Portrait of Billy Al Bengston and Frank Gehry on the Rooftop of Gehry's Office, Santa Monica, CA, c. 1970
Architecture today is little more than cardboard.
Rem Koolhaas, "On the Venice Biennale," 2014 (via guardian)
Miguel Arraiz Garcia + David Moreno Terron, Corrugated Cardboard Pavilion, Valencia, Spain, 2013
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Cristina Parreño Architecture + MIT Students, Cardboard Canopy, Madrid, Spain, 2013 (via parsons)
‘A canopy of cardboard tubes by Cristina Parreño and her American studio at MIT make up this chandelier installation at the ARCOMadrid art fair in Spain.’
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Baptiste Debombourg, Cardboard Triumphal Arch, Paris, France, 2012 (via unknowneditors)
'This is a diposable monument built out of cardboard boxes, glue, strings and scotch-tape. It can exist in other situations where it can be built such as avenues, roundabouts or townsquares. This one was built at l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Art de Paris.'
Shigeru Ban, Model of the Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2011 (via yahoo)
"In the aftermath of a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in February that rattled Christchurch, New Zealand, officials for the quake-ravaged ChristChurch Cathedral -- which had served as the city's centerpiece since 1864 -- have been working with Japanese architect Shigeru Ban to build a 700-person-capacity cardboard cathedral as a temporary replacement."
Architect + Designer, Frank Gehry, 1972 (via LIFE)
"Gehry jumping on a desk in his line of cardboard furniture which he designed along with such things as lamps, jewelry & even a skateboard."
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, Cardboard Bridge, France, 2007
"Ban constructed a bridge over the Gardon River in southern France using primarily cardboard tubes. Ban, who was already known for using eco-friendly, lightweight materials, said that he wanted to show people that paper can be strong and lasting. Fragile though this paper bridge may look, it could hold up to 20 people at once. The bridge was open to the public for six months in 2007 before being disassembled for the rainy season."
Ideas for Installation 2.0: "Corrugated Ripples"
The first time I saw curves cut into corrugated cardboard, I realized that the residual effects created formologically fascinating ripples. When I glued small strips of these ripples together, that addition contributed another layer of curvilinear depth. At this point, I reached the beginning of iteration:
- Arranged in long strips that can fold under their own weight to create a visual experience or if lengthened even further can create phenomenological environments
- Glued the strip ends together, forming cylinders of these capillary waves, that can also be hung from the ceiling like rings
- The "base" side (originally flat) can be mirrored to create these ripples on both sides
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It's this type of experimentation I find interesting, the ability to create independently and modify one's idea based on its success or lack thereof. Installations are often group enterprises, but occasionally it helps if only you are the one to make the key decisions. Such behavior forces oneself to be highly analytical and critical of one's work. I hope I can have time to continue this research. This post marks the 500th post I've had on Tumblr, and I do hope to increase the proportion of my work to the work of others (right now its a 99:1 ratio).