Commentary

• Comments on Inapal Metal / Menos é mais | Arch Daily

  Inapal Metal / Menos é mais | Arch Daily – Inapal Metal is manufacturer of automotive parts.  The designed by Menos e Mais architects is a simple study in corrugated metal.  Rather than a banal metal building though, the Inapal Metal building has a subtle refinement that makes it something so much more.  The curving radius of the corners and the change in direction between the two main masses of the building break

  05.05.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on Santo Stefano Cemetery in Italy / Amoretti + Calvi + Ranalli | Arch Daily

  Santo Stefano Cemetery in Italy / Amoretti + Calvi + Ranalli | Arch Daily – The expansion of the Santo Stefano Cemetery in Italy is set between the old cemetery and a waterfront way.  It consists of a series of cubic crypts each freestanding and set in two rows along a curving line with a path set between.  The project’s success comes from its use of such a simple object as the cubic

  05.05.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on Richard Box | Interactive Architecture dot Org

  Richard Box | Interactive Architecture dot Org – An installation of 1301 fluorescent light bulbs powered by the electric field of a high voltage power line that crosses over the site is impressive in its ability to reveal the hidden world of the electromagnetic radiation that permeates the world around us.  While visually reminding me of Walter De Maria’s lightning field at sunset/sunrise, this installation takes the place making abilities of De Maria’s

  05.05.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on 290 Mulberry Fabrication Update – Prototyping | CASE Design, Inc.

  290 Mulberry Fabrication Update – Prototyping | CASE Design, Inc. – Case discusses the collaborative approach that was taken during their time at SHOP in the development of the innovative brick panels at 290 Mulberry.  The use of parametric modeling and a 3D printer allowed the production of quick prototypes and models that were then presented to potential fabricators, allowing a more directed and specific discussions to happen and the selection of fabricators

  05.05.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on Plants Can Twitter for Water with New Device – PC Magazine

  Plants Can Twitter for Water with New Device – PC Magazine – Researchers have designed a system that combines a soil moisture sensor, a micro-controller and custom software to allow a plant to send out tweets on its status.  Messages can be customized by the user to make them more unique.  In fact one of the researcher’s plant ‘Pothos’ has more than 2,300 followers on Twitter.

  This is an interesting example of how everyday

  05.05.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on Instruction Art | Build Blog

  Instruction Art | Build Blog – Build Blog discusses a art piece by William Anastasi that is a simple set of instructions to create a shallow notch in common drywall surfaces, the demolished mess of dust to be left in a pile at the bottom. The piece is effective because of its ability to be created nearly anywhere due to the ubiquitous use of gypsum board but also the singular condition it creates

  05.05.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on Naha City Gallery & Apartment house / 1100 Architect | Arch Daily

  Naha City Gallery & Apartment house / 1100 Architect | Arch Daily – Though very simple, the Naha City Gallery & Apartments by 1100 Architect is an excellent example of an architecture of the ordinary that doesn't compromise becoming the banal. Made of common materials, concrete, aluminum and glass, the building still spatially engages its surroundings. The gallery on the main floor juts out from the rest of the building, pulling in

  03.16.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on Planned Spontaneity

  Planned Spontaneity – Bojana Vuksanovic argues for new approaches to design and planning that allow for more spontaneity and change rather than the rigid, preconceived approaches that are favored in current architectural practice. While her arguments are strong, I take issue with her unqualified use of the terms organic and complexity.

  The organic is not truly opposed to the orderly. Her use of the organic is in line with its commonly conceived usage, but

  03.12.09 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on WORLDS APART « LEBBEUS WOODS

  WORLDS APART « LEBBEUS WOODS – Lebbeus Woods argues for the need of the next generation of architect's to take up the cause against the strict orders of design of past generations. He feels that fragmentation, chaos, randomness and complex systems of order can lead architect's to new ways of designing and opening up a new way of living for the inhabitants. Though I agree with him in principal, I can't help

  03.12.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey

• Comments on Mathematica Founder Developing Search Engine – PC Magazine

  Mathematica Founder Developing Search Engine – PC Magazine – Steven Wolfram is developing a search engine that is attempting to make knowledge computable. That is to say, Wolfram is attempting to make a search engine that can understand the relationships between different pieces of knowledge and then can respond to queries against that knowledge. At the moment there is only a place holder for the site at http://www.wolframalpha.com/ but the initial site

  03.12.09 | no comments | Filed Under: Commentary | Arthur McGoey