Arc table
Designed by Foster and Partners and edited by Molteni&C.
Made with fibre-reinforced concrete (Ductal) cast in a rubber mould.
How did I not know of Aerogel?…
The above image shows a 2.5 kg brick being supported by a piece of aerogel weighing only 2 grams. Amazing!
From wiki: “Aerogel is a manufactured material with the lowest bulk density of any known porous solid. It is derived from a gel in which the liquid component of the gel has been replaced with a gas. The result is an extremely low-density solid, with a notable effectiveness as a thermal insulator. It is nicknamed frozen smoke, solid smoke, solid air or blue smoke.”
I wonder what capabilities this thing has in architecture?
(Source : smokingcinnamonsticks)
SEM micrograph of Zinc oxide micro crystals. Not enhanced in any way.
Credit: Rami R M Louca, Acknowledgements: Prof. M Welland, Dr. James Bendall, Dr. Natalie Plank
Source: Nokia Photography Competition at the Department of Engineering 2009 entries, University of Cambridge
Giuseppe Penone, Respirare l’ombra (Respirer l’ombre), 2000, Cages métalliques, feuilles de laurier, bronze Installation 2001 : 180 cages
Edward Burtynsky
Rock of Ages # 10,
Abandoned Granite Quarry, Barre, Vermont, 1991
D-Shape : rock-printing machine
Sprays thin layers of sand with a magnesium-based glue from hundreds of nozzles. This technology makes it possible to 3D print 6 by 6 by 1m parts and its resolution is about 25 dpi
CORTEN Bridge
“This sloping Corten steel footbridge by Spanish civil engineers Alfa Polaris straddles a main road to connect two parts of Granollers, Spain.”
(via Dezeen » Blog Archive » Can Gili Footbridge by Alfa Polaris)
Monumenta 2008 at Grand Palais, Paris
Richard Serra
“je suis essentiellement impliqué dans un processus intellectuel qui trouve son origine dans l’ingénierie et l’architecture. Et alors cette construction mentale a été confrontée à des constructions matérielles de sorte qu’elle est devenue une critique de l’architecture[7]. »
