Future of Architecture in Energy
The world is moving fast with technological and scientific advancements. With all these new innovations, the elements of architecture are changing too. Architecture has started to be energy efficient and eco-friendly and in this book, I have attempted to show two extreme conditions of how energy has changed architecture on two different sides of the world. This book will open new possibilities for use of Energy in Architecture and see what future of Architecture is going to be like.
William Shakespeare 3D Bust
Steven Follen's recent work has left me startled. He put together a 3D bust of William Shakespeare to honor the iconic playwright at the refurbished wing if Stratford-Upon-Avon theatre. The bust is made out 2,000 silver steel stars that have each been individually suspended to replicate the bard's visage. The installation is called' For All Time" and marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's passing away. It is an incredible installation.
Victoria City Aerial
This was a competition project completed in 1988 which proposed a radical redevelopment of a site of what was then West Berlin. This Zaha Hadid's designs transformed an Urban Island by creating air corridors in which retail, commercial, civic and hotel buildings stand alongside.
Thangka
Thangka is Tibetan Buddhist painting which is extremely detailed and precise. These paintings are traditionally kept unframed and rolled back like Chinese scroll painting when not in display. In Buddhism, thangkas serve as teaching tools depicting the life of Buddha.
Stand Alumilux
This aluminum, metal and glass structure has been able to capture everyone's attention. This extraordinary structure is in Barcelona and occupies an area of 108.0 m^2. It hangs inside the construction fair BB Construnmat 2017, as a new stand for Alumilux. There are one thousand eight hundred aluminium profiles suspended by nine meters from the ceiling. The reflections and shadows within gives it debatable yet, interesting look.
Playground made more fun
This " Woods of Net" playground of Japan is a perfect example that Art and Architecture is not just for adults. Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, the designer of this playground is known for her massive, colorful architectural sculptures/playgrounds. This particular Pavilion at Hakone Open Air Museum in Japan was knitted, entirely by hand, over the time of one year. She is actually a textile designer but she uses architecture forms and principles and merges it well with fabric just like science merges with nature. Her work is an inspiration to me in a way how fabric, architecture and and nature comes together and unifies to make a space which everyone adores.
Inside the box
Joseph Cornell is an extraordinary artist and filmmaker of 20th Century. Within a box he creates a whole different world out of imagination. This surrealist mind is what makes him stand outside the box though he is designing inside of it. His pieces of art inspires me to realize my limits, yet go crazy within that limit. They are so simple yet complex.
Raised with Temples
Being born in Kathmandu, Nepal, I grew up seeing temples and other heritage sites almost everywhere. Those ancient structures with fine and detailed human figures being carved used to amaze me ever since I was a kid. I used to wonder how people would make such complicated designs and the structure as a whole. Time passed by and as I grew older I developed a passion for designing something significant and artistically profound.