just cool~~~~~~~~~~~~:)

Air Forest by Mass Studies from ArchDaily on Vimeo.

one thesis report, one eesay, and the LAP is still waiting for me. Break it Damn!!!!!!!

(Taken by D200+SIGMA 17-70 Macro)

Sources: Jorge Ayala

To become generic/ thematized

Qi Ao Island is threatened to become another generic or thematized Chinese urbanization that spread across farmlands.

A concrete example is Henqin Island, one of the 146 islands of Zhuhai, which will be promoted for investment from Hong Kong and Macau. Since late 2005, "Las Vegas Sands" has openly discussed its multi-billion plans to develop Henqin Island into a convention and resort destination.

Risk of flood
The main cause of a probable flooding in the island is the destruction of its mangroves reserve, due to increasing population pressure, increased coastal erosion, increased impact from storms, conversion to shrimp and fish farming, decreased agriculture, decreased aquaculture pond production, infrastructure and tourism, as well as pollution.
Coastal roads, subway tunnels, drainage pipes, housing, and just about everything else we will build along the coast is extremely vulnerable to higher high tides and storm surges.

1,153 square km of land surrounding the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, China may be engulfed by rising sea levels by 2050. The cities worst affected will be Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, alongside Foshan and Zhuhai Coastline. "Climate change will negatively affect the economic development of Guangdong, which is currently one of the biggest consumers of energy and producers of greenhouse gases", said Du Raodong, an expert at the Guangdong weather centre.

Source: Jorge Ayala

Contemporary social and environmental conditions pose significant challenges to normative design practices, stemming as they do from an increasing scarcity of resources and consequent shifts in economic, political and material processes. Landscape Urbanism sets out to develop new modes of practice that engage directly with these new conditions and the way in which they continuously reconfigure the city.

China’s economic boom, combined with migration from the rural areas, is fuelling a high-speed urbanism that is producing new cities in the shortest imaginable time and transforming the character of older towns.

This directional urbanisation, propelled from the coastal zones into the countryside has brought even the smallest villages, in some cases, face to face to with the phenomena of the globalisation, foreign capital and generic architecture.   

In 2000, China formulated a plan to build 400 new cities by year 2020 to accommodate migration into urban conglomerations. AA Landscape Urbanism took this formulation as the framework for the year’s research, testing the applicability of our methodology to the limit. The test bed for the year’s project is the Pearl River Delta

Source: Jorge Ayala

EXISTING CONDITION

据华南师大地理系曾昭璇教授介绍，历史上广州的护城河规模非常大，宽30丈，深3丈，明清时期的东濠涌可以从濠口开船到黄华塘（今黄花村），西濠涌可以从入江口开船到今天西山大码头，即第一津。

    记者从广州地方志办公室陈泽泓副主任处了解到，目前的东濠涌仍然可以开船进去，只是因为水位和污染的原因，而无船进入。而现在东濠涌的宽度仅相当于原来的三分之一，所以护城河在古代确实是一个重要的运输渠道。

but now?

苏州博物馆

周庄

杭州西溪湿地

中国美术学院象山校区

in january, danish architecture firm schmidt hammer lassen won the design
competition for ‘ecobay’ a new town located near tallinn, the capital city of
estonia. located on a peninsula, the town looks out over the baltic sea.
SHL hope to turn the new town into a vibrant community complete with
housing, schools, local shops, businesses and daycare centres. as the
name suggests, ‘ecobay’ is being driven by a sustainable mandate. so far
this mandate has led to a number of design decisions. for instance,
by mixing facilities of different function within the community, the need for
transportation is reduced. wind farms, geo-thermal heating and
hydro electricity will also all be implemented on varying scales. the town’s
layout is also specifically designed to deal with harsh winds and maximize
solar gain. over the next 15-20 years, ‘ecobay’ will be home to 6,000 people
living and working citizens.

via:http://shl.dk

Postulate

Masterplanning for a New City in Quingpu, Shanghai.

VERTICAL TERRITORIALITY

The growth of cities, their influences and the mask which they define on the whole grounds must be reconsidered.

Extending a city should be no longer at the expense of arable land. Economic concerns that guide the new urban issues must be able to coincide with the Same concerns that have established practices for cultivation before the development of cities.

NESSIE project newly supplies the territory with oxygen thanks to the built towers which take place at the heart of the history of the territory.The towers have an open-aired column in their centers which allow oxygenation to go to the lower layer. Oxygenation, development of bacteria in these old asphyxiated strata, it can regenerate a necessary ecosystem to the superficial layers where life andvegetation grow. Groundwater, regulations, redevelopment, their bacteriological regulations in an autonomous way. And it can provide a healthy home to human activities, flora and fauna to immersed areas around the extension of the new town.

photo:via seiwooo

IF you want to know more about it, please go to this website:http://www.seiwooo.com/Project-Nessie

光圈是摄影创作最重要的摄影元素之一，除了控制进光量来满足曝光需要外，也是获得特定艺术效果的重要手段。
⒈大光圈和成像质量的对立统一。一般情况下，大光圈时成像质量相对较差，不过新一代镜头最大光圈时的成像质量已大为改善，充分利用大光圈的成像特点可获得与众不同的图像。由于此时景深小，便于清晰反映某一特定区域而其他部位相对虚化，突出主体。照度较差时，如手持相机拍摄，采用大光圈可使用高速快门，防止机震影响成像清晰度。一些摄影者很少使用最大光圈，通常只用f5.6、f4，要充分发挥大光圈的特点，则要敢于使用最大光圈，如大口径标准镜头光圈完全可用f1.8、f1.4等最大光圈，中长焦镜头则应敢于使用最大光圈f2.8，此时配合摄距、背景与主体的距离（背景与主体的距离越远，大光圈形成的虚化背景效果就越明显，反之亦然）等，可将大光圈的效果充分体现出来。或许最大光圈拍摄的成像质量没有中等光圈来得好，但这方面损失和所得到的艺术效果相比较仍然值得。　　
⒉虚化背景。虚化背景时通常选择大光圈或长焦镜头，至于光圈究竟多大才算合适呢？实际上，除了200mm甚至焦距更长的远摄距镜头外，通常都要使用最大光圈。使用标准镜头拍摄不妨选择最大光圈f2.8甚至f1.4，只有这样才有可能获得别具一格的韵味，真正将主体与背景明显分离。由于数码相机景深相对比较大，如不采用最大光圈，主体很难突出。　　
⒊小光圈和长景深。利用小光圈获得大景深是拍摄风光片时常常采用的方法，但这还要和镜头焦距、摄距等因素相结合。如用长焦镜头，在2－3米摄距时，即使用f32光圈，也不会获得很大景深。换言之，只要被摄对象和背景都处于无限远，即使光圈较大，也会有很大的景深。　　
⒋光圈大小因题材而异。在人物摄影中，常常用到大光圈，而风光摄影使用小光圈机会较多。拍摄溪流，为表现流水的动感，需要采用1/8－1/2秒这样的慢速度，不采用小光圈必然导致曝光过度；逆光拍摄波光舟影等，如采用到f22、f32这样的小光圈，水面细小的波光会产生类似加用星光镜的效果；拍摄焰火等题材，由于需要1/2秒－1秒曝光时间才能完美地表现焰火形状，因此也需要选择小光圈。　　
⒌小光圈宜配合三脚架使用。拍摄静物风光等题材使用小光圈，对成像清晰度要求比较高。在中等照度下采用f22光圈，快门速度常常在1/30秒左右，没有三脚架，手持相机拍摄，往往会因机震、人体生理运动等因素而影响清晰度，因此在照度较低时使用小光圈，要充分利用各种依托物，合理握持相机。如使用数码相机，可提高感光度以做补救。

慢快门，小光圈的效果

大光圈的效果

离毕业不远了，心情也日渐沉重了。

经济不景，人也渐渐没有什么心情。

唯一的就只有把心寄托于毕业设计和一些竞赛里。

年长了，顾虑的东西也多了，也难免多愁善感了。

曾经选择的路，走到现在，又开始模糊了；知道路就在前方，然而总想走走停停，因为心真的有点累了。

虽然累了，路还是要走的，就一直向前走吧.....走着走着.....走着走着

一直坚持和努力到现在，就因为找到了路了，就在前方。为什么不继续走下去呢？

走自己的的路，继续坚持！！

for who would like to have some brief introduction of the space syntax

French firm archi5 has been announced winner of the International Master Plan Competition for Stockholm’s Nya Årstafältet neighborhood. Archi5’s winning proposal ‘Arkipelag’ has been a collaboration with landscape architect Michel Desvigne. The master plan covers 260 acres of which 2,260,000 sf will be used for office space and 4,300,000 sf for residential.

From a project by Viktor Ramos, Rice University, 2008.
Advisor: Troy Schaum. Directors: Fares el-Dahdah and Eva Franch. Readers: John Casbarian and Albert Pope.
From the project description by Viktor Ramos:
"This thesis takes a formal approach to understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by studying mechanisms of control within the West Bank. The occupation of the West Bank has had tremendous effects on the urban fabric of the region because it operates spatially. Through the conflict, new ways of imagining territory have been needed to multiply a single sovereign territory into many. It is only through the overlapping of two separate political geographies that they are able to inhabit the same landscape.
"The Oslo Accords have been integral to this process of division. By defining various control regimes, the Accords have created a fragmented landscape of isolated Palestinian enclaves and Israeli settlements. The intertwined nature of these fragments makes it impossible to divide the two states easily. By connecting the fragments through a series of under- and overpasses, the border between the two states has shifted vertically.
"One feature of the Oslo Accords is the bypass road which links Israeli settlements to Israel, bypassing Palestinian areas in the process. These are essential to the freedom of movement for the settlers within the Occupied Territories. Extrapolating on the bypass, this thesis explores the ramifications of a continuous infrastructural network linking the fragmented landscape of Palestinian enclaves. In the process, a continuous form of urbanization has been developed to allow for the growth and expansion of the Palestinian state. Ultimately, this thesis questions the potential absurdity of partition strategies within the West Bank and Gaza Strip by attempting to realize them."

via:arch daily

如果十五岁的你热恋上中年独居女邻居，与她的恋情即便在你们分手后还深深影响着你。然而八年后情伤未愈的你突然发现她竟是一名刽子手，而你的证词能使她免遭终生监禁，你，该怎样做？
　　这是The Reader呈现给我们的难题。

CAUSE THERE SOME PROBLEMS WITH THIS MSN SPACE, MY SPACE WOULD CONTINUE TO UPDATE IN THIS BLOG:http://focusonmla.blogspot.com/, VERY NICE AND CONSISTENCE STYLE WITH THE ORIGINAL ONE.

NEW ARCHITECTURE, NEW LANDSCAPE URBANISM IMFORMATION WOULD BE COVERED THERE, HOPE YOU COULD ENJOY.

 
what is NRJA? from nrja on Vimeo.

A new practice group in Europe. Their works have strong European taste.

Credit:SOM.com

First Place:

First Place: Kyu Ho Chun, Kenta Fukunishi, Jae Young Lee (USA)

Second Place:

Second Place: Nicola Marchi, Adelaide Marchi (France)

Third Place:

Third Place: Eric Vergne (USA)

Third Place: Eric Vergne (USA)

Some outstanding special mentions:

Special Mention: Sylvie Milosevic (France)

Special Mention: Stefan Shaw, John Dent (UK)

Special Mention: Junkai Jian, Jinqi Huang (China)

Special Mention: Steven Ma (Canada)

Special Mention: Jae Kyu Han, Sang Mi Park, Ji Hyun KimWoo, Young Park, Kyoung Ho Lee (South Korea)

Special Mention: Wei Wei, Luping Yuan (USA)

credit: archinet.com

image from Dezeen.com

最近abbs的几个很火的帖子都在讨论parametric design,一个主要由参数控制生成的三维形态构筑物。通过参数变量的变化可以形成很多复杂而又其实很简单的product， fancy invention!!!

Parametric Urbanism

Thames Gateway by Zaha Hadid(这个的视频我之前的文章也有发过）

这个参数化设计要求有扎实的数学基础和编程基础，通过对object的参数化，也可以衍生出变化更强的形体。

MOS事务所

DRL10 Pavilion(cspace)

Tesselion (Design by Skylar Tibbits)

Associative Design @ Berlage

而在建筑规划景观设计中， 其针对的一个个更具社会性的对象。“建筑绝不仅仅是形式。除功能以外，还有其城市角色，文化含义和对其传承和创新。建筑并非来源于几个空洞的几何学公式、一个想法、一个形态或者牵强附会的一个系统。我们的建筑是发展于长期以来科学和生产的进步和经验的积累。表皮的确是解决复杂建筑综合体的一个有效方法。但推而使其普适，就值得推敲了。连规划也这样儿戏的做，帅是帅气了，建筑师规划师的责任感却丢弃了”这番话也的确值得大家去反思啊。而反思也正是中国学生所缺乏的。

而现在大家做设计往往丢掉了功能性，社会性，文化性。而盲目去追求一些cool geometric 和 fancy graphic.

一些可以参考的文章 群集与涌现, NoDE, evolo-arch，associative-design-berlage

还有一个非常不错的学校University of Applied Arts Vienna

instant effect for your rendering, cool