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El Sistema Electro III de la empresa MechoShade, es traído a Chile en forma exclusiva por Indenor. Se trata de un sistema para el accionamiento de cortinas, ideal para el diseño de la edificación sustentable, con AAC SolarTrac ™ para una protección solar controlada, lo que permite maximizar la luz natural y vistas, generando a su ves la reduccion en el consumo de energía.
La utilización de controles MechoShade, ElectroShades puede proporcionar un uniforme aspecto estético de la fachada...
Posted on May 21st 2013, 11:00 AM
Arquitectos: Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects
Ubicación: Nara, Japón
Superficie: 698.06 m2
Año Proyecto: 2012
Fotografías: Yasutaka YoshimuraCliente: Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten
Ingeniería Estructural: Mitsuda Structural Consultants
Contratista General: ShibutaniEste proyecto es una adición a las antiguas instalaciones de una empresa, a la cual le habíamos construido su nuevo edificio hace 2 años.
Casi sin cambios en el original,...
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Posted on May 21st 2013, 10:04 AM

Pop quiz: what does a country on the brink of economic collapse, with dozens of unfinished buildings dotting its countryside, really need? A monstrous, phallic space hotel, of course!
Meet the 984-foot tall hotel proposed US-based firm Mobilona for an artificial island off the coast of Dubai Barcelona. Reachable by a walkway from the mainland, the hotel would feature things no one would ever need or want unless that person was a sheik with limitless funds: a zero-gravity spa (the world's first!),...
From Dezeen
Posted on May 21st 2013, 10:02 AM
Japanese designer Kei Harada has created two chairs made completely out of rubber. (more...)
From Design-milk
Posted on May 21st 2013, 10:00 AM
Inspired by Op Art’s use of color and geometric shapes, Alessandra Baldereschi Design Studio created Poppins – a bench with some mighty colorful personality. The bench gives the illusion of patterned pillows laying there when, in fact, the fabric pushes through the wood giving it a three-dimensional effect.
The padded areas provide comfort while sitting but also give it the geometric shapes needed to give the look of a pillow.
Posted on May 21st 2013, 10:00 AM
Arquitectos: OMBRA Arquitectos
Ubicación: Alboraya, España
Arquitectos A Cargo: Pablo Peñín Llobell, Diego Carratalá Collado, Francisco Miravete Martín y Carmen Mellado Vera
Area: 2200.0 m2
Año: 2008
Fotografías: Cortesía de OMBRA ArquitectosConstrucción: Secopsa Construcción S.A.
Propiedad: EGUSA.S.L.
Presupuesto: 2.580.863,00 €La Central de Emergencias, aglutina en un mismo edificio los servicios de Emergencias de Alboraya...
From Archdaily
Posted on May 21st 2013, 10:00 AM

Taking place July 6-7 at CosmoCaixa in Barcelona, the ‘Childhood and Public Spaces’ international conference offers a series of perspectives and experiences on actual childhood space scenarios in the city. An encounter with urban-design practice, educational experience and artistic methods are key aspects of this hands-on approach. It will also include a forum allowing dialogue between international professionals and workshops that take you to actual spaces in Barcelona. This action has been organized by the design and space-creation masters students of the UPC-CCCB. The deadline to register for the event is June 15. More information after the break.
Organizers: Urbanitas Berlin-Barcelona, Associació de Mestres Rosa Sensat
Contributors: Goethe Institut Barcelona, Institut Francés Barcelona,...From Core77
Posted on May 21st 2013, 10:00 AM

Reporting by Stefani Bachetti
The IIT Institute of Design held its annual Strategy Conference last week in downtown Chicago, a two-day event full of inspiring and interesting talks about using design thinking and innovation to solve complex issues. Socially conscious innovation was a common topic this year, from improving agricultural techniques in Africa to enabling University of Chicago students and professionals to collaboratively tackle major problems in healthcare, as well as revitalizing abandoned lands in Detroit with a community development and agriculture program.
Check out the sketchnotes below summarizing the ideas behind this year's event. You'll find synopses on speakers like Carl Bass with Autodesk, Catherine Casserly of Creative Commons, Stepan Pachikov, founder of Evernote, Bruce Nussbaum and Barry Schwartz from Swarthmore College, among others.
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Carl Bass, President and CEO, Autodesk
Mark Tebbe, Operating Executive, Lake Capital / Stepan Pachikov, Founder, Evernote
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Amory Lovins, Cofounder and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute / Kim Erwin, Assistant Professor, IIT Institute of DesignFrom Complex
Posted on May 21st 2013, 09:57 AM
The beatdown continues.

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Posted on May 21st 2013, 09:42 AM

10,000 feet above sea – five months straight – four years in a row. For 600 days Yu Yamauchi lived in a hut near the summit of Mt. Fuji, getting up while it was still dark to photograph the sunrise every day, from the same location. The resulting series, titled “DAWN,” is a stunning look at the colorful, sometimes abstract view of Earth waking up.
This space, “above the clouds,” exists far from the ground where we live our daily lives. It is also a space between the earth and the universe. Being there simply reminds me of the fact that we live on the earth which is a planet within an infinite space of the universe.

What’s perhaps most striking about the series is the variability. Not a single picture looks the same. And yet, each day the sun, rising from the same spot, repeats itself.


This post originally appeared October, 2012. It is part of a series of posts on Mt. Fuji. The entire series can be found HERE.












