Rethinking the metro of Wien

Okay, I haven't won the contest, but anyway, I did it and I'm proud about my work.
Maybe I could work also on the Milanese one...

mmm... let's see..
(to be developed)

Bye Bye Saverio!
Your presence hanging on the wall had inspired me and all my friends during our parties for so long... The livingroom will never be the same.

The T-shirt will never replace you, but you'll remain in our hearts and on our chests.

This is for YOU... enjoy!
(production will start only at the request of friends)

XLandscape views


the wall


the basin


the context

IMPROBABLE LANDSCAPE

fiber and variance sul tema...

Architect's Digest

In praise of Shadows, Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (1933)
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Shadows]
Probably one of the best book I've ever read, that made me really think about the differences between the East and the West. Once you read this, you really star paying mora and more attention to what surrounds you. And not only concerning Japan. This book really refines your cognizance of the World.


The system of objects, Jean Baudrillard (1968)
[http://books.google.it/books?id=0T3-3Ce5VocC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=system+of+objects&source=bl&ots=8JmKzfrzvo&sig=TneNTYlIFQyOCJHM1URIt7L7S5w&hl=it&ei=HTS1TfymD4XOswbk683mCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false]

Symbolic exchange and death, Jean Baudrillard (1976)
[http://www.egs.edu/faculty/jean-baudrillard/articles/symbolic-exchange-and-death-excerpts/]

The Transparency of Evil, Jean Baudrillard (1990)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/15/jean-baudrillard-transparency-of-evil

Baudrillard has been the equivalent of Freud in the (psycho)analysis, but transposed into everything could be thought, thaught and produced.
After reading Jean (and of course that's not an easy affair) nor going to the supermarket, nor going to the cinema or have a look on a review will be the same as in the past. Are you ready to discover a delirious point of view for Life?
All these books will upgrade your awareness about "reality".

Empire of signs, Roland Barthes (1970)
[http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/14/reviews/1419.html]

America, Jean Baudrillard (1988)
http://books.google.it/books?id=73CCg_I_rKsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=jean+baudrillard,+america&hl=it&ei=QY-JTrCgHc-f-wbT49Q0&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false



Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas (1978)
http://books.google.it/books?id=-PxluDQUcFkC&q=rem+koolhaas,+delirious+new+york&dq=rem+koolhaas,+delirious+new+york&hl=it&ei=no-JTtuzMcqN-wbgqd0b&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ



Architecture of happyness ( )
http://books.google.it/books?id=Go0GpAWTkMkC&dq=architecture+of+happyness&hl=it&ei=yI-JTr2KJsic-wb91ZE2&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA



Artista e Designer, Bruno Munari ( )




On photography, Susan Sontag (1977)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Photography



Lezioni di fotografia, Luigi Ghirri






(to be continued)

Spagna

My last trip in Spain... once again, never enough!


(Bilbao)



(Saragozza)


(Valencia)



(Valencia)

Energy-saving tips

God save the BRUSHES

MSNmen

Here my last creation: MSN men.
Have you ever thought about those little sad men lying on you desktop or popping up from your dock (for Mac users...)?
Well, even them have something to say. Of course!

XS Architecture Studio

This is a project for a very small office, supposed in the campus Bovisa Politecnico.
The basic dimension are 2,5m x 5m, and everything has to be "sustainable".

The structure is a sort of baloon frame, wood, very light, to be filled with prefabricated panels already isolated with natural wool.



On the Southern side there is a green house, with the entrance and the circular metallic stairs to the upper floor.
On the Northern side there are no windows, except for a clerestory receiving the light from the South and redistributing that in a uniform way on the work area.
Only one fixed window on the West, and 3 + 1 that can be opened on the East (the smallest one is for the bathroom).


Natural ventilation is guaranteed South to North (greenhouse>clerestory) and East to West (there are special hatches inside the walls, with filters for the polluted air, to be opened when requested).



Above there is the table of details for the horizontal section -West facade- on the left, and the vertical section -Est facade- on the right.


The long side vertical section shows some detils for the clerestory, walls and floor. It is also visible the only metallic structure of the Studio, the base, on wich everything is leaned.



The systems are thought to be reached with easyness, concentrating them in few parts of the Studio, avoiding non checkable areas.

Next images shows, in order, the electric system and the main light points, natural (blue) and artificial (orange).

Then the heating system (red) designed as a baseboard is very thin, to be used just in case the greenhouse cannot provide the needed heat (during the evening, during the winters...)

There are also water pipes (green) to collect the rain and to bring the water to the bathroom and from that to the drain.