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Designing the Gowanus Canal Sponge Park: Susannah Drake

UIA2014 Speaker Susannah Drake shares the design of the Gowanus Canal Sponge Park in Brooklyn NY

The Russian pavilion at Venice in 2012

Very clever!

R.E.M. by Tomas Koolhaas – The Trailer

Tomas Koolhaas, son of Rem Koolhaas explores his father’s Casa De Musica in this, his second documentary, by way of parkour.

Architecture and the Unspeakable – Part 3

Architecture and the Unspeakable – Part 2

Part 2 of the three-part series “Architecture and the Unspeakable” exploring the design potential of pathological phenomena in the built environment.
This installment explores the role of idiosyncrasy in spatial organization and its ability to enrich the building-occupant relationship.
Launched with the MAS Context issue 13 – ABERRATION:
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credits:
direction / architectural design: John Szot Studio
production / technical direction: Brooklyn Digital Foundry
Japanese translation: Mitch Clark and Naoko Okuyama
narration: Seiko Shih
special thanks: Nathan Freise

Architecture and the Unspeakable – Part 1

Part 1 of the three-part series “Architecture and the Unspeakable” exploring the design potential of pathological phenomena in the built environment.
This installment explores the possibility of using vandalism as an experiential device that connects the qualities of space with a cultural perspective that is not typically supported architecturally.
credits:
direction / architectural design: John Szot Studio
production / technical direction: Brooklyn Digital Foundry
title design: Ellis Gallagher

UIA 2014 otherwhere Durban Presentation by Karen Eicker and Amira Osman at UFS

Experience Durban with Mokena

Latest Architecture OTHERWHERE Durban 2014 Promotional Video – Architect Mokena Makeka guides us through the city of Durban and talks about his understanding of the city and its place in South Africa and Africa.