Crossroad House – An alternative to Volume Housing.

 Crossroad House – An alternative to Volume Housing.         Presented By Anthony RiggCopyright – Bleuscape Design Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved        www.bleuscape.com.au It is vital to recognise ‘need’ to design effectively. If we don’t recognise ‘need’ the default response is only ‘form’. ‘Form’ in and of itself is inherently singular only promoting the visual. ‘Need’ on […]

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The Bio Unit Complex

Biology as the Influencer of Architecture If you take the time to walk outside and look a little closer at nature you will begin to realise that there is a degree of symmetry in what seems like chaos. Take for example the ‘Dracena reflexa’ plant, or ‘Song of India’ as it is known. This is a […]

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Desiring Machines – Neil Leach Lecture

Another step towards what I believe to be the future of construction. This talk presented by Neil Leach at the Institute for advanced architecture of Catalonia is a clear and concise look at where it’s all headed. Enjoy!   Neil Leach is an architect and theorist.[1] He teaches at the University of Southern California, and is a Visiting […]

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The World’s First Bio-Façade Ready to Grow

Architecture that literally grows has grown as a green building concept, though it still generally sees sporadic moments in the sun but no real mainstream uptake. The notion of bio-architecture, or growing structures or features of structures has always been a green building ideal. Like many other innovative concepts, however, it has never caught on […]

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Advances in Architectural Geometry

Advances in architectural geometry are evolving out of sophisticated parametric software and the use of robotics technology. Sci-arc, Southern California’s renowned architectural institute is leading the way in this pursuit through education and research. The below link is a glimpse into the future of design where organic fluidity meets mechanical precision. It is really stretching […]

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The future of form and material in design

In the world of architecture, there are two camps: 1. Those that look backward to gauge a grounding for the future; 2. and those that break new ground, not letting past ideas cloud their vision for creative direction. Greg Lynn is an architect who has continually pushed the boundaries when it comes to composition and […]

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The Trunk House

          The project is a small cabin in Victoria’s Central Highlands. The brief for this project was to provide a two stage residential project including a cabin and a house, the first stage of which is shown here. The site contains a beautiful forest of extant Stringybark woodland. Our original interest was […]

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HABITAT 2020: Future Smart ‘Living’ Architecture

    One of the most effective ways to cut down the ecological footprint of buildings  is to follow the lead of nature through biomimicry. Habitat 2020 is a future forward example of biomimetic architecture that fuses high-tech ideas with basic  cellular functions to create ‘living’ structures that operate like natural  organisms. This nature-inspired approach […]

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Biomimicry – finding design inspiration in nature

          The discipline of biomimicry takes its name from the Greek words ‘bios’, meaning life and ‘mimesis’, meaning to imitate. As its name might suggest, biomimicry involves the study of nature’s designs and mimicking them to solve human challenges. Janine Benyus, one of biomimicry’s pioneers defines it as, ‘innovation inspired by nature.’ […]

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