Seth Clarke

El pintor norteamericano Seth Clarke tiene una propuesta visual (básicamente collage), semi-abstracta y bastante peculiar: destruye casas, edificios y otras arquitecturas, y las convierte en algo plástico y hermoso.

Una extraña belleza sin duda, creada por poner casas y elementos de urbanización tan devastados como si les hubiera golpeado un terremoto, un tsunami, o un tornado categoría 4. Pero bueno, ya saben que en el arte lo extraño es más valioso que lo común. Siempre es así…

My work focuses on deteriorating architecture. I see an inherent honesty in the face of my subject. These man-made structures, designed to be huge forces of permanence, are now collapsing in on themselves. Among all of the clutter—the shards of wood and layers of rubble—there remains a gentle resolve. It is as if the buildings were content with their circumstance. As I work, I study these structures incessantly. They are on the brink of ruin, yet appear dignified in their state…

http://bit.ly/1YzZlCi

Structure Photography

Me gusta este fotógrafo de texas (Nikola Olic), obsesionado con fotografiar edificios y otras estructuras arquitectónicas del paisaje urbano, pero con un afán de convertirlos en geometría casi abstracta. Deconstrucción de construcciones. La gloria (y la lógica) de lo puramente visual.

Abstract structural photography affords conceptual excursions and playful imagining of what massive solid immovable city structures might represent, both in a real urban sense and a personal experimental one, drawing us closer to the cities we explore by assigning these structures a purpose and meaning that reflects us, our stories, and our histories…

http://bit.ly/1OeAv3S

Walking City

Una escultura que camina y cambia su material de acuerdo a su entorno. Fácil de hacer en digital, chequen esta pieza del colectivo Universal Everything (UK)…

Architecture + Evolution + Movement

Referencing the utopian visions of 1960’s architecture practice Archigram, Walking City is a slowly evolving video sculpture. The language of materials and patterns seen in radical architecture transform as the nomadic city walks endlessly, adapting to the environments she encounters

Creative Director : Matt Pyke
Animation : Chris Perry
Sound : Simon Pyke

Universal Everything is a UK-based collective studio practice founded by Matt Pyke in 2004. Their work explores the tension between abstract and figurative form and the synesthesia of sound and image, leading to expressive, vibrant digital art that’s imbued with emergent life and anthropomorphism. The exploration of the human form, in particular, is central to the studio’s practice….

https://vimeo.com/85596568

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Dragon bridge

Y así buscando rarezas por la vida me encontré este puente con forma de dragón (Cầu Rồng) en la ciudad de Da Nang, Vietnam, que como todo buen draconiano escupe fuego (y vapor) por las noches…

If you thought dragons – those fearsome creatures of myth and legend – only come to life in video games – you’d be mistaken. Allow me to enlighten you. Every night, a fire-spewing, water-spraying, 568 meter-long dragon, with an 18-meter-wide head and a 19.73 meters wide tail comes to life in Da Nang.

The very definition of an Asian boomtown, Da Nang has changed from a backwater harbor to a metropolis featuring high-rise hotels, expensive real estate, palatial beachside resorts, a beautifully designed airport, and one of the world’s most unique bridges.

The metro area, which is home to more than a million people, is divided by the Han River. Two bridges now connect the city’s downtown and airport with the main beach and resort area (there are six bridges over the Han in all). Both of the urban spans are lit up brightly at night, but the newer of the pair has a little bit more light, thanks to the fire-breathing dragon that sits just above its roadway…

http://bit.ly/1jT4Qt

Monumental typography

Se me hace curioso ver cómo el código y hasta el pixel (muy a la 8bits-) se han vuelto parte de esta tradición gráfica de explotar la tipografia como elemento visual, incluso a nivel urbano. Aquí hay una publicación de un libro con buenos ejemplos…

“Lettering Large" is the title of a new book by Steven Heller and Mirko Ilić that looks at the "art and design of monumental typography.” Published by The Monacelli Press, the book highlights the cross-disciplinary expressions of architecture, art, typography, graphic design and landscape, many of which use type to transform buildings and spaces in dramatic ways…

http://bit.ly/1elsNaD

The Density of Light

El artista Mexicano Gabriel Dawe hace estas instalaciones para sitios específicos donde usando simples hilos de colores entretejidos crea arcoiris que juegan con la luz y la arquitectura…

Originally from Mexico City, Gabriel Dawe creates site-specific installations that explore the connection between fashion and architecture, and how they relate to the human need for shelter in all its shapes and forms. His work is centered in the exploration of textiles, aiming to examine the complicated construction of gender and identity in his native Mexico and attempting to subvert the notions of masculinity and machismo prevalent in the present day…

http://www.gabrieldawe.com/

Seana Reilly

La artista estadounidense Seana Reilly es una extraña mezcla de científica, arquitecta, pintora y filósofa. Y en su obra se ve un poco de todo eso. Muchos procesos como elemento principal, mucha documentación, mucha experimentación con lo fisico y químico. Conceptualismo. El resultado es orgánico y misterioso…

Seana Reilly was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Reilly’s artwork is informed by her years working as an architectural planner. Her paintings and drawings are directly influenced by this professional history, as well as by an interest in philosophy and the earth sciences…

http://www.sreilly.com/

The Shard Tower

Ayer se inaguró en Londres esta joya de la arquitectura moderna. De primera sensación rompe un poco con el paisaje Londinense, pero supongo que es el precio de la modernidad (para quienes aún creen en ella)…

El jueves por la noche se inauguró este gigantesco rascacielos de 310 metros y 87 plantas, con un hotel de 5 estrellas, restaurantes, oficinas, el apartamento de lujo más alto de Europa occidental y –en la última planta– una terraza y un impresionante mirador que permitirá disfrutar de una panorámica impresionante, previo pago de 30 €…

http://bit.ly/L7hh56

O (Omicron)

When opened, Hala Stulecia was the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world. With a diameter of 65m it was home to the largest dome built since the Pantheon in Rome eighteen centuries earlier.
By using references such as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis or the utopian projects of Archigram to confront the different visions of the future at different times, Romain Tardy and Thomas Vaquié were interested in trying to create a vision of a future with no precise time reference. A timeless future.

O (Omicron)
A permanent installation directed by Romain Tardy & Thomas Vaquié
Hala Stulecia, Wroclaw, Poland…

https://vimeo.com/41486619

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Earthscaper

In what would seem like an episode of Bizarro World, Mexican architecture firm BNKR Arquitectura, has come up with a concept for a 65-story “upside down” skyscraper or the subterranean “earthscaper” right in the middle of Mexico City.

Shaped like an inverted pyramid, the Earthscraper will burrow down 35 stories beneath the heart of Mexico City, the Earthscraper defies everything the skyscraper stands for. It’s an ambitious rebuttal to architectural obsession with high-rise, so-called space efficient living.

The main square of Mexico City, known as the “Zocalo”, is 57,600 m2 (240m x 240m), making it one of the largest in the world. It is bordered by the Cathedral, the National Palace and the City Government buildings. A flagpole stands at its center with an enormous Mexican flag ceremoniously raised and lowered each day. This proved as the ideal site for the Earthscraper… An inverted skyscraper that digs down through the layers of cities to uncover our roots…

http://bit.ly/q81xSB

Earthscaper