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Tom Patti is a widely respected artist who has devoted much of his career to researching different formulations of glasses and hot-forming techniques and to exploring industrial and architectural glass as a sculptural medium. Over the last 35 years, he has used glass to build and define spaces that transform surface, light, and color. In recent years, Patti has dramatically shifted the scale of his work from complex, small-scale objects to illusionistic environments made of architectural glass.

Sacred Catholic wood carvings of Saints Peter, Paul, and the Four Evangelists explained by the artist A.Vonn Hartung. These high relief wood carvings were completed in August of 2008 for the Ambo (pulpit) of St. Paul Catholic Church in Pensacola, Florida for Father Doug Halsema through the Liturgical art & architectural consultant Dr. Steven Schloeder. The saints are all directed towards the center of the Ambo, as though they are again listening to and reliving the truth and reality of Christ Jesus that because of them and through them the gift of the Holy Spirit continues to live in us in the Liturgy of the Word. The background noise is a driving rain and listen for the thunder! For more photos and information on this work and others please see www.artsofine.com/vonn

Animación speed Paint Arquitectura Diseño 3d Trabajo de diseño Arte Visual Gráfico animación por Luis Pereira para Edificio Tempora / By Best / Lexus Group secuencias Speed Paint, Vista 3d boceto dibujo / relación arquitectura ( Argentina Cordoba ) Animation speed Paint 3d Design Architecture Visual Art Work Design - Graphic - animation by Luis Pereira for Tempora Building / By Best / Lexus Group ... Speed Paint sequences, Vista 3d sketch - drawing / architectural relationship ... (Argentina - Cordoba ) Argentino - Cba - Arte Art Work - graf - ilustracion - croquis - dibujo -

1)La Comparsa, Ernesto Lecuona, piano 2)La Conga Blicoti- Josephine Baker & The Lecuona Cuban Boys. 3)La Conga se va.- Ernesto Lecuona & The Lecuona Cuban Boys. 4) Siempre en mi Corazon.- ( Estas en mi corazon...) Placido Domingo 5) Mirala que linda viene( Rumbas cubanas) The Lecuona Cuban Boys SIEMPRE EN MI CORAZON compositor: Ernesto Lecuona version: Placido Domingo (Lyrics) Estas en mi corazon, aunque estoy lejos de ti, y es el tormento mayor, esta fatal separacion... Estas en mi corazon, y en mi amarga soledad, el recuerdo de tu amor, disminuye mi penar... Yo bien se que nunca mas, en mis brazos estaras, prisionera de un cariño que fue toda mi ilusion, pero nada ha de poder, que te deje de querer, porque como unica dueña, estas en mi corazon. Estas en mi corazon, y en mi amarga soledad, el recuedo de tu amor, disminuye mi penar.... Yo bien se que nunca mas, en mis brazos estaras, prisionera de un cariño, que fue toda mi ilusion, pero nadie ha de poder, que te deje de querer, porque como unica dueña, estas en mi corazon... HAVANA, CUBA: 1920s "La Habana Elegante" PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS: " On October 19, 1927, Pan Am flew its first flight by delivering mail from Key West, Florida, to Havana. Regularly scheduled service began nine days later". José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (November 19, 1888 - March 8, 1942) was a Cuban world-class chess player in the early to mid-twentieth century. One of the first five unofficial grandmasters, he held the title of world chess champion ...

Scott Onstott with us discussing his website and video research series titled "Secrets In Plain Sight". We talk about his journey that led him to his research into esoteric Masonic/Egyptian/Occultic symbolism/quadrivium found in both old and new architectural buildings and sites found around the world. We also get into some possibilities for why these structures have been built and the need to openly discuss these things so that we can understand why they've been built and possible purposes for them. Be sure to check this show out so that you can become aware of the secrets found in plain sight in your location. Some additional notes about Scott Onstott: He went to UC Berkeley and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Architecture in 1992. He got into Manual Drafting and soon transitioned to AutoCAD and gained experience in several prominent engineering, architecture and interiors firms in San Francisco. Scott worked as a Draftsman, CAD Designer, Job Captain, Animator, and Programmer before becoming an independent consultant. He's taught over 45 semester courses at three Bay Area colleges and has written and edited dozens of technical computer books. "Secrets In Plain Sight" is a video series which is an exploration of art, architecture, and urban design which unveils an unlikely intersection of geometry, politics, numerical philosophy, religious mysticism, new physics, music, astronomy, and world history. Synopsis: Secrets In Plain Sight is an awe inspiring exploration ...

At a time when many architects are content to peddle a pat routine, Adam Kalkin is a truly original thinker. His work is industrial grit mixed with poetic touches and a dash of performance art.

www.kinkaleri.it - West looks at the way in which architectural spaces are produced, performed and gendered through the moving image.

The vFan Portable Airbrush System is the worlds first high-performance hybrid airbrush syste. No compressor needed, but works well with standard work shop compressors. Sprays a 1/16th' detail and up to a 3" fan spray pattern. Designed as a professional Touch-up portable spray system for the Architectural, Industrial, Residential, Automotive, Marine, Product, Art, Hobby and Professional Industries. Easy to use where Pro's and Do-it-Yourselfer's can work with this double action hybrid airbrush system for better control and even finishes. Sprays most waterbased and solvent based paints including latex and clear coats. The perfect airbrush! Made in the USA. Patent-pending

This lesson features tips on painting realistic windows, which are a must, if you're rendering buildings, such as houses, barns and lighthouses. Visit my website at www.wilsonbickford.com and Obsidian Custom Video at http

Video Artist Steve Beck has been creating video designs and works since the pre-digital era of 1967 up through the current post-digital era of 2011. A few glimpses of a few of his works are shown here, ranging from the classic analog Beck Direct Video Synthesizer, the Beck Digital Video Weaver, installations at ARTEC Nagoya, Japan (commissioned by HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa), The Kwang Ju Biennale, Korea, and NOOR (Light) the most recent series of designs in homage to the Masters of Islamic Patterns. (C) 2010,2011 Steve Beck All Rights Reserved Please visit www.stevebeck.tv to learn more.....and then there is NOOR....

www.vernissage.tv | At the beachfront at Collins Park Art Basel Miami Beach's Art Positions presents 20 young galleries with projects by their up-and-coming artists in 20 shipping containers transformed into temporary gallery spaces. Among them Teresa Margolles at Díaz, Martha Friedman at Wallspace, Tercerunquinto at Monclova, Matthias Bitzer at Galerie Iris Kadel, Raúl Denieves / Mikilandia Productions at Newman Popiashvili, José Dávila at Renwick Gallery, Claire Fontaine at T293, Dagmar Heppner at Galerie Eva Winkeler, Martin Soto Climent at Broadway 1602, and My Barbarian at Steve Turner Contemporary. This year, Federico Díaz and E-Area created an architectural installation titled "Ultra Environment" with surround-sound audio, video projections and mood light, and live radio broadcasts by Art Radio WPS1.org. Opening Night Art Positions, October 4, 2008. More videos on contemporary art, design, architecture: www.vernissage.tv Connect www.facebook.com twitter.com Become a Member: vernissage.tv Browse our Archive: vernissage.tv Find Artists, Designers, Architects: vernissage.tv Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series "No Comment" and "Interviews", art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art ...

www.janvanoort.nl Jan van Oort is Abstract painter & ARTect (architectural art) Saxophoneplayer & Musiccomposer For contacting Jan; send a message: janvanoort@kunstoort.nl

Designed by South Korean, Finland-based designer Aamu song, REDDRESS is an interactive installation and performance space in the form of a gigantic red dress. Realised in over 550 metres of wool fabric, this impressive red dress is worn by a performer who will climb a concealed staircase to immerse themselves in the material. The audience can then enjoy Finnish folk-fusion music whilst blanketed in the dress' many pockets. www.reddress.fi

"For me it is always a question of thinking before sketching," explains Wim Crouwel, the Dutch graphic designer. "A design ripens in my head, and then I see it more or less in front of me, before I take a pencil and do it on paper". Phaidon.com caught up with Crouwel in Utrecht at Schröder House - designed by Gerrit Rietveld, a name that was familiar to Crouwel as a student at art school (and who would later become an acquaintance). In a career spanning more than 60 years, Crouwel discusses how he was influenced by the Swiss design movement of the 1950s and how he became a graphic designer, known to his friends as 'grid-nick': "I developed a kind of grid in which my design would take shape. It's very architectural because I'm influenced as much by architecture as by other graphic designers and artists."

Mark Harris, AIA He apprenticed under Antoine Predock, FAIA, where his early theoretical and practical frameworks of cultural excavations and environmental stewardship were formulated and expanded. His current emerging work, which centers on latent social and environmental narratives within architecture, has recently received numerous national and international awards. Mr. Harris' work has been noted as 'visionary, bold, and evocative", creating a "cohesive and probing architecture that is both powerful and highly symbolic". His early formulations of "Hybrid Architectures", manifested in his recent Billboard House project and his Remote UN Security Council Chambers project, garnered him the prestigious 2003 American Architecture Award. Considered an "emerging voice in architecture", he has been a visiting lecturer, conference speaker, and studio critic at major national and international universities , and donates his time and talents to several overseas children's charities in Russia and Romania. Education: Master of Architecture and Environmental Design -- Arizona State University Bachelors of Architecture and Environmental Design -- University of Texas at Arlington Professional Registrations: Licensed Colorado Architect - #B3166 Licensed General Contractor - #14871 Professional Affiliations: American Institute of Architects (AIA) American Preservation Society Council for Educational Facility Planners (CEFPI) Civic Affiliations: Colorado Springs 40 Influential People ...

Learn design with Doug Patt at his live virtual webcam studio. howtoarchitect.com Hi. Im Doug Patt and this is How to draw with lead. Today Ill be creating an abstract pencil rendering of machine parts. Ill be using a .5mm Pentel mechanical pencil with HB leads. You can also use a slightly larger diameter lead with a .7mm pencil, but I like the thinner line. The other type of pencil you may choose is a lead holder drafting pencil. These are a little trickier because youve got to keep them sharpened. Ill also be using 4 different lead pencils. These are all Staedtler Mars Lumograph pencils. Theres the 2h the lightest and hardest I will be using, an HB which is the typical hardness on most pencils, and a 2b and 4b both progressively softer and darker. Ill be using a small sized adjustable triangle, a ruler and drafting tape. I also have some templates I really like to use as well as a compass, an electric eraser and metal eraser shield. So, Ive cut out a small rectangular piece of Strathmore 400 series drawing paper. This paper is a little thin for my taste, but it has a nice texture and its acid free so it should have a nice lifespan. Im a classically trained artist so I like to use the golden section and the root rectangles as the drawn armature on my page. I do this in to help me organize and develop my drawing but thats for another episode. The piece of paper is the same proportion as a rootphi rectangle. Now, I love machines and I really enjoy drawing abstractions of ...

Year 12 Visual Art Studies Practical One Cube3 Modular Exterior Home Concept Song | Gotye - Distinctive Sound Created in Google SketchUp Rendered in Podium & VRay Edited in Windows Movie Maker & MonkeyJam FACT: Rending the animation in VRay took almost 4 days (day and night). Rendering almost 1500 frames! Enjoy the video! From Marcus Edit : Accepted into the South Australian Year 12 Art Show.

Tom Fisher - Dean of the University of Minnesota's College of Design Thomas Fisher is a Professor and Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. Educated at Cornell University in architecture and Case Western Reserve University in intellectual history, he previously served as the Editorial Director of Progressive Architecture magazine in Stamford, Connecticut. He has lectured or juried at many schools and professional societies, and has published over two dozen book chapters and over 250 articles. He has also published four books: In the Scheme of Things, Alternative Thinking on the Practice of Architecture; Salmela Architect; Lake/Flato Buildings and Landscapes; and most recently, Architectural Design and Ethics: Tools for Survival. Recorded on July 31st, 2008 at Solutions for the Other 90% at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota www.solutionstwincities.org

In this lesson plan, students design and construct a 3-dimensional structure using their initial or other significant letter. The surface can be decorated with descriptive words and images that are personally meaningful and unique to the student's identity. Instead of wet, messy adhesive, this process uses paper packing tape to create papier mâché. This tape is inexpensive, easy, and tidy to use, and the finished letters are hard and durable. We'll also show you several techniques for decorating the finished letter. For the PDF version, materials list and more information, go to; www.dickblick.com

Handmade Nation A documentary about the rise of DIY art, craft and design by Faythe Levine Northwest Premiere at the Museum of Contemporary Craft April 3, 4 & 5, 2009 A showcase of Kates original illustrations for the Handmade Nation book will be on view at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, April 7-18 www.MuseumofContemporaryCraft.org/hmn www.handmadenationmovie.com www.obsessiveconsumption.com Film by Porter Panther Filmed at Crafty Wonderland at the Doug Fir Lounge and Kate Bingaman-Burt studio, Portland, Oregon Music: Talkdemonic Stills and illustrations courtesy Princeton Architectural Press and Kate Bingaman-Burt

Drawing tools - Modifying tools - Constraints Instructor Bio: Arch.Iman Ahmed Mohamed Fine Arts- Architectural Department 1999 Training Manager - Art Director at "IT HOUSE-for Business solutions, Training solutions, Art and Design" CTT+ (Certified Technical Trainer) Autodesk Inventor Certified Instructor ACI (Adobe Certified Instructor) Email: iman.mohamad@gmail.com

In this segment, a student turns his passion for drawing into a career in Architectural Technology. FromATETV Episode 41. ATETV is a web-based video series and interactive network designed to connect students and professionals with careers in advanced technology. Our video series highlights ATE success stories from community colleges and ATE programs nationwide. CONNECT WITH ATETV: YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com Website: www.atetv.org Facebook www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com iTunes: itunes.apple.com

Slide show cut for a project I design engineered the fences, gates,architectural metals and misc. metals as well as project managed for the manufacturer/installer the mighty Republic Fence Co., Inc. This Beverly Hills project features the design work of the famous Hablinski-Manion architectural team and the sublime interior design work of the wonderful Frank Pennino. The builder/contractor was Winters-Scham and Associates who recently completed the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. An amazing team of talent !!!! The music is by Juan Del Rio.

Content design test for a large scale media facade scheme in Cairo, Egypt. The project is currently on site with anticipated completion by the end of the year 2011.

Casting concrete spheres requires filling up the spherical mold with cement. Learn how to cast garden sphere molds to make garden spheres in this free landscaping video. Expert: Farouk Ramadan Contact: www.historystones.com Bio: Farouk Ramadan has a master's degree in architecture and design from the College of Art and Design in Florence, Italy, and has over 25 years of experience in architecture and product design. Filmmaker: Lisa Fenderson

Website: www.sharpimageonline.com SharpImage Founded in 1994, Sharp Image has prided itself for using cutting edge technology & trends in the field of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) for 3D Character Animation (TVCs), Short Animated Films, TV Commercials/Visual FX, TV Shows (3D Animated Series), VFX/Asset Development and Architectural Visualization. Throughout its existence, Sharp Image has tried to combine creative & technical experience which consists of Concept Art, Character Design/Development, Environment Design, 3D Modeling, Character Animation, Rigging, Texture Painting and Rendering with 90+ CG Artists working on Projects from Concept to Execution. Email: info@sharpimageonline.com, av@sharpimageonline.com

A multi faceted design proposal for the Nakagin capsule tower in Shimbashi, Tokyo as an alternative to the planned demolition of this significant piece of architectural history. The proposal incorporates a full range of services for the creative industries and provides an affordable alternative to renting your own equipment and studio space. Collaborate with like minded professionals in your industry and showcase your work in our state of the art exhibition spaces. Spaces can be rented by the hour, by the month by the year. Composed + Directed by irisStudio + Timber Elephant Music: Full Sail by Ryan Farish

Title: MALAYSIA, THE ONE ACADEMY: My Telatori. A creative artwork of students at The One Academy, Malaysia. Diploma Programmes- The One Academy's Diploma Programmes are full time 3-year courses that prepare students to be proficient both practically and theoretically. The Art & Design Fundamental Studies is the 1st part of the Academy's 3-year diploma programme. It takes 2 semesters and aims to give students a strong foundation in art & design sense, history & theory of art appreciation, communication skills, computer knowledge and character building before advancing to their chosen major. The third semester is devoted to the basics of major-specific skills before students begin their majoring years in earnest, and plan and execute their own graduation campaigns. The Academy offers diploma programmes in : * Multimedia Design Programme * Advertising Design Programme * Digital Animation Programme * Illustration Programme * Interior Design Programme The One Academy also offers various Bachelor Degree Programmes.

Kyle Runciman - Industrial Designer New Release of SBP 2010 is unreal. This is a quick clip of a concept sketch developed with older methods. New tools such as Ruler and Ellipse were used for the sketch but aren't seen in the video. Texture brushes were also added, but how-to wasn't shown either. I'll upload a clip of some of these additions soon. Song: Ratatat - Gettysburg

Photoshop tutorial showing how to transform a photo of a building, car or anything else into an architect's blueprint drawing. Paper texture: db.tt Water stain brushes: db.tt Marks & Scratches brushes: db.tt

Cultural Event on 2nd Oct 2010, contemporary events all over Paris from early evening to early morning. Piece filmed's called 3D Bridge and was made by WELOVEART, 1024Architecture and Samsung.

Assistant Professor Anders Carlson is the Director of the Chase L. Leavitt Graduate Building Science Program at the USC School of Architecture. He has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Caltech researching damage to tall steel moment frame buildings due to the Northridge Earthquake. Anders is also a licensed structural engineer and Staff Consultant at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger with over 17 years experience in design of steel, concrete, composite, and light framed wood structures. His work has encompassed a broad range of project types including civic, educational, healthcare, office, retail, government, and residential. Project sizes have ranged from sculptures to highrises. He has worked on notable projects such as Koolhaas' Seattle Public Library, Libeskind's Hamilton Building of the Denver Art Museum, the investigation of the collapse of WTC-7 and the first buckling restrained braced frame building in the United States. Prof. Carlson's pedagogical focus is to integrate building science studies of the natural and manmade forces affecting the built environment with design, current practice and new tools and technologies to make the USC School of Architecture a paradigm of holistic architectural design. He is helping to develop new tools for students to quickly assess structural and environmental impacts to their designs using the software and technologies they are already familiar with so that they can make informed design decisions. Anders' research focus is on seismic ...

An advocate of immersive film design, Alex McDowell integrates digital technology and traditional design technique, creating a production design process that allows for unprecedented control over the look of the final film. He started incorporating digital design into his work with Fight Club. He sophisticated the process in 1999 with a fully integrated digital design department for Steven Spielberg's Minority Report, creating an intensely researched world of 2054. For Spielberg's The Terminal, he set up another cutting-edge art department to realize a full size airport terminal, the largest architectural set ever built for film. Here Alex talks about the Pre Vis design of Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Janet Lee turns all her small NYC rental apartments into tiny, eclectic, amazing, spaces with her unique sense of design and style. Also, Janet literally wrote the book on Living In A Nutshell - livinginanutshell.com TINY ECLECTIC AMAZING SPACES is a show about small spaces with big design and the people who put their eye for interior design to work and create truly unique, awesome and functional places to live and work. SPACEStv is an original home + design channel Watch more on SPACEStv Subscribe at http Follow us at www.twitter.com Friend us at www.facebook.com Pin with us at www.Pinterest.com.SPACEStv See more photos at http

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When painting simulated wood grain, use mixture of light and dark color values to make look more realistic. Learn how to draw wood grain textures in this free painting lesson from an art instructor and professional painter. Expert: Gretchen Kibbe Bio: Gretchen Kibbe is an artist and part-time faculty member at Appalachian State University. She worked as a scenic artist on the Spike Lee movie School Daze. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

Architecture is one of the most important components of human culture. Over thousands of years, different civilizations have built architectural wonders, each more striking than the next. Pyramids... Palaces... Cathedrals... Mosques... Each emerges from the calculations of expert architects, from the joint efforts and cooperation of thousands of people. Architecture is a field where the concepts of art and aesthetics, imparted to mankind by God, are exhibited. But did you know that there are architects in nature just as skilled as their human counterparts? ARCHITECTS IN NATURE Animals in nature attract our attention with the structure of their bodies in particular. The cheetah possesses a perfect skeleton and muscles systems for it to run. The eagle possesses the world's best aerodynamic design. The dolphin has a specially created skin and body so it can swim in the water. These flawless designs in animals' bodies are each proof to remind us that every species of living thing was created by God. But possessing a perfect body is not enough. The animal also has to know how to use that body. A bird's wings are only of any use when it succeeds in taking flight, soaring and landing with them. When we look at the living world through these eyes, we see a most interesting truth. Each animal behaves in the most appropriate manner for the conditions that surround it. Furthermore, this behaviour occurs right from the moment of birth. It takes only half an hour for a new-born ...

Speed of Light installation Immersive and interactive, the specially created light installation has been placed over four different levels of the Bargehouse by the renowned light artists to mark the ten year anniversary of broadband being available to everyone in Britain. Commissioned by Virgin Media, the installation explores the nature of speed, efficiency, communication and modernity, and encourages visitors to get up close and personal with its lights. Interactive journey As the Speed of Light installation takes over the building, it forces people to interact with the light sculpture as they journey through it. By creating another of their spectacular pieces of light and laser based art, the United Visual Artists are placing the spectators at the heart of the experience, rather than making them simply obvservers. United Visual Artists The London based art and design practice that is the United Visual Artists have a reputation for creating unusual and unique light installations across the city. Their work tends to be inspired by a space or an architectural feature that their light installation can work with, specifically relying on public interaction to bring certain elements of the creation to life. Alongside the Speed of Light installation at Bargehouse, UVA have also created work for Covent Garden Market and the Victoria and Albert Museum's John Madejski Garden. The Speed of Light installation at Bargehouse, Southbank, takes place from 11am - 7pm, Friday 9th April ...

by Foad Shafighi vimeo.com This is the final result(prototypes) of Luminaire Design course 2011 which is part of Architectural Lighting Design and Health Master Program in KTH University. Music: Clocks by Coldplay

An overview of the Conrad Schmitt Studios, Inc. New Berlin, WI. The Studio creates and restores interiors and fine works of art for buildings of architectural, historic and religious significance. One of the oldest and largest glass studios, CSS is recognized for outstanding craftsmanship in the creation, conservation and restoration of stained glass. With a unified artistic vision, CSS's talented and experienced staff of artists and craftsmen provide a variety of disciplines to be a single source for all of a projectss aesthetic needs. Today, as in the past, Conrad Schmitt Studios is dedicated to providing beauty, quality and longevity in every endeavor. Visit www.conradschmitt.com to learn more about our studio and view our portfolio.

Leading Women, a CNN television series that connects its viewers to extraordinary women at the top of their chosen fields, is sponsored by OMEGA Ladymatic. The Ladymatic collection is distinguished by its bold, statement-making design and a mechanical movement widely considered to be among the best in the world. Every month, the series features two influential women. In August 2012, OMEGA and CNN introduce Zaha Hadid founder of Zaha Hadid Architects. A unique and hugely respected figure in the world of contemporary architecture, Zaha Hadid is one of the youngest ever winners of the prestigious Pritzker Prize, and the first - and only - woman ever to receive the honour (the highest in architecture). Born in Baghdad in 1950, she gained a degree in mathematics from the American University in Beirut before moving to London in 1972 to study at the Architecture Association School, winning the school's Diploma Prize in 1977. Her innovative, convention-breaking creations span the entire spectrum of design, from large-scale urban architecture to interiors, furniture and exhibition spaces, and have graced cities around the globe, winning her a plethora of awards and prizes. Among her best known projects are the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany, the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany, the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, USA and the Hoenheim Nord Terminus in Strasbourg, France. In addition to her architectural and design work she is a gifted ...

THE FAKE FACTORY : VIDEO DESIGN FOR GUESS EUROPEAN RETAIL MEETING 2012 GUESS by PAUL MARCIANO RETAIL EUROPEAN MEETING 2012 FLORENCE, TUSCANY. A large scale projection lit up the STAZIONE LEOPOLDA in Florence during the Night Gala of the GUESS REM 2012. The Florence-based video artists of THE FAKE FACTORY bring a new perspective to building facade decoration by fusing video art & digital projection technologies. THE FAKE FACTORY developed a range of 2D and 3D mapping effects, to re-design the architectural facade and the 1.000 square meters of the meeting room in a very elegant and refined style. FIRENZE STAZIONE LEOPOLDA VIDEO DESIGN: THE FAKE FACTORY design&direction: STEFANO FAKE postproduction supervisor: Stefano Fomasi 3D animation supervisor: Raffaele Cafarelli 2D animation supervisor: Marco Inglese graphic designers: Marco Inglese, Raffaele Cafarelli, Stefano Fomasi, Angelo Bruno, Andrea Gnesutta, Juri Ciani, Mariano Zimmermann, Elena D'ettole, Cesar Paladiòn, Anna&Michele Bigiotti, Alessandro Alessandrino. www.thefakefactory.com SET DESIGN & EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION: Diego Affaba per CMD PRODUCTION VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES EQUIPMENT & DATATON WATCH OUT: SCOT FIRENZE LIGHT DESIGN & EQUIPMENT: WATT STUDIO FIRENZE SOUND DESIGN & EQUIPMENT: OMIKRON FIRENZE GUESS FLORENCE HEADQUARTER Retail Merchandising Visual Director : ELSA MICHAEL executive production staff: Lorenzo Torniai, Simona Vercelli, Michelle Patti, Alexandra Gidlund. shooted in Florence, oct. 2012 all images ...

Central Los Angeles Area High School #9 offers core education for grades 9-12 as well as courses in the visual arts, performing arts, music, and dance. To do justice to its mission as a public institution, the school campus also incorporates a public theater that seats nearly 1000 visitors, a facility which has previously been missing in the cultural offering of downtown Los Angeles. The school for approximately 1800 pupils is organized into four academies and comprises seven buildings: the theater building, library, cafeteria, and four classroom buildings—one for each of the artistic disciplines taught here. The design concept was to employ architectural signs to communicate the Los Angeles community's commitment to art. The point of departure for the urban arrangement of the buildings was the central and visually exposed location of the site, divided from Grand Avenue only by the 101 Freeway—one of the most heavily traveled roads to pass through the downtown area of Los Angeles. Through the four classroom buildings, the master plan sets out an orthogonal arrangement that obtains additional spatial tension through the three special buildings for the library, lobby, and theater tower.

This is a montage of Planted Art's designs. We hope you enjoy!

James Corner, ASLA - USC Distinguished Visitor in Landscape Architecture James Corner is a registered landscape architect and urban designer. In 1989 he founded Field Operations, now a leading landscape architecture and urban design practice based in New York City. Field Operations comprises nearly 30 professionals, many with cross-disciplinary backgrounds in landscape architecture, urban design, architecture and communication art. In addition Corner is the chair of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design. Corner's work has received numerous awards including: the New York City Arts Commission Award for Excellence in Design in 2005; the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Academy Award in Architecture, 2004; the Daimler-Chrysler Award for Design Innovation, 2000; and the Architectural League of New York Design Award, 2000. He also serves on the Board of the Forum for Urban Design. Corner's work as a designer is complemented by a large body of writing on landscape, architectural design and urbanism. He is author with Alex MacLean of Taking Measures Across the American Landscape, which received the AIA International Book of the Year Award for 1997, and editor of Recovering Landscape: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Architecture, which focuses on the revitalization of landscape architecture as a creative cultural practice. Other writings include essays in Large Park, Julia Czerniak and George Hargreaves, ed., Landscape Urbanism, Mohsen ...

Dr Rachel Armstrong is a writer, multimedia producer, television presenter, arts collaborator and general medical practitioner specializing in non-Darwinian techniques of evolution and the challenges of the extra-terrestrial environment. She regards the discipline of architecture as holding a unique place in the cultural imagination being simultaneously iconic and personal, and which offers an ideal forum to engage with and reimagine our experience of the world so that we can reinvent our role within it. She is a Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett and member of Professor Neil Spillers AVATAR Research Group, developing a new architectural methodology called Systems Architecture, which is which is the study of complexity within the discipline of the built environment that enables the convergence of the nano-bio-info-cogno technologies and extends from the macroscale flow of information to the micro scale organization of building materials. She has worked as a technical tutor at the Bartlett School of Architecture with students exploring the connections between biology, medicine and architecture. She was technical advisor to international performance artists such as Orlan and Stelarc on projects that explored the possibilities and implications of extreme anatomical and biotechnical modification and is the author and producer of a large range of multimedia projects and digital medical programmes ranging from printed literature to virtual reality and the Internet. Her first ...

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (also spelled Gianlorenzo or Giovanni Lorenzo) (Naples, 7 December 1598 -- Rome, 28 November 1680) was an Italian artist who worked principally in Rome. He was the leading sculptor of his age and also a prominent architect. In addition he painted, wrote plays, and designed metalwork and stage sets. A student of Classical sculpture, Bernini possessed the unique ability to capture, in marble, the essence of a narrative moment with a dramatic naturalistic realism which was almost shocking. This ensured that he effectively became the successor of Michelangelo, far outshining other sculptors of his generation, including his rival, Alessandro Algardi. His talent extended beyond the confines of his sculpture to consideration of the setting in which it would be situated; his ability to synthesise sculpture, painting and architecture into a coherent conceptual and visual whole has been termed by the art historian Irving Lavin the 'unity of the visual arts'. A deeply religious man, working in Counter Reformation Rome, Bernini used light as an important metaphorical device in the perception of his religious settings; often it was hidden light sources that could intensify the focus of religious worship, or enhance the dramatic moment of a sculptural narrative. Bernini was also a leading figure in the emergence of Roman Baroque architecture along with his contemporaries, the architect, Francesco Borromini and the painter and architect, Pietro da Cortona. Early in ...

www.designbasics.com At www.Designbasics.com, the Craftsman house style arose from the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain. Soon after the beginning of the last century, the style was popularized in the United States by Architects Green & Green and furniture designer Gustav Stickley and his magazine "The Craftsman". Stickley's goal for an unpretentious lifestyle lived utilitarian structures and with functional furnishings are the principles behind the American Craftsman movement. Our elevations of our Craftsman house plans reflect these time honored elements, while the floor plans incorporate modern design features designed for the way we live our lives in this century.

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by ScottOnstott at www.secretsinplainsight.com See Scott's Youtube page at www.youtube.com Volume 1 Synopsis: Secrets In Plain Sight is an awe inspiring exploration of great art, architecture, and urban design which skillfully unveils an unlikely intersection of geometry, politics, numerical philosophy, religious mysticism, new physics, music, astronomy, and world history. Exploring key monuments and their positions in Egypt, Stonehenge, Jerusalem, Rome, Paris, London, Edinburgh, Washington DC, New York, and San Francisco brings to light a secret obsession shared by pharaohs, philosophers and kings; templars and freemasons; great artists and architects; popes and presidents, spanning the whole of recorded history up to the present time. As the series of videos reveals how profound ancient knowledge inherited from Egypt has been encoded in units of measurement, in famous works of art, in the design of major buildings, in the layout of city streets and public spaces, and in the precise placement of obelisks and other important monuments upon the Earth, the viewer is led to perceive an elegant harmonic system linking the human body with the architectural, urban, planetary, solar, and galactic scales.

Hangzhou urban planning bureau has announced MVRDV winner of the international design competition for the China Comic and Animation Museum (CCAM) in Hangzhou, China. MVRDV won with a design referring to the speech balloon: a series of eight speech balloon shaped volumes create an internally complex museum experience of in total 32.000m2. Part of the project is also a series of parks on islands, a public plaza and a 13.000m2 expo centre. Construction start is envisioned for 2012, the total budget is 92 million Euro. Comics and animations have long been considered a form of entertainment for the younger generations but develop more and more into a sophisticated art form. The initiative for a museum especially for this relatively recent art form creates a platform which will unite the worlds of art and entertainment. By using one of the cartoon's prime characteristics -- the speech balloon -- the building will instantly be recognized as place for cartoons, comics and animations. The neutral speech balloon becomes 3d. The 32.000m2 are divided into eight volumes which are interconnected allowing for a circular visit of the entire program. Services such as the lobby, education, three theatres/cinemas with in total 1111 seats and a comic book library occupy each their own balloon. If two balloons touch in the interior a large opening allows access and views in-between the volumes. The balloon shape allows for supple exhibitions, the permanent collection is presented in a ...

The iconic Vancouver Art Gallery will be digitally transformed right before your eyes on September 10th and 11th in a one of the a kind animation meets public art installation event. Nightfire is a 3D building manipulation piece that uses the boundaries of an architecture building to tell a compelling and beautiful narrative. The Vancouver Art Gallery sets the canvas, as Rival Schools (a strategic design and content firm) will tell the story of an fallen angel. Set to the music "Nessun Dorma" from Turandot, audiences will be presented with this unusual experiement, as light, shadow and colour are projected on the Vancouver landmark to create illusion and transform it appearance. Rival Schools has teamed up with The Media Merchants, The Vancouver Opera, and The Vancouver Art Gallery to create this rare art experiment that explores a new way of telling story through projection. Music track is courtesy of EMI Music Canada: "Nessun Dorma" Jose Carreras, tenor Rhine Opera Chorus, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Alain Lombard on CD Puccini 2008 -- Nessun Dorma EMI Classics 2 06126 2

Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) is a landscape architecture practice based in Seattle, Washington. The 2011 recipient of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Award in Landscape Architecture, GGN was founded in 1999 by partners Jennifer Guthrie, Shannon Nichol, and Kathryn Gustafson. GGN's work is highly varied in scale and type -- from furniture, like the Maggie Bench, to campuses and master plans, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the 2011 Downtown Cleveland Group Plan. GGN offers special experience in designing high-use landscapes in complex, urban contexts. Boston's North End Parks, over the I-93 freeway, and Millennium Park's Lurie Garden, on a 5-story parking structure, are examples of GGN's designs for accessible, healthy, and sculptural urban spaces on rooftops and other urban structures. The landform of each space is carefully shaped to feel serenely grounded in its context and comfortable at all times -- whether bustling with crowds, offering moments of contemplation, or doing both at once. The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery, is an example of a space designed to inspire and comfort either one or hundreds of people. Project awards include multiple ASLA National Design Excellence Awards, Tucker Architectural Awards, and AIA/ASLA Honor and Merit awards for Design.

The city district Amsterdam Osdorp recently merged with Slotervaart and Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and was given the name Amsterdam Nieuw-West. This change also meant the end of 20 years of restructuring urbanized areas. To celebrate everything achieved, a book was published. 'The Metamorphosis of Osdorp' gives an overview of the architectural highlights. We were asked to create an intriguing video, featuring the buildings we find most characteristic. Restructuring urbanized areas isn't all about aesthetics. That is why we chose to put emphasis on the architects and especially it's inhabitants and the surrounding of the buildings. To achieve this, we decided to combine live action video with 2D- and 3D-animation. Herewith we were able to complement reality with our interpretation of the most important factors of restructuring urbanized areas. Commissioned by: Amsterdam Osdorp (www.amsterdam.nl) Agency: PlusOne (www.plusoneamsterdam.com) Direction: Martijn Hogenkamp Production: Marcel Vrieswijk DOP: Bob Joosten (indoor), Martijn Hogenkamp (outdoor) Actors: Latifa, Ger & Hennie, Ibrahim 3D-Modeling/Animation/Tracking: Tim van der Wiel, Elias Widerdal Rotoscoping: Marcel Vrieswijk, Elias Widerdal Compositing/Editing/Grading: Martijn Hogenkamp Music: Bas "Inf" te Braak Sound Design: Matthias Kiewiet Client: Doreen van 't Spijker, Jose van der Loos, Ruud Huiberts Follow us on: Twitter: www.twitter.com Facebook: www.facebook.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com

The American Architectural Review of Dix Systems and their OneLiner Shower Pan Liner, hosted by Morley Safer. The video explains the benefits of using the OneLiner in bathroom shower remodeling. Visit www.dixsystems.com for more details.

Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement offers the first comprehensive examination of the life and work of the recognized patriarch of the American Arts & Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley. The exhibition and accompanying catalogue explore Stickley as a business leader and design proselytizer, whose body of work included furnishings, architectural and interior designs, and related imagery that became synonymous with the movement that was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910. This exhibition includes over 100 works produced by Stickley's designers and workshops, including furniture, metalwork, lighting, and textiles, along with drawings and related designs. Also featured in the exhibition is a re-creation of Stickley's seminal model dining room from his 1903 Syracuse Arts & Crafts exhibition.

In the tradition of notable Pacific Palisades architecture that includes Richard Neutra, Charles Moore, Ray Kappe and A. Quincy Jones, Predock_Frane has devised an architectural hybrid combining the 'courtyard' and 'hillside' California residential prototypes. The newly completed house has been published in the Los Angeles Times and was featured on a recent AIA Home Tour. The home's formal street elevation gives way to open, casual interior spaces, which follow the descending contours of the lushly landscaped site to a shaded glen at the rear. The design makes much of its connection between the inside and the outdoors, using an array of skylights and windows at the perimeter and an internal court to distribute daylight and provide natural ventilation throughout. Thermal efficiency is enhanced by dual-glazed windows and on the south façade, recessed within deep, shade-giving walls. A layered exterior wall system protects the house from excessive heat and moisture. Rainwater shed from the metal standing seam roof passes from concealed gutters through a state-of-the-art filtration. Interior architectural features include high ceiling planes that delicately echo the sculptural folds of the roof; a freestanding fireplace mounted on a glass floor, stainless steel appliances in a Boffi-outfitted kitchen, oak flooring and a variety of built-in shelving and cabinetry. Spaces are arranged to accommodate twenty-first century lifestyles: A split-level 'penthouse' master suite with ...

Nader Khalili (1936-2008) is the world-renowned Iranian-American architect, author, humanitarian, teacher, and innovator of the Geltaftan Earth-and-Fire system known as Ceramic Houses, and of the Superadobe construction system. Khalili received his philosophy and architectural education in Iran, Turkey, and the United States. Khalili was the founder and director of the Geltaftan Foundation (1986), and the California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture (Cal-Earth) (1991). At Cal-Earth. Khalili taught his philosophy and earth architecture techniques. His sustainable solutions to human shelter have been published by NASA, and awarded by the United Nations, and the Aga Khan award for Architecture, among others. At Cal-Earth, prototypes were built and tested for inclusion in the Uniform Building Code. calearth.org

Great Architects A glance behind the scenes - their inspirations, their vision and advice to young architects. Fazakas György Architects György Fazakas Principal With an office located in Budapest in a state-of-the-art building designed by his own firm, Fazakas György has made a name for himself as a well-respected international architect. Based on his experiences working at an architectural firm in New York City from 1985 to 1989, Fazakas urges all young architects to get as much experience as they can working abroad before settling down back home. This is also important because, according to Fazakas, international teamwork has become a key component to any successful building project. www.graphisoft.com

Gregory Kiss has been working to advance the art and technology of environmentally responsible architecture for over 20 years. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, he became a founding partner of Kiss + Cathcart Architects in 1983. Mr. Kiss has designed and consulted on many ground-breaking high performance building projects in the Americas, Europe and Asia. His ongoing research into the functional and aesthetic improvement of photovoltaics for buildings has led to several new products and systems. He has authored a number of technical manuals for the Department of Energy, and lectures frequently on recent advances in solar technologies and their potential for integration into architectural design.Mr. Kiss's projects include Bushwick Inlet Park, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and the Bronx River Greenway River House, both for the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Other projects include solar and sustainable housing in the Netherlands, the PV system at 4 Times Square, the Bocas del Toro Station for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, the photovoltaic glass train shed for New York City Transit's Stillwell Avenue Terminal in Coney Island, and a photovoltaic manufacturing facility for Heliodomi in Greece. In addition to his work at Kiss + Cathcart, Greg Kiss is cofounder of Native American Photovoltaics (NAPV), a non profit venture on the Navajo reservation in Arizona ...

Pieter Saenredam spent his career immortalizing the churches of Holland. Working in the 1600s, a time known as the "Golden Age" of Dutch art, Saenradam traveled throughout his native land meticulously recording fine architectural details in drawings and paintings, creating remarkable spaces of wondrous proportion and luminosity. Read a biography of Pieter Jansz. Saenredam from the J. Paul Getty Museum: bit.ly

How to make a silver wire "Greek Link" necklace; in this video I demonstrate how to construct this beautiful necklace in easy to follow, step by step instructions. Visit www.watercolorjewelry.com to learn more about my jewelry creations. To create the "Greek Link" necklace that you see me construct in this video, I used .035 sterling silver wire, soft, round. This is my favorite metal to work with, but you may also experiment with the many colored wires available at craft stores. I particularly like Black Stove Pipe wire. Black wire gives this necklace a distinctively unique look. A wire that I recently discovered is Niobium, which is a hypo-allergenic metal, easy to work with, and available in many anodized colors. The construction of this necklace requires the use of three different types of pliers, round nose pliers, chain nose pliers, and diagonal cutters. I also use a fine jewelry file to file the ends of the cut metal wire, eliminating any sharp edges, and a two ounce ball peen hammer to work the metal. Each "Greek Link" is constructed from an eight inch length of silver wire, and the links are attached to one another using a bridging link. The bridging link also permits the incorporation of beads. To complete the necklace, I attach a hand-made fish hook clasp to one end, and a figure-8 link to the other end. For a detailed demonstration on how to construct this clasp, please see my videos entitled "How to Make A Simple Jewelry Clasp, Part 1," and "How to Make A ...

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Wastelands: XXXII European Architecture Students Assembly / Suvilahti Power Plant, Helsinki Finland / World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 / Official Website: wastelands.fi Credits: Editing: Pekka Ijäs / Yeah Helsinki; Font: Juuso Koponen / Kirstu; Camera: Eero Alho, Pekka Ijäs, Ville Mellin / Yeah Helsinki & Hanasaari A / Pohjankonna Oy; Graphics: Eero Alho, Pekka Ijäs, Lotta Jalava / Yeah Helsinki; Animations: Pekka Ijäs / Yeah Helsinki; Audio: Pekka Ijäs / Yeah Helsinki & OM & Pohjankonna Oy

December 9, 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark Obscura Digital, the San Francisco based team of creative technologists and designers has developed a video sculpture exhibit of software and content that explores the theme of carbon dioxide and climate change for CO2 CUBES Visualize a Tonne of Change at the historic UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Obscura Digital is changing the way humans interact with and experience scientific data. The exhibit will generate awareness about the importance of supporting successful discussions at the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP15), and will give a public voice to the deliberations through a customized YouTube communications platform on the cube, where messages from all corners of the world can be experienced, said Chris Di Cesare, Chief Marketing Officer of YouTube. The exhibit is powered by Google and YouTube to amplify the conversations happening in Copenhagen so that more people can access the dialogue taking place on environmental sustainability, one of the UN Millennium Development Goals. The cube is constructed of 12 shipping containers stacked in an interlocking pattern on a custom engineered floatation barge. Two sides are covered with an architectural mesh fabric for video projection, while the other sides remain as open exposed shipping container surfaces. We are utilizing Obscura Digitals FireFrame graphic and digital media system, LED light design by The Do Lab, two 20000-lumen projectors, and an audio ...

HASSELBLAD CENTER 5SEPT - 25OCT 2009. The Swedish artist Mikael Olsson has in his latest project been exploring the heritage of Bruno Mathsson, one of Swedish modernism's leading designers, through two of his architectural works. In Frösakull -- a house that Mathsson both designed and lived in Olsson has interacted with the remains of the house, and like Mathsson he has experimented with the house and its possibilities. The result is a collection of images which show us an interpretation of an architectonic legacy. Olsson has arranged and transformed the rooms into a stage, often using light, emptiness and shadow as the only props. The Södrakull residence, which had been closed off since Mathsson passed away, is approached in a different way: as a voyeur. The interiors are photographed from the outside and through half-drawn curtains. Olsson is here a surreptitious observer rather than participator and the images reflect an outsider's fettered view of a private domain. In this body of work Olsson has created an interplay between presence and absence, inner meaning and representation. The images are marked both by intimacy and distance. Together they form a sort of portrait, as well as a chronicle of architecture, remembrance and aging. For this reason the photographs cannot be considered documentary but instead a very subjective depiction of Mathsson's public and private legacy.

gsa.gov The Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture, written by Daniel Patrick Moynihan, is the ostensible mission statement of the US General Services Administration's Public Buildings Service. Marking the 40th anniversary of the guiding principles, "Architecture and Democracy" features Senator Moynihan and leading design practitioners describing the origins of the guiding principles. They also examine the dramatic improvements to federal design that followed the guiding principles' release, with a special focus on GSA's Design Excellence Program. Narrated by Tim Russert.

boomforlife.com A master-planned community in the spectacular desert of Southern California, BOOM changes America's idea of Twenty-First century urban life. Pedestrian-oriented, culture-driven, designed to inspire residents to better themselves and others, BOOM radically alters how we think about home, community and wellness. To create this new vision for living, developer BOOM Communities, Inc., formed a team of both renowned and emerging architects. These ten international architects will design all buildings as well as landscape the 100+ acre site. Bordered by the desert, and showcasing newly created natural landscapes throughout, the first phase has eight distinct housing neighborhoods, each designed by a different architect. Each architect set out to design an environment promoting both privacy and social interaction and did so in their own unique way. Plazas and pathways connect all 300 homes to an entertainment complex, with restaurants and stores, a boutique hotel, a gym + spa, along with state-of-the-art wellness facilities. Each is designed by one of the participating architects. While BOOM takes great pride in its architectural achievement, it is about more than new design. BOOM is also about lifestyle and a sense of community. Residents who live at BOOM will have the opportunity to be active and involved in the many social and sports activities the community offers, as well as BOOM's mentoring programs for the Desert communities.BOOM is forming a Private ...

The Grand Tour was undertaken by young British aristocrats, artists and architects. The tradition began in the 16th century and gained popularity in the 17th century. The Grand Tourists would spend two to four years travelling around Europe, broadening their horizons, learning about language, architecture, geography and culture. This four-part series sees the ever-popular Kevin McCloud (Grand Designs) following in the footsteps of the most notorious aristocrats, artists and architects of the Grand Tour. Clambering in, on and amongst the greatest buildings, ruins and cities in Europe, Kevin uncovers the dark underbelly of the Tour in the shady alleys and drinking dens along its route, and explores the Tours lasting legacy. Kevin charts how each age pursued both the sacred and the profane in their travels abroad. Starting with the earliest 17th century travellers in northern Italy, charting the high point of the Tour in the 18th century in Florence and Rome then working his way through Naples and ancient Greece, Kevins journey ends with the last Grand Tourists of the early 19th century in the Alps. Climbing up buildings in harnesses, snaking through mountain passes and recreating the meals they took en route, and taking along his own sketchbook in which to draw the sites, Kevin travels as they travelled and revels in the sights, sounds, tastes and smells that changed the way Britain lived.

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Architecture firm In Square Lab, post production company MPC Digital and software development company Existential create 4th dimension motion recognitive shop window art installation project Urban Prairie is an intuitive and interactive motion recognitive installation conceived and designed collaboratively by London architecture firm ın square lab, post production and visual effects specialist MPC Digital and software developer Existential for the London Festival of Architecture 2010. Inspired by the rapid reduction of green spaces due to urbanisation of cities, Urban Prairie seeks to recreate a 1000sqm sea of prairie from a 5m wide shop window. Green spaces are known to have positive effects on the image and vitality of spaces and provide valuable resources and focus for the communities. Green spaces provide a respite from the built environment and give an opportunity for recreation; promote health, well-being and quality of life. In this project, the main challenge for the team was to create a system that allows for maintaining or even extending the notion of green spaces through intelligent use of design and technology via 4th dimension (time + space) design. Further to that, it is also hope that Urban Prairie can serve as a catalyst to inspire and provoke discussions and speculations about the concept of inside vs outside, here vs there and virtual vs realism. Using an array of optical sensors and arduino boards, urban prairie captures and comprehends the movements of ...