tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78471007979092551032024-03-13T05:47:43.833+03:00Mehmet Polat DikerA personal architectural thinking and practice site.
Sharing knowledge, ideas and some other things going on in the architects mind.
Dedicated to taşkışla..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-722118583583642642010-06-30T00:00:00.002+03:002010-06-30T00:13:39.772+03:00Future of Construction Process: Concrete Printing<object style="background-image: url("http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/EfbhdZKPHro/hqdefault.jpg");" height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EfbhdZKPHro&hl=en_GB&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EfbhdZKPHro&hl=en_GB&fs=1" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="295" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Mass produced custom is the future! I hope I can live long enough to have one of my buildings build by robots.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-22194592713721904392009-10-15T00:10:00.000+03:002009-10-15T00:11:48.445+03:00Bjarke Ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture tales<object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BjarkeIngels_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BjarkeIngels-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=634&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales;year=2009;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=the_power_of_cities;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=architectural_inspiration;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TEDGlobal+2009;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/BjarkeIngels_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BjarkeIngels-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=634&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales;year=2009;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=the_power_of_cities;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=architectural_inspiration;theme=the_creative_spark;event=TEDGlobal+2009;"></embed></object><br />Danish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature -- they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy -- and creating stunning views.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-60859871030019075782009-07-10T04:41:00.000+03:002009-07-10T04:44:13.250+03:00Three Areas of the Brain that Help Us Understand<object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/TomWujec_2009U-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/TomWujec-2009U.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=591"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/TomWujec_2009U-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/TomWujec-2009U.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=591"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-70565677780775501272009-06-09T02:06:00.001+03:002009-06-14T14:50:26.002+03:00The Future Sound of Speakers<object height="326" width="446"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/WoodyNorris_2004-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/WoodyNorris-2004.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=442"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/WoodyNorris_2004-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/WoodyNorris-2004.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=442" height="326" width="446"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-48178878782316116602009-05-20T12:27:00.023+03:002009-05-27T05:15:54.843+03:00Atkins Proposes New Prayer Halls For Mecca<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PporVs3DZjA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PporVs3DZjA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />Well Atkins scares the hell out of me! When you hit the profile tab on their web site a massage pops up saying "A license is required for all but personal use of this code. See Terms of Use at dyn-web.com". Easy buddy! I'm just looking at who you are as an architecture firm..<br /><br />They probably jacked a code and forgot to disable the pop up :)<br />(You know it's not "personal use" anymore when you put it on your company web page, right?)<br /><br />Anyways they as they declare are:<br /><br />"We are a multinational community of 650 architects sharing a passion for excellence. Unlike many design firms, we believe that design solutions must be fitting to the time, place and culture in which they are located. We have no single “house style” – preferring instead to offer excellent, inspirational architecture and urban design that reflects our diversity and collaborative working style. In this site, you can sample our unlimited creativity."<br /><br />Their unlimited creativity didn't at least help them here..<br />How stupid is this. What's this we have no single "house style" shit. Which architect has a single "house style"?<br />And why do they employ 650 architects? Why not 649 or 651? Does it sound better that way?<br />Design solutions must be fitting to the time, place and culture in which they are located?<br />Oh god I'm enlightened! This shakes the foundations of architecture as we know it today.<br />And the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Muslimic / Religious Documentary</span> style voice over the video puts the icing on the cake!<br /><br />This is the worst <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Sell Global, Pretend Local"</span> nonsense I've ever seen!<br /><br />I guess just like the code, they jacked this "who we are" from a global denim or soda company.<br />It could be just like this fine:<br /><br />"We are a multinational community of 650 <span style="font-weight: bold;">tailors</span> sharing a passion for excellence. Unlike many <span style="font-weight: bold;">denim</span> firms, we believe that <span style="font-weight: bold;">denim</span> solutions must be fitting to the time, place and culture in which they are <span style="font-weight: bold;">worn</span>. We have no single “<span style="font-weight: bold;">Jean Style</span>” – preferring instead to offer excellent, inspirational <span style="font-weight: bold;">denims</span> that reflect our diversity and collaborative working style. In this site, you can sample our unlimited creativity."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why do I care?</span><br />Because if no one does this kind of global blueprint sellers especially the ones that have influence over the Arab world, become<span class="ital-inline"> so bold as to approach <span style="font-weight: bold;">KAABA</span> with a shopping mall / stadium / fancy hotel attitude!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Remove The Ottoman Arcade, bring The British </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grandstand!</span> What a nerve!!!<br />And when it's extended there are 48? Prayer Halls and they remove the Gateways/Minarets as well!<br />It's not the <span style="font-weight: bold;">pointed arch</span> that makes a building Islamic Architecture but <span style="font-weight: bold;">respect, love, and praise</span>..<br /><span class="ital-inline"><br /><a href="http://www.atkinsdesign.com/" target="_blank">atkinsdesign</a><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-10257210530080167632008-11-16T23:40:00.006+02:002008-11-17T01:18:21.873+02:00Create Photorealistic 3d Models by Taking Pictures<a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-022592258487974415 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/p16frKJLVi0&hl=en&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-022592258487974415 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/p16frKJLVi0&hl=en&fs=1"></a><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p16frKJLVi0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p16frKJLVi0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I've first seen it at Ted Conference. They were just demonstrating it at that time. Now it's open to public for free. You can both create your own Photosynths and play around with the ones created by others.<br /><br />Photosynth was born of a collaboration between Microsoft Research and the University of Washington, based on the research of Steve Seitz (UW), Noah Snavely (UW) and Richard Szeliski (MR)<br /><br />Photosynth is an entirely new Visual Medium. The system analyzes each photograph for similarities in textures, and builds a model based on where the photos were taken. The program then models the environment and uses that as a canvas on which to display the photos.<br /><br />This modeling behavior is what makes it superior to photo stitching which is widely used in the architecture practice.<br /><br />First of all you don't have to be as precise while taking photos as you do for photo stitching.<br />Only this property by itself opens up a lot of new opportunities.<br />For example you can model places by collecting photos from the internet even without laying a foot on the site. A group/class of people can share their photos to build a model of the site..<br /><br />After all raster modeling based on the point of shoot is a smart new idea and we'll be seeing a lot of smart ways to use this new medium.<br /><br />Try it at <a href="http://www.photosynth.net/" target="_blank">Photosynth.net</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-1162748348807881932008-11-13T11:51:00.002+02:002008-11-17T01:03:34.400+02:00Associative Design<a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-022592258487974415 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/EhjUli4cYEg&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-022592258487974415 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/EhjUli4cYEg&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1"></a><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EhjUli4cYEg&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EhjUli4cYEg&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />There will be no input values but parameters in the near future.<br />Watch the video. It features the very interesting work of Architect Mazlin Ghazali from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.<br /><br />The way the video has been put together is also amazing. It's like an AI computer giving you a full report on a process in another planet.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tessellar.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Here's Mr. Ghazali's blog.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-5918764462609679802008-11-13T09:38:00.002+02:002009-05-20T13:41:36.513+03:00Amazing Fallingwater Animation<object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=802540&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=802540&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/802540">Fallingwater</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/eterea">Cristóbal Vila</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-5936170062073078442008-10-25T17:31:00.001+03:002008-10-27T14:31:37.251+02:00Blogger banned in TurkeyI came back from vacation and found out that they've banned <br />Blogger.com this time.<p>Taskisla.com has very little traffic generated by Serious Architecture <br />& Design OTAKUs.</p><p>We can't reach our control panel from Turkey so technically WE ARE <br />BANNED.</p><p>Writing any entry to this main streamly boring web site would be in a <br />sense bending or breaking the law?<br />No one knows...</p><p>Bad bad architectural THINKING...</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-78559174405427294852008-08-25T18:41:00.006+03:002008-08-25T20:21:18.071+03:00An Architect Unshackled by Limits of the Real World<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/25/arts/Woods600.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/25/arts/Woods600.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">“Berlin Free-Zone 3-2,” a 1990 proposal by Lebbeus Woods for an abandoned government building in reunified Berlin. The structure, more theoretical than practical, has no assigned purpose.<br /><br /></span></div><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/arts/design/25wood.html" target="_blank">From The New York Times' article about the architect. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lebbeus Woods.</span></a></p><p>Not so long ago many of the world’s greatest architectural talents behaved as though the actual construction of buildings was beneath them. During the 1960s firms like Superstudio in Florence, Italy, and Archigram in London were designing urban visions intended to shake up the status quo. These projects — walking, mechanized cities and mirrored megastructures that extended over mountain ranges and across deserts — were stinging attacks on a professional mainstream that avant-garde architects believed lacked imaginative energy.</p><p>.....<br /></p><p>Mr. Woods, a large, burly man who still likes an occasional cigarette, doesn’t try to hide his disdain for this new reality. “Big corporations today want to present themselves as benefactors of the human race,” he told me recently, summing up the current state of affairs. “ExxonMobil runs ads about the ecology now. And architecture is part of this. It’s a business.”</p> <p>It’s hard to disagree with the main thrust of his argument: that architecture has always needed a place that is wholly free of self-censorship, and that this place does not exist in the often-contentious exchange between architect and client. Most of us remember, for example, what happened to Mr. Koolhaas in the 1997 competition for a major expansion to the Museum of Modern Art. Choosing to ignore the museum’s internal politics, he indiscreetly highlighted the museum’s corporate agenda in his design. An enraged MoMA board instantly dropped him.</p> <p>The pressure to smooth over anything in a design that might be perceived as threatening has only increased in recent years, as a lot of architecture has begun to look like a sophisticated form of marketing. Architects who once defined themselves as rebels are now designing luxury residential towers for the super-rich. </p> <p>The greatest influence of this trend, however, may be on a younger generation of architects. Reared in an era when there seems to be an irresistible supply of work, these architects often seem eager to build at any cost. And their facility with computer software can make it easy to churn out seductive designs without digging deeply into hard social truths.</p> <p>As Mr. Woods put it: “With the triumph of liberal democracy and laissez-faire capitalism, the conversation came to an end. Everyone wanted to build, which left less room for certain kinds of architecture.”</p><p>.....<br /></p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/arts/design/25wood.html" target="_blank">Here's The New York Times' full article about the architect. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lebbeus Woods.</span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-23404472046269854772008-08-03T16:21:00.005+03:002008-08-03T16:52:56.279+03:00Letting Dead People Do Your Work for You<a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 108px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-02733093568290854 visible" href="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf"></a><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" data="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf" height="285" width="432"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><br /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><br /><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf"><br /><param name="flashvars" value="height=285&width=432&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/RobertLang_2008-embed-Nokia_high.flv&logo=http://mpd.taskisla.com.com-a.googlepages.com/watermark.gif&recommendations=/upload/recommendations.xml&link=http://www.taskisla.com&searchbar=false"><br /></object><br /><br />Letting Dead People Do Your Work for You..<br />This definition of "Scientific Approach" by Robert Lang is the far smartest I've heard of..<br /><br />Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-91350790737572021652008-08-01T13:57:00.006+03:002009-05-27T02:35:42.145+03:00A Skeptic's Guide to being ReligiousReed Kroloff on Modern and Romantic Architecture<br /><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/ReedKroloff_2003-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ReedKroloff-2003.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=318"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/ReedKroloff_2003-embed_high.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ReedKroloff-2003.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=318"></embed></object><br /><br />I'll write soon..<br /><br /><a href="http://www.shoparc.com/" target="_blank">Shop Architects</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-48278131239581481612008-07-15T21:33:00.002+03:002008-07-15T21:44:23.277+03:00I'll be writing lessI'll be writing less from now on..<br />We are moving to our new home and I'll be completing my military obligation..<br /><br />Thanks for your understanding..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-55991136063207903552008-06-19T10:52:00.001+03:002008-06-19T10:55:05.035+03:00Pritzker Prize Buddies<embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="fs=true" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=1844176650002432714&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> <br />A discussion with Pritzker Prize Winners Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Renzo Piano.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-11208199749143972222008-06-18T00:21:00.014+03:002008-08-29T23:54:58.982+03:00Space Navigator<a style="left: 0px ! 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important; top: 108px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08199610988430363 visible" href="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf"></a><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" data="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf" width="320" height="240"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><br /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><br /><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf"><br /><param name="flashvars" value="height=240&width=320&file=http://cache.vendaria.com/media/flash/vqkJekcMFkakFFibUjVMbkcfedbadUFkefFb_vid_EN008002400320.flv&logo=http://mpd.taskisla.com-a.googlepages.com/watermark.gif&recommendations=/upload/recommendations.xml&link=http://www.taskisla.com&searchbar=false"><br /></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.3dconnexion.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Space Navigator</span></a> from <a href="http://www.3dconnexion.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">3dconnexion</span></a> changes the way you navigate in 3d programs.<br /><p>Imagine the sensation of reaching into your display and grasping your 3D model. Or flying through three dimensional scenes. Whether you're creating dazzling 3D models or exploring virtual worlds, a 3D mouse enhances your digital life and sets your imagination free.</p><p style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Enhances sh*t I say: (Review added 29 Aug. 2008)<br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span>You'll see many (paid) reviews saying it's a steal for $50. Let me tell you my story of getting this device.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Bullsh*t #1:</span> I've checked their website and contacted their dealers in Turkey. The people I've talked in both firms didn't even know they had such a device. In the second firm they hopefully found someone that remembered that they were a distributor.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Bullsh*t #2:</span> I've found out that these firms were in fact solidworks retailers. They had no intention in selling Space Navigator. When a client asks for a discount they give one as a gift instead. But they didn't hold themselves from charging me $100 + %18 = $118. (I'm still getting spam from the program that comes with the navigator to upgrade my $50 licence to $100 licence. Suckers! I've paid $118 so give me the licence and refund my $18. Or stop bugging me!)<br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Bullsh*t #3:</span> To be fair I've waited more than a month to write a review. It's <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT faster NOR more accurate</span> than the middle mouse click and ALT, CTRL or SHIFT (what ever the program uses). <span style="font-weight: bold;">PERIOD.</span> It's only more fluent in the movement. So only possible reason a Power User needs a Space Navigator would be for a presentation purpose only. You know.. You can navigate as fast as you want but a spectator will have a sea sickness watching the same screen. I like this gadget. But I'm some sort a geek and like most of the gadgets anyway.</p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Bullsh*t #4: Biggest bullsh*t of them all!</span> Do you know why 3dconnexion sells this device for $50?</p><p>You expect from a company who markets a CAD device for such a low price, to work hard on bringing better drivers and supporting the wishes of their users. Can you believe that the only generic driver for this gadget is written by a USER and you can only find it somewhere in their forum? And ofcourse 3dconnexion doesn't support this driver. Well they have another strategy in their minds.They have other models with the exact same parts of the Space Navigator and some additional buttons or a screen for $300 and $400. For selling these highly overpriced devices they want the CAD software companies and Microsoft to recognize them! They want their own standart, category.. what so ever!</p><p>For this reason they're flooding the market with the $50 toy and the advertisements of how this thing "enhances your digital life and sets your imagination free". And whenever a user asks for something they're redirecting them to the CAD companies telling them there's nothing they can do. (Remember a user in their forum can, but they can't.)</p><p><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Their toy sure did set their imagination free! </span><br /></p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Space Navigator</span> used in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sketch Up:<br /><br /></span><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08199610988430363 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08199610988430363 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08199610988430363 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08199610988430363 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08199610988430363 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-08199610988430363 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en"></a><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/i7QQrr5AGEg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-25365760210932456142008-06-17T00:39:00.001+03:002008-06-18T04:01:56.574+03:00Quote of the DayI'm at the center of the universe.<br />I'm a point.<br />Every direction is a way for me..<br /><br />Mustafa Alpay <span style="font-weight: bold;">YILDIZ</span><br />06.16.2008<br /><br />Nasreddin Hodja had a similar saying.<br />One of my best buddies upgraded that unintentionally in a daily chat..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-49725646759155971212008-06-10T13:38:00.006+03:002008-06-12T01:43:56.686+03:00Near Death Experience Architecture<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SFBUkObZDhI/AAAAAAAAAFc/yBsnH_WxCEA/s1600-h/flw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SFBUkObZDhI/AAAAAAAAAFc/yBsnH_WxCEA/s400/flw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210757750192672274" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Frank Lloyd Wright, Hilla Rebay, Solomon Guggenheim<br /> at the unveiling of the model for the Guggenheim Museum, August, 1945<br />www.westporthistory.org<br /></span></span></div><br />Ol' Frankie (Frank Lloyd Wright) once said:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Space. The continual becoming: invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and to which they must pass. Beyond time or infinity"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The space within becomes the reality of the building"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Space is the breath of art"</span><br /><br />He was an <span style="font-weight: bold;">exaggerator</span>, a <span style="font-weight: bold;">provocateur</span> and an <span style="font-weight: bold;">arrogant</span>.<br />He's the most hated one by his colleagues. Architects try to silently <span style="font-weight: bold;">underestimate</span> Ol' Frankie when ever they can. But thank god none has the pingpongs to do so boldly!<br /><br />To tell the truth I'm not a die heart fan of most of his works either. But I know to appreciate him, as The Architect. His courage, his self esteem, his vision..<br /><br />There was this hatred going on around him when he was alive too. He had to run away from cops once just because he fell in love.<br />The architects declared their hate for him late his career and our Ol' Frankie Shut 'em Down with his Guggenheim N.Y.<br /><br />Now that building to me is The Ninth Symphony Presto composed in concrete.<br />(You kick a fallen man with the rest just for the fun of it. And that fallen guy changes your chemistry by his creation. He's infact a giant leap for mankind.)<br /><br />This is why haters today should endure in silence. Because he can kick bottoms no matter if he's dead or alive.<br /><br />Weapons of Mass <span style="font-weight: bold;">Deception</span> won't suffice for such a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Statement!</span><br /><br />Today we have this mediocre, this magazine architecture.<br />Starchitect wanna be's are after creating buildings that can give one or two good photos. This became the way of drawing attention.<br />Not the quality of space. Infact no one talks about the space anymore.<br /><br />Can you imagine any architect today, who's just been asked for a house by a waterfall, persuading the client to a <span style="font-weight: bold;">deeper understanding</span> of <span style="font-weight: bold;">human and nature?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Space:</span><br />When I was in high school they used to teach us Space as the ultimate emptiness that surrounds all the planets and stars.<br />Today Physicists say that with all the strings wiggling and the spacetime woven in it's fabric, Space is far from emptiness. Infact there's more going on in the space than what's happening in the stars and planets!<br /><br />Sounds like Ol' Frankie? Wright?<br /><br />A good architecture is drawing a <span style="font-weight: bold;">movie</span>. A movie that defines a <span style="font-weight: bold;">living</span> within.<br />You put all the ingredient into the project to <span style="font-weight: bold;">kick start life</span>.<br />Good architecture seeks this <span style="font-weight: bold;">mystery</span>. Not a beautiful corpse that looks good in magazines.<br /><br />Both <span style="font-weight: bold;">scientifically</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">architecturally</span>, Space is the habitat of life.<br />Easy to say. Hard to swallow.<br />Some are <span style="font-weight: bold;">aware</span> of it, some become after a near death experience, some just can't..Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-3333436236411581032008-05-31T19:00:00.002+03:002008-05-31T19:04:43.915+03:00Stairs over The King's Pathway<a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-02867257432620658 visible" href="http://www.brightcove.tv/playerswf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-02867257432620658 visible" href="http://www.brightcove.tv/playerswf"></a><embed src="http://www.brightcove.tv/playerswf" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="initVideoId=1438490562&servicesURL=http://www.brightcove.tv&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://www.brightcove.tv&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&autoStart=false" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="bcPlayer" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" height="412" width="486"></embed><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">El Caminito del Rey</span> (English: The King's pathway) is a walkway or via ferrata, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in Málaga, Spain. The name is often shortened to <span style="font-weight: bold;">El Camino del Rey</span>.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-33377142781424908022008-05-30T00:42:00.004+03:002008-05-30T00:52:09.970+03:0015 minutes of Architectural FameRead the original article on Eikongraphia <a href="http://www.eikongraphia.com/?p=2449" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">here</span></a> first!<br /><br />With all the nonsenses such as Starchitecture-fame-celebrity,<br />the idea of pop hit the architecture scene.<br /><br />As it's some sort of a challange for masses to acquire a taste for architecture, the professionals choose their 15 minutes of fame rather than good architecture.<br /><br />Is there a need for an architect to suggest/think of/design Binoculars in front of a building, Death Star in Dubai or a Putter shaped golf course?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-37553582467488668192008-05-27T19:46:00.005+03:002008-05-30T00:54:29.648+03:00New Age Land Art - Biggest Drawing in the World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SDw7I3sxjRI/AAAAAAAAAFM/pOP1Ka96_ms/s1600-h/portrait_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SDw7I3sxjRI/AAAAAAAAAFM/pOP1Ka96_ms/s400/portrait_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205100292910189842" border="0" /></a>With the help of a GPS device and DHL, artist Erik Nordenankar have drawn a self-portrait on the planet.<br />The idea is simple:<br />He put a GPS device in a briefcase and mailed it via DHL with precise travel instructions over the course of a 55 day period.<br />After the journey, the GPS data formed a virtual self-portrait of the artist that spread over 6 continents and 62 countries covering nearly 70,000 miles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SDw8zHsxjSI/AAAAAAAAAFU/u3cwEdqBo_A/s1600-h/theprojeckt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SDw8zHsxjSI/AAAAAAAAAFU/u3cwEdqBo_A/s400/theprojeckt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205102118271290658" border="0" /></a>For more info on this project visit artist's <a href="http://biggestdrawingintheworld.com/" target="_blank">website</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-12304229373069703032008-05-18T05:55:00.017+03:002008-05-30T18:37:27.714+03:00Happy birthday Walter Gropius<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SC-cJE4SH9I/AAAAAAAAAFE/3cyaO52th_M/s1600-h/gropius.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SC-cJE4SH9I/AAAAAAAAAFE/3cyaO52th_M/s400/gropius.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5201547774378778578" border="0" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Gropius" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Walter Adolph Georg Gropius</span> (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus.<br />Along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, he is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of "modern" architecture.</a><br /><br />It's really <span style="font-weight: bold;">fascinating</span> that the same geography gave birth to the two opposite, yet both powerful ways of thinking, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nazism</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bauhaus</span>, almost <span style="font-weight: bold;">simultaneously</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">--text </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">added</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">--</span></span><br />This reminds me what <a href="http://www.un.org/apps/sg/offthecuff.asp?nid=832" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kofi Annan</span></a> (United Nations Secretary General), said in 2006 about religion:<br />"If there is a <span style="font-weight: bold;">problem</span>, it is not with the faith, but the faithful. It is not the text, it is the way we <span style="font-weight: bold;">interpret</span> it."<br />(As a Secretary General you don't expect him to say "Dogma of anykind kills you guys!", do you?)<br /><br />Faith at that era, roughly speaking, was the <span style="font-weight: bold;">perfect machine.</span> The <span style="font-weight: bold;">radically simplified forms</span>, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">rationality</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">functionality</span>, and the miracle of <span style="font-weight: bold;">mass production</span>.<br /><br />Both faithfuls Nazis and Bauhaus believed in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">same</span> thing.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nazis</span> seeking perfection in <span style="font-weight: bold;">racism</span>, and mass production in creating mindless citizens through<span style="font-weight: bold;"> propagandizing</span>.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bauhaus</span> on the other hand, working on reconciling <span style="font-weight: bold;">art/ individuality</span> with mass production and seeking perfection in the relationship of <span style="font-weight: bold;">usefulness and beauty.</span><br /><br />Same faith, different faithful huh?<br />The rest is history. We've desperately tried to figure out what to do with the perfect machine till we <span style="font-weight: bold;">nuked</span> each other.<br />(I bet the guy who invented toothbrush, poked his buddy's eye out with it first!)<br /><br />Anyway..<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Happy birthday Walt! We love you!</span><br />Wish you could see us downloading <span style="font-weight: bold;">individual</span> ringtones to our <span style="font-weight: bold;">mass produced</span> cell phones, manufactured by the <span style="font-weight: bold;">perfect machine</span> we call <span style="font-weight: bold;">chinese cheap labor!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-41666490310139205302008-05-16T00:42:00.006+03:002008-05-20T09:01:23.877+03:00C.A.D. Computer Aided Delusion<a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04784198116937941 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zvKhdhFHw&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04784198116937941 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zvKhdhFHw&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04784198116937941 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zvKhdhFHw&hl=en"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-040520236656381003 visible" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zvKhdhFHw&hl=en"></a><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zvKhdhFHw&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y5zvKhdhFHw&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Just watch the video above! This is an unbuilt Theather Project proposed by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Mies Van Der Rohe</span>.<br /><br />When did you see an architect thinking about the core of something last time?<br />Rethinking what we belive to be the only way?<br />Does our newly found <span style="font-weight: bold;">tool, C.A.D.</span>, make us <span style="font-weight: bold;">tools</span>?<br />Did we start beliving, what we <span style="font-weight: bold;">need</span> is a super-cost-efficient machine and what we <span style="font-weight: bold;">want</span> is an eye-candy, a visual masturbation for brain?<br /><br />Just asking myself.....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tool" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tool:</span></a><br />One who lacks the mental capacity to know he is being used.<br />Someone who can't think for themselves.<br />Someone who tries too hard. A poser.<br />A fool. A cretin. Characterized by low intelligence and/or self-steem.<br /><br /><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/delusion?r=75" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Delusion:</span></a><br />A fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-20200802629421955172008-05-13T17:48:00.013+03:002008-05-30T00:59:49.734+03:00Skateboarding to Architecture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SCmyuU4SH8I/AAAAAAAAAEw/hA1dmQNCHh4/s1600-h/skateboarder_architect.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SCmyuU4SH8I/AAAAAAAAAEw/hA1dmQNCHh4/s400/skateboarder_architect.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199883753724452802" border="0" /></a><br /><span id="episode_desc_text"> At last I've found another <span style="font-weight: bold;">SKATEBOARDER ARCHITECT!</span><br />You must listen to the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dr. Iain Borden</span>'s podcast<span style="font-weight: bold;"> "Skateboarding to Architecture" </span>to revise your idea of <span style="font-weight: bold;">urbanism</span>.<br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-040520236656381003 visible ontop" href="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf"></a><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-07956602450097905 visible ontop" href="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf"></a><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" data="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf" height="20" width="400"><br /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><br /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><br /><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.jeroenwijering.com/embed/player.swf"><br /><param name="flashvars" value="height=20&width=400&file=http://www.coa.uncc.edu/arch_on_air/podcasts/Iain_Borden.mp3&logo=http://mpd.taskisla.com-a.googlepages.com/watermark.gif&recommendations=/upload/recommendations.xml&link=http://www.taskisla.com&searchbar=false"><br /></object><br /><br />And if you're dedicated to Architectural Thinking, put your Blockbuster Card to good use<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span>once and get <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Dogtown and Z-Boys"</span> documentary.<br />This will make you look at the questions like:<br />What is <span style="font-weight: bold;">culture</span>?<br />What is <span style="font-weight: bold;">a living design</span>?<br />What does <span style="font-weight: bold;">life in Urban Environment</span> mean?<br />What is the <span style="font-weight: bold;">influence of an architect on people's lifes?</span><br />in a <span style="font-weight: bold;">different</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">wider perspective!</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="episode_desc_text"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"two hundred years of</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">american technology</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">has unwittingly created</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">a massive cement</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">playground of</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">unlimited potential.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">but it was the minds of</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">11 year olds that could see</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">that potential."</span><br />craig stecyk 1975<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"skaters by their very</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">nature are urban guerillas:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">they make everyday use of the</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">useless artifacts of the</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">technological burden, and</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">employ the handiwork of the</span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">government / corporate</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">structure in a thousand ways</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">that the original architects</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">could never dream of"</span><br /><span id="episode_desc_text">craig stecyk 1976</span><br /><span id="episode_desc_text"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></div><span id="episode_desc_text"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Dr. Iain Borden</span> is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Director of the School of Architecture</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Director of Architectural History and Theory</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture at the Bartlett School of Architecture</span>. Educated at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UCL, University of London and UCLA, Iain is an architectural historian and urban commentator.<br />His wide-ranging historical and theoretical interests have lead to publications on, among other subjects, critical theory and architectural historical methodology, the history of skateboarding as an urban practice, boundaries and surveillance, Henri Lefebvre and Georg Simmel, Renaissance urban space, architectural modernism and modernity, contemporary architectural practice and theory, film and architecture, gender and architecture, body spaces and the experience of space.<br />His photographs have been widely published both in his own publications and those by other historians and architects.<br />Iain is a frequent contributor to conferences and exhibitions and has lectured widely around the world.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-8333522156582662742008-05-13T16:24:00.006+03:002008-05-14T23:22:06.806+03:00Want to find out more about Biomimicry?I've been using and promoting to my colleagues <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://biomimicry.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Norbert Hoeller's</a> </span><span>weblog</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://biomimicry.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Clippings</a></span> ever since I've discovered it.<br /><br /><a href="http://biomimicry.typepad.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Clippings</span></a> is a great blog sponsored by Biomimicry Institude, full of news and information.<br /><a href="http://biomimicry.typepad.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Norbert Hoeller</span></a> is open to contributions and <span style="font-weight: bold;">very kind</span> on giving credits!<br /><br /><a href="http://biomimicry.typepad.com/" target="_blank">http://biomimicry.typepad.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.taskisla.com/2008/05/natures-r-biomimicry-basics-for.html">You can also reach my original post <span style="font-weight: bold;">here.</span></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7847100797909255103.post-75272861133450796042008-05-11T19:15:00.017+03:002008-05-16T01:12:41.617+03:00Remperor builds Deathstar!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SCcbwE4SH6I/AAAAAAAAAEg/bFl0T4i4_50/s1600-h/remperor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SCcbwE4SH6I/AAAAAAAAAEg/bFl0T4i4_50/s400/remperor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199154807580008354" border="0" /></a><br />Well well! If your <span style="font-weight: bold;">city planning is a JOKE</span>, if you think <span style="font-weight: bold;">Disneyland</span> is a good planning example, then people propose you such Projects!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rem Koolhaas</span> from <span style="font-weight: bold;">OMA </span><span>and his</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ras al Khaimah Convention and Exhibition Center</span> ladies and gentlemen!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dead Star</span> designs <span style="font-weight: bold;">Death Star!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Remperor</span> designs <span style="font-weight: bold;">Death Star!</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SCci9k4SH7I/AAAAAAAAAEo/vBAYdvKY7Ys/s1600-h/fame.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_A4GV2repke0/SCci9k4SH7I/AAAAAAAAAEo/vBAYdvKY7Ys/s400/fame.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199162736089636786" border="0" /></a><br />I haven't seen any <span style="font-weight: bold;">architectural review</span> on this project! Everybody just makes <span style="font-weight: bold;">fun of it</span>!<br />So I'll be the <span style="font-weight: bold;">first one writing a proper review</span>! Here's <span style="font-weight: bold;">a design flaw</span> I've found:<br /><br />"An <span style="font-weight: bold;">analysis</span> of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">plans</span> provided by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Princess Leia</span> has demonstrated a weakness in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Convention and Exhibition Center</span>.<br />But the approach will not be easy!<br />You are required to maneuver straight down the trench and skim the surface to the point.<br />The target area is only two meters wide.<br />It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port.<br />The shaft leads directly to the reactor system.<br />A precise hit will start a chain reaction which should destroy the station.<br />Only a precise hit will set off a chain reaction.<br />The shaft is ray-shielded, so you'll have to use proton torpedoes."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18282799305114892979noreply@blogger.com0