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To all,
I recommend that you have a look at the great work of the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister.
And i have a question for you... what are you currently using to compose your plates? do you know how to use Adobe InDesign? would you like to have a tutorial?


You should all be starting 3d modelling now - i recommend Rhino (take the tuesday class! it will help you  A LOT)



Pimmy
structural experimentations by
Frei Otto
Buckminster Fuller
eccentric structures in architecture - a book which will interest you
Robert Maillart bridges also
For a building technology , i would recommend fiber glass to you
reminding the Royal Albert bridge, with a contemporary strategy - Mutsuro Sasaki's work (engineer)
innovative structure group


Prompt
It might be interesting for you to explore the relationship between nature's growth and (sacred) geometry.
Here for an introduction.
+absolutely fantastic drawings by Macoto Murayama - example    s
also - a naturally optimized 3d truss!
Maybe you will like to read On growth and form  by d'Arcy W Thompson.


Dream
Santiago Calatrava
Green Gorgon by R&Sie
a great korean idea - the bike hanger
also, have a look at velodrome designs
and formula 1 circuits within cities
+ a few other examples, more or less successful
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/05/01/danish-pavilion-at-shanghai-expo-2010-by-big/
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/27/nanhe-river-landscape-bridge-by-wxy-architecture/
http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/30/melkwegbridge-by-next-architects-and-rietveld-landscape/
urban design presentation (maybe inspiring) http://www.archdaily.com/category/urban-design/page/5/
that will be it for now!...


A
About stairs.. have a look at this  Why Don’t We Do It On The Stairs?’ / Re-Make Re-Model 
bodies in movement/space bu William Forsythe - http://synchronousobjects.osu.edu/


Marc
(in case) http://superuse.org/ & recycled toy furniture by Greg Lynn
a DETAIL issue on recycling and architecture - order it maybe?
other examples - this one really amazing made with beer crates
make your catalogue!!

Pae
more observatories 
a good study of Jantar Mantar


Jun
Have a look at the monorail in the film Fahrenheit 451 by Truffaut! maybe a good idea to propose a new monorail as wel...
And please post your research on the blog! Aj. Fredrik is very curious about it.


ACTUALLY EVERYONE SHOULD POST ON THE BLOG NOW!!


Plug
Go to Material Connexion at TCDC


Noc
Look at the work of Monika Sosnowska


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

For me I am now using photoshops to compose my plate....don't really know about the others.....

Anonymous said...

Oh and it would be great if you can give us a tutorial about the adobe indesign....still, don't know that the others are willing to or not.....