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Check this one out. Time lapse of the evening led light concert of the Rectangular Square Stadium at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia. Lighting design by Artists Alexander Knox and Bruce Ramus. Building design and construction by Cox Architects. Stills of the Rectangular Square Stadium on my website.
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baunetz.deMukesh Ambani, 4th richest man in India according to Forbes list, built this humble new home for his family. His wife and 3 kids can now play hide and seek in this 27 storey tower. Whilst they have to be careful not to stumble upon some of the 600 servants that roam the 37.000 square meters of the family home. Chicago based architecture firm Perkins and Will included some 3 heli pads, a swimming pool, spa, dance and fitness areas alongside a cinema and just about enough space to park your 160 cars. Rediculous example of too much money, possibly quite a small figure and a large ego. Yuk.
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Concerning the architecture, that is to say, the visual appearance, its like “I dont care”. I’ve seen much worse, but its not great either. What a waste of material and a total failure of spatial integration.
Moving into a new house recently challenged me with the task of creating furniture for myself.
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I purchased a 100% recycled queen size mattress from a nearby Brotherhood of Lawrence store. So now I needed a base to stay away from the cold floor on chilly Melbourne nights. Trying to use materials that are waste products or in any other way free, light and reusable, two things came to mind. First, the milk crate. A very common and frequently used product of the Australian dairy industry. It is made from plastic, is very light and stackable, comes in a range of nice and bright colours and supposedly has high fines on it if you get caught finding one on the side of the road. So beware and only take donations!
My second thought was to use cardboard. Its free, extremely light and quite durable depending on how its used. After a series of testing I decided to use both, milk crates and cardboard boxes for two reasons: keeping the waste of material down to a minimum while also taking advantage of the structural strength and minimising the weight.
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Once all boxes had been assembled, all I needed was a few hours of work these tools.
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Now I could start looking for a suitable shape!
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When I had found the shape I liked, while maximising the structural integrity, I was confronted with a small problem. The surface was very uneven. Nevertheless, I decided to execute my build and flatten out the surface with loose sheets of cardboard later.
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So I strapped three major parts together, which in the end where assembled to one solid piece of cardboard-plastic dream-time goodness.
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The result is light, comfortable and costs exactly 8$ AUS (without the mattress I’m afraid).
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Imagine the face of the girl working at magnation when I purchased two copies of the current Landscape Architecture Australia magazine, featuring me on the cover while accidentally wearing the same pants and shirt as on the shot by Peter Bennetts. She seemed slightly puzzled, and just for the fragment of a second, blinked and shook off the weired feeling that something in this 15 second encounter had been very strange indeed.
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