CHROMAesthesiae: An installation of modular color

SOFTlab’s latest installation, CHROMAesthesiae, arrives at Devotion just in time for spring. CHROMAesthesiae is a flourishing landscape of color, blooming across the ceiling in high contrast-gradated clusters. This installation is an investigation on the spatial and chromatic perception of space. SOFTlab uses modularity as a core modality in order to generate complexity from repetitive form, allowing for rapid expansion or contraction of every piece created. With the motto, “everything changes,” the ability to adapt and grow conceptually underpins their entire body of work. This customizable installation is made of discrete, laser cut paper structures held together with binder clips: everyday objects are repurposed and precisely recombined. Forms evolve and shift color throughout the exhibition. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2007 Skyscraper Competition

The main concept of this project is to create a green open core for four towers with different architectural programs. The four skyscrapers integrate with the landscape as legs peeling from the ground that offer a variety of cultural and recreational spaces. The green core is equipped with water recollection systems, terraces, and gardens. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2007 Skyscraper Competition

The Skyarch is a new type of skyscraper in which two arches intersect at 90 degrees. Skyarchs can be built to link cities and different neighborhoods within a city. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2006 Skyscraper Competition
Designed by: Alex C. Remigio

Skyscraper of the 21^st Century is a human habitat in the sky made possible by an architectural structure. Our proposal is a living place for retreat and utilities. It is an integrated space for work that motivates career advancement and productivity. It is a mix use of bank, hotel, convention center, library and a museum. It is a hub for recreation like cinemas, fitness, sports, aquatics, and nature park leisure. This structure will sum up the whole package complex. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2006 Skyscraper Competition
Designed by: Yaroslav Usov

This multifunctional complex is located on the coast of Himkinskoe in Moscow, Russia. The main design element is the displacement of the floor plates which are arranged as a spiral staircase. The main idea is to create pockets or public areas to be used for different types activities. Many of these spaces will be used as private gardens and public parks. The building is also equipped with the latest technologies for water recollection and harvesting of solar and wind power. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2007 Skyscraper Competition

One of the greatest problems of skyscrapers is to integrate different programs in the same structure. A visual connection between different areas is commonly neglected and there is no interaction between diverse functions. The quality of a horizontal city is the flow between activities and spaces.

The main concept of this skyscraper is to design a true vertical city with horizontal qualities. The idea is to explore the rich fabric of cities like Paris or Amsterdam and transform them into a vertical structure. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2007 Skyscraper Competition
Designed by: Nelson Byun, Laddawan Prawatyotin, Travis Delingua

This proposal examines the possibility of building a plane of mirrors suspended in the sky where we will be able to walk and experience being free in the sky. This project joins other continuous monument ideas like the ones proposed by Superstudio. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2007 Skyscraper Competition
Designed by: Martin Oberascher, Christoph Eppacher

The advancement in parametric design has opened the door to the exploration of morpho-tectonic architecture. This tower is located contiguous to the CCTV building by OMA in Beijing. China. It is an investigation on the transformation of the floor plates and the façade according to different programs. A series of tectonic manipulations change the appearance of the building depending on program zones and its direct relationship with the city. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2007 Skyscraper Competition
Designed by: Fernando Castiñeira, Hernan Goldfarb, Alejandro Ispani, Alex Nelken, Javier Maratea, Malena Verni

This project proposes a new type of building for the contemporary metropolis. Instead of constructing another skyscraper it examines the benefits of an underground complex with a central void that introduces light and ventilation to every space. Read the rest of this entry »

Project submitted to the 2006 Skyscraper Competition
Designed by: Nathan Lee Colkitt, Gregory Marx De Peña, Michael Rocco Sablone

We are looking at architecture in the city as an opportunity to discover and explore the physical and metaphysical worlds together as one.  Our inspiration forms a question:  What is it to enclose space in its most simple form?  When we looked at the legacy of ancient forms and simple geometry we found the tetrahedron.  It is the simplest representation of space.

The regular tetrahedron, often simply called “the” tetrahedron, is the Platonic solid with four polyhedron vertices, six polyhedron edges, and four equivalent equilateral triangular faces. It is also a uniform polyhedron.   The tetrahedron has 7 axes of symmetry.  There are no other convex polyhedra other than the tetrahedron having four faces.  The surface area of the tetrahedron is simply four times the area of a single face.  It is a pyramid with an equilateral triangular base and sides. Read the rest of this entry »