2011. május 31., kedd
2011. május 30., hétfő
"IWC" Antoine de Saint Exupéry... Une montre en hommage à un héros de l’aéronautique !
The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'Wind, Sand, and Stars,' 1939.
The magic of the craft has opened for me a world in which I shall confront, within two hours, the black dragons and the crowned crests of a coma of blue lightnings, and when night has fallen I, delivered, shall read my course in the starts.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'Wind, Sand, and Stars,' 1939.
I don't understand these people anymore, that travel the commuter-trains to their dormitory towns. These people that call themselves human, but, by a pressure they do not feel, are forced to do their work like ants. With what do they fill their time when they are free of work on their silly little Sundays?
I am very fortunate in my profession. I feel like a farmer, with the airstrips as my fields. Those that have once tasted this kind of fare will not forget it ever. Not so, my friends? It is not a question of living dangerously. That formula is too arrogant, too presumptuous. I don't care much for bull-fighters. It's not the danger I love. I know what I love. It is life itself.
I am very fortunate in my profession. I feel like a farmer, with the airstrips as my fields. Those that have once tasted this kind of fare will not forget it ever. Not so, my friends? It is not a question of living dangerously. That formula is too arrogant, too presumptuous. I don't care much for bull-fighters. It's not the danger I love. I know what I love. It is life itself.
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'Wind, Sand, and Stars,' 1939.
Villa Savoye, Poissy France
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret designed and built the Villa Savoye residence in 1931. It contains all the points of Corbusier's ideal modern structure and still stands on the outskirts of Paris. The five tenents of the international style are:
- Pilotis columns elevate the building above the earth so that garden outdoor space can extend beneath.
- Gardens and terraces on the roof make an otherwise useless space functional.
- Columns support the structure so that walls can freely be placed anywhere on the floor plan
- Ribbon windows extend horizontally to illuminate and ventilate the interior
- Exterior facades are free from bearing loads to open up design considerations
White surfaces were another trademark of modernists. Strict adherence to these tenets caused architectural disasters, such as the thousands killed in African colonies because their pilotis structures toppled from earthquakes. But Corbusier carefully molded this house within its context. Openings were positioned to capture solar gain. The plan was formed from the Golden mean and positioned to accommodate views of the countryside. The new automobile was considered as the method of approach. Ramps led up from the servant's quarters on the ground floor to living quarters, and then up to the roof. Winding stairs are likewise positioned carefully. Timber, masonry, and metal textures were carefully chosen for detailing. Windows become dominant in some places and walls only used to shade too much direct sun.
If the residence looks more like an office building than a house, that's because the Villa Savoye became a model for working structures rather than houses. Some points have been lost, like the rooftop solarium, but the ground-floor garage, ribbon windows, open plan, and rational approach has been embraced in many kinds of structures.
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2011. május 29., vasárnap
Sustainable Head Office of Co-operative Group ’sliced egg’ in Manchester
3DReid is currently working on the £100 million low-energy, highly sustainable new headquarters for the Co-operative Group in Manchester city centre. Constructed by UK-based construction group BAM, the structure features 16 floors above ground that rises to a height of 72.5 metres. There are 12 distinct Co-operative business that are to be accommodated within the new headquarters building, with the current premises spread across 8 separate buildings and a total of 65 floors.
The building is designed around three cores set at the corners of an equilateral triangle with the office space arranged in blocks between each of them and an atrium filling much of the middle of the scheme. Convex curves along the main sides combined curving corners bend the outside of the building helping it move away from a precise triangular shape to something a bit more organic in appearance.
On the upper levels from floor nine, a large portion of the building has been sliced diagonally away as if it was an egg cut in half with a ring of light bronze cladding separating the inside from the outside. The advantage of this is that the upper floors reveal stepped terraces and aluminium framed glazing that shield the atrium from the elements providing copious amounts of outside space. Source 3dreid
The building is designed around three cores set at the corners of an equilateral triangle with the office space arranged in blocks between each of them and an atrium filling much of the middle of the scheme. Convex curves along the main sides combined curving corners bend the outside of the building helping it move away from a precise triangular shape to something a bit more organic in appearance.
On the upper levels from floor nine, a large portion of the building has been sliced diagonally away as if it was an egg cut in half with a ring of light bronze cladding separating the inside from the outside. The advantage of this is that the upper floors reveal stepped terraces and aluminium framed glazing that shield the atrium from the elements providing copious amounts of outside space. Source 3dreid
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