Tuesday, 18 January 2011

My dream house....

Swedish architecture office Jagnefalt Milton won the Norwegien master-plan competition for the city of Åndalsne. The proposal is to have rolling buildings through the city on rails. Including a rolling hotel, public baths, concert hall and houses.
Concentrating on the current rail network and creating something unexpected, fully functional and doable. This idea is so important in recent times even in Norway when city space is becoming restricted and when designs tend to follow trends. It is exciting to see something fresh and revolutionary out there which can actually work cost effectively and where people always experience different view points of the design internally and externally and the landscape it traverses across. As it moves through the landscape, depending on the seasons for examples new inspiring outlooks are always available and breath taking.






Fashion, architecture and the body

LucyandBart is a collaboration between two artists who cross the boundaries of fashion, architecture, performance and the body. Sharing a fascination with genetic manipulation and beauty expression. I am fascinated by their work and their use of fairly basic materials and prosthetics in creating alien forms that morph onto and over the human figures. Invasion over human skin and the evolution of amazing new forms and structures which challenge both fashion, architecture and the human form.