I need some insane architectural ideas.

qqq · 10 Apr 2011, 23:20

Thanks a lot. This task not so hard as it looks. And it can be really built.

qqq · 11 Apr 2011, 00:34

Why am I always the cop!!! ....that .ru url connected my browser to a script nightmare. If you have clicked this fellows .ru link be aware that it is highly intrusive.

Ouch... Do you see second link with .com ? I can download model to other hosting, just say which.

qqq · 11 Apr 2011, 00:52

*First link may offer you to download *.htm file. Its not hosting problem, its opera bug (if you use it), same as at gmail. Other browsers offers to download .skp, try it.

Gaieus · 11 Apr 2011, 05:43

Well, that is just a simple file sharing site. Many hosted in the US or Western Europe are equally or even more intrusive (IMO - just as an experience). That's just the "price" for using a free service.

tfdesign · 11 Apr 2011, 07:17

Hi Erhett.

Have you considered the British architect Richard Rogers? Rogers did these budget newbuilds in Oxley Woods, in the UK.

Richardrogers.co.uk

(www.richardrogers.co.uk)

Tom

Pixero · 11 Apr 2011, 11:08

Is this insane enough?

There's much more here: http://www.evolo.us/

boofredlay · 11 Apr 2011, 13:26

That looks like something my dog coughed up yesterday.

Daniel · 11 Apr 2011, 14:32

Looks like a mangled sneaker, to me.

pilou · 11 Apr 2011, 14:42

Cool intégration!

mitcorb · 11 Apr 2011, 15:13

Uhh. Hire an insane architect?

tfdesign · 11 Apr 2011, 19:42

Will Alsop. Another very high at the top of the list faves!

and another;

bmike · 11 Apr 2011, 19:45

What if you did nothing? Left the site alone. Let the world be. Proposed not to build, but to experience the place as it is.
That would be a radical departure from business as usual.

tfdesign · 11 Apr 2011, 19:47

@bmike said:

What if you did nothing? Left the site alone. Let the world be. Proposed not to build, but to experience the place as it is.

You'd be a very boring anti-progressive with no friends (or money) loner.

Who wants to live like that?

bmike · 12 Apr 2011, 00:53

@tfdesign said:

@bmike said:

What if you did nothing? Left the site alone. Let the world be. Proposed not to build, but to experience the place as it is.

You'd be a very boring anti-progressive with no friends (or money) loner.

Who wants to live like that?

the reason notes have such power in music is because of the spaces in between.

linea · 12 Apr 2011, 05:07

Erhett,

I suggest you get the ball rolling with some of your own ideas and then post them here for some advice and support. Even "crazy" takes a lot of time to develop.

jon

qqq · 12 Apr 2011, 06:43

Thanks for attention my question!

@tfdesign said:

Hi Erhett.
Have you considered the British architect Richard Rogers? Rogers did these budget newbuilds in Oxley Woods, in the UK.
http://www.richardrogers.co.uk/work/all_projects/design_for_manufacture_oxley_woods/completed
Tom

Hi, Its cool, but... It too expensive for now. Structures + facing + glazing... And this style is already not unique.

@pixero said:

Is this insane enough?

There's much more here: http://www.evolo.us/

Thanks. Its cool too. And expensive too...

bmike, its fun. but its not central park in big city. Its big housing estate ~50km from Moscow. What will be the difference to other lands?

My ideas:
First, early variant - to build prefabricated shipping containers with facing... 2 floors, full glazed surfaces. But is have too primitive appearance.

Now im thinking about wood structures...

Part of land. Promenade and pier are existing. Sorry, i cannot send model right now - troubles with connections.

watkins · 12 Apr 2011, 07:10

If you want the 'wow' factor, then why not an energy efficient community with houses so energy efficient that they produce more energy than they use (solar heating, PV panels, wind turbines). The housing complex should work like a small village, so residents feel they are part of a community and not living in a dormitory town. That would be the 'wow' factor, and not dodgy architecture. Research examples of sustainable communities, and don't be afraid to take the best of what has been shown to work. Think about the things that people need to make their lives easier, such as nursery schools, pubs, convenience shops, care for the elderly, public transport etc. Look at water usage too, and how waste water might be recycled. The same with human waste management and the recycling of packaging etc. Plant woodland and look at ways and means to support and sustain local flora and fauna.

Regards,
Bob

rv1974 · 12 Apr 2011, 08:38

I'd highly recommend do not touch the virgin landscape at all. I mean it

У японского туриста, приехавшего в Россию, спрашивают:

Что Вам больше всего понравилось в нашей стране?
Мне понравились ваши изумительные дети.
А что еще понравилось? Не стесняйтесь, говорите!
У вас замечательные, бесподобные дети.
Детей мы тоже любим. Дети - наши цветы! А что еще понравилось? Только не стесняйтесь!
Самое прекрасное у вас - это дети! А то, что вы делаете руками, - это очень-очень плохо.

tfdesign · 12 Apr 2011, 08:44

@bmike said:

the reason notes have such power in music is because of the spaces in between.

Although in this case, I entirely agree with you ie the relationship in music between the spaces between notes, having more power then when crammed together in something that is over produced. I also agree that there is a very strong connection between music and architecture.

However determining a connection between planning for a housing estate and music being over produced, well perhaps I can see what you are saying, but from how I read your statement, you were suggesting that it would be better not to build at all? I'm struggling to see a connection there- apart from perhaps likening your idea to an architectural version of John Cage's 4:33 minutes? Again I don't see the link. Should we place a piano in the middle of the plot, play one colossal chord, than walk off into the sunset leaving the piano to sustain and then to finally rot away into the ground over then next 500 years? Profound?

The very nature of this forum is to design and build, through the medium that has come to be known as "SketchUp'ing". I suppose one could sit in front of a VDU, and simply stare for hours at a blank screen and do nothing....but what would be the point in that?

tfdesign · 12 Apr 2011, 08:47

@rv1974 said:

I'd highly recommend do not touch the virgin landscape at all. I mean it

Oh not you as well.

Hopw do you expect people to live? In mud huts? Tents? I bet you live in a nice house!?