RAACO SUPPORTS THE BUCKY LAB

What is a workshop without all the small parts like nuts and bolts? Yes you are right : nothing ! How do you keep them ? In these handy small boxes or drawers, beeing mobile requires even a better system to get all the small fasternes and screws organized.

We are very happy that we could win RAACO as a partner of the new mobile bucky lab workshop, RAACO will sponsor us with a full set of their IF Award winning BOXXSER Cases, that allows us to keep all the small parts organized neatly while we are on the way. While the lid is made out of durable Polycarbonat and the bottom out of polypropylene we can be sure everything stays where it belongs. We got a proper intro about the products from RAACO and are able to see what will fit into our mobile workshop boxes the most.

Thank you very much RAACO !I know from experience that these boxes will last long…

Click into the picture to have a more detailed look about their products.

HELP OUR FRIENDS FROM THE RWTH AND VOTE

we need the help of our followers, vote for the solar decathlon project of our friends from the RWTH Aachen to get the highest rating, spread the word, vote …as often as possible and reblog.

Lets see what we are able to achieve with the power of the internet.

here is the link : http://www.suelosolar.es/decathlon/index.asp?idioma=en

BUCKY LAB DESIGN SHORT FOR COMPLETION

Our students worked very hard to develop the new mobile bucky lab workshop, we got a huge list of sponsors as you already noticed and now with the design of the exterior of our case the boxes really looks like we are attempting a rally. Nice thats what it has to be…an adventure.

you will notice that we still have some space left…so feel free to contact us if you like to sponsor our team.

HETTICH FURNITURE TECHNOLOGY We had a good session with the bucky lab students with Hettich today and got a proper insight of hettich products. We will write more about it later, but we couldnt wait to show you this hinges…which will be assembled toolless, not only the assembly is stunning fast, but you can also seperate them without any remaining parts, thats what we call sustainable and even better its not called the “super sustainable hinge”, we love it - constructions that are better in use and quality and also reduce the environmental impact…and not yelling it out loud in first place.

EASTERN STATE PENITENTIARY PHILADELPHIA

Eastern State Penitentiary was once the most famous and expensive prison in the world, but stands today in ruin, a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers.
Known for its grand architecture and strict discipline, this was the world’s first true “penitentiary,” a prison designed to inspire penitence, or true regret, in the hearts of convicts.
Its vaulted, sky-lit cells once held many of America’s most notorious criminals, including bank robber “Slick Willie” Sutton and Al Capone.

During our time in Philadelphia we were able to have a short look behind the wall of this famous prison, if you are interested in prisons have a look, this one is the role model for hundreds of prisons, what surprized us the most was the use of daylight, having nearly no windows at all, the cells were only equipped with a very small daylight opening on the top of each cell, while the isles were illuminated with bigger rooflaterns on top. This creates a very scary illumination and shows which atmosphere can be created by daylight.

If you want to know more about it, have a look at: http://www.easternstate.org/

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OpenFurniture Prototypes

OpenSimSim and Eternit have completed prototype models for the Tumblr Stool and Folding Chair. There is only one minor error with the Tumblr Stool, but everything else is coming together quite well. We are finishing up a prototype model for the Folding Stool and we will be ready to exhibit the final designs at the Future City Lab exhibit in Berlin.

SCHÜCO AND HEINZE ORGANIZES ENERGY ART EVENTS

Schüco and Heinze organizes a series of interesting lectures during this early summer. The first already took place in Cologne, Uli Knaack, next to Brian Cody TU Graz, Frank Zimmermann/ Schüco and Tim Edler / realities unitited as also Paul de Roos / Frowijn de Roos Architecten had a good session with interesting discussions. 

There are still a few more events in germany coming the next weeks, if you like to come, please click into the picture to see where the next event is.

KNAACK TALKS ON B2E3 SYMPOSIUM IN SAARBRÜCKEN

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Knaack will give an inspiring lecture about building envelopes and material on the B2E3 Symposium in Saarbrücken on the 11th of May. If you are in the region there are still some places left. The symposium is in german language and will cover topics from light, climate, bionic, facades and sustainability. The programm looks very promising.

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PHD THESIS CROFT FROM MARCEL BILOW NOW ONLINE

Marcel Bilow defended his phd a week ago, now the thesis is online available as an interactive PDF and also as a book on demand.

about the content:

‘International Façades’ evaluates combinations of façade typologies and mechanical service components with regard to their suitability in the international planning business. These combinations are intended to provide support to the architect in the early planning phase. Europe currently leads the international market in façade construction. The designs of such façades are frequently exported to other countries and climate zones, but often misunderstood, causing a variety of problems. In addition to an overview of vernacular architecture, a façade expert tool was developed to determine the demands and requirements of the local climate, making it possible to select a low energy and comfortable façade solution in combination with mechanical service components. The thesis concludes by proposing some innovative concepts, which show further development potential.

If you are interested, please find more informations at the bottom of the page and the links to the PDF, book on demand and a epub version by clicking into the picture.

DESIGN STUDIO FINALS IN UPENN PHILADELPHIA

The finals from the design studio from Martin Haas and Jacky Wong took place at the UPenn Design School in Philadelphia. Marcel Bilow ( imagine envelope), Daniel Dendra (anotherArchitect), Matthias Rudolph (Transsolar) and other experts were invited as guest critics.

The students of this years semester had a challenging task, restructure and transform the city airport of Tegel in Berlin, which will be closed later. After a proper analysis of the area, the students picked individually spots on the huge airport area and made their project as part of the future vision of the city of 2050. As part of the futurecitylab the ideas vary from a huge landmark that will allow to grow over time, new concepts for residential areas connected into a newly created forest on the fields up to the transformation of the former airport building into a huge city farming.

Beeing supported by the guests earlier the last month, it was amazing to see the huge steps the students made the last weeks in developing their architectural ideas. On a very high level of quality the students showed their skills as the new generation of architects of the future.

Its is of course still hard to describe how our cities will develop till 2050, but what we are able to see looked promising.