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Vincent Callebaut Architectures

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This weeks architecte de la semaine is Vincent Callebaut Architectures, of France/Belgium. A 2000 graduate from the Institut Supérieur d’Architecture Intercommunale Victor Horta, Bruxelles, Vincent was the winner of his class’ Grand Prix d’Architecture René Serrure [thesis award]. Since his graduation he has worked on [and won] several competitions, both on his own and through collaborations with architects such as Joël Claisse Architectures and [more notably] Massimiliano Fuksas.

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The first featured project is the 150 ha Masterplan for the Vatnsmyri Airfield Site, in Reykjavik, Iceland [2007]. The project is very masterplanning meets architecture meets giant sea monster attacking a Japanese city – à la Walking City by Archigram, or the Godzilla Tower by Michael Sorkin. So we here at MNP [obviously] love it.

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Rather than your typical masterplan – extending the existing urban fabric over the newly appropriated terrain – Callebaut creates an amorphous, organic structure that seems to grow from the pre-existing airfield and extend feelers and arms out to make connections with the rest of the city – while maintaining [it appears] many of the air field’s lines.

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The project is reminiscent of Koolhaas’ idea of BIGNESS – in that it appears to disregard its context completely [‘f@*k context’ is, I believe, how Rem put it], on an aesthetic level. Here the architecture and the masterplan are one and the same, sprawling across a large landscape and justifying its [their?] appearance through shear force of will – establishing a presence that is both alien to the context and interconnected to it at the same time.

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This type of sprawling, organic, futuristic city design seems to be becoming increasingly popular – as seen in recent projects such as the Metropol Parasol [which is actually being constructed, with some help from Arup, I believe]. They seem to carry with them an egalitarian, even utopian, vision of the future of our cities – one interconnected form ‘growing’ from the context to accommodate growth in the city itself. While these new forms may the future of the city’s expansion, what I wonder now is if the city as we know it will be overrun – such as with Somnath Ray’s Para-City– or if the pre-existing cities will fall by the wayside, becoming large scale slums as seen in Frank Miller’s vision of a future New York in Ronin.

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Unfortunately, outside of commenting on the beauty of Callebaut’s images, thats all I can say – as there’s damn near no information available about the project at all. If I find anything more, perhaps some program?, I’ll be sure to let you know, my ninjas.

[all images and information from Vincent Callebaut Architectures website]

Posted: March 21st, 2007
at 4:32pm by orangemenace


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rudolph building : saved by renzo, for now

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/070315rudolph.asp

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After some investigating, we’ve found this article from archrecord.com about that 1,000 foot tall Renzo tower in Boston that we keep reporting on. Looks like Boston’s height restrictions weren’t going to be the only victim of this new green skyscraper. Read more here…

Posted: March 21st, 2007
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the architect

http://www.bigheadpress.com/thearchitect

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You may see ads for this in our adsense banner [under the header]. I read the comic at the beginning of the month after finding it over at Architechnophilia…worth checking out if you’ve got some time to kill.

Posted: March 21st, 2007
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photo du jour 21.03.2007

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The Highline Library 5

Design of NYC public library on a site adjacent to the Highline in NYC, New York

View from Highline looking South [studetn work from Archinect]

You’ve got to love impossible looking cantilevers [no, seriously – I’m loving it]

Posted: March 21st, 2007
at 12:59pm by orangemenace


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japanese micro-homes

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/03/0314_microhomes/index_01.htm

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Check out this article on Japanese micro-homes from business week.

Japanese architects are building ultra-compact homes for young people with tight budgets and a taste for big city life…

Posted: March 21st, 2007
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cargo container prisons

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2036774,00.html
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England’s overcrowded prison system has led them to order cargo containers from China that are being converted into cells. Read more here…

Posted: March 21st, 2007
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Goodbye to Breuer?

http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2550

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Article from METROPOLIS about the impending demolition of the Cleveland Ameritrust Tower.

Posted: March 21st, 2007
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Great Buddha Bath

http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/03/cleaning-of-great-buddha-of-nara-japan.html
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Check out these photos and video of the cleaning of the Great Buddha of Nara [Japan] from Fogonazos.

Posted: March 21st, 2007
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Wind Turbines for City Dwellers from green.mnp

http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/?p=399

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Engineers at the University of Hong Kong and a private renewable energy company have developed a new micro wind turbine that can generate electricity even if wind speeds are as low as two meters per second…

Posted: March 21st, 2007
at 1:27am by orangemenace


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MNP Podcasts

http://music.myninjaplease.com/?page_id=214
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Go check out the latest MNP original podcasts, mixed by our ninja Trizlam from the music page. Ancient Memories is a reggae mix…

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..and Where Pathways Meet is an hour long mix of soul, funk and jazz. Expect the newest addition soon!

Posted: March 21st, 2007
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