The good people at Designboom published our Prefab Parasite which can be seen here. Following the exposure on designboom the Prefab Parasite has been re-published on sites and blogs all over the inter-web.
Some of the others include FFFFOUND, archdaily, Inhabitat, design(dot)france, Futurismic. It has been fascinating reading the comments and criticisms that people have posted. There is nothing like placing a weird building on the side of an iconic structure to strike up conversation..
Our favourite quote from the articles:
“While it’s not completely implausible to imagine cities ordering the construction of buildings like this, it’s much easier to imagine them being a “favela chic” development, thrown up by guerrilla architects in the parts of big cities where the authorities no longer dare go… or just can’t be bothered to control any longer.”
Owners of the Kite House have taken possession and have moved in.
Owners of the Memory House are close to obtaining an occupation certificate.
We will give them both a good opportunity to settle in over the next month or so before doing photo-shoots for the website.
Stand by for some new images.
Our Prefab Parasite has been published on ABC Radio’s Blog.
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Design For The Children was an open, international design competition asking architects and
designers from around the world to develop a sustainable, culturally responsive, pediatric clinic
model for East Africa. Co‐sponsored by Humanity for Children and Architects for Humanity, this
competition attracted over 300 innovative designs from architects from every region on the
globe. Two of the judges for this competition, along with a humanitarian worker who served in
Rwanda, will present the top 20 entries in the Coulter Atrium and discuss the cultural and
environmentally sustainable criteria that went into the selection of the top three designs.
Presenters: Bob Hansen ‐ Interim VP & Dean of Student Life, Associate Professor of Leadership
Studies, Board of Directors, Humanity for Children; Rose Nanyonga‐Clarke ‐ Board Member:
Board of Directors International Medical Group and Doctoral Student at Yale University; Nancy
McCue ‐ Rwanda Community Partnership Project Chair and HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator
Anglican Church, Diocese of Kibungo, Rwanda
Unfortunately we won’t be able to make the trip to Fulton, Missouri. We’d love to see the other entries and the interpretation of our concept.
link to Symposium on Democracy
If you haven’t noticed, we’ve had our website redesigned and updated.
Have a look at the new portfolio section with more projects and lots of new large images to browse. The new site will be easier to manage and we’ll be able to put more projects online more often!
LCA
Designboom ran a feature on our Eco.House on tuesday.
with more than 2.5 million readers a month from over 165 countries, (including 180,000 subscribers to our monthly newsletter) designboom.com is the leading independent publication for key contemporary issues and the critique of all aspects of design, especially those topics which enrich the dialogue between design, creative professionals, industry and society. the milan-based, free internet resource offers snapshot reports from major international design shows, architecture and art exhibitions; interviews and portraits of the protagonists in the contemporary creative scene; design history and in-depth information on the creators of design classics.
spend some time perousing designboom.com
The Faculty of the Built Environment invited LCA to speak to the Architectural Computing students. The lecture formed part of their DIGITAL COLLABORATION STUDIO. Andrew Wallace was the speaker and focused on the digital processes we use in the office. Andrew showed some workflow examples of taking a design through BIM software and creating real time digital environments. There was discussion on the role of architectural simulation and visualisation in the design, approval and construction phases.
We are really happy to announce that our entry for the competition came second in a high caliber international field. You can have a look at the winning entry here and compare the similarities to our design here. The winning entry will be used by the Hope for the Children organisation as a model to develop hospitals throughout East Africa with aim of eliminating deaths from preventable disease.
Our design focuses on low energy use, simple construction methods, adapting to the local architectural language and developing a strong community identity. We really enjoyed the way this project made us think at a different scale and design for a cause.
Congratulations to Lara and Katherine who were the main drivers behind the project!
Our entry has made it into the top 50 in the continuing judging process. The winner will be announced on the 2nd May at a fundraiser which the Design for the Children organisation is holding in Seattle, USA (more information here).
Go for a walk around our design..
