http://blog.openformarchitecture.com Processes + Theories; Ideas + Prototypes; B-Sides + Outputs Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:14:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Video, by LA Times Here is the latest prefab urban project, the Palm House, in Venice, California, by the architects Marmol Radziner and associates. The house will be open to visitors and Leo Marmol will speak on the prefab process and its role in today’s housing market. This is also a ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/plam-house-by-marmol-radziner-and-associates/ Will's Bar project, Drawing (what I remember of it) by Maxime Moreau British architect, Will Alsop, offered a vibrant lecture last night at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal, presenting his design process and a variety of creative works (showing everyting from conceptual models to paintings, drawings, photographs and diverse ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/will-alsop-cca/ Pecha Kucha, photo byBopuc We will present our latest work at the Special Edition of Pecha Kucha Montréal, as part of the Portes Ouvertes Design Montréal. The event will take place at the SAT - Society for Arts and Technology on the 3rd May 2008. The doors open at 20:00 and ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/ofa-pecha-kucha-montreal/ Open Form Architecture launched a new version (2.1) of its web site. The process is still underway, and the new project images are being uploaded, but lots of new material is now already online. Enjoy! http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/open-form-architecture-version-21/ Here is a great performance piece - 207 IE Agents freeze in time on cue in New York's Grand Central Station. http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/frozen-grand-central/ A little bit more informations for our research on the Image, Identity and Integration in the Los Angeles housing development... I found these two videos about the Rainbow Apartments; a significant project, designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture, for the homeless community in Los Angeles. According to the Institute for the ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/skid-row-housing-rainbow-apartments-michael-maltzan-architecture/ A few months ago, one of OFA’s collaborators, Christophe Plattner, wrote me, while visiting his home town in Basel (CH), about this new project of Zaha Hadid Architects, the Stadtcasino, to inform me that the new city casino was rejected at the urn by a clear majority, not only because ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/basel-stadtcasino-zaha-hadid-architects/ Video by Brooklyn Digital Foundry Here again, we easily distinguish REX's operation to comb, consolidate, and identify a set of programmatic clusters designed with different purposes: a 5,000 m² contemporary art centre; 3,400 m² of studios, glass shop, and gallery for the University of Louisville's Master of Fine Arts program; a ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/museum-plaza-oma-rex/ [Images by Pugh+Scarpa Architects] In December 2006, Brad Pitt convened a group of experts in New Orleans tobrainstorm about building green affordable housing on a large scale to helpvictims of Hurricane Katrina. Having spent time with community leaders anddisplaced residents determined to return home, Pitt realized that anopportunity existed to build ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/brad-pitt-annouces-vision-for-lower-ninth-ward/ Nevada House 1, by Marmol Radziner Prefab After the big success of the Desert House, a prefab home designed by Marmol Radziner Prefab, here is their new arrival: the Nevada House 1. This project not only combine the benefits of a custom residential design with the efficiency of factory-built houses, but ... http://blog.openformarchitecture.com/nevada-house-1-marmol-radziner-prefab/