Urban Sports and Design

Urban Sports and Design

Meet theo jansen and his stange kinetic "pets"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY

I don't know if any of you know about Theo Jensen...
Kinetic sculptor watch the video and see his many projects... They 're amazing!

creating spaces and form with strands of paper

I should have posted this one before but I couldn't remember the name...
JUSSIEU - TWO LIBRARIES, FRANCE, PARIS, 1992
Im not sure if this project was built ..but it was the winner of a competition
the design process started with the same method folding and cutting paper
go to http://www.oma.eu/index.php?option=com_projects&view=portal&Itemid=10&id=91
if you want to know more about it

So you want to be an architect?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlLvi2q5M3w

Homeostatic Facade System

This is a facade system which can react to light and alters to these changes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CThFRt95aI

some research stuff

This shows the cabs in motion in San Francisco the colours indicate the speed the day i think its really cool.

http://cabspotting.org/timelapse.html

Thanks to Kim for the following links:

http://21stcenturyurbansolutions.wordpress.com/tag/bayview-hunters-point/

http://scotthaefner.com/photos/place/Hunters+Point+Naval+Shipyard/2959/