Transbay Transit Center

Not quite sure if you guys seen the Transbay Transit Center website or not, but here it is, and its coming to SF, yeah baby!

http://transbaycenter.org/media-gallery/video-gallery/transbay-transit-center-project-presentation

note* our site and the lame proposed building @ 9:15 in video clip.

Structure things

Here is a nice example to form a new and exciting coherence between sturcture and architectural effects.
http://www.archdaily.com/89849/canton-tower-information-based-architecture/

Folding

here is a pretty interesting application to our folding and bending exercise.

http://www.dezeen.com/2010/06/21/automobile-museum-by-3gatti-architecture-studio/

kinetic furniture

I think it is important to be looking at other kinetic systems beyond buildings. The first link is amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEDDj7TTHE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=typkDZEFzDs&list=PL8061CED4AFF29C9B&index=5&playnext=2

Theo Jansen - a kinetic sculptor

Another interesting kinetic system...

Theo Jansen, a kinetic sculptor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY

The Winners of the first-ever Raise The Roof Kinetci Architecture Design Competition

Uni-systems is the leading designer and advocate of kinetic architecture, creating transformative, mechanized structures that change with climate, need or purpose. Recently they announced the winners of the first-ever Raise The Roof Kinetic Architecture Design Competition. The Grand Prize is "Diaphragm" by Cole Henson http://www.youtube.com/user/briancolehenson, and People's Choice Prize is "Rome Kinetic Roof" by Johannes Knoops http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDZOFGj_1Hk&feature=player_embedded#!
Interesting videos !

Example of kinetic systems

I have read a few pages about kinetic systems. The link below described a real project in Beijing had efficient and adaptable spaces with multi funtions.

http://www.archdaily.com/88584/columbia-university-gsapp-o-p-e-n-architecture/

transforming origami

The link below is a video of a paper rose turning into a cube. Neat idea to create paper models that transform.

http://fold.tv/videos-origami-magic-rose-cube-valerie-vann-[A8EyLFWXV_0].cfm

Ghost in the machine

awesome quote from the movie I,Robot

Dr. Alfred Lanning

Lanning (on Police Recording): Ever since the first computers, there have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul. Why is it that when some robots are left in darkness, they will seek out the light? Why is it that when robots are stored in an empty space, they will group together, rather than stand alone? How do we explain this behavior? Random segments of code? Or is it something more? When does a perceptual schematic become consciousness? When does a difference engine become the search for truth? When does a personality simulation become the bitter mote... of a soul?

Hologram of Dr. Lanning: I'm sorry, my responses are limited...you must ask the right questions.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/I,_Robot#Dr._Alfred_Lanning

Humanity of Robots

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-pS0t27-nM&feature=related

A copy of a copy, mapping of sf

So this whole mapping exercise has reminded me a lot of this philosophy/art history course I had taken. A portion of the course talks about Plato notion of art as a form of imitation (a concept of reality vs simulacrum, kind of what I am gearing towards in my project) further explains it in his two theories.

"One may be found in his dialogue The Republic, and seems to be the theory that Plato himself believed. According to this theory, since art imitates physical things, which in turn imitate the Forms, art is always a copy of a copy, and leads us even further from truth and toward illusion. For this reason, as well as because of its power to stir the emotions, art is dangerous. Plato's other theory is hinted at in his shorter dialogue Ion, and in his exquisitely crafted Symposium. According to this theory the artist, perhaps by divine inspiration, makes a better copy of the True than may be found in ordinary experience. thus the artist is a kind of prophet."

http://www.rowan.edu/open/philosop/clowney/Aesthetics/philos_artists_onart/plato.htm

Came across a few interesting mappings of san francisco

text and image taken from

http://blog.rhondafriberg.com/2010/05/san-francisco-maps/

The second has seen a lot of press lately and is one of the maps from the Geotagger’s World Atlas by Eric Fischer:

This map represents Flickr photos taken around the city. Using the photos’ timestamps and geotags, Fischer could determine where and at what speed the photographers were traveling – black lines represent speeds less than 7 mph (walking), red is less than 19 mph (biking), blue is less than 43 mph (motoring), and green is faster (jetpacking) – all plotted on an OpenStreetMap base layer.

Eric Fischer is responsible for another great San Francisco map, A day of Muni, according to NextBus:

This map uses the same color scheme to show average speeds of Muni vehicles over 24 hours. Data was pulled from the SFMTA website.

This fourth map was created by my colleague, Tim Sinnot over at The Swordpress:

Sinnott used address data from DataSF to shade locations based on their address number. As you walk down a block, the color changes as the address numbers change. Cool map based on a cool idea.S

http://blog.rhondafriberg.com/2010/05/san-francisco-maps/

robotic love

A robot love story "I'm here" by Spike Jonze. Beautiful.

http://www.imheremovie.com/

SF CRIME in 3d and lit up at night

I'd like to share the example of 3D data representation, which seem to me a very interesting and dynamic way to visualize and explore maps of any sort . A guy named Doug created models of different types and concentration of crime in San Francisco based on city’s DataSF website.

The same crime data was visualized as a city night lights (supporting Brittany's 'cities from the sky'!)

Check out his blog http://dougmccune.com/blog/2010/06/05/if-san-francisco-crime-was-elevation/ for details and more data processing projects.

cities from the sky

As I was flying to and from Boston this weekend I kept finding myself staring out the window at the view below realizing that I was frustrated. With mapping constantly on my mind, I looked at the mountains and the cities below knowing that the exercises we have been doing with mapping, were happening naturally below me. The frustrating part was the feeling that I was looking for...something...some meaning, something to make sense of the naturally occurring maps. The most interesting part to me (especially looking at the city lights at night) was that there was a very small range of color and shape. What distinguished what you were looking at was based on the density and path of the lights.

Shanghai Highrises

Here's a few images of highrises that i took while on my summer trip to Shanghai. I particularly like the spacing of the towers - very Corbusier. Between the towers are large green spaces and gardens, and the towers are few by wide arteries. Note that most of the images are from the new downtown, and is very different from the rest of the city.

Leaning Tower of Dubai

Piza has nothing on this baby. It holds the record for the world's farthest leaning tower at an 18 degree tilt, and stands over 500 ft tall.

Mapping Software

More Links:

Trulia Hindsight looks at properties over time...
http://hindsight.trulia.com/map/

Spatial Key contains a broader range of information...
http://www.spatialkey.com/

Website for generating maps and diagrams

Hello, I thought that this website might be helpful for everyone. let me know what you think.
http://www.mapequation.org/mapgenerator/index.html

Still a Virgin??

Per our conversation in class, I think this could help many of you!

Call it... its toll free!

Collective Mapping

A link to a piece on collaborative mapping. It's interesting to note the images and references:

http://www.intelligentagent.com/archive/Vol6_No2_interactive_city_sant.htm

nothing to do with skyscrappers, but informative mapping

i thought i would share this because for anyone that talks about visualizing data and also happens to have a facebook addiction, i find the first quality mapping of facebook info to be somewhat scary.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372086,00.asp

imagine what they can use this data for next.

(ps: this can be deleted after a few days)

maps

hi all. just wanted to share with you guys that sf-planning.org has a lot of nice maps in their map library - most are tracings of existing conditions, like green spaces, parking, etc. These might be a good foundation for your other mappings.

Liza- they have an interesting map of schools with a thousand foot radius around them- might be worth checking out.

"The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology". - E. O. Wilson This quote, while not illuminating or uncovering the heart of Corner's thesis, helps me realize possibilities that spring from mapping can be complex, and without caution, can be too much information for our Paleolithic emotions to interpret accurately. I think that there is a possibility for us to use data sets and technology to create some sort of visual information, but if we are not through and precise there is a possibility to portray something that is untrue. That said, I want to share a video of all air traffic in the world over a period of one day. What is most interesting (and beautifully scary) is the way we can see areas/nodes of transportation density. In contrast to the density, it also illuminates how much of the world is not connected to the major hubs, thus leaving them at a disadvantage for sharing resources, people and knowledge.

Hydro-net, A Futuristic Proposal for San Francisco in 2018

"Mapping" is this article is both familiar and inexperienced for me. Everytime I start a project, map is always the first thing I look into, but usually only those visible and existing elements come into my mind. The most interesting point in the article that inspires me is, " the maps are in-between the virtual and the real". That means, we should not only pay attention to the phenomena existing now, but also look into the history and reason in the past as well as the consequences and tendencies in the future.

I'd like to share with you a futuristic proposal for San Fransicso in 2018, by Lwamoto Scott Architecture, named "Hydro-net". The concepts will have towers for harvesting algae, geothermal "mushrooms" and sophisticated fog catchers that will distil fresh water from San Francisco's infamous fog. An extensive network will be established that fulfils the infrastructural needs for the circulation of traffic, people, water, harnessed energy and distribution systems in the city to form an enormous super-system, which resembles algae and "chanterelle" mushrooms in its form.

My thoughts on "James Corner, Mapping"

My Thoughts on

James Corner "Mapping"

What struck me the most about this article is how the methodology of creating architecture has changed over time. A quote in the article (that stands out to me most and) that applies to this notion stated, “What already exists is more than just the physical attributes of terrain (topography, rivers, roads, buildings) but includes also the various hidden forces that underlie the workings of a given place (p214).” Similar to many things in the world (e.g. books, people, places)that should be judge more for their content instead of their facades. Fortunately, architecture seems to be moving along the same path, where the physical importance of form in a building is not as much so as to the psychological experience and effect it has on the user, space, and time…

never really work with the mapping process before, but after reading this article, it seems like a great way to exploit this idea of discovering the potential of a site and creating it into an architectural form.

bernard khoury - BO 18 night club

bernard khoury / dw5 - B.C.D

bernard khoury - yabani

section/elevation/perspective

Independent film community

Independent film community

More diagrams

I hope everyone can tell which diagram goes to which.

The first two images are not diagrams but conceptual ideals of my small single cinemas enclosure for peace and quite viewing, variations. The 3rd image is programic placements. The 4th is the wooding model program placement. The 5th and 7th images "the lines in a zig zag formation" retains to my stick & mass model. The 6th image is the wooden square boxes, my favorite, captures a waiting or resting area instead of something like the airport waiting area, this frame is overhung, rotates my gravity and positioned by the sitter as you can see, this makes it fun and interesting, like a trapped cage haha.

model 3

Contradiction to the title but this is the first model. To summarize, this models reflects not only the painted diagram but shows the circular experience of a continuation of commuting over the Bay Bridge, you have suggest the point of intersection be the toll if you want. The infinity symbol is to represent the path of travel in moderation, and the paths that leads astray is the exit. Since every directions is directed by the passenger they decide which path to take. Each path is directed to a street or main street to that went they exit the building that they wont be bombarded by a building.
The highest path or section of the building will be the residential to capture the best views of SF business district. The galleries will be below them as it is connected to the pathway of the cinemas. In addition to the residential being on the top floor is to frame the tallest building on the site, the names escapes me. Also the arrangement of this infinity is to reflect of the orientation of site buildings.