High Line New York City

 

 The High Line is a 1.45-mile (2.33 km) New York City park built on a section of the former elevated freight railroad spur called the West Side Line, which runs along the lower west side of Manhattan; it has been redesigned and planted as an aerial greenway. 

High Line New York City, Diller Scofidio + Renfro and landscape firm James Corner Field Operations, NY, 2010

see more in : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Line_%28New_York_City%29

http://inhabitat.com/new-yorks-high-line-park-to-double-in-size-by-next-spring/ 

http://www.thehighline.org/

http://agmetalminer.com/2009/07/10/metal-given-new-life-in-high-line-park/

Piezoelectrics, Piezo Electric Generators (IPEG)

 

Innowattech is planning to test a network of Piezo Electric Generators (IPEG) on a 100 meter stretch of road.

 see more in : http://www.innowattech.co.il/technology.aspx

 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/12/17/israeli-company-testing-piezoelectric-road/

 http://www.ecofriendlymag.com/2008/12/17/page/2/

The weight of vehicles driving over road plates into a new eco store will power a generator that creates enough electricity to keep checkouts ringing.

see more in : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1193070/Shoppers-cars-soon-able-power-supermarkets.html

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/15/supermarket-generates-piezoelectric-power-in-parking-lot/

Design a new traffic intersection that transforms the power of footsteps into energy.

see more in: http://www.mechanicalengineeringblog.com/tag/electricity-produced-by-the-piezo-electricity-theory/

Mercat Santa Caterina, Miralles/Tagliabue

EMBT - Miralles/Tagliabue: Mercat Santa Caterina (Market Holy Catherine), Barcelona , 2005

 see more in:

http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/showthread.php?5608-Barcelona-Santa-Caterina-Market-EMBT-Arquitectes

http://www.mercatsantacaterina.net/

http://www.mirallestagliabue.com/project.asp?id=59 

http://bartlettyear1architecture.blogspot.com/2011/02/embt-mirallestagliabue-mercat-santa.html 

 

Parc dels Colors & Diagonal Mar Park

Parc dels Colors, Enric Miralles e Benedetta Tagliabue, Mollet del Vallés, Barcelona - Spain, 1992-2002

see more in : http://www.frau1808.it/newsletter2008/0608light.htm 

http://www.geography.dur.ac.uk/conferences/Urban_Conference/Programme/pdf_files/Mireia%20Baylina,%20Ariadna%20Cucurella,%20Garcia-Ramon.pdf 

http://mirallestagliabue.com/project.asp?id=54 

Diagonal Mar Park, Miralles/Tagliabue EMBT, Barcelona, Spain, 1997-2002

see more in:http://www.mirallestagliabue.com/project_media.asp?id=51&idd=1220

http://www.arcspace.com/architects/miralles/diagonal/diagonal.html

studio reference _ Battlestar Galactica | Aircraft Carrier

a simple statement of power and intention the idea of which was perhaps more elegantly illustrated a few years later by Hans Hollein (Hans Hollein – Flugzeugträger in der Landschaft, 1964, Sammlung des Museum of Modern Art, New York)

 The Battlestar Galactica is a space battleship in the original and re-imagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7KRfEnqZ8

see more in: http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Galactica_type_battlestar

Future City | Experiment and Utopia in Architecture 1956 - 2006 

15 June 2006 - 17 September 2006

Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK

see more in : http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery/event-detail.asp?ID=4230

http://www.flickr.com/photos/transphormetic/sets/72157594264304683/

Netherlands Embassy in Berlin

Netherlands Embassy,OMA, Germany, Berlin, 2003 

see more in: http://www.oma.eu/index.php?option=com_projects&view=portal&Itemid=10&id=142 

http://www.architectureinberlin.com/?p=499

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CEdD7DEYdI&feature=player_embedded

Palais des Congrès by L.C.

Palais des congrès, Le Corbusier, Strasbourg, France, 1964

see more in: http://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/corbuweb/morpheus.aspx?sysId=13&IrisObjectId=7295&sysLanguage=en-en&itemPos=137&itemSort=en-en_sort_string1%20&itemCount=215&sysParentName=&sysParentId=65

http://www.quondam.com/31/3150.htm

http://www.quondam.com/21/2198.htm

Earth-friendly materials in public art and design

OMBRE,LAND-I Archicolture,‘Festival international de jardins de Métis’, Grand Metis, Quebec (Canada),2002

see more in: http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2011/03/ombre-by-land-i-archicolture/

http://www.vulgare.net/ombre-land/

Parco Lineare, STUDIO NOWA, CALTAGIRONE/San Michele Di Ganzaria, Italia, 1999

see more in :http://www.vulgare.net/parco-lineare-by-studio-nowa-caltagironesan-michele-di-ganzaria-italia-1999/ 

 Ira Keller Fountain Park,ANGELA DANADIJIEVA, Portland, USA, 1970

see more in : http://www.vulgare.net/ira-keller-fountain-park-by-angela-danadijieva-portland-usa-1970/

 

Safe Zone, STOSS LANDSCAPE URBANISM, Jardins Metis, Canada

see more in: http://www.vulgare.net/safe-zone-by-stoss-landscape-urbanism-jardins-metis-canada/ 

 

 Mercat De La Salut Square,VORA ARQUITECTURA, Badalona, Spain, 2009

see more in: http://www.vulgare.net/mercat-de-la-salut-square-by-vora-arquitectura-badalona-spain-2009/

 Villa Noailles, GABRIEL GUEVREKIAN, Hyeres, France, 1928

  

see more in: http://www.vulgare.net/villa-noailles-by-gabriel-guevrekian-hyeres-france-1928/ 

 Solearena,LUTZOW 7, Bad Essen,Germany, 2010

see more in : http://www.vulgare.net/solearena-by-lutzow-7-at-bad-essen-germany-2010/ 

 Pacific Heights Residence, ANDREA COCHRAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, San Francisco, USA

see more in: http://www.vulgare.net/pacific-heights-residence-by-andrea-cochran-landscape-architecture-san-francisco-usa/

 

Fukui Prefectual Library, MAKI AND ASSOCIATES, Japan, 2003

see more in: http://www.vulgare.net/fukui-prefectural-library-by-maki-and-associates-japan-2003/ 

 

Promenade Samuel De Champlain, CONSORTIUM DAOUST LESTAGE, Canada

see more in : http://www.vulgare.net/arch-daily-promenade-samuelde-champlain-consortium-daoust-lestage-williams-asselin-ackaoui-option-amnagement/

 

Igualada Cemetery, ENRIC MIRALLES & CARME PINOS, Igualada, Spain, 1985–96

 see more in:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igualada_Cemetery

http://www.archdaily.com/103839/ad-classics-igualada-cemetery-enric-miralles/

  pictures from: http://www.vulgare.net/igualada-cemetery-parkby-enric-miralles-carme-pinos-igualada-spain-198596/

http://www.0lll.com/lud/pages/architecture/archgallery/miralles_market/pages/miralles_santa-caterina_books2.htm

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/R_1RhKMTAqok57ktWBcxig

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8SB8XyuB50J-A_cIPXDy-Q