1 February, 2010
Unfortunately once again a humanitarian catastrophe has created thousands of refugees. For decades, designers have thought and re-designed a solution to provide emergency shelter to those affected by natural disaster, war or socio-economic imbalances. The solutions vary widely, from prefabricated structures and shipping containers to simple sheets of polyurethane. But in reality, as noted The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in its guidelines on emergency materials, these proposals have not worked effectively in its work to protect and give temporary shelter to thousands of thousands of displaced, An effective solution is yet to be designed.
5 October, 2009
Yesterday was inaugurated “Kurilpa Bridge” and Brisbane, without doubt a special bridge for many reasons.
First, surprisingly, this design is the result of a design contest and play. This is a joint proposal Baulderstone Pty Ltd (construction company), Cox Rayner Architects and Arup Engineers.
13 May, 2009
In 1951, The London skyline was transformed after the construction of one of the most impressive structures you've seen this city. The Skylon was a tower some 100 meters designed to mark a milestone in the Festival of Britain exhibition.
A multidisciplinary team formed by two young architects Jacko Moya [...]
29 December, 2008
tensegrity, basic principle named after Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) mid-twentieth century that applies to structures that are equipped with tensional integrity (Tensegrity = tensional + integrity). A Tensegrity system is one that is in a steady state self-balanced and consists of a set of discontinuous compression components within [...]
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