...says biommimicry guru Janine Benyus in an interview she gave to Jennifer Leonard of Massive Change Radio. Benyus links rhino horns with self-healing plastics, coral reefs with interconnected economies. More here and here.

Inspired by the asthetic of fluid dynamics in the rayleigh taylor experiment the focus of this...

layered views layered mountains layered LA Henri Rousseau: Eclaireur ...

"the project needs to swallow a rat" working on form studies...

creating space by stretching elements

this is the first try building a model that shows the layered landscapes that would generate the...

the ramp: tieing down volumes, creating higher and lower caverns structure: shell...

in progress::: text that expresses project idea physical work model redrawing sections

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/science-fiction-and-city-film-fest.html Some stuff linked from the pictures in the article is really amazing, and some of them seem very familiar! But don´t forget about your local artist in Vienna.

creating space by deleting elements

Palladio Villa Rotunda layered views to the top cutting views through spaces into the...

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What I found interesting about the Villa Savoye was the topic of landscape being integrated part of living in the inside as on the outside (roof terrace). It seems as the environment can continuously move on within the Villa Savoye - on the lower level through lifting the box and on the upper level through blearing the boarders between inside and...

ETUS group please affiliate, so that we can shortcut from our time capsule to the others! Also I added the Category ETUS comments to make life easier.

massing for space: torus alt_space ground

should show the intention of the project and the distribution of masses in space

SPACE STATION: Section-Viev EARTH STATION: Top-View

basis station on earth spacestation aurora

Inspired by palladios villa rotunda where the central space has layered views to the dome and cuts views through the adjacent rooms to the outside, the focus of this project is to create optical effects and views. In the space station these effects can generate a confusing perception (trompe l'oeuil) of the different horizons. The main topic is...

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If don´t have a book at home, check out this: And the Operation Manual for Spaceship Earth

space collective {100 people} public/ collective/ private division due to programmatic...

biological references closed system arranged along a strand architectural references...

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PATTERN OF MIXING FLUIDS rayleigh taylor experiment

space unit ground unit

test the 2 rotations....spinning speed is the same test1: tennisball: full ball divided into 2 -...

Since we are thinking about going to Russia to see the Comsonauts Training Center, we should be...

spatial section terrestrial section

An illuminating piece on the IPCC report On the Middle East On Iraq On Darfur In Praise of Big Cities On Iran On Surveillance On Science On Immigration On 'An Inconvenient Truth' On Chernobyl On Bird Flu On Anti-humanism On the Politics of Fear On Celebrities

Brasseye special about paedophiles. Brilliant (and controversial) satire from Chris Morris.

distortion of the double symmetry by differentiation of mass and densities connecting...

spatial section terrestrial section

Sculpture by Ruth Asawa - japanese american artist

Possbile space geometries: Figure 1. Relationships amongst various possible geometries for...

"nur wer die form beherrscht, darf mit ihr spielen" form...

solving programmatic relations by knitting space from le corbusier's villa savoye: the ramp: ties together inside, outside, and vertical functions three volumes: differentiated according to function the ribbon window: aperture reinforcing the form to the inside and to the outside by following the form's surface

Out of the Villa Savoye variations, this is the space section, which includes the...