Site Model Finished!! (I think..)

Hey guys,

I no u guys been waiting impatiently for this awesome site model... I just saved it under our class folder so you guys can see it and maybe work on your design with it. Hope all is good and let me know if there is anything to be fixed.

how to get there:
(CLASSES on arch-students (from desktop) to FALL-2010 to ARCH373 to kne to rhino)

fourth edit_123 is the name.

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http://communities.canada.com/VANCOUVERSUN/blogs/geekingout/archive/2010/10/18/father-and-son-perform-home-science-experiment-and-an-iphone-goes-into-space.aspx

father son send an iphone into space. crazy.

Aquariums

Aquariums aren't fish hatcheries.....but they might help us with some ideas. Here is a site with some interesting ones.

http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/aquariums.html

Fish Farm in Central London

http://pruned.blogspot.com/2008/10/aagrotecture-2-aquaculture.html

ENTOURAGE!!!!

now that we're starting to render/photo montage our awesome architectures, here's a lil helper to make urs better!!!

those architecture pornos look better if you have the right entourage relating to the site or context. If u go to vyonyx.com and search people, u'll find buncha awesome cutout people (trees etc.) that you can use for your arch pornos.

Hope this helps and let me know if you guys have any questions,

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cool materials for whatever...

http://www.inventables.com/

Awesome-sounding book just published...

I read this review of the recently published book "Architecture and Beauty". It's based on a series of interviews with big-name current architects (Gehry, Zaha Hadid, etc.) on the subject of beauty in architecture... Its cost is unfortunate ($96 on Amazon) but it sounds absolutely fascinating...I'll be looking out for a paperback edition.

http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature342.htm

http://www.busyboo.com/2007/12/11/dynamic-architecture-design/

rotating building... looks pretty cool..

Middle East Conflicts Wall, Marsailles, Illinois

So this weekend, I went to Marsailles' National Guard base to compete against other schools in the area for Army ROTC. On the way back to campus on Sunday, our commander decided to stop in the town at the Middle East Conflicts Memorial.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6BM7_Middle_East_Conflicts_Memorial_Marseilles_IL

This link has some photos.

http://www.tripfilms.com/Travel_Video-v64935-Marseilles-Middle_East_Conflicts_Memorial_Wall-Video.html

This link has a video.

So this class makes me think about architecture all the time now. This is no exception.

The landscape architect had a conservative take on Maya Lin's Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

First of all, its a "conflict" memorial. The name does have a lot to do with the meaning of the memorial. Maya Lin made it a fact to remove the word "war" from the name of the memorial, and this memorial changed the word "war" to "conflict".

Secondly, the form is similar to Lin's. There is a small decline in the topography to the center tablet of the memorial. It isn't as intense as Lin's, but it is enough to feel it subconsciously. The material is the reflective marble that allows oneself to see their own reflection in the names on the wall. You can also do a "rubbing", which is placing a piece of paper over a name and rubbing graphite to get a name. There is also ample space between the walkway and the wall to put flowers, pictures, etc. All these aspects are taken from Lin's wall in DC.

However, there are differences. The tablets were spaced apart instead of one continuous wall. This is a postive aspect, because located directly behind this memorial flows the Illinois River. This natural backdrop isn't obscured by the wall. Furthermore, instead of just the wall of tablets, this LA included a large centerpiece that explained the significance of the wall, flanked with seating. Also, given the small space of the memorial, and the small amount of names, the size of the memorial is small. Therefore, this centerpiece acts almost to buff the wall up.

This memorial is very moving. The cadre and cadets who have been deployed all knew someone who was on the wall. Even I knew a couple people on the wall. Since it is so current, it is moving. The design isn't extravagant or awe inspiring - it's not even original! But it is very effective.

I have a few questions for this memorial: Have we gotten to a point where we are making memorials of things that are still occuring?

This war is still going on. Memorials, I feel, are getting closer and closer to the event. It is to the point where now we are putting up memorials before things are even over.

At the far right of the wall, the last tablet had portions blank at the bottom, to add more names. What happens when that tablet runs out of space? Was that intentional? Was that a design intention or a design flaw? Either way, names are going to keep coming, and the site is going to have to get adjusted to include those names.