http://www.neublack.com/art-design/flare-facade-2/ We are the Neu Black Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:58:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.neublack.com/art-design/flare-facade-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19092 Robert Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:15:07 +0000 http://www.neublack.com/art-design/flare-facade-2/#comment-19092 compare the overall formfactor of the "Blechbüchse" (a shopping mall) in Leipzig, Germany: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5238445 http://flickr.com/photos/9187590@N04/2204762139 compare the overall formfactor of the “Blechbüchse” (a shopping mall) in Leipzig, Germany:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5238445
http://flickr.com/photos/9187590@N04/2204762139

]]> http://www.neublack.com/art-design/flare-facade-2/comment-page-1/#comment-18931 theisovist Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:38:55 +0000 http://www.neublack.com/art-design/flare-facade-2/#comment-18931 Apparently if I write for too long, the autorefresh on this site will delete anything I type up. Here's the short version. This is a terrible idea. It's prone to breaking, it allows no views or daylighting into the interior. If used as a facade, you would need to seal the wall behind it, if used as a wall, it allows no control over the elements. It's only purpose could be super-signage, which in the end makes this nothing more than an expensive billboard. If you want to see something like this done right, take a look at the pittsburgh children's museum, and it's facade by Ned Kahn. It has no mechanical parts, responds to the enviroment around it, and still allows light through to the interior. see the articulated cloud on this page: http://nedkahn.com/wind.html Apparently if I write for too long, the autorefresh on this site will delete anything I type up. Here’s the short version. This is a terrible idea. It’s prone to breaking, it allows no views or daylighting into the interior. If used as a facade, you would need to seal the wall behind it, if used as a wall, it allows no control over the elements. It’s only purpose could be super-signage, which in the end makes this nothing more than an expensive billboard. If you want to see something like this done right, take a look at the pittsburgh children’s museum, and it’s facade by Ned Kahn. It has no mechanical parts, responds to the enviroment around it, and still allows light through to the interior. see the articulated cloud on this page: http://nedkahn.com/wind.html

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