October 29, 2008
During the last Biannale of Architecture 08 in Venice, Enric Ruiz-Geli and Jeremy Rifkin promoted this manifesto: Revolutionizing Architecture to Address the Global Energy Crisis and Climate Change.
We, the architects of the world, recognize that the increase in energy costs is leading to a slow down in the global economy and creating hardships for families everywhere; continue reading
October 20, 2008
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group won the competition of designing and creating the danish pavillion for the Expo Shanghai 2010. continue reading
October 16, 2008
one of the few built examples of wind power integrated into buidings is Near North Apartments in Chicago, where eight HAWT’s [HAWT Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine] on the structure´s roof produce about 10% of the building´s total energy needs…
October 15, 2008
Between October and November 12 exhitions and various live events, disposed on three cities along the Via Emilia, will recount the projects, the researches, the architectures and the trajectories followed in these two years.
The biennial course, introduced in 2007, brought last November in Parma, Modena and Reggio Emilia workshops and lectures, all gathered under the general title Public Landscape, based on the same themes and part of the researches of this year exhibitions and kept from international architects, critics and art historians. continue reading
October 12, 2008
[ecosistema urbano] will be lecturing in Rome next friday october 17th 18:00 University of Waterloo Rome Program (Piazza Santa Apollonia 3 )
more info: www.romeprogram.uwaterloo.ca
[ecosistema urbano] will be in Istambul next thursday october 16th 11:30 due to a series of lectures organized for the international event ARKIPARC 08.
This day we will be happy to share auditorium with Rem Koolhas.
more info: www.arkiparc.com.
October 9, 2008
[Ludic-Tree. EcoBoulevard, Vallecas]
September 30, 2008
Madrid/Spain – September 26, 2008 – Winners of the second European Holcim Awards competition for projects and visions in sustainable construction were announced at a ceremony in Madrid. Total prize money of USD 270,000 was presented to ten projects that demonstrate the latest in eco-friendly and sustainable approaches from the building and construction industry. continue reading
Category: ⚐ EN+architecture+art+events
Enormous and reasoned assembling of umbrellas, wood, cables and nets. Composite structure supporting the machine, the installation, the shelter. Compartment that can be reconfigured and can host a user/person. Without any fixation, structurally autonomous, therefore able to move in the space of the yard according to the visitors’/users’ (inside or outside the compartment) desires and interactions. From the inside, the user can make the composition of the surface vary, defining its degree of opacity and privacy. continue reading
