Category: Public Space
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BLACK.SEE by J. Mayer H.
EIGEN + ART Lab in Berlin, Germany, is showcasing the works by Jürgen Mayer H. BLACK.SEE is an installation of free standing black sculptures with accompanying wall paintings that are also dark and mysterious. The three-dimensional components are made out of panels which have been milled out into lattice-like, irregular forms that seem rudimentary and…
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Intersections – New York City at Night
High above the towering buildings from the ‘city that never sleeps’, New York-based photographer Navid Baraty captures a series of images that look down from the dizzying heights to capture altered perspectives of the familiar yet chaotic street rhythm below.
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Toronto, You’ve Changed!
The facility is undergoing a major redevelopment, opening up to the community just as scads of new high-end retail and restaurants open their doors. It seems like a race to capitalize on sky-rocketing real estate values and reach an increasingly upwardly mobile crowd.
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Lost & Found items from Japan’s 311 earthquake
Toronto-based filmmakers John Choi and Nicolina Lanni have developed the film LOST & FOUND that looks to reunite recovered belongings from the 311 Japan earthquake with their original owners.
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There’s no place like home
The plaza hosted several dozen red shoes (both painted and patent) in long rows extending the length of the square. The static soles ranged from pumps to sneakers offering the once fashionable items a final platform on the sidewalk.
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Building on Catalan Culture
The competition is unique to Catalonia, a region of northern Spain with its own history, language and a strong independence movement.
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It’s a small world by Slinkachu
The following series features images from UK-based artist Slinkachu. The tiny installations consist of small painted train set characters which are positioned, photographed and left on the urban streets.
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Jürgen Mayer H. goes public
Richelle Sibolboro met with German architect Jürgen Mayer H. to discuss his urban projects and the meaning behind their design and construction. Nowadays, public and private seems to be blurring. We have a very kind of public presence when we are at home. We have social media to share your thoughts your ideas with more…
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Venice’s High Tide High Line
The high tide in Venice, Italy is an occurrence that happens during the winter months. To deal with the rising waters, tourists and residents navigate through the city on raised wooden platforms and sport rubber boots to stay dry.
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Samare Studio Displays Their Process
Samare Studio displays their thought process up on the walls. From images, to markets, snow shoes to set squares, nothing is left on the cutting room floor. Mania Bedikian of Samare Studio
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Joel Loblaw brings the Outside – Inside
Interior landscaping by Joel Loblaw Inc., brings the outside – inside with an artistic installation of painted logs and strategically places branches. Emily Hall of Joel Loblaw Inc.
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Venice Architecture Biennale
Highlights of the 2012 Architecture Venice Biennale. 13th Architecture Venice Biennale from Richelle Sibolboro on Vimeo.
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Orginaire
“Originaire” is a word created to combine the meanings of “original” and “initial”. In the Chinese language, the character for “source” is specifically in the context of the water source.
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Arum by Zaha Hadid
Inspired by Russian Suprematism, Zaha Hadid Architects’ pays homage to the historical lineages of collective research that has led to the major works of today’s contemporary architecture
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Common Ground?
Between 1967 and 1977, architect Bernard Tshumi, FAIA, unveiled his Advertisements for Architecture. These postcard-sized manifestos paired words with images—using classic advertising tactics—to “confront the dissociation between the immediacy of spatial experience and the analytical definition of theoretical concepts,” according to the architect.
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52nd International Genoa Boat Show
Featuring total luxury on the seas. James Cameron goes deep and captures some new creatures from the depths of the sea.
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Experimentarium Centre
The facade serves as a dual purpose as they both maintains the original shell while providing a new and distinctive visual identity to the institution.
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Toll Zone
The team set to design a functional city and urban space that would leave an impact on the city skyline.
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Collecting Change
An island booth to seat people who collect a fee, with a canopy for weather protection, an office and a tunnel to connect the islets with the management blocks.
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Containing Education
Eight shipping containers are stacked and cut along a 45-degree angle to create a fishbone pattern generating an arrow-like volume that is lifted three meters above the landscape.
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Street Decoration
A series of designs which play with forms and different media outlets to question our perception of reality.
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Mobius Playground
The structure looks at the mobius strip, where there is no clear interior or exterior space, just one continuous surface that turns and twists, surfaces flowing into one other.
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Water World
The design comes from a concept which dates back to ancient times of the mountain-water worship.
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Holistic, Healthy, Metropolis
KPF’s design for the Meixi Lake a paradigm of living in balance with nature.
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Cafe Cuba
The design takes influence from the old city streets of Havana, Cuba, drawing from the rich cultural history and night life.
Richelle Sibolboro 