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утонувший крейсер
3 July 2010 | Architecture, Lifeform | No Comments
опять родимые пятна цивилизации:
Gunkanjima – every urban explorer’s dream. A deserted island of concrete ruins slowly crumbling away off the West coast of Japan.
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Gunkanjima – literally ‘Battleship Island’ – is the nickname for Hashima Island, named so because it has an uncanny resemblance to a military warship. Once just a small reef, the discovery of coal in 1810 led to the installation of mining facilities and eventually gave rise to a population, all densely packed into a self-contained metropolis.
а дальше — все предсказуемо:
But by 1974, the dream was gone. Petroleum came in place of coal, the mines were shut down and the now jobless workers were forced to leave. In a matter of days the island was deserted – everything left exactly as it was, to slumber eternally in the same position like a broken clock face.
зато красивые фотографии.
пользовательский интерфейс
22 June 2010 | Architecture | No Comments
как известно, в Гонконге левостороннее движение. а в остальном Китае, наоборот, правостороннее. и как же быть, выбираясь с материка на остров? где менять привычки, и когда перестраиваться?
все сложности, впрочем, убираются прямо в море — восхитительное в своей змеиной элегантности решение.
объективный срез
16 May 2010 | Architecture, Geography, Photo | No Comments
еще немного страны, которой больше нет. и опять та самая удивительная воздушность одного из самых тоталитарных государств на свете.
via.
среда обитания
8 May 2010 | Architecture | No Comments
многоэтажки у вас на кухне.
здесь красивая местность
6 May 2010 | Architecture, Cinematograph, Geography, Photo | 1 Comment
в отличии от Москвы, Кисловодск, оказывается, почти не изменился — внешне.
зато, как и везде, однако, навеки исчезла некая удивительная воздушность. ощущение спокойствия? наверное.
курорты на минеральных источниках всегда очаровывали меня своей абсолютной неторопливостью и размеренностью. смешные процедуры, провинциальные магазинчки, общие танцы для всех пяти отдыхающих по вечерам. как-то так.
конец цивилизации
3 May 2010 | Architecture, Lifeform | 1 Comment
если говорить о заброшенности, то Детройт, конечно, — это целая энциклопедия:
If your vice is urban ruin porn, British director Julien Temple’s new BBC documentary Requiem for Detroit is your Caligula — the unrated, uncut version. <...> The 85-minute film, which aired March 13 on Britain’s BBC 2 and is now available (probably illegally) on YouTube.
неоднозначный фильм, да (по ссылке много об этом). но что поделать.
дружба проектами
24 March 2010 | Architecture, Internet | No Comments
даже у архитекторов теперь есть социальная сеть:
Architizer is a social media platform for architects to share their work. The intuitive interface makes browsing through architecture projects a fluid and immersive process. Its easy to dive in and lose several hours discovering work from every corner of the world. For those seeking to find an architect or to just take the pulse of current architecture trends, this is a pretty good place to start.
шупальца
18 March 2010 | Architecture | No Comments
трехмерные схемы станций лондонского метро. по-моему, офигительно.
резервная копия
4 March 2010 | Architecture, Science | No Comments
лазерное сканирование окружающего нас мира развивается стремительнейшим образом:
The basic principle behind the laser technology is simple: A box, with a laser inside, sits on a tripod; as the box slowly rotates 360 degrees, the laser, moving up and down, bounces its beam off whatever is solid in front of it. In so doing, it registers some 50,000 points in space every second. Traditional surveyors might produce a couple of hundred measurements a day, prone to subjectivity and human error. Lasers collect millions of measurements per hour. A scanner can even identify certain materials, determining whether something is, say, made of glass or stone.
Aerial lasers and a hand-held version operate the same way. Combined, they can bring to life as 3-D images entire cities or a mountainside.
удивительнейшей точности, кстати:
So precise are these digital models that they can be used not only to facilitate much needed restoration work of deteriorating monuments but also to recreate them if they are completely destroyed by natural or man-made disasters. In other words, if the Bamiyan Buddhas had been laser scanned before they were obliterated by the Taliban, they could now be reconstructed with unbelievable accuracy.
и сканируют все подряд:
There are also those abandoned sewers, stormwater tunnels and subway tunnels. Day and night, laser scanners that have gone mobile will be deployed into these voids, and bit by pinprick bit, these labyrinths that once confounded, concealed and even consumed trespassers with their disorienting mazes will resolve into total comprehensibility. Every detail will be known to you.
Simultaneously, disembodied limbs out in some vast tract of land will get to work replicating these filigreed abysses. Once completed, it will look like a city eroded down to its subsurface infrastructure. It’ll be the playground for urban explorers who might be looking for more muted thrills and for architects who could no longer wait for the mythical Golden Age of WPA 2.0 to play out their desires.
ни дать, ни взять “Зодиак” Стивенсона, перемноженный на “Канализацию, газ & электричество” Раффа.
окаменелости
7 February 2010 | Architecture, Lifeform | 1 Comment
заброшенные замки, между прочим. и там же, среди последнего:
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Plan B
Inflatable boats, y’all. Pumping some air in some plastic. Load our gear and set sail. Peddling like there’s no tomorrow. There’s a thin line between exploring and transatlantic sailing.I informed a fellow explorer of my boat plan, and we wanted to set off and explore this castle together. But he beat me to it. But he wanted to beat me. On an early morning he pulled out a rubber boat, started pumping, and took off. Unfortunately the boat plan didn’t succeed. The island to embark on is completely overgrown by impenetrable bushes with sharp thorns, spines and prickles. After working one hour trying to make an entry through that jungle – bloody hands, ripped up shirts and a leaking boat inclusive – the plan was cancelled.
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