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Scaffold


Whenever I see scaffolding around the city, whichever city in the world this may be, I get quite excited (see posts Cocoon and Cocoon2). Whether it be for new construction or refurbishment, scaffolding has become the universal indication of architectural and urban renewal. But some pose this phenomenon as a problematic one, deeming the efficiency/economy of scaffolding as a problem worth solving.



Although the article makes it sound like New York is the only place where scaffolding as a chrysalis occurs, sorry Big Apple, your self importance does not eclipse the other urban landscapes in the world. Some designers have set to the task of making scaffolding 'prettier' which seems a bit of a trivial description, and to create more useful space where scaffolding meets the ground. This seems like a great way of progressing something that has become commonplace in the construction industry, and it will be interesting to see where this concept goes.

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parkour motion reel from saggyarmpit on Vimeo.


Parkour is such an awesome (if a bit dangerous, possibly illegal) activity. People using the urban landscape and inducing freedom of movement, instead of bowing down to the constraints of urban design, is a brilliant concept. See District 13 for some rather staged parkour.

Invade


SFMOMA have a new show called "Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870" which pans on a historical tradition where photography was, and still is, an innately invasive medium. In the above picture, a photographer sneakily snap the moment of a murderer's execution. What was the photographer's purpose in this?

Somehow the human condition yearns for the image of significant events, perhaps to solidify the scene in public perception. Did Barack Obama's inauguration happen if the ordained photographer did not capture that key picture where the president has a look of holy transcendence? This heavy ability of photography can easily be abused; what you see if not always what you get.

Egg


Here's a bit of resourceful creativity, by a typically poor architectural graduate in China. Building a rather nifty egg-shaped abode out of cheap materials, the built project emanates vibes of the eco. And here is the question that this project raises. How public is public space in an urban environment? The egg home fits on the corner of a bit of sidewalk, but the composition of it spatially reminds me of public art - one encounters it, whether they like it or not (with every intention of the pun). It becomes a powerful statement even if unintended.

Digitals2

The world of CGI is often used to replicate that which cannot to plausibly created in a real world environment. So it is without a surprise that the methods are used to great filmic effect. This advertisement was created using CGI instead of live footage with Vray, a popular renderer with architects.

More on CGI and realism in past CC post Digitals.