Making City is the theme of the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR). It showcases the potential and opportunity of cities in the face of urbanisation and it’s many global economic, social en ecologic issues.
Gispen organised a tour zigzaggin’ past interesting locations in Rotterdam like the 18th floor of Hofpoort, an Observatorium, a bubble building site and a pop-up Urban Wasteland terrace.
The tour ended, while passing real life sheep and design sheep from ZUS, at The Barn. Which is Gispen’s own new project in collaboration with designer Mara Skujeniece. It symbolises a new way of working combined with a traditional barn setting.
IABR hosts a full program of interesting expositions, debates, tours etc., also during summertime.
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Homage to the romantic spirit
This is a project by Mark Riegelman in collaboration with architect Jenny Chapman and engineer Paul Endres. It’s a temporary rustic cabin that has been fixed to the hotel Des Arts, above and between other properties in the city’s downtown Brooklyn.
Constructed from vintage building materials - it has a welded aluminum frame, with an exterior finished with 100 year-old reclaimed barn board from Ohio - the dwelling is meant to be an homage to the romantic spirit of the western myth and a commentary on the arrogance of westward expansion. It remains on view until October 2012.
Photos by Cesar Rubio photography
Source Designboom
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Moses bridge - challenging earthly logic
This unique Moses bridge is designed by architecture agency RO & AD for the West Brabant waterline. This Dutch waterline was build during the 17th century in order to provide protection from invasion by France and Spain.
The bridge looks like God took an eraser and dragged it through the dirt and water to create a slot for challenging earthly logic. The minimalistic rigorous cut trough line and the way in usage of material as Accoya wood, remind to the art movement De Stijl.
Source Inhabitat
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Outdoor door - Indoor table
This table is made out of an old door handmade by Manoteca in Italy. The table seats 8 people when closed. When one door is opened it turns into a working desk with a desk planner made from three rawhide pockets and a wood draw.
The desk/dining table honors the nostalgic work of the original crafter by leaving extras behind. The simple use of rawhide for the pockets fits the uncut nature of the table and the frame of straight cut, unpolished steel is a nice contrast to the old craftsmanship.
source Trendland
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Bio Digester Island - The Microbial Home by Philips Design
Philips Design is launching the latest Probes project Microbial Home at Dutch Design Week (DDW) 2011, which runs from Saturday 22 October – Sunday 30 October. The Microbial Home Probe is a domestic ecosystem that challenges conventional design solutions to energy, cleaning, food preservation, lighting and human waste. It is being displayed at the Piet Hein Eek gallery, Eindhoven – see the DDW website for more details.
This is the central hub in the Microbial Home system. Consists of a methane digester, which converts bathroom waste solids and vegetable trimmings into methane gas that is used to power a series of functions in the home.
The hub is designed as a repositionable kitchen island, including a chopping surface with vegetable waste grinder, a gas cooking range, a glass tank that shows energy reserves and glass elements showing pressure, volume and readiness of compost sludge.
The larder is a system designed to keep ‘living food’ fresh, by using natural processes (as opposed to dead food in the refrigerator). The larder consists of an evaporative cooler and vegetable storage system built into a dining table.
The urban beehive is a concept for keeping bees at home. The beehive is designed to allow us a glimpse into the world of these industrious creatures and to harvest the honey that they produce.
It consists of two parts: entry passage and flower pot outside, and glass vessel containing an array of honeycomb frames, inside.
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These are just the highlights of the Microbial Home, for more information please check out the Philips website or visit them at the Dutch Design Week.
source Yanko Design & Philips
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