los angeles/stockholm

SERVO: This speculative proposal for a 4,000 sqm bioscience innovation center with a hydrodynamic vegetated roof, located in the Albano region of Stockholm, reconsiders the extensive green roof typology to produce an occupiable roofscape characterized by immersive depth. The green roof is designed to be experienced from several vantage points: from above—walking amidst a dense landscape of indigenous vegetation intertwined with protuberant forms that emit water, air or light; from below—as a suspended ceiling system that pulls down to close proximity with the floor; or from within—in the interior of the auditorium space and specialized laboratory areas designed for the cultivation of vegetation in semi climatically-controlled microclimates.

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cambridge MASSACHUSETTS

sou FUJIMOTO
Friday 18 February
6.30pm / Piper Auditorium at Harvard
Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138

new haven CONNECTICUT

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

amy DEDONATO: The project proposes a contemporary art museum located next to Kahn’s renowned British Art Center at Yale University. Conceptually, the project is designed as a contemporary ‘wunderkammer’ - an open art warehouse that provokes curiosity and personal discovery of art objects within the building. An undulating ceiling coupled with a natural top lighting system begins to delineate space though structural densities, compressed zones, and fully enclosed spaces.

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cambridge MASSACHUSETTS

IwamotoScott
Wednesday 16 February
6.30pm / Piper Auditorium at Harvard
Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138

los angeles CALIFORNIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

michael KUTSCHE: In 2008 was asked to do the character design for Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”. Since all these characters were supposed to be Cg generated but had to work in a live action film with real actors, a style that was whimsical and surreal but photorealistic at the same time had to be developed; these detailed and rather finished pieces were the result.

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san francisco CALIFORNIA

preston scott COHEN
Monday 14 February
7.00pm / Timken Lecture Hall at CCA
California College of the Arts
1111 8th Street
San Francisco CA 94107

guatemala/china

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

frisly COLOP MORALES: As one approaches the new cathedral, an architectural composition merges the borders of the refined and the chaotic. It becomes the first experience for the visitor. This experience continues as a journey through the building interiorities, seeking for the spiritual light. This journey, for the believer and the non-believer, explores the conditions of darkness and infinite sacred light.

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taipei TAIWAN

BIG: m = distance I m2 = area I m3 = space
Technology + Entertainment + Knowledge = TEK
TEK3 = Space for Technology, Entertainment & Knowledge

The Technology Entertainment & Knowledge Center – aka TEK Taipei – is a dense urban block of all kinds of activities related to contemporary technology and media.

The cube = TEK3
The spiraling street of media programs is consolidated in to a 57x57x57 m3 cube of program permeated by a public trajectory of people life.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

PRESS RELEASE: Mercedes-Benz BIOME: an Ultralight Vehicle at One with Nature

At this year’s Los Angeles Design Challenge, the designers from the Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design Studios in Carlsbad, California, surprised everyone with a revolutionary vision. Taking their inspiration from nature, they designed a vehicle which is fully integrated into the ecosystem, from the moment of its creation right through to the end of its service life. The Mercedes-Benz BIOME grows in a completely organic environment from seeds sown in a nursery. Out on the road the car emits pure oxygen, and at the end of its lifespan it can be simply composted or used as building material.

via autoblog

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seoul KOREA

david BENJAMIN + soo-in YANG: Living Light is a building facade of the future that displays air quality and public interest in the environment. It is a permanent outdoor pavilion in Peace Park, across from World Cup Stadium in Seoul, Korea. Our project aims to combine real-time data about the environment with dynamic lighting to create an interactive facade of the future.

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