
O Arch Daily apresenta uma interessante entrevista com Lorcan O’Herlihy. As suas ideias sobre inovação em arquitectura são particularmente estimulantes, referindo a necessidade de repensar a forma, o espaço, a materialidade e os parâmetros funcionais de um projecto, mesmo quando se trabalha perante fortes limitações orçamentais. Visitem o Arch Daily para ver a entrevista e não se esqueçam de visitar a página da LOHA, logo de seguida.
Arch Daily presents a very interesting interview with Lorcan O’Herlihy. His ideas on innovation in architecture are particularly thought-provoking as he addresses the need to rethink form, space, materiality and the functional parameters of a project, even when facing strict financial constraints. Visit Arch Daily to see the interview and don’t forget to visit LOHA’s outstanding website afterwards.
Uma animação sobre o projecto de recuperação da High Line em Nova Iorque, com design da Field Operations e da Diller Scofidio + Renfro. O filme é da Brooklyn Digital Foundry, onde podem encontrar mais alguns vídeos, com destaque para a apresentação do projecto da Museum Plaza, da REX.
Here’s an interesting visual representation of the High Line project designed by Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The video was conceived by Brooklyn Digital Foundry and I recommend a visit to their website for some other interesting clips, most noticeably the presentation of the Museum Plaza by REX studio.
Com um preço acima do meio milhão de dólares, as hipóteses deste iCube chegar à vossa sala de estar no futuro próximo são um pouco remotas. Ainda assim, o quarto 3D da EON Reality é uma espectacular solução de imersão estereoscópica, com um potencial de aplicação enorme em áreas variadas como a educação e o marketing. No entanto, sendo eu um grande geek, o que eu gostava mesmo era de jogar ao Halo dentro disto!
With a price tag over half a million dollars, chances are this iCube won’t be coming to a living room near you as soon as you’d wish. Still, EON Reality’s 3D room is one of the most remarkable displays of stereoscopic 3d immersion I’ve ever seen. I can imagine lots of uses for this, in education and marketing for example. But since I’m a big geek, what I’d really love to do is to play Halo on that beauty.


E cá estou eu, de volta, com notícias realmente importantes. A equipa simpática por detrás do MIMOA organizou recentemente um concurso de design de uma T-shirt. E a vencedora foi a Portuguesa Liliana Sousa, ostentando a sua criação em grande estilo na fotografia acima! :))
And here I am, back to you with some seriously important news. Those nice folks at MIMOA have recently organized a T-shirt design contest. And the winner was none other than Liliana Sousa, from Portugal. She also looks pretty cool wearing it. :))

Hybrids II is a new magazine from a+t architecture publishers.
Hybrids II é o mais recente lançamento da editora a+t. Trata-se do segundo volume da série dedicada a este tipo específico de construção, desta vez abordando o tema dos edifícios de uso misto em desenvolvimento horizontal.
A revista apresenta um ensaio teórico que contextualiza a evolução das tipologias de edifício híbrido através da história da arquitectura do século XX, desde a invenção do arranha-céus às mega-estruturas utópicas concebidas pela Archizoom na década de sessenta. São ainda publicados diversos projectos - a maior parte em construção na Europa e na Ásia – expostos e analisados através de desenhos técnicos e diagramas.
Nieto Sobejano: Barceló Market, Sports Center, Library and Public Spaces, Madrid, Spain, 2008.
Os edifícios híbridos adaptaram-se às necessidades das cidades contemporâneas, mitigando a divisão entre os domínios público e privado. Tratam-se de projectos de extensão horizontal que são invasivos na sua natureza, propondo complexidade formal, fragmentação e diversidade programática. Muitas vezes experimentais na sua aproximação ao design, acabam por transcender a fronteira entre o arquitectónico e o urbano, desafiando noções pré-concebidas de escala e densidade.
Visitem a a+t para informação adicional sobre esta revista e outras publicações.

OMA: Bryghusprojektet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008.
Hybrids II is the latest launch from a+t architecture publishers, focusing on Low-rise Mixed-use Buildings. This is the second issue in a+t’s Hybrids series and features a good selection of projects - most of them currently under construction in Europe and Asia - carefully presented and analysed through technical drawings and diagrams. The magazine also includes an extensive theoretical essay that contextualizes the evolution of hybrid typologies through time, from the invention of the skyscraper to the utopian mega-structures conceived by Archizoom in the 1960s.
Jakob+Macfarlane: Docks de Paris, Paris, France, 2007.
Hybrid buildings have adapted to the needs of contemporary cities, mitigating the division between the private and public realms. These are horizontal projects that are invasive in nature, proposing complexity of form, volumetric fragmentation and functional diversity. Often experimental in their design approach, they shatter the borders between the architectural and the urban, challenging pre-established notions of density and scale.
Steven Holl: Vanke Centre, Shenzhen, China, 2006-2009.
Visit a+t for additional information on this magazine and other publications.
Bjarke Ingels fala sobre o Pavilhão da Dinamarca para a Expo Xangai 2010. Visitem o sítio web do BIG para uma apresentação detalhada do projecto com os diagramas do costume.
Via darren.webb
Bjarke Ingels talks about the Danish Pavilion for the Shangai Expo 2010. Visit BIG for the full project presentation with all the usual cool diagrams.
Via darren.webb
Afinal não é preciso ficar acordado toda a noite para ver o Postopolis! Visitem o canal Postopolis! na Ustream.TV e vejam os vídeos de todas as apresentações gravadas até ao momento.
Looks like you don’t have to stay awake all night to see Postopolis! after all. Check the Postopolis! channel at Ustream.TV and browse through the pre-recorded videos of all the presentations.

Começou o Postopolis! LA. Não percam o canal vídeo em directo da página web da Storefront for Art and Architecture. E, se vivem na Europa, não durmam durante os próximos cinco dias.
Postopolis! LA mega-blogathon has begun. Check the video feed streaming live from Storefront for Art and Architecture. And if you’re based in Europe, don’t sleep for the next 5 days.
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The architecture blog A Barriga de um Arquitecto / The Belly of an Architect (written in bilingual Portuguese-English) is mainly focused on contemporary architecture and urban design, covering recent works from Portuguese architects as well as projects of international significance.
My name is Daniel Carrapa. I was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1973. I’m an architect living in Évora, a nice historical town that was included in the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1986. I’m married, have 4 cats – Matilde, Patanisco, Olivia, Lisa – and 1 dog – Moby. Moby is a three-legged dog. He’s okay. I graduated as an architect in 1996 (FAUTL Lisbon Faculty of Architecture). I am also an authority on cat litter and will provide expert advice upon request. I love traveling, watching movies, reading books and draining the battery from my X360 gamepad. In my lifetime I have visited the following countries: India, Nepal, China (Hong-Kong and Macau), Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and the Netherlands.
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