Sunday, November 14, 2010

Apartment in Katayama by Mitsutomo Matsunami








SITE AREA: 1,190 square feet (110.55m²)
NUMBER OF APARTMENTS: 10
Floor Area per apartment: 250 sf - 384 sf (23.2m² ~ 35.7m²)




Saturday, November 13, 2010

Michael Sorkin

'AS AN URBANIST, LE CORBUSIER IS A FACIST NIGHTMARE' - Michael Sorkin, Mark Magazine No 27

Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye




What do you think of this stuff? It is Michael Sorkin's own design for the Shanghai Main station district.
[ Our urban design master plan, commissioned by the municipality, is for a 77 hectare site in the Zhabei district of Shanghai. The rapidly developing area includes the city’s northern train station - a major hub - and is bordered by the Suzhou river, one of Shanghai’s great neglected assets. This scheme seeks to “com?plete” the district by reclaiming its waterfront; by retaining the vanishing small-scale com?mercial character of its historic fabric; by providing for a rich mix of uses; by adding a thick layer of green and sustainable interven?tions; by specifying the forms and densities of new buildings and street-scapes; and by developing a rich texture of public spaces. ]
After such a quote, You see his own architecture, which evidently 'borrows' or 'appropriates' for Le Corbusier.


UP THERE

UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo.



The dying art of hand painted murals. I suggest watching the whole video, its inspiring

Tom Noonan Drawings





While studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, recent graduate Tom Noonan produced a series of variably-sized hand-drawings to illustrate a fictional reforestation of the Thames estuary.


Hand Drawings will always be more effective than computer renderings

701 house




Site Area: 1,526 square feet (141.75m²)
Total Floor Area: 1,211 square feet (112.55m²)

I don't know how the japanese can reach this level of aesthetic and be so simple.
But, can people actually live like this?