Tag Archive: Structures

Apr 09

Renault Twin’z

Renault Twinz  2

Ross Lovegrove in collaboration with Renault have unveiled a concept car that will explore and determine the company’s future strategic direction at the Triennale of Milan from april 9-14, 2013.Inspired from the heritage of the first-generation Twingo as well as that of the Renault 5 superminis. Twin’Z is rear-wheel drive, equipped with a 50 kW, 226 N·m (167 lb-ft) rear-mounted electric motor …

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Apr 04

Perpetuum Mobile – Mobile Smoking Point System

Perpetuum Mobile

Perpetuum Mobile is a system of mobile smoking point units that proposes an alternative relationship between smokers and non-smokers in open public spaces in the city of Tokyo. Inspired by the traditional Amigasa hats, this project is designed by O + R Architecture & Art Studio. Description from O + R Architecture & Art Studio: Each unit is …

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Mar 29

Invisible Stuctures

shelf pods

Developed by Artist-Philosopher partners Claudia Moseley and Edward Shuster, with industry leading sustainable designers and engineers, Invisible Structures are Biophilic; incorporating elements derived from nature in order to provoke positive reactions with/in the environment. They are organic architectural solutions for activating and enhancing the unique value of public and private green spaces. they use an innovative combination of sustainably sourced …

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Mar 05

Shenzen Sustainable Farmscrapers

Asian Cairns

Shenzen Asian Cairn is a masterplan featuring six sustainable farmscrapers formed of pebble-like structures in Shenzen, China unveiled by French firm Vincent Callebaut Architects. The project has been designed in response to the growing population of Shenzen, the need to cut C02 emissions and the increased urban development in the area. Inspired by cairns, the stone heaps found on mountains …

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Feb 21

3Doodler – The World’s First 3D Printing Pen

3Doodler

$75 3Doodler by U.S. toy and robotics company WobbleWorks, is a pen that can draw in the air! It is the 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand. Lift your imagination off the page. Attracted nearly $500,000 in one day from Kickstarter backers, 3Doodler works like a hot glue gun to extrude plastic filament in a fine …

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Oct 06

Self-Sustained Smart Structure – Villa Sera by Hakan Gürsu of Designnobis

Self-Sustained Smart Structure - Villa Sera by Hakan Gürsu of Designnobis