Great Architecture, On The Cheap
Great Architecture, On The Cheap
July 14th, 2010 Cliff Kuang Read More: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1661904/...e-on-the-cheap Quote:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/files/im...idge%202_0.JPG A 500-square foot studio in New York, by Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture. Given the tiny space, the architect decided to meld the kitchen, bath, sleeping loft, and a new walk-in closet into one single plywood "service core"--thus leaving the rest of the space as open as possible. The entire project cost $100,000: http://images.fastcompany.com/upload...Studio%202.JPG PLY architecture's Shadow Pavilion, a temporary space made "entirely of holes." The piece was made from over 100 laser-cut aluminum sheets, which were rolled into cones. The entire thing cost just $22,000, and offers a strangely inspiring view of the landscape outside: http://images.fastcompany.com/upload...vilion%203.JPG http://images.fastcompany.com/upload...vilion%201.JPG And finally, the Welcome Center created by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, for Prospect.1, a scrappy air fair that sprung in New Orleans, post-Katrina. The center served to point art-goers to all of the various exhibitions, and it was made totally from plywood for just $28,000. Superb: http://images.fastcompany.com/upload...comeCenter.jpg |
^This is the kind of stuff that we should be focusing on. Great design on a shoestring budget keeps the architecture informal and accessible. I imagine this opens up a lot of possibilities for people/places that don't have the funds to create some international masterpiece.
I really like the little apartment, but I have to admit I wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping in that bed lol edit: holy crap I just remembered I went through bozeman a couple months ago, too bad I didn't know about this bridge. |
Great architecture...........no.
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$100,000 for a 500 square foot studio makeover? $28,000 for an information desk and sitting area? $22,000 for a pavilion?
For the same price as the pavilion, you could get a lifetime supply of hot dogs. :cheers: To me the point of low cost design is that the average person has access to high quality design. However well designed they are, I think these projects are expensive for what they are. I think the bridge is a better example though, because it looks like they made something special out of something that could have been very mundane, and because it's something normal people will use in their daily lives. |
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