Monica Taffara Architect
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Mutation by Maarten De Ceulaer
These knobbly seats by Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer are on show ai Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan this week.
Each piece in the Mutation series is made from foam spheres, cut so they fit together, attached to a frame and coated in rubber or flocked.
Designer Maarten De Ceulaer
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Nike All-Star Week Illustrations
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House O Jun Igarashi Architects
The Project
As we begin our studies with the given condition, a rational square plan is constructed with the rooms fitted into the plan. However, we realize that this method creates extra circulation corridors and orients rooms and views in an irrational manner. The smallest plan of each program is cut out to be placed in a location and orientation that is favorable. For example, the kitchen is placed in a “selfish” way to look out to the tree garden on the site, and then connected the dinning to the kitchen. With this method, the extra circulation corridors to connect the spaces and hierarchy due to its location and orientation are omitted.
Volumetric study follows by setting all volume to 10 m high. From this point, according to the room function and area, the appropriate ceiling height is applied to each volume. Each volume becomes shorter as it sprawls from the tallest central living room. From certain points of the site, the house may look symmetrical but one step over, the form changes; similar phenomenon to construct in nature.
Furthermore, the site is in an extremely cold climate area and there is a very large difference in temperature throughout the year. This plan of the house, compared to the original square plan, creates various nooks and crannies on the exterior form, allowing for facades to be in light and shade. These nooks are viewed as buffer space which windows are oriented towards. The temperature difference between the façade which faces the sun and shade creates ventilation in the summer. On the other hand, during the winter, the nooks protect the windows from the cold wind and avoid the snow. This form is similar to some cacti which strive in the desert. A section of a cactus shows that they have folds in the surface to create shades to keep it cool. A comfortable architecture is created when drawing from such a simple form in nature, and is a starting point for new type of architecture.
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Sou Fujimoto, House O - Chiba, Giappone
Una casa per il fine settimana situata sulla costa rocciosa a due ore di strada da Tokyo. l luogo è un tratto roccioso di fronte all’Oceano Pacifico con approdi che scendono fino a livello dell’acqua. La principale caratteristica della planimetria della casa, immaginata come i rami di un albero, è un susseguirsi di stanze in maniera seriale, tutti gli spazi richiesti, ingresso, soggiorno, sala da pranzo, cucina, camera da letto, camera in stile giapponese, lo studio ed il bagno sono disposti in questo ordine paragonabile ad una stanza continua. Le stanze sono tutte orientate in direzioni diverse da dove si possono ammirare più punti di vista verso l’Oceano semplicemente camminando per casa. Questa casa la si potrebbe paragonare ad una passeggiata lungo un sentiero costiero con confortevoli spazi sparsi lungo il percorso. Questi spazi senza confini sono l’originalità di questo progetto.
House O Architect Sou Fujimoto
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NirthFace by Element
The top floor of this periscope-like wooden house in Stavanger, Norway, cantilevers northwards towards the sea.
Oslo architects  Element renovated the 40-year-old house in 2010, choosing to reconfigure the existing two lower storeys and to completely replace the original upper floor.
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Cosas Minimas by Blanca Gomez
Today Grain Edit is proud to present Blanca Gómez of Cosas Minimas. Blanca is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. You may remember her work as featured on Grain Edit’s on-going poster pick series. We like her clean and simple style and took some time to talk to Blanca about her work and creative process. We hope you’ll enjoy it.
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Dan Stiles
For the latest Grain Edit interview, we head to the beautiful Pacific Northwest city of Portland, Oregon. Whi;food cart scene, it is also the home of many talented designers. We here at Grain Edit had the chance to visit PDX and catch up with one of it’s very accomplished residents, Dan Stiles is a long time designer and contributor to the contemporary gig poster scene. His work is always very fresh, energetic, engaging and fun. Dan is very successful at creating dramatic work while using minimal colors and patterns. In this interview we chat with Dan about his history as a designer, his thoughts on running a solo studio, working in Portland, and much more.
Enjoy!
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Fluidity & Design by Zaha Hadid
Jewellery designed by architect Zaha Hadid for the spring/summer 2010 collection at crystal brand Atelier Swarovski will be among projects on show at an exhibition of Hadid’s work in Bahrain next month.
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Shoes by Tea Petrovic
Sarajevo designer Tea Petrovic has designed a collection of shoes based on the work of late Russian sculptor Naum Gabo and Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
