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FLUX

2010-09-30T21:31:00.000-07:00

F L U X from candas sisman on Vimeo.

OMA_WEST KOWLOON CULTURAL DISTRICT

2010-08-27T19:07:00.000-07:00

OMA's plan for Hong Kong West Kowloon Cultural District from OMA on Vimeo.

WEST KOWLOON CULTURAL DISTRICT, HONG KONG, 2010

2010-08-20T23:33:00.000-07:00

WEST KOWLOON CULTURAL DISTRICT, HONG KONG, 2010

A major new cultural district for Hong Kong

for more info, please refer to this link
http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/en/conceptual/oma/en/consultation_digest.html

The Mega Performance Venue, with views of Hong Kong Island.
By OMA © All rights reserved

Guangzhou’s Big Improvements Coming

2009-11-04T02:10:00.000-08:00

Guangzhou’s BIG Improvements Coming

With three projects under construction and three more scheduled to start by the end of the year, officials in Guangzhou, China, are spending nearly $1 billion to prepare the north axis of the city’s center for the 16th Asian Games, which begin on Nov. 12, 2010. Although near-term activity is focused on improving the north axis, which covers 5.9 sq kilometers, the city has even more ambitious long-term plans, valued at $6.5 billion worth of construction, for the adjacent 16.1-sq-kilometer area, called the south axis.

credit: Hellermanus architect

Qi Ao Island Site analysis--Joege Ayala

2009-04-19T03:39:00.000-07:00

Sources: Jorge Ayala

AA project-- Qi ao Island problem-Jorge Ayala

2009-04-16T17:19:00.000-07:00

To become generic/ thematized

Qi Ao Island is threatened to become another generic or thematized Chinese urbanization that spread across farmlands.

A concrete example is Henqin Island, one of the 146 islands of Zhuhai, which will be promoted for investment from Hong Kong and Macau. Since late 2005, "Las Vegas Sands" has openly discussed its multi-billion plans to develop Henqin Island into a convention and resort destination.

Risk of flood
The main cause of a probable flooding in the island is the destruction of its mangroves reserve, due to increasing population pressure, increased coastal erosion, increased impact from storms, conversion to shrimp and fish farming, decreased agriculture, decreased aquaculture pond production, infrastructure and tourism, as well as pollution.
Coastal roads, subway tunnels, drainage pipes, housing, and just about everything else we will build along the coast is extremely vulnerable to higher high tides and storm surges.

1,153 square km of land surrounding the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, China may be engulfed by rising sea levels by 2050. The cities worst affected will be Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, alongside Foshan and Zhuhai Coastline. "Climate change will negatively affect the economic development of Guangdong, which is currently one of the biggest consumers of energy and producers of greenhouse gases", said Du Raodong, an expert at the Guangdong weather centre.

Source: Jorge Ayala

AA Project Brief----Jorge Ayala

2009-04-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

Contemporary social and environmental conditions pose significant challenges to normative design practices, stemming as they do from an increasing scarcity of resources and consequent shifts in economic, political and material processes. Landscape Urbanism sets out to develop new modes of practice that engage directly with these new conditions and the way in which they continuously reconfigure the city.

China’s economic boom, combined with migration from the rural areas, is fuelling a high-speed urbanism that is producing new cities in the shortest imaginable time and transforming the character of older towns.

This directional urbanisation, propelled from the coastal zones into the countryside has brought even the smallest villages, in some cases, face to face to with the phenomena of the globalisation, foreign capital and generic architecture.

In 2000, China formulated a plan to build 400 new cities by year 2020 to accommodate migration into urban conglomerations. AA Landscape Urbanism took this formulation as the framework for the year’s research, testing the applicability of our methodology to the limit. The test bed for the year’s project is the Pearl River Delta

Source: Jorge Ayala

SITE PICS

2009-04-01T22:28:00.001-07:00

EXISTING CONDITION

Suzhou， Hangzhou， Shanghai

2009-03-25T22:36:00.000-07:00

苏州博物馆

周庄

杭州西溪湿地

中国美术学院象山校区

'ecobay' masterplan by schmidt hammer lassen architects

2009-03-20T11:02:00.001-07:00

in january, danish architecture firm schmidt hammer lassen won the design
competition for ‘ecobay’ a new town located near tallinn, the capital city of
estonia. located on a peninsula, the town looks out over the baltic sea.
SHL hope to turn the new town into a vibrant community complete with
housing, schools, local shops, businesses and daycare centres. as the
name suggests, ‘ecobay’ is being driven by a sustainable mandate. so far
this mandate has led to a number of design decisions. for instance,
by mixing facilities of different function within the community, the need for
transportation is reduced. wind farms, geo-thermal heating and
hydro electricity will also all be implemented on varying scales. the town’s
layout is also specifically designed to deal with harsh winds and maximize
solar gain. over the next 15-20 years, ‘ecobay’ will be home to 6,000 people
living and working citizens.

via:http://shl.dk

Masterplanning for a New City in Quingpu, Shanghai.

2009-03-19T08:25:00.000-07:00

Postulate

Masterplanning for a New City in Quingpu, Shanghai.

VERTICAL TERRITORIALITY

The growth of cities, their influences and the mask which they define on the whole grounds must be reconsidered.

Extending a city should be no longer at the expense of arable land. Economic concerns that guide the new urban issues must be able to coincide with the Same concerns that have established practices for cultivation before the development of cities.

NESSIE project newly supplies the territory with oxygen thanks to the built towers which take place at the heart of the history of the territory.The towers have an open-aired column in their centers which allow oxygenation to go to the lower layer. Oxygenation, development of bacteria in these old asphyxiated strata, it can regenerate a necessary ecosystem to the superficial layers where life andvegetation grow. Groundwater, regulations, redevelopment, their bacteriological regulations in an autonomous way. And it can provide a healthy home to human activities, flora and fauna to immersed areas around the extension of the new town.

photo:via seiwooo

IF you want to know more about it, please go to this website:http://www.seiwooo.com/Project-Nessie

玩转大小光圈

2009-03-17T20:15:00.000-07:00

光圈是摄影创作最重要的摄影元素之一，除了控制进光量来满足曝光需要外，也是获得特定艺术效果的重要手段。

⒈大光圈和成像质量的对立统一。一般情况下，大光圈时成像质量相对较差，不过新一代镜头最大光圈时的成像质量已大为改善，充分利用大光圈的成像特点可获得与众不同的图像。由于此时景深小，便于清晰反映某一特定区域而其他部位相对虚化，突出主体。照度较差时，如手持相机拍摄，采用大光圈可使用高速快门，防止机震影响成像清晰度。一些摄影者很少使用最大光圈，通常只用f5.6、f4，要充分发挥大光圈的特点，则要敢于使用最大光圈，如大口径标准镜头光圈完全可用f1.8、f1.4等最大光圈，中长焦镜头则应敢于使用最大光圈f2.8，此时配合摄距、背景与主体的距离（背景与主体的距离越远，大光圈形成的虚化背景效果就越明显，反之亦然）等，可将大光圈的效果充分体现出来。或许最大光圈拍摄的成像质量没有中等光圈来得好，但这方面损失和所得到的艺术效果相比较仍然值得。　　

⒉虚化背景。虚化背景时通常选择大光圈或长焦镜头，至于光圈究竟多大才算合适呢？实际上，除了200mm甚至焦距更长的远摄距镜头外，通常都要使用最大光圈。使用标准镜头拍摄不妨选择最大光圈f2.8甚至f1.4，只有这样才有可能获得别具一格的韵味，真正将主体与背景明显分离。由于数码相机景深相对比较大，如不采用最大光圈，主体很难突出。　　

⒊小光圈和长景深。利用小光圈获得大景深是拍摄风光片时常常采用的方法，但这还要和镜头焦距、摄距等因素相结合。如用长焦镜头，在2－3米摄距时，即使用f32光圈，也不会获得很大景深。换言之，只要被摄对象和背景都处于无限远，即使光圈较大，也会有很大的景深。　　

⒋光圈大小因题材而异。在人物摄影中，常常用到大光圈，而风光摄影使用小光圈机会较多。拍摄溪流，为表现流水的动感，需要采用1/8－1/2秒这样的慢速度，不采用小光圈必然导致曝光过度；逆光拍摄波光舟影等，如采用到f22、f32这样的小光圈，水面细小的波光会产生类似加用星光镜的效果；拍摄焰火等题材，由于需要1/2秒－1秒曝光时间才能完美地表现焰火形状，因此也需要选择小光圈。　　

⒌小光圈宜配合三脚架使用。拍摄静物风光等题材使用小光圈，对成像清晰度要求比较高。在中等照度下采用f22光圈，快门速度常常在1/30秒左右，没有三脚架，手持相机拍摄，往往会因机震、人体生理运动等因素而影响清晰度，因此在照度较低时使用小光圈，要充分利用各种依托物，合理握持相机。如使用数码相机，可提高感光度以做补救。

路在何方...就在前方

2009-03-10T21:26:00.000-07:00

离毕业不远了，心情也日渐沉重了。

经济不景，人也渐渐没有什么心情。

唯一的就只有把心寄托于毕业设计和一些竞赛里。

年长了，顾虑的东西也多了，也难免多愁善感了。

曾经选择的路，走到现在，又开始模糊了；知道路就在前方，然而总想走走停停，因为心真的有点累了。

虽然累了，路还是要走的，就一直向前走吧.....走着走着.....走着走着

一直坚持和努力到现在，就因为找到了路了，就在前方。为什么不继续走下去呢？

走自己的的路，继续坚持！！

Archi5 wins “Nya Årstafältet” Master Plan Competition for Stockholm

2009-03-09T05:42:00.000-07:00

French firm archi5 has been announced winner of the International Master Plan Competition for Stockholm’s Nya Årstafältet neighborhood. Archi5’s winning proposal ‘Arkipelag’ has been a collaboration with landscape architect Michel Desvigne. The master plan covers 260 acres of which 2,260,000 sf will be used for office space and 4,300,000 sf for residential.

via arch daily

Proposal by architecture student to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

2009-03-09T04:33:00.000-07:00

HSBC Private Bank Lounge by Campana Brothers

2009-02-26T09:18:00.000-08:00

the reader

2009-02-24T19:49:00.000-08:00

如果十五岁的你热恋上中年独居女邻居，与她的恋情即便在你们分手后还深深影响着你。然而八年后情伤未愈的你突然发现她竟是一名刽子手，而你的证词能使她免遭终生监禁，你，该怎样做？
　　
　　这是The Reader呈现给我们的难题。

New York High line design--typical case for renewal the abandon infastructure

2009-02-24T06:19:00.000-08:00

late photo for Beijing

2009-02-23T01:07:00.000-08:00

a good reference for the redevlopment and conservation project------Foshan Guangdong

2009-02-22T20:01:00.000-08:00

2009 Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design
Foshan Donghuali Master Plan
This master plan exemplifies how private development can be harnessed to preserve historic areas and promote a city’s unique identity. As unremitting high-rise development threatens the architectural heritage of Foshan’s Old Town, this master plan points the way towards enhanced livability. Sensitively scaled districts encompass a range of building heights to encourage transit development and use.
in China, lots of this kind of old town, the villagers even don't know their villages' history and the importance of the conservatoin of these cultural legacy.

Credit:SOM.com

情书

2009-02-22T20:00:00.000-08:00

一直到双手像枯树一样斑驳
这些字才想起了当时的温柔
一直到邮差走遍千万个门口
这些信才想起了流浪的理由
一封封情书穿越缓慢的时空
代替我来不及说的含情默默
我相信离开终究会有始有终
有一天我将能为你描写彩虹
一直到海角吞没船尾的脸孔
这港湾才扬起那咸咸的海风
一直到时间终于一去不回头
这些信才回到我爱人的手中
一封封情书穿越缓慢的时空
代替我等了好久的十指相拥
我知道回去不一定一路顺风
只希望有天好好梳你的白头
只希望有天好好梳你的白头

Thames Gateway / Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher

2009-02-22T19:54:00.000-08:00

parametrically glowing of the city

BIG INABA MAD MASS

2009-02-22T19:51:00.000-08:00

2009-02-22T19:26:00.000-08:00

what is NRJA? from nrja on Vimeo.

A new practice group in Europe. Their works have strong European taste.

读书

2008-03-30T00:41:00.000-07:00

其实读书是为了什么呢?为了工作,为了生活,为了研究,为了追求? 小时候总是想快点读完书,结束这段漫长的,而幼稚的旅程.工作了, 觉得社会很灰色, 觉得要去找真正属于自己的天空,又去继续深造.....深造的过程中越来越发觉自己的不足.....又感觉要再去充实自己. 到底什么才是自己想要的呢?