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Plastic Mirron_Transmaterial

Yiming — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:29:44 +0000

Andy Ouderkirk and fellow 3M scientist Mike Weber were zapping polymers with powerful lasers as part of a materials science experiment when Ouderkirk realized he could bind together hundreds of sheets of polymer film to create a highly reflective material. The resulting plastic mirror is much cheaper to produce than the traditional vacuum-coated glass variety. And it reflects light waves from across the spectrum: because the film doesn’t absorb infrared, it can be used as an invisible window coating, screening out solar rays without blocking any visible light and radio waves, as metallic screens do.

“There’s an incredible breadth of apps,” says Ouderkirk. “We’re having a good time exploring.”

Blaine Brownell—TRANSMATERIALhttp://transstudio.com

Hair salon_Suppose Design Office

Yiming — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:23:39 +0000

A hair salon designed by Suppose Design Office, a band of mirror glass wrapped around the cutting space.

Images from Dezeen.

Transparnt Sakura_Mount Fuji Architects

Yiming — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:52:26 +0000

Perforated Steel Panel designed by Mount Fuji Architects is intended to define the word “Transparency”. The Panel was made of lace-like steel 3 mm thick that filters light like sunshine through foliage, with holes punched out in a floral pattern depicting cherry blossoms, a traditional Japanese Ise paper stencil pattern.

Image via ArchiDaily.

The Ceramic Market_Tsuyoshi Kawata

Yiming — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:25:18 +0000

This is a urban renovation project designed by Tsuyoshi Kawata. The site is at Osaka, Japan where it used to be a busy ceramic market 300 years ago. The house will consist of 6 rooms plus gardens in between, and a clear roof wrap around.

Images from Dezeen.

Upto35 Winning Entry_18Steps

Yiming — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:23:36 +0000

Following our previous posts on Upto35 design competition, Here is the winning entry by Greece-based architects João Prates Ruivo & Raquel Maria Oliveira. The theme is a very good play between public and private sector of the building.