One of the most elegant, minimally shot horror films ever. Tomas ALFREDSON takes the best selling Swedish vampire novel and turns it into a study on the nature of bullying. Each shot beautifully composed with great special effects used sparingly but to strong effect.
clearwater bay HONG KONG
suckerPUNCH: describe your project:
davidclovers: House DE is an “infill” townhouse, spectacularly sited on a hillside above Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong. Combining two existing units into one, the design uses the volumes of three staircases to blend, burrow and interlock spaces vertically across four floors. Each “interaction” is materially monolithic, using stone, wood and a series of delicate aluminum fins. Defined by these fins, the texture and form of the lantern-volume subtly changes shape and depth, casting shadow and emitting light in different ways throughout the day.
photo credit: Photograph of lantern - Photography by Almond Chu
clover LEE, david ERDMAN, davidclovers
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new york NEW YORK
The Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) 2010 Conference
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, New York City | October 21- 24 of 2010
ACADIA 2010 will focus on the changing nature of information and its impact on architectural education, research, and practice. The conference will gather leading practitioners, theorists, and researchers who will examine the relation that architecture has with technology and information, and how the latter propels today’s most innovative design experimentation and research. ACADIA 2010 will be centered on a series of keynote lecturers, invited panelists, peer-reviewed essay sessions - included on a proceedings publication- and two groundbreaking exhibition including peer-reviewed projects -featured in an exhibition catalog-.
acadia, cooper union, evan DOUGLIS, Pablo Lorenzo EIROA, pratt institute
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troy NEW YORK
tom WISCOMBE / emergent: composite assemblies
Monday 18 October
6.00pm / Concert Hall at EMPAC
The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center
110 8th Street
Troy NY 12180
beijing CHINA
suckerPUNCH: describe your project:
chi SONG: SoR is a surrealist projection onto Detroit, the most enlightened of all modern cities. The failure of Detroit was the failure of programmatic singularity, which depleted the city’s energy, turning it into futuristic ruins, or an artificial farmland. This proposal is motivated by the process of ‘redemption’, structured through the metaphorical development of a ‘catholic savior’. The recovery process is a surgical action and a process of the city’s cellular organ rebirth. An artificial injection programmatically penetrates the remaining farmland, gaining energy while providing the basic nutrients for the growth of new infrastructure and revitalized accommodations.
los angeles CALIFORNIA
UCLA critics: Ben Ball, Gaston Nogues, Peter Ebner
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
wael SAMI BATAL/daniel HESKETH/marco LI/adrian YIM/vince YAN/mike SMITH/brendan SHEA: For years, molded paper pulp has been used to make strong and intricate shapes in the packaging industry and has received little attention in architecture until now. In association with Ball-Nogues Studio, students at UCLA developed a process for the sprayed application of paper pulp (rough material) onto an articulated form work (smooth surface) to create a new aesthetic in tactile wall systems.
architecture, ball nogues, fabrication, installation, UCLA
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los angeles CA
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
vincent POCSIK/zach SCHOCH/mike GROSS/zifan LIU: This installation stems from an intensive research on ornamental techniques used within traditional Islamic and Persian architecture. A particular focus was placed on a type of corbel known as Muqarnas. Muqarnas is a three dimensional decoration composed of niche-like shapes, arranged in tiers that usually cover undersides of vaults and arches. Its unique ability to transition between different compositional elements was closely studied in order to create our own order of assembly.
paris FRANCE
JAGUAR: When designing a car capable of speeds in excess of 200 mph, aerodynamics is crucial. Your average supercar muscles its way through the air, covered in wings and spoilers to help with grip. A much more elegant approach was taken with the C-X75. Aerodynamics informed every aspect of the exterior design.
Using an underbody Venturi and directional exhaust gas control, the car was kept as compact as possible. In fact, the movement of air itself was one of the principle drivers behind many of the design cues incorporated into the bodywork.
brooklyn NY
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
mark t NICOL: In the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn’s DUMBO, a neighborhood with a rich industrial past & now a center for the arts, this business incubator draws on the neighborhood’s past, present and future. Community outreach programs are layered with research incubation to create robust hybrid conditions. Starter incubator space, researching aquatic advanced materials, is provided looking out over the East River toward Manhattan.
