Comments on: Snap! – Bistable Structure by Team 01Para

By: K

Tue, 19 May 2009 21:06:51 +0000

If dezeen existed 30 years ago, I’m guessing people would be saying the same things about Archigram with their flying cities and fantastic imagination, from which the likes of the Pompidou Centre emerged.

I think this kind of conceptual thinking, although seemingly very prevelant, should be encouraged more. We are all creatives, why should we be supressing creativity and new ideas? I agree, it seems improbable that this kind of form and concept could ever hold any kind of structural or commercial value, but that is not the point. These guys have, without compromise, just ran with an idea that we haven’t seen before, and that might one day lead to something physical or at least begin the discussion about how this could actually work from someone else. I personally commend the group for developing as far as they did – as its not usual to see physical models of these concepts to help demonstrate that the idea actually managed to evolve away from the rendering software.

Sweet project anyway!

By: C.H.Hon

C.H.Hon — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:19:22 +0000

AHHH those are the magnetic metal strips on drawing board!
Nice working process

By: Gabs

Gabs — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:19:49 +0000

Interesting, although work like this was made during the Corporate Fields period of the DRL…

By: aalto

aalto — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:00:49 +0000

The fantastic intrinsic beauty of architecture is that it gets drawn, built, maintained, used, mortgaged, admired, financed, etc. and at the same time it can (has to?) be a fantastic piece of art. It is time that the AA and similar schools of architecture thought stop applauding conceptual studies as architecture. It is our professional duty as architects and designers to understand the implications of the built reality, for our users, clients and the coming generations.

By: amsam

amsam — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:39:59 +0000

I once got slapped in one of these forums for pointing out the practical impossibility of a project. Now I’m trying to open my mind to the “sandbox” nature of some of Dezeen’s posts. I enjoyed this one on that level. But it does seem like a lot of time has been wasted here on something that will never see the light of day.

By: peridotprince

peridotprince — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:53:34 +0000

These are fantastic comments and very helpful as an educator.

As pointed out, this investigation lacks any baseline common sense – structure and building systems. Without that, it never leaves the sandbox of the diagram. I am putting this Dezeen entry and all comments on file.

By: bald skull

bald skull — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:45:18 +0000

roadkill is an idiot

By: roadkill

roadkill — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:57:03 +0000

boycott israel… and help Gaza

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:34:27 +0000

Interesting article about the implications of size:

http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/28/haldane.php

By: pwnado season

pwnado season — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:21:23 +0000

I would also love to know how this project was critiqued within the AA….Did they see it as having value, or were the same criticisms levelled within the posts a reflection of their opinions…