Contemporary European Architecture

prof. Alessandro Rocca - Clemson University, SC, USA – School of Architecture – Genoa off-Campus

3/14/13

Urban Parasite

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When we hear the word parasite  we automatically think of a gross insect that sustains itself by drawing life from other human forms. Howeve...

Simplicity at its Finest

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Each of the summer pavilions of the Serpentine Gallery have been unique in addressing the conditions of the Kensington Gardens. As an archit...

Wohlfahrt-Laymann Dwelling: Exterior/Interior Reversed

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The Wohlfahrt-Laymann house is a residence near Frankfurt am Main in Germany. The home was designed by Meixner Schluter Wendt Architekten ...

Natural Architecture

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Architecture is created for viewing. It's an inhabitable form of art. Architects design structures for the aesthetic appeal as well as i...

“Cities. Architecture and Society”---Convertible city,interaction between past,present and future.

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. With the population grows rapidly,more than half of the world’s population lives in cities.Urban life is characterized by interaction of e...
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"The Crown" MVRDV Didden Addition

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The MDRDV addition for the Didden family in Rotterdam is a very interesting project. I like the bold contrast between the solid blue modul...

'The Liberation of the Box'- 2002 Serpentine Pavilion

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Geometry is one of the simplest yet most complex ways to shape any concept in architecture. Out of every pavilion that we perused, a white, ...

The Hidden Home

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Francois Roche and r&sie, "I am Lost in Paris," 2007 Courtney Smith The first thing that caught my attention during our...

Constructing Algorithms

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Constructing Algorithms: Toyo Ito's 2002 Serpentine Pavilion by Victoria Shingleton Our first studio project sophomore year involve...

The Artist and the Architect

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The 2007 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is one of the projects that I thought was very interesting, in both good and bad ways.  On...
3/13/13

The House of the Future: Disconnecting Form and Function

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                The 1956 House of the Future by Alison and Peter Smithson was one of several residential designs built for Daily Mail’s I...

Legal/Illegal

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Manuel Herz's Legal/Illegal In 2004 Manuel Herz did a project in Cologne, Germany that he called Legal/Illegal.   ...
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