Prague Library by Z-A Studio
Reexamining the evolution of the Library typology stood at the basis of the design process. The accelerated growth of information merged with the iconic role of the central library, generated the design scheme. In this scheme the mass of books regains its spatial presence through the reconfiguring of its organization and by embedding constant growth and mutation capabilities into the design.
Flower Street BioReactor by EMERGENT
Los Angeles, 2009
Our point of departure for this project was to engage the nascent cultural paradigm shift from thinking about energy as something which comes magically from distant sources to something which can be generated locally in a variety of ways. Our goal was not, however, to undertake an engineering experiment, or to simply express material processes, although this is certainly one dimension of the project. Our primary goal was to create a sense of delight and exotic beauty around new technologies by decontextualizing them and amplifying their potential atmospheric and spatial effects.
"When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course." - Peter Drucker. Things have changed, as Peter Drucker stated: "we are becoming knowledge workers." Organizations are morphing and work positions are changing perpetually. The old habits: "our schools" are no longer effective, they no longer help or prepare students for work life. Originally created by the Germans, right after the beginning of the industrial age, our schools were there to shape people in to good factory workers. This seems very counter-productive for today, but at the same time the big corporations we have exist based on this paradigm.
When the Italian Post-Modern Design was born in the middle of the 1980s, Tokyo born designer Madoka Sato, saw how design could be experienced and explored in many different ways. She became so excited by the fact of how much diversity that was involved in the world of design, that she decided to become a product designer in her own way and opened her eyes to a new world of possibilities. She moved to Milan where she was awarded a master degree in design at the Domus Academy. Madoka started her own design studio with Domenico Ambrosinoio.
Fluid Miami - Aerial Metro Station
Open International Architecture + Urban Design Competition
Fluid Miami is an aerial metro station concept proposal for a new station in downtown Miami. The concept is designed by architect David Tajchman. The design is created to give the city's center an elevated public transportation system and metro mover situated on the north edge of museum park.
A vision is what you want an organization or company to be. How you structure your business will be guided by your vision.
