Taylor Grindley: Design

n-architektur:

suitcase house - emergency housing competition TAKK

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sarahgraham7:

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Monday 7th March 2011. The weekend is never long enough. Sighs. Work today was fairly horrendous with the exception of my favourite class, who are always lovely. The sun’s still shining, although it’s bitterly cold with it, so I went to check out Parc de la Villette after work - one of many on my very long list of Parisian parks to visit before I leave. I’d seen photos which made it look quite interesting, full of colourful modern architecture, so it seemed like a good way to waste a few hours rather than going straight home.
It’s a bizarre place, to be honest, and I didn’t end up staying very long. It’s in the very north-east corner of the 19eme, right on the Périphérique, and not far from Bobigny where my last apartment was - so a slightly scary area of Paris to be wandering around alone. Accordingly, I’d not been there 10 minutes before I was being harassed by a charming Parisian teenager - something which hasn’t actually happened since I moved! How many times do you call “Mademoiselle!” before you realise you’re being ignored and leave them alone? About half a dozen, apparently.
As for the park itself, it’s like a strange cross between an industrial village and a worse for wear amusement park. It was designed and build in the 80s on the site of huge 19th century Parisian abbatoirs. It’s a strange design of modern-looking glass and metallic construction, divided down the middle by the Ourcq Canal (seen here) which leads to the Bassin de la Villette. The park is home to Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (the largest science museum in Europe, also seen here); an IMAX cinema; a theatre; music venue Cité de la Musique, a number of play areas and fairground amusements (all of which looked past their best, but perhaps they’re just still hibernating); wavy corrugated iron walkways and thirty five bright red follies, which Wikipedia claims “act as architectural representations of deconstruction”. Personally, I just thought they were a bit odd. One of these strange red structures has since been converted into a Quick, although I’m not sure where the deconstructivism fits in there - post-modernism apparently falls down in the face of capitalism!
Anyway, at least I can cross it off my list.

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tipsforarchitectureschool:

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travelsofanarchitecturestudent:

The Principles of Design

visualgraphic:

Dieter Rams: Ten Principles for good design

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fabriciomora:

Live-Make Industrial Arts Center

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2dots:

2dots design spotlight : WallPockets by Ampersand

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worclip:

Pen Holder (2009) by Nathaniel Paffet-Lugassy

I really like geometric shapes and the tolerances of a laser cutter allowed me to sculpt this snap-fit gem. It’s all black acrylic and cut in one pass.

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