Graduate shows 2016: architecture graduate Muhammad Sahrum has envisioned an embassy for the 21st century, with flexible workspaces and games rooms to make diplomatic decision making more informal. (more…)
Bernabe Labanc Architecture Urbanism (BLAU) has received fourth place out of 58 entries in the international urban planning competition for The Future of Brno-Center, in Brno, Czech Republic.
The competition sought out designs to integrate a transport hub into the cityscape of Brno, as well as integrate a design for the undeveloped southern area of the city.
BLAU’s proposal centers on the ideas of flexibility and sustainability, so as to adapt to the changing needs of the city. In the design, the city is organized into several urban stripes, each of which functions as a self-sufficient micro city.
The train station, Brno Transport Hub, is designed as an active urban mixed use node that coordinates mobility and public life in a continuous shared space around different interlinked terminals. The site neighbors a central spine that connects the new area with the historical center to offer a cultural, research, and sports corridor for the city.
Learn more about the project here.
News via BLAU.
After 5,500 questions at the dispatch box, the PM faced the Commons for the final time before heading to the palace to resign
Corbyn used his tried and tested method of asking a constituent’s question, this time from Nina, asking for reassurance that as an EU citizen who has lived in the UK for 30 years she will have the right to stay here. Cameron responded with a firm guarantee, but then he said that he had an email to read as well. He says he got an email from Judith on 16 September 2015 telling him to be polite to Corbyn because Tom Watson was far more of a threat. “I must find the sender to find out what happens next,” he said.
Proof… http://pic.twitter.com/UZVXn6WcUw
I will watch these exchanges from the backbenches. I will miss the roar of the crowd, I will miss the barbs from the opposition, but I will be willing you on.
And when I say willing you on, I don’t just mean willing on the new prime minister at this dispatch box, or indeed just willing on the frontbench defending the manifesto that I helped put together. But I mean willing all of you on, because people come here with huge passion for the issues they are about. They come here with great love for the constituencies that they represent. And also willing on this place. Because, yes, we can be pretty tough and test and challenge our leaders – perhaps more than some other countries – but that is something we should be proud of and we should keep at it, and I hope you will all keep at it, and I will will you on as you do.
“They haven’t even decided what the rules are yet.
Democracy is an exciting and splendid thing.
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New York City – New York – USA (by Henry Hemming)
Design Academy Eindhoven creative director and chair Thomas Widdershoven has resigned, saying he has “decided not to be available” after the summer break. (more…)
We all have a favourite book, and one or more favourite characters, which we admire for various reasons? Can you name them? I think everyone of us has dreamed at one moment or another being their beloved literary hero/heroine. Even if we do not realize it, we might have more in common with this characters than we think.
If you don’t have one, it’s not to late to pick some books and chose. A model, even a literary one could be a tremendous help in shaping our personality for the better.
Take just now this quick, fun quiz and find out which classic literary character you are.
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💙 Winding to the light on 500px by Enrique F. Ferrá, Madrid,… http://ift.tt/21Hi94F
Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen will rerelease a Poul Kjærholm lounge chair and coffee table to celebrate the products’ 60th anniversary (+ slideshow). (more…)
How does one find hope? Where does hope come from?
My head? My heart? My faulty logic? Some survival strategy?
I am not sure how hope manifests but I am sure that as I observe it, it becomes infectious, viral and creative . Can I just keep my dim eyes open and wait for hope to walk across my path or am I charged with some responsibility to seek the hopeful moments, situations and individuals who are occupying my small piece of the world?
I do a bit of both — chase and wait.
When I am active in my pursuit, more hope awaits me and having more hope confirms the next incident or re-frames the situation from tragic to something better. The world offers us joy, opportunity, challenge and renewal as and when they are needed.
Accepting the gift and accepting responsibility for their stewardship is a powerful and enriching experience. Don’t let it slide by without grabbing hold. Hold tight and make the moments last. You will be better, your world would be better and the future for all of us will be better.
Unfortunately, many are watching for and pursuing despair and distrust as a shield. They see pain and look for more. They hear a lie and stop believing. They have their worldview confirmed because the object of their quest is hopelessness.
See Also: 3 Signs You’re Losing Hope
For regular readers, you know I believe we have hundreds of choices that we don’t often exercise or even consider. Choosing to seek and find hope is another choice.
My challenge for this week is to have us all find hope and chase it with passion. Are you up to joining me?
Today I see hope in the weekend parade pictures on FaceBook of my grandchildren and the conversation about the future of Canada with my mother.
Make This Week Hopeful,
B
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UPDATE: We’ve added the video produced for the proposal! (via Brooklyn Digital Foundry)
Following the news last week that the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will abandon plans for their Chicago location, OMA has released images of their proposal for the museum, which had been beaten out in the original competition by MAD Architects‘ Volcano-like entry. OMA’s design attempts to preserve as much of the lakefront park space as possible, lifting the majority of gallery and educational spaces into the air and capping them with a sky garden enclosed within an ETFE envelope. The plan would have offered up to 8 times more public space than the footprint it occupies.
OMA’s proposal was inspired by its site’s history of sky-reaching structures. During the 1933 World Exposition, it was home to Skyride, an aerial tramway supported by two 628 foot (191 meter) tall towers. Drawing from the ambition of the towers, OMA’s Lucas Museum features cables extending from the building’s peak to the edges and key points within the gallery plate, suspending it in mid-air. The entire structure has been rotated 45 degrees to provide direct lake and downtown views and create clear entries from surrounding pathways.
The core of the museum has been filled with vertical gallery spaces that support the elevated horizontal gallery plate, kept as open as possible for maximum flexibility. On top of the horizontal gallery, the ETFE-enveloped sky garden provides display space for artifacts and serves as a social space that is freely accessible to the public.
The ETFE membrane is fritted so it can be used as a screen for projections from both inside and outside the structure. This allows the building skin to become an interactive part of the museum experience from within, and serve as an outdoor cinema for the park. Theater and lecture halls are included in the tower’s base, allowing for separate entrances to the museum and sky park. The park and gallery levels are accessible by a series of escalators, with an event space and observation deck connected by a elevator bank.
The surrounding park space is designed to be as flexible as possible, which would allow the area to continue serving as a tailgating area for Chicago Bears games at the adjacent Soldier Field. The park could have also become the setting for a range of new public events and activities, framing the building as the backdrop for the city’s cultural loop.
The Lucas Museum is currently searching for sites in California.
Sig Nordal 