Filed under: architectural resources, rl architecture, second life | Tags: archidemo, Hidenori Watanave, oscar niemeyer, tokyo metropolitcan university
Wow, check out the above video! This and more exciting news from the seemingly tireless Hidenori Watanave:
“I and student team of Tokyo Metropolitan Univ. are developing 3D
image database of “Oscar Niemeyer” on SL (prototype). This is an
official art project of “The 100th anniversary of exchanging between
Japan and Brazil”.
http://archidemo.blogspot.com/2008/07/3d-image-database-of-oscar-niemeyer-on.html
Thanks for the update Hidenori, and keep up the great work!
Filed under: architecture, rl architecture, virtual architecture | Tags: checkinarchitecture, fabio falzone, jacopo fontana, mario gerosa, virtual architecture
Check out Mario Gerosa’s interview, part of a Mission completed in the CheckinArchitecture project, submitted by Fabio Falzone and Jacopo Fontana. From their YouTube description:
“But what about traveling in the virtual worlds today? During the 80s, it was a trend to refer to traveling in virtual reality like a physical voyage, where the use of a head-mounted display was inseparable from the trip itself. Today, it is more about eyesight than body experience: we stand in front of the monitor without moving. It is a non-linear trip, similar to an expedition through a Borges tale, 2.0. Nevertheless, there’s lack of “tourist” guides and research engines among virtual worlds. Are virtual travels still an elite form of tourism and knowledge or will they, in their cheapness, become the mode of vacation for those who simply can’t afford the real thing?”
Read more about their mission HERE. Nice work!
Filed under: architectural resources, rl architecture | Tags: anton gaudi, architecture, lotja loon
This just in from Lotja Loon:
Thursday, 07-17-2008, 22.00 h european time, Campus Seccondlearning, Indire
http://slurl.com/secondlife/INDIRE/94/114/23
Antoni Gaudí – there are no straight lines in nature
Antoni Gaudí (1852 – 1926), most outstanding representative of “Modernisme Catalá” and his idea of nature as a replica of living environment for humans will be presented and the question of why a Catalan architect came up with such radically different ideas of his contemporary collegues.
A presentation by Lotja Loon, RL-Social Scientist and Historian, for more information about her, see her blog: http://lotja-loon.blogspot.com/
The presentation is the 4th of a series of 5 lectures and will be followed by
—> Friedensreich Hundertwasser – “Of shit make gold” (O-tone Hundertwasser)
The lectures are in english and italian (simultaneous, chat), will last app. 1 hour and will offer possibilities for questions at the end.
Filed under: architectural resources, rl architecture, second life, virtual architecture, week in review | Tags: atelier ten architects, bennet Dynamo, Full Circle Architects, future green chatham, Hidenori Watanave, lotja loon, lucien herve, Martin Purnell, Theory Shaw, towervision
We had an outstanding range of community-submitted resources this week! Thanks so much for sharing the inside scoop on these projects, and keep it up!
It all started with Lotja Loon telling us about ‘Architecture and Design Classes: Bauhaus, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Hundertwasser
Then we had a tour of the excellent TowerVision project, followed by my enthusiastic review, “Raising the Bar for Architectural Visualization in Second Life“
Theory Shaw forwarded a jira issue related to 3D Model Interoperability, and the group responded! There is still time to cast your vote! See “3D Model Interoperability in Second Life”
Then Bennet Dynamo shared an invitation to the Lucien Herve exhibit opening held over the weekend. It is a great exhibit, and worth checking out, see “Lucien Hervé Exhibit Opening July 12, 1pm PDT”
Hidenori Watanave submitted information about Atelier Ten Architects and their new project in Second Life, read more here: “Atelier Ten Architects, “Real” Architects that are now “Virtual” Architects in Second Life“
Finally, Martin Purnell informed me of an upcoming Grand Opening of the Future Green Chatham project in Chicago, Illionois which has been replicated in Second Life, “Virtual Model of the Future Green Chatham Home, Grand Opening July 18-20, 2008“
Filed under: architecture, rl architecture, second life | Tags: chicago, etopia, Full Circle Architects, future green chatham homes, green, luchenpur Darwin, Martin Purnell, prim chemistry, real estate developer, second life, sustainable home, sustainable home project, virtual
Martin Purnell and Associates, a real life development firm located in Chicago, Illinois, opens virtual office on the Etopia sim in Second Life. The construction is nearly complete on the virtual model of the Future Green Chatham homes. They hope to begin building the home in real life sometime early next year (click any screenshot for a slideshow of images).
I talked with avatar Luchenpur Darwin, co-owner of Martin Purnell and Associates in real life, who tells me, “the Second Life model gives you a very real sense of how the home will feel. Even traffic patterns.” This project, built by Prim Chemistry on Etopia Island, owned by William Thewise Goodman, is definitely worth a visit!
They will be having a Gran Opening celebration this weekend. Guided house tour starts at 4:30pm SLT on Friady, July 18th, with Live performance by Harper Messmer at 5pm SL-time, DJ Imajin Brentano from 6-8pm, and Fireworks at 8pm.
They will also have a tour on Saturday July 19th at 4:30pm, with live performance by Vienna James at 5pm, DJ Vivie Durant at 6-8pm and Fireworks at 8pm.
Finally, on Sunday, July 20, they will have a guided house tour at 2:30 PM, a live performance by Truelie Telling at 3pm, DJ Yngwie Krogstad from 4-6pm, and Fireworks at 6pm.
Filed under: architecture, rl architecture | Tags: architectural photography, bennet Dynamo, exhibit, lucien herve, second life
This just in from Bennet Dynamo, who created an incredible gallery for this exhibit (see more screenshots below):
“I am honored to host the first show at the foundation gallery on depo park 4 presenting a selection of Lucien Herve’s fine photography of Palladio’s Architecture
July 12 at 1pm will mark our preview show and we’d be very grateful if you would join us. One wing of the new gallery will be showing the first 11 peices of the exhibit, more wings will open through the summer months. This exhibit is in tandom with an RL exhibit in Hungary, Herve’s birthplace.
See below for a brief bio of Herve from wikipedia:
Lucien Hervé (b. László Elkán) (August 7, 1910 – June 26, 2007) was a French-Hungarian photographer well known for his black and white photos of architecture. He was born in the city of Vasarhely in Hungary on August 7, 1910, but came to Paris in 1929 and earned French citizenship in 1938. During World War II he was captured by the Germans (at the Battle of Dunkirk), escaped, and became a member of the French Resistance under the name Lucien Hervé which he kept thereafter.
He was most famous for his collaboration with the architect Le Corbusier from 1949 to the architect’s death in 1965. His black and white photos of Le Corbusier’s buildings — with their strong lights, shadows, and monumental sense of space — are perhaps the most well known images of the architect’s work. He has also worked with the architects Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Kenzo Tange, Richard Neutra, Oscar Niemeyer, Jean Prouvé, Bernard Zerfuss, and others.
Lucien Hervé also explored photographic abstraction and collage.
Since the late 1980s, Hervé’s work has enjoyed a renewed popularity. In 2000, he showed color works of his apartment at the gallery of fashion designer Agnès b.
Not long before Herve’s death, Getty bought around 200 of his slides. The artist was married to a Holocaust survivor.
Here’s the SLurl:http://slurl.com/secondlife/depo%20park%204/97/85/23
Filed under: 3D model import and export, architect, architectural resources, interoprability, rl architecture, second life | Tags: .3ds, .dwg, 3d model, 3D Studio, export, import, interoperability, jira, Linden Lab, maya, obj, second life, SVC-2634
We really, really need your help on this one! I am confident that if the readers of this blog collectively vote as a unified voice to push 3D Model Interoperability as a priority item for Linden Lab, we will be heard. You all know that Importing and exporting models is currently the biggest bottleneck preventing architects and designers from using Second Life as a tool in professional practice, and Linden Lab’s public Jira system is the perfect way for us to make it clear that this is a must have feature.
So, please, please, please take a minute and log in to Jira and vote on the following issue: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-2634
To vote, go to the left margin on that website and click on ‘Voting:’
You will have to Login first. That’s it.
Spread the word! Post this on your own blog, and link to this page! Let’s do whatever it takes to raise the priority level on this! If you have any other ideas about how we can move this forward, feel free to leave comments!
Thanks to Theory Shaw for continuing to promote this!
Filed under: architectural resources, rl architecture, second life | Tags: adaptive, Anshe Chung Studios, architect, architecture, berlin, Bernd Bötzel, DU Diederichs, germany, Hana Lundquist, historical, Plnufaktur, real estate, second life, TowerVisions, virtual, virtual reality, Vision Planer
WOW. If you couldn’t join us today, I strongly urge you to make some time to check this project out. To truly comprehend the depth and history of this project, you have to spend some time there. It takes some time to develop… it came to me in layers. Sure, we’ve seen great real-life replication in SL, and others have replicated new designs in SL – but this one blends replicated portions of a historical building with a newer, more modern design concept – with such a skillful level of detail. I think they have successfully raised the bar for the use of Second Life as a tool for professional architecture and real estate development, and I can’t wait to see what they do next.
HERE is a slideshow of images from today’s tour, and HERE is a transcript. Enjoy!
Filed under: architectural resources, rl architecture, second life | Tags: bauhaus, class, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hundertwasser, le corbusier, lecture, lotja loon, presentation, second life
Real life Social Scientist and Historian Lotja Loon continues this excellent thread of presentations with the upcoming ‘Frank Lloyd – What on earth is “organic architecture”? ‘ lecture.
Check out Lotja’s blog for more information, and read the invite for the next presentation below:
http://lotja-loon.blogspot.com/
From Lotja Loon:
INVITATION
—————————————————————————
Thursday, 07-10-2008, 22.00 h GMZ, Campus Seccondlearning, Indire
http://slurl.com/secondlife/INDIRE/94/114/23
Frank Lloyd – What on earth is “organic architecture”?
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959), American architect, worked with the aim of creating a high degree of integration of its buildings in the countryside. His ideas of housing and environment will be presented.
A presentation by Lotja Loon, RL-Social Scientist and Historian, for more information about her, see her blog: http://lotja-loon.blogspot.com/
The presentation is the 3rd of a series of 5 lectures and will be followed by
—> Antoni Gaudí – There are no straight lines in nature
—> Friedensreich Hundertwasser – “Of shit make gold” (O-tone Hundertwasser)
The lectures are in english and italian (simultaneous, chat), will last app. 1 hour and will offer possibilities for questions at the end.
—————————————————————————