FREE City, an urban utopia that cobbles together the radial design of Paris, the hexagonal shape of Vienna, and the grid system of NYC.
![Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s Ole Scheeren, is known for designing elaborate and intriguing architectural structures. Among them is the MahaNakhon complex, a concept designed for Bangkok, Thailand. The 77-floor tall building includes interlaced apartments that go inwards to create the illusion that the building is peeling away its outter layer pixel by pixel.
(via High-Rise Building Gives The Illusion That It Is Crumbling [Pics] - PSFK)](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me0h2weGBa1qzdiowo1_r1_500.jpg)
Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s Ole Scheeren, is known for designing elaborate and intriguing architectural structures. Among them is the MahaNakhon complex, a concept designed for Bangkok, Thailand. The 77-floor tall building includes interlaced apartments that go inwards to create the illusion that the building is peeling away its outter layer pixel by pixel.
(via High-Rise Building Gives The Illusion That It Is Crumbling [Pics] - PSFK)
Höweler Yoon Architecture’s vision for the U.S. eastern corridor offers an inspiring glimpse of mobility in 2030
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Under Tomorrows Sky Hovig Alahaidoyan imagines the island city’s coastline. Hovig Alahaidoyan
(via Will The City Of The Future Look As Insane As This? | Popular Science)
As information is distributed and consumed at an increasingly rapid pace, one of the most effective (or at least pervasive) ways to communicate architectural ideas is through renderings. Typically a perspectival image that can be understood without any knowledge of architectural drawing conventions, the rendering derives power from its accessibility to a wide audience-hence its crucial role in design competitions, client presentations, press releases, and other such public forums.
While these architectural visualizations are certainly nothing new, advances in software and hardware have enabled renderings to be made faster and more realistic than ever before. This presents both an opportunity and a challenge. On the one hand, design concepts can now be tested and conveyed with an unprecedented degree of visual accuracy. Conversely, whether through omission, extreme dramatization, or even intentional fakery, architects now have the ability to realistically depict the impossible. Furthermore, both clients and public are beginning to expect photorealistic imagery even at the earliest stages of a project, when supposed ‘realism’ can oftentimes belie the fundamentally speculative nature of design. Given the importance of these images in mediating between architects and the people they ultimately serve, CLOG will critically assess the state of renderings today.
Obviously, this is something I’d love to see. Given my interests.
