
Architect: Various<br />
VD says: Best visited during Halloween<br />
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Rollercoaster facades and eateries with huge moving mechanic lobsters and squids. They also have world's largest covered mall, which is so long that you cannot see the end of it.<br />
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A client commissioned visiondivision to create a shop for showing and selling goods next to a highway in the Nakhon Ratchasima area in Northeastern Thailand.<br />
The client is involved in many different enterprises, like manufacturing pottery, trading with flowers and garden trees, growing fruits, mushrooms and vegetables and also buying and selling shoes and clothes. <br />
Given the variety of the products, we soon concluded that this spread out variety could be hard to promote successfully in one single shop.<br />
In this region of Thailand, many people has small enterprises where they sell or have a little restaurant in their front yard. The problem for many of these people is that they don’t have any proper location to show their trades outside their homes.<br />
We therefor thought of creating an attractive market where the client can rent out small spaces to entrepreneurs and also sell his own goods mixed up with other peoples merchandise to attract a larger crowd for his products as well as the market.<br />
Since the site is located next to a busy highway, there is a great opportunity to attract visitors to the market that we wanted to take advantage of.<br />
When travelling on the roads of Thailand, you will often see enormous billboards with ads.<br />
These billboards are sometimes so big that small squatter communities uses the steel frame as support for their shacks and takes advantage of the electricity system that the sign has. Sometimes you even see that old commercials have been re-used as facades. <br />
This large scale advertisement, and that the sign can also be the backbone for a small community, was something that we wanted to work with, but instead of showing just an image to lure the bypassing cars in to shop, we wanted to make a sign that directly showed what was going on at the market, like a live stream video that at the same time would draw a lot of attention.<br />
To create this effect, we decided to use a steel structure similar to the huge billboards, but we tilted it forward and clad it with a shiny mirror coating so it would reflect the activity and the products of the market itself and at the same time become a roof for a part of the market.<br />
As the centerpiece of the market, we created an inverted formation of market stands that are formed as the word for “market” in Thai, ตลาด. The gold colored mosaic stands are also lit up at night.<br />
Thus, the market becomes the actual sign that will promote it, and as the customers walks in, they also becomes a part of the sign, making it an interactive experience.<br />
The structure itself has two clearly defined areas; one clean advertising side that are facing the highway and one raw backside with the structure that is holding up the sign, and where there also are some no-frills toilets, an overnight lodge for a security guard, storage rooms, solar panels and water tanks that collect water from the corrugated roofs.<br />
The weight of the water tanks also helps the building structurally.<br />
The market itself is a raised cement platform covered with local mosaic tiles that will create a colorfully chaotic kaleidoscope backdrop for the golden market text and the many goods and people that is on show.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Axonometric view of the market with the surrounding site</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Market at night</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The market from the back with its structural backbone</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The market from the highway</span></i><br />
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Visiondivision was assigned to design a new entrance for the music forum “Arene” in Vienna.<br />
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In 1976 activists who called themselves “Arenauts“, squatted an old slaughterhouse in Vienna.</div>
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Since that day the Forum Arene Vienna has grown to become the provider of Austria's biggest alternative cultural communication center.<br />
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visiondivision's commission was to design a roof for the waiting crowd for the different concerts that would have an aesthetic that would appeal to this wide range of concert goers and their specific musical genres. It would therefor had to please the death metal aficionados, the hip hop lovers and the pop fans at the same time. Since the Arene is a non profit oriented organization, the clients where looking for low cost solutions. Visiondivision designed two different low budget ideas; one based on the tectonic approach of building a simple roof structure, and one idea based on taking a ready made and redesign it by different techniques of subtracting material. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Mega Corrugated Mirroring Metal Sheet</span></b></div>
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The tectonic approach is a simple roof structure. Corrugated steel sheets is one of the cheapest materials there is, and it has a suitable atmosphere for an underground club that hosts everything from punk concerts to hip hop. We decided to design our own corrugated steel sheet; a mega corrugated mirroring metal sheet.</div>
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One of the experiences while going to a concert is standing in line. Thats often when people interact the most with each other and depending on what concert there is, the crowd looks different as well. The mega corrugated mirroring is designed for that specific purpose. The ceiling will change appearance depending on which type of crowd the concert gathers. If you are on a punk concert the roof will look punk, if there is a black metal concert the roof will look more devilish. The roof also has a social purpose; people can interact with each other through the mirroring roof, get eye contact with the people in front or behind themselves in the cue and perhaps flirt or start talking to each other.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Machine Gun Mayhem</span></b><br />
Since the area for the project almost had the same foot print as a shipping-container, and that the Arene people would most likely build the structure themselves. Visiondivision also looked into the solution of buying a cheep container and remodeling it with different types of tools, ranging from control to mayhem. In the controlled version the people at Arene could carve out the container with different building tools as a social interaction during a weekend. The result could various depending on who and how many would do the carving. Another type of carving would be more aggressive. The container would be taken to a field and shot at with different types of machine guns giving it a finish that could suit a rough environment. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Diagram control vs mayhem </td></tr>
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visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-83604937366418584722013-08-14T17:14:00.000+02:002013-08-14T17:14:04.992+02:00Secret Sauna revisited<br />
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When the vd team is on vacation they can always stop by and enjoy their old masterpieces and at the same time do a meticulous inspection on how their projects has matured. This summer, the first project ever erected by visiondivision got revisited six years after its inauguration. The result was flawless and the clients praised the building. The sauna experience is world class and there is no bad aging signs what so ever. And most important of all, the project is still under the radar for a certain crowd.<br />
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<br />visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-68800653257681947272013-06-10T18:40:00.000+02:002013-06-10T21:51:00.971+02:00MoMA Cut 'n' Paste ExhibitionOur project "Villa Village" will be on show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of the exhibition <b><a href="http://press.moma.org/2013/06/cut-n-paste-from-architectural-assemblage-to-collage-city/">Cut ’n’ Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City</a></b> that will take place from July 10 to December 01, 2013.<br />
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visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-10512755888749518852013-05-17T17:02:00.001+02:002013-05-17T17:33:27.707+02:00The Miami Sun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOEI7JQxCOPaBKbGn5RHA73F0rrcvqheCovPwaz4cDpde2C4RuDeVndJXdAwCyW3cECZoJfhdWFLzHanSayG7czSRt8yMZzyyJxBsOrE10kbFoAl_YryZ8a-CVYR7vVg45NQ8fOOg-b4/s1600/visiondivision_miami+dusk+lumion72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOEI7JQxCOPaBKbGn5RHA73F0rrcvqheCovPwaz4cDpde2C4RuDeVndJXdAwCyW3cECZoJfhdWFLzHanSayG7czSRt8yMZzyyJxBsOrE10kbFoAl_YryZ8a-CVYR7vVg45NQ8fOOg-b4/s320/visiondivision_miami+dusk+lumion72dpi.jpg" /></a><br />
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<i>This is a competition entry for a new landmark at the Bayfront Park in Miami where the participants where asked to capture the soul of Miami as well as giving the city a fresh and innovative icon that would boost Miami's architectural legacy.</i><br />
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<b>Background</b><br />
Miami is located in the Sunshine State of Florida and is a city that is blessed with a tropical climate and great weather almost all year around, making it a major tourist destination and a popular place to retire.<br />
The city of Miami that we know of today is a reclaimed city in many ways.<br />
The land where most of the downtown area is, used to be a part of the Everglades wetland, but was drained to create land opportunities.<br />
A major part of the city was also created by landfill with the dredging of Biscayne Bay. The majority of Miami Beach is mainly created in this way and this is also the case for the many islands that lies between Miami Beach and the downtown area, such as the port of Miami for example, which is the base for the enormous cruise ships that has their embarkation point from this area.<br />
These ships are own little islands in themselves and Miami is the number one cruise port in the world.<br />
The tradition of creating new spaces from water leads to a pretty unsentimental and interesting approach to landscaping as well as architecture.<br />
The Bayfront Park which is the setting for this new proposed landmark was also created in this traditional way to free new spaces, in this case by setting up a retaining wall and pumping out sea water.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Siteplan, facade and axonometric view</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Site overview </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">View from the harbor</span></i><br />
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<b>The Idea</b><br />
The new landmark is both a monument of the good life, as well as a landscape addition to enrich and counter balance the existing park with its already tropical landscaping.<br />
The new monument is a thin, half sphere-shaped hotel with a casino on its lower floors and an observation deck on its upper floors, which gradually shifts its colors during the day, mimicking a dimmed sun at daytime and creating spectacular sunrises and blazing sunsets for the park at dusk and dawn. At night time it shifts to a moon.<br />
The sun and the tropical archipelago will be a relaxed and positive monument that many people also can enjoy physically and that symbolize both the laid back way of the Miami lifestyle as well as the flamboyant decadence.<br />
This tropical vista will attract many visitors, and the Bayfront Park will receive more people as a result, which is what this park lacks when there is not an event going on here. People will hopefully flock once again to the front porch of Miami to catch a relaxing tropical sunset or listening to house music and drinking coconut drinks on a small tropical island next to a huge moon.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Daytime view from the Port of Miami</span></i><br />
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<b>The building and the water park</b><br />
The building is reached by tender boats just like the nearby cruise ships has when they anchor in small harbours. This seclusion enhances the monumentality and the sun illusion and also heightens the exclusiveness of the hotel itself aswell as state its energy independence.<br />
The sites close vicinity with the cruises makes this a great destination for cruise tourists that normally have a couple of days in Miami before sailing out on their Caribbean adventures.<br />
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The building is a grid shell structure with a glass facade that is coated with a film of transparent solar panels.<br />
This is a new technique which is possible by letting the visible spectra of sun light straight through, and instead absorbing the high amount of ultravilolet and infrared light.<br />
This energy is more than enough to power the building and the surplus goes to the stripes of mono-frequency lights that are integrated on the end of each floor slab and that points outwards to give a glow around the hotel and make the sun effect sharp and bright at dusk and dawn.<br />
Mono-frequency lamps are powerful lights that produce light with a narrow frequency that makes colors other than black and the chosen color invisible.<br />
This makes the surrounding tinted with that specific color and creates an enchanted atmosphere around the building.<br />
At daytime the lamps will be slightly dimmed just to create a shimmering and reflective effect.<br />
At night it glows milky white like a moon.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Section with explanatory diagram</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The sun</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The moon</span></i><br />
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The water park between the existing park and the new hotel is made up by a large shallow pool that surrounds a small archipelago with landscaped small sand islands with palm trees on them.<br />
The sand is taken from different popular beaches around the Caribbean so you can sample the best sand from Miami’s neighbours without leaving the city.<br />
The pools are only waist deep so you can wade to the islands and also use the whole premise as a spectacular arena for the Ultra Music Festival and other venues.<br />
The pool could also be completely dried out if needed for any special type of event.visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-90940974109441910452013-04-29T23:06:00.002+02:002013-04-29T23:06:30.735+02:00Souvenir City<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrI4sKbqorguX-d2kiYXvUW-gyb-A-FBCR_VCshy-LuBTbm3w5lF27zxZJnLo7TOSNh1e9xME4IxGWEnr_XkSTPmgoNp4RW0W4U3VMXFnM2SL58puar1duO-3qKioYKDSXHJo04W2fDA/s1600/visiondivision_souvenir_city_tokyo_tower_72dpi.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrI4sKbqorguX-d2kiYXvUW-gyb-A-FBCR_VCshy-LuBTbm3w5lF27zxZJnLo7TOSNh1e9xME4IxGWEnr_XkSTPmgoNp4RW0W4U3VMXFnM2SL58puar1duO-3qKioYKDSXHJo04W2fDA/s320/visiondivision_souvenir_city_tokyo_tower_72dpi.jpg" /></a><br />
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A close friend to the firm got a praying mantis for his birthday.<br />
The praying mantis is a quite bestial creature that devours its prey very slowly, holding its catch firmly with its spiked forelegs while gradually working its way through the body of the still alive critter.<br />
The primary prey of a mantis consists of animals not so much smaller in size from the mantis itself, ranging from crickets to small birds and frogs. <br />
The mating is also a cruel affair regularly ending up with the female biting off the male’s head during the act.<br />
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The new owner of this fascinating pet wanted help to create a habitat that could suit this mini-monster.<br />
Our friend also wanted an enclosure that would look good in his livingroom.<br />
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Being an architect at visiondivision means that you travel a lot. Both to meet clients all around the world as well as getting inspiration to produce heroic first-hand architecture.<br />
A couple of years ago we began to collect souvenir buildings from places we’ve been to, resulting in a quite impressive collection of an all-star team of miniature landmarks.<br />
When we then got asked to help out with the new mantis home, we quickly come to the conclusion that a monster needs an inspiring and iconic domain to fully reach its monster potential.<br />
King Kong had a suitable match in Manhattan and Godzilla had Tokyo as its playground.<br />
So the miniature monster got a miniature metropolis to evoke fear and agony in, without any superhero that stands in its way.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Map showing where some of the souvenir buildings was collected.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Souvenir CIty comes with a great geometric variety that the praying mantis can make use of in its life.</span></i><br />
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The Souvenir City provides a variety of geometric forms and materials that suits the different needs and the different events that occurs in the life of a praying mantis. After a couple of weeks of studies, we saw a behavior pattern and that the praying mantis had found some favorite spots in the city already.<br />
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Food<br />
The Praying Mantis will be fed mostly with crickets, which have a tendency to climb to the highest points in the city, making it an easy target for the mantis when luring around the spire of the Empire State Building for example.<br />
Sometimes the Mantis will also be fed with bugs found in the client’s house and garden, like spiders and such, which have other hiding techniques than the crickets but still highly attractive as food for the mantis.<br />
These prefer to hide in souvenir buildings with cavities, like the Coliseum and the Pantheon or buildings with dramatic shapes like the Casa da Musica or the CCTV building.<br />
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Water<br />
The souvenir buildings where water has a central role, will also have real water in or around them, so the Praying Mantis can drink.<br />
These include the Panama Canal, the Marina Sands Bay Hotel and the Fontana di Trevi for example, as well as many of the souvenir bridges that can be found around the city.<br />
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Molting<br />
The Praying Mantis sheds its skin many times during their lifespan, and to do this they need a geometry like the St Louis Arch which suits this aspect perfectly.<br />
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Guidance <br />
Many mantis males fly during the night to avoid getting caught by birds and to find less-mobile females to mate.<br />
Some of the souvenir buildings have artificial lights that makes their nocturnal travels easier and that also have the advantage that the light attracts their prey so they can have a night snack.<br />
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Mating<br />
The sexual cannibalism that occurs during the mating act is a well-studied, but not completely understood behavior. The male have a much better chance to survive when dismounting the female (this is when the risk of getting eaten is the highest) at the Empire State Building than he would at the Pentagon for example, because of the greater chance for the female to catch a prey at the New York skyscraper than the flat and low lying Washington landmark which hardly sees any critters.<br />
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Egg Laying<br />
The female lays between 10 and 400 eggs, depending on the species. <br />
The eggs are capsuled in an egg mass called ootheca and often attached on a rather flat surface, like the just mentioned Pentagon or the St Peter’s square which portico makes a nice protective frame to the ootheca.<br />
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The Hatchlings<br />
Apart from the many great landmarks, the Souvenir City also consists of many small souvenir buildings as well, a majority being touristy ceramic cottages from different parts of Europe. These enclaves of smaller conurbations with its many alleys makes a perfect hideout for the baby mantis when they are hatched, so they won’t get eaten right away by their parents. Here they will also find smaller prey that suits the size of their appetite just right.<br />
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So now there is a small city in our friend's livingroom, with its own little monster in it.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The praying mantis at the US Capitol Building where she later laid an ootheca.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The primary food has a tendency to seek the highest spots in the Souvenir City </span></i><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">making them easy prey for the mantis.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mantis screening the area from the KL Tower.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Petronas Towers, a great place for the molting phase.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This cardboard version of the Statue of Liberty has many hiding spots for the prey.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>But the patience of the Mantis is endless.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Mantis on her way to the Fontana di Trevi to replenish her water levels.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A habitat worthy a mini-monster.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Souvenir City from above with the mantis at the Statue of Liberty.</span></i>visiondivisionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13000837611747264331noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402062019039275165.post-32115333686742522562013-03-29T10:33:00.000+01:002013-04-03T10:34:20.116+02:00Global investigationsThe team is temporarily doing architectural research in Panama and Uzbekistan for a couple of weeks. We can be reached via e-mail as usual.<br />
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