blow up the school; pi san animation

with the nytimes reporting of increasing censorship by the communist party in china they've also produced a supplementary piece that outlines the creativity and pointed criticism of the government's actions.

animator Pi San's cartoons are a "mordant swipe at the educational system." One of his first animations of the wordcloud-headed character, Kuang Kuang apparently was viewed 3 million times on its first day posted. government officials reacted by slapping the artist with a fine for "inappropriate content."


here's the Pi San's first animation called: blow up the school.


there are many more available via youtube


* interesting editorial note:
the video is posted by an online chinese magazine called danwei; which is also a type worker house_ this term is connoted with the period of chinese history under heavy socialist influence.

'high tech pavilion'_ animation

 the final results of an architectural digital visualization introduction.  here are some images of Lebbeus Woods' 'High Tech Pavilion' in Chengdu China.  

tubes of light span a mirrored void projecting them into infinity.  a short, 50 second animation was created through rhino, 3ds max, and adobe after effects.

Heatherwick Studio and Thoughts

Heatherwick-Studio

Shanghai World Expo Pavilion

Inside each rod lies seedling

Designs like this make me wonder about the design process. While Inspiration is drawn from life, landforms or experiences people tend depict only the aesthetic or functional understanding. After seeing this design I wonder if there is more to it than that. A vision produced simultaneously in our minds subconscious from the overflow of thoughts from studying inspiration.

Also can vision only be created by thoughts on life or can they be produced by imagination developed by others?

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cr land guanganmen green technology showroom

a small firm of 10 designers is doing some interesting work in beijing. according to their philosophy vector architects is established by partners with combined experiences in architecture design practice and real estate development [this shows their chinese sensibilities]. the firm pursues the fundamental simplicity and logical clarity through the everyday thinking and working process.



i've always wanted to do a project like this. the idea is to develop the concept of “temporary” from a meaningful perspective, to design a piece of floating “installation” in the garden, which could be built, demolished, and recycled through an easy and straightforward way with the least impact to the planned site.

1. the structural member can be recycled when the building is eventually taken down.
2. overlap the structural member factory fabrication process with site excavation; minimizing the construction schedule.
3. the building is elevated, greatly reducing the excavation and foundation work, allowing easy demolition and site recovery



i love the building envelope: an envelope of grass. a vertical grass wall paneling system and green roof provide support. it's not only aesthetically pleasing, but practical by;
1. reducing the heat gain and loss and enhancing the thermal efficiency.
2. the grass panels will reduce storm water runoff.
3. although the central lawn is taken away to make room for this building, vector effectively triples the original planting area by using the grass panels.
4. grass wall panel is planned to be relocated onto the partial fence of the residential compound after demolition.
5. it visually harmonizes the temporary structure with the existing garden and the so called “classic spanish” style

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