Architecture
Building design, aesthetics, and engineering.
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Architecture
The architectural composition of a traditional Japanese Noh theatre.
The stage is typically constructed from hinoki (Japanese cypress). Originally, noh was played in open fields. When a theatre is recreated inside a building, it’s designed complete with details such as a roof, bridge with a handrail and a pine tree... See more
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Naucalpan is home to Casa Orgánica, an organic architectural masterpiece by the renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain. The space was originally designed by Javier for himself and his family in 1984, but after living in the home for 25 years, it has since opened to the public.
instagram.comDuring this formative time, she developed the roots of what one historian has called her “ecosocial” interpretation of the built environment, which considered architecture and the built environment to be an extension and manifestation of human ecology.5 This preference for the social led her to elevate Buckminster Fuller’s ecological utopianism... See more
Aggregate – Black Spaces Matter
TROPICA / SUBTROPICA
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I find an interesting parallel here to the ideas James Scott proposes in Seeing Like a State (which we covered back in RE #4): a top-down, central planning-style of design can't effectively predict the diversity of user needs. It turns out, contra to the "expert architect", that the users know best what they need from their space. And often even... See more
Coleman McCormick • MIT's Building 20: a Masterpiece of Utility
Philosophers and practitioners of architecture have long studied the relationship between physical spaces and ritual, ritual and the creation of culture, culture and the embodiment of thought.
It’s why, as a complete novice to the field, one of the first things you learn is that architecture is an irreducible mode of thinking in its own right . It’s... See more
It’s why, as a complete novice to the field, one of the first things you learn is that architecture is an irreducible mode of thinking in its own right . It’s... See more
Rebecca • Architecting digital spaces
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Plantea Estudio
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Studio behind some of my favorite spaces in Madrid.