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!!
