December 8

Electrosmog Festival – International Festival for Sustainable Immobility

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(Text by Nicola Bozzi)


While browsing Facebook on an iPhone or working via wireless on a train, we tend to forget all those electromagnetic fields and aerial data we exchange compulsively each and every day are a physical matter and not just a platonic projection of our cognitive babble.* Given that we’re all more or less dependent on this stuff, some don’t think it’s necessarily making our life the best possible, and definitely not healthier. This is the premise to the Electrosmog Festival, to take place in Amsterdam (and in many other places) on next March. Read more

November 3

PLARTONVIDEO: mischer’traxler

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Fondazione PLART
presenta / presents

PLARTONVIDEO: mischer’traxler

a cura di Marco Petroni in collaborazione con Giovanni Innella /
curated by Marco Petroni in collaboration with Giovanni Iannella

Inaugurazione Sabato 7 novembre 2009 – h. 11/ 19
Opening Saturday November 7, 2009 – h. 11am/7pm Read more

October 28

Ecohouse by Filippo Taidelli and OneOffice in Curno, Bergamo
2009 SAIE Selection award

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(Text by Angelica Di Virgilio, all images courtesy of Filippo Taidelli Studio)

Saie Selection. Low cost & low energy sustainable housing
Exhibit and convention, SAIE 2009
from October 28 to October 31, 2009.

Within the International Building Exhibition, SAIE 2009, the Low cost & low energy sustainable housing exhibition opens today. The event features a selection of 24 low-cost and low-energy sustainable housing projects selected after the SAIE Selection competition promoted by BolognaFiere in co-operation with Archi-Europe Group, Edilio and under the sponsorship of ArchitettiBologna, Consiglio Nazionale degli Architetti, Pianificatori, Paesaggisti e Conservatori and of Coordinamento Nazionale dei Giovani Architetti Italiani. The jury together with chairman architect Mario Cucinella selected 24 projects and concepts (12 for young architects and 12 for students) in 4 categories: brick, metal&glass wood and concrete. We use this occasion to present the project which has attracted our attention the most, that is the Ecohouse designed by architect Filippo Taidelli and OneOffice.

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This project, which was originally elaborated on a previous ideas competition on sustainable housing promoted by Agogroup last spring, shows an interesting balance between the sustainable and technical strategies and the architectural pattern. Starting from a simple parallelepiped and specific studies on the orientation, the volume is developed towards two directions in order to allow the single flats to enjoy a good exposure to the sun and consequently a remarkable energy saving. Read more

October 6

What Makes India Urban?
Challenges towards mobility, infrastructure, energy and perpetual change

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(All materials courtesy of Aedes am Pfefferberg)

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The growing demand for dwellings is particularly challenging for urban designers and architects in dense Dubai (landscape)

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Marine Drive Mumbai

Opening: Friday, 9 October 2009, 6.30 pm
Location: Aedes am Pfefferberg, Christinenstr. 18-19, 10119 Berlin
Duration: 9 October – 26 November 2009

An exhibition of Aedes East International Forum for Contemporary Architecture, non profit organisation. A project in the framework of the Asia-Pacific Weeks 2009 with this years’ focus on “Mobility and Energy”. The Asia-Pacific Weeks are supported by the Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin (DKLB).

With Kuchipudi Dance Performance by Sudarsana Kumar, and
Indo German DJ/VJ set with B.L.O.T. from New Delhi & 22Rockets from Berlin Read more

April 3

Tiburon House, San Francisco Bay
by Andrea Ponsi

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This house, designed by architect Andrea Ponsi, does not just look really good – with the enchanting location and all – but it is also bio-climatic, meaning that it provides electricity for itself (with no need of air-conditioning and stuff like that) and is also made with natural materials. You can even grow your own veggies in the garden.

More details below (text and drawings courtesy of architect Andrea Ponsi, photos by Richard Barnes). Read more

March 30

Parreno+Roche win 2009 P.A.A.L.M.A. Award

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With Vito Acconci as the most notable example, we can tell art and architecture now belong together. Living environments become more and more an inspiration to contemporary artists, and it’s no surprise so many of them now collaborate tightly with famed architects. This is the reason why you should mind about the P.A.A.L.M.A. Award, promoted by La Marrana Arteambientale di Montemarcello and curated by Giacinto di Pietrantonio, professor at Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. The event is meant to promote co-operation between artists and architects to improve the quality of contemporary living. This year’s edition awarded Philippe Parreno and François Roche, with The Game (Hybrid Muscle + Boy from Mars), a creative workshop in The Land, near Sanpatong, Northern Thailand.

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March 26

Earth Hour
8:30PM, Saturday 28 March 2009

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As the 2009 Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen approaches, WWF is challenging the  world population to turn off their lights for a while. Earth Hour, for the third year now, is an actual attempt to have people take action against global warming, making an effort as little as lighting up a few candles and live electricity-free for an hour. A big success in 2007, the event gets more and more ambitious every year. Read more

March 25

Energy-producing dream home by Mario Cucinella Architects
€100,000 Home Research, Settimo Torinese, Turin, Italy

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(All images © Mario Cucinella Architects)

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Mario Cucinella Architects has been the only italian studio to be given two important acknowledgments at this year’s Architectural Review MIPIM FUTURE PROJECTS award. More precisely ARPA Offices project in Ferrara was awarded the SUSTAINABILITY category along with the €100,000 Home project, which was also commended in the RESIDENTIAL category.

€100,000 Home presents the design of a 100m2 home, both low-cost and high-quality, with zero CO2 emissions and a low environmental impact. Read more

 

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