Toyo Ito “Tarzan in the media forest”

(Tarzan in the media forest by Toyo Ito) 

(The blog doesnt allow me to upload a picture but these are in the Media library)

The fall of a big structure the “Aoyoma” Hospital by the investors in Japan near of the building which Toyo Ito worked, produced a strong revolution in his mine 40 years ago. He starts to see how the architecture along the time turns in a developers race, the  idea was to build big and high structures without concern of the surroundings, unfortunately in Tokyo like in the most cities of the world the economy market decide about those big projects, big towers of condominiums in the middle of a group of houses. Read More »

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Intermediate Architecture

 

Intermediate Architecture

“The Architecture of Dreams”

There are concerns that have increased in recent years and is about how the natural environment is related to the built environment and how it is no longer the sole concern of the architects and the way we, as architects we approach it.

The rapid growth of cities, generated mainly due to population growth and migration of people from rural areas to cities continued proliferation of vertical solutions that solves one of the many problems associated with population density, but not the problems that architects must solve in an urban environment related to the conditions of the inhabitants. The resolution of these problems related to human habitat, which should be solved by the subject matter experts, such as architects, urban designers and planners, no longer seem to matter, as the economic interests of the private sector and the proliferation of technological solutions somehow have addressed the problem, but can not meet the needs and requirements from the intangible conditions and their relationship with the environment inhabited. These intangible conditions are the most important components for the inhabitants of the architectural project. Read More »

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The Architecture of Atmosphere

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Different atmospheres can be perceived in one same space. http://www.bloodandchampagne.com/2012/11/19/112/

 

Atmosphere is the space in which we inhabit. It is summarized to the intangible effects we perceive in a place. There is no architecture without an atmosphere. It goes beyond the constructed space. Atmosphere surrounds the space between the building and its surroundings. Read More »

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Subjective Atmospheres

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What is the role of an architect and how architecture has been transformed nowadays, where human beings live between different environments? Virtual reality changed radically the perception of both space and time. According to Manuel Castells we live in the space of flows. Architecture becomes more complex and relations appear to be crucial. Mark Wigley, in his text, discusses the controversial relation between creating architecture and atmosphere. 

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“An Ideal Existence”

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The writing by Alison Smithson, on the different habitats of Saint Jerome, is based on a series of paintings belonging to the renaissance period. Saint Jerome was the subject for numerous painters between 1400-1700A.D. With the aid of these Paintings the author has tried to explain the concept of an ideal existence. Read More »

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