Showing posts with label Collage. Show all posts
2A + P
15 September 2007
Sistema Abierto (Open System)
Africa CenterI discovered this Italian design firm through Eternally Cool... 2a+p's work covers a wide range of disciplines (most notably architecture and urban planning), but they give the same kinds of treatment to all types of design projects, large or small. They seem to be of what I would call the Rem school of thought, where many of their projects take their form from the extrusion of the diagram (but I won't hold it against them!). In fact, I'm quite drawn to some of their graphic and diagrammatic work...
Makes You Want to Sit Outside
10 September 2007
For a relatively young firm (founded by James Corner in 1998), Field Operations has worked all over the world with an impressive list of architects including Gehry, Holl, Ten Arquitectos, Eisenman, Foster, Diller & Scofidio, and more... not to mention all of the work they have done on their own.
Field Operations' work encompasses a wide variety of scales and typologies, from small city gardens to large urban plans.
Field Operations' work encompasses a wide variety of scales and typologies, from small city gardens to large urban plans.
Rio Manzanares Park, Madrid
Beachfront Housing Development and Dune Preserve, Arveme
Chuncheon G5 Urban Plan and Botanical Garden, Korea
French Embassy Garden, New York
US Mexico Border
Royal Canal Linear Park, DublinI haven't actually had the opportunity to visit any of their projects, but the images they create make me want to jump right in. In landscape design, even more than architecture, I think its extremely important to convey the intended experience. These digital collages are so impressive at telling exactly the right story, you can completely understand the proposed sensory qualities of the projects. [And as we all know, I'm a sucker for collage work.]
Many of the projects have such fabulous graphic and linear expressions on paper... I really wish that I could visit the sites and understand these large moves at the human scale. Maybe I'll have to visit New York when the High Line is completed!
Many of the projects have such fabulous graphic and linear expressions on paper... I really wish that I could visit the sites and understand these large moves at the human scale. Maybe I'll have to visit New York when the High Line is completed!
Fun with Collage
23 August 2007
I love collage work in general, but the collages by Institut Drahomira are just phenomenal. Via Polka Dot ch+qs
29 March 2007
I recently discovered Spanish firm ch+qs. Their built work is very exciting, but what initially drew me to their firm were the lovely collages shown below. I think they are spectacular, and would even hang them on my wall!
These collages are from a competition entry for the intermidiae Prado. I love the light-hearted quality, and the combination of black and white imagery with colorful graphics.
This is a library in Madrid, Spain - Villanueva de la Cañada.
This Cultural Center is also in Madrid, Spain - Villa del Prado. I'll definitely be checking their site often to see any new work. I've always been a big fan of expressing design ideas through model and collage, and I really like the way that they been doing just that. Because ch+qs refuses to typecast their design techniques/style/typology, you can clearly see growth and development throughout all their projects and creative methodology.