Danish Ripple Effect in Zaragoza
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The team behind the Danish pavilion at the World Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain consists of three Copenhagen-based firms — architects Spektrum Arkitekter, graphic agency Loop Associates and communications agency 2+1.
The Danish pavilion houses Círculos de Agua (Circles in the Water), an exhibition about sustainable living and lasting solutions that echoes the World Expo 2008 theme of water and sustainability. Círculos de Agua highlights Danish technologies that have started out small yet have the potential to affect global change. The underlying message is that everything we do spreads like ripples through water. The pavilion will be used again at the COP15 Copenhagen — United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009.
The pavilion consists of five cylinders with five themes. The Wind Cylinder explains how the tiny country of Denmark with only five million inhabitants has become a leading supplier of wind power technologies. The Water Cylinder explores the planning of cities to cope with rising water levels and the extreme climate of the future. The Daylight Cylinder showcase natural light as a vehicle for both style and sustainability. The Biomass Cylinder extols the virtues of bio fuels produced from harvest waste. The Restaurant & Shop Cylinder, dedicated to creativity, showcases the latest in Danish design and crafts. The World Expo runs till September 14, so it’s not too late to see it. - Tuija Seipell
Numeric Keypad / Calculator Chairs
Cover Photo of Nikkei Pasokon Interior Series, vía Swiss miss
Locally Grown : Farm_Scape by Sean Canty
Una interpretación de como integrar en el paisaje una construcción de este tipo.
City Lounge by Carlos Martinez
Vía coolboom desde Judit bellostes. Fotos: Thomas Mayer.
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Ciudad Lounge es un espacio al aire libre en el centro de San Gallen, Suiza, que ha sido diseñado por Carlos Martínez en colaboración con Pipilotti Rist, como resultado de un concurso de ideas para crear una sala de estar.
Una alfombra roja en torno a las corrientes de todos los edificios, recreando lugares para descansar, lugares para conversar, los lugares para estacionar, fuentes, incluso falsas coches puede subir.
Bar code mall by Vitruvius & Sons
Descubierto en monocode a través de etre en Eikongraphia de Mimoa
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Location: St. Petersburg
Function: commercial space, retail, shopping centre
Contributed by: Vladimir_Frolov
‘Shtrikh kod’ is barcode in Russian. This emblem of retail is frequently used in contemporary art & design. Vitruvius and Sons studio used it in the context of architecture. The centre is located in a soviet residential area on the bank of the Neva River. Placed in a vast nameless square by the Volodarsky Bridge, formed by grey housing blocks. Vitruvius and Sons liven up this space by introducing a splash of colour. At the same time they are playing with a post-modern symbolic; the elongated windows which create the impression of a barcode help to clarify the functional identity of the building (usually this role is played by the logos of those retailers renting the shop spaces), and at the same time they turn out a big portion of irony.
