not what they appear to be

next time i am in nyc, i want to go to 58 joralemon street in brooklyn

rotating kitchen

rotating kitchen. not to be confused with rotating dancing.

archaic ritual meets modern architecture

m posted this on fb. i had heard about these battles, but i had never seen one. after a little online research it turns out, that this footage was used for an art installation by cyprien gaillard.

the river that flows both ways

long time ago some one dear wrote a beautiful essay on that very same river - but that was before the days things like that were put online.

travel reports

in may09, a friend of mine sent me pictures from his trip to iran.
"... any other conceptions you hold you'll probably have to revise" he wrote. it made me want to go there immediately. and i wish now a had done so.

public space

this is the courtyard of the museum quatier in vienna. there are always people hanging out, meeting up, mingeling, surrounded by several museum, restaurants and bars. it is public and it's being used. it's brilliant. and the thing that makes it work are those yellow objects. this is what potsdamer platz in berlin could have been like. let's see if they'll use their second chance with the stadtschloss.

zuckerwürfel

sometimes architecture can make you happy. this one does. open and secluded at the same time, with holes to see the sky through.


when you were a child, did you want to become
an architect?
n: I would never have imagined myself being architect.
s: me too.
n: she wanted to be a grandmother! kind of funny!
grandmothers always look like...
s: they are relaxed.
n: happy and relaxed.
s: yes when I was a child I really wanted to be a
grandmother.
n: to sit on the terrace and enjoy the sunlight.
s: kazuyo sejima, n: ryue nishiza (SANAA)
ps: so eine webpage können sich nur die wirklich guten erlauben.

heatherwick studio

how to freeze falling liquid aka bleigiessen. if you have a chance to hear Katerina Dionysopoulou talk about it, don't miss it. the story how they made it is almost as beautiful as the piece itself.

bridging the gap with a rolling bridge.

theresa himmer

more

mark khaisman

there is more in tape.

n55 walking house

this house moves at a very slow and therefore comfortable pace. at that pace it takes a year to travel around the world.
notiz 4: what a strange thought to live in a constantly moving unit...to wake up somewhere else than where you fell asleep...and then to see the whole world by changing place so slowly.