Mathematics Applied to Urban Elements: Ingenious Street Art by Aakash Nihalani
Walking the streets and stumbling across a work of Aakash Nihalani can mean a wonderful disruption. Blending mathematics into day to day life led the artist into the fun and playful world of ingenious street art. Entitled Sum Times and discovered on This is Colossal, the carefully executed projects below exude originality. Artist Aakash Nihalani usually creates (modern) art using neon-colored tape in various geometric forms, which is also the case in the works depicted by the photos below.
Everyone can spot simple mathematic formulas in day to day life, but few are those who take advantage of them in a professional purpose. With the help of inspired street art, old building can look cheerful and garbage cans can make one think of something else other than waste. Have a look at how the artist managed to transform some otherwise depressing urban landscapes into creative ones and let us know your thoughts on this particular initiative.
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5 CommentsGE, Urban Green Energy set up first integrated, wind-powered EV charging station (video)
GE and Urban Green Energy might not be the first to install a wind-powered EV charging station, but the two may be the best prepared to take the concept to a grander scale. The partnership just installed the first Sanya Skypump just outside of Barcelona to serve corporate and government drivers with truly clean energy at levels that meet their typically heftier demands. It’s billed as one of the first properly integrated wind-powered EV chargers, and it’s undoubtedly one of the more elegant: one of UGE’s 4K wind turbine towers catches energy from the breeze above, while a GE Durastation tucked neatly at the bottom provides high-voltage charging for EV drivers undoubtedly eager to get moving once again. Don’t worry if you don’t speak enough Catalan to charge up at the initial location, either, as plans are underway to bring Skypumps to malls and universities across Australia and the US before 2012 is over. The only catch is the frown you’ll likely get if you try to plug in a personal car for a top-up — let’s hope the attention swings towards completely green power sources for commuters in the near future.
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Leave a commentDynamic Urban Home Exposing 4 Meter High Graffiti Elements
An unusually eye-catching building became a dream come true for architect Zvi Belling of ITN Architects – his home is inspired by hip-hop culture and graffiti, making it uniquely inspiring. From the outside in, this stunning graffiti house creates a striking visual experience in one of Melbourne’s inner city suburbs. Precast concrete walls were lined with arrows, clearly visible especially at night, when lights accentuate them. Collaborating with graffiti writer Prowla, the proud homeowner designed his home as the first in a series of Hip Hop buildings. If at day it takes time to fully understand its beauty, at night it transforms into a dynamic piece of art playing in the shadows. “The HIVE” – as it came to be know – fascinates with its angular design lines, interiors being shared between dynamic angles in white and contrasting dark details, splashed here and there with color. An enigmatic design that unfolds in the deep urban jungle and provokes boring neighboring buildings, the house spotted on Complex boldly showcases its 4 meter high concrete letters.
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Leave a commentSpectacular Duplex Penthouse in New York Defying the Urban Racket
Occupying the 10th and 11th floor of a building on West 19th Street, New York, this modern penthouse comes with sweeping views of the Hudson River, the High Line Park and cityscape. Moreover, the inhabitants of this opulent apartment currently on sale, will enjoy private outdoor space of approximately 1170 square feet, including curved balconies and a roof terrace. The core of the penthouse is a jaw-dropping double-height open plan living room, flooded in natural light from the tall window-walls and displaying a highly modern design. The state-of-the-art kitchen, generous dining table, wide fireplace and beautiful white oak flooring complete this impressive interior. With a total living space of 2350 square feet, the duplex features no less than six rooms and three bathrooms, each having an elegant contemporary appearance, as envisioned by architect Cary Tamarkin. Does this duplex meet your idea of a modern New York lifestyle?
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Leave a commentUrban Ravine House by Bortolotto Design Architect
Bortolotto Design Architect have designed the Urban Ravine House in Toronto, Canada.
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Description from the designers:
Located in Toronto’s Summerhill neighbourhood, the original 1,600 square foot, darkly traditional, staid 2 1/2 storey house was designed without consideration of its breathtaking ravine site. Today, sits a 4,000 square foot, four storey home that is oriented at all four levels to the natural beauty of the ravine to the south, with views to the city’s towers during the winter months and with views of a natural forest in the summer months. The house now has two faces, the traditional one facing the street and a modern one open to the ravine.
The driving concept in the design of the house is to connect it to the outside world. At the rear of the house which faces south, the inside is connected to the rear yard ravine through views to the spectacular landscape, the city and sky, and through outdoor decks and steps that lead down the sloped forested yard. As well, natural light is introduced to the centre of the house from the roof to the ground floor through a continuous vertical opening of a glass and wood central staircase via a skylight.
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Tranquil Oasis Above the Polluted Urban Life: City in the Sky Concept [Video]
Proving that for some, sky is not the limit, the Megatropolis… project gathered quite a few interesting ideas, emphasizing on urban life in the future. One of the concepts belongs to architect Tsvetan Toshkov and reveals a futuristic, lotus- inspired city, far above the sky-scrapers man kind is so familiar with: “City in the sky is a concept about a
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Contemporary Solution For Tight Urban Spaces: Casa AS
Built on a steep slope in Cornelio Procopio, a town in the southern part of Brazil, Casa AS takes advantage of the site’s topography to construct two levels featuring a series of spaces encompassed between 7,5 meter high walls, which protect the owner’s privacy needed in a the center of the city. With a total surface of 565 square meters, the modern residence was designed by Studio Guilherme Torres, well known for their residential projects like the GT House or Casa SF. Displaying wooden garage doors and part of the upper floor, the front facade is closed to the passers-by, but the backside captures sunlight straight from above.
The two floors of the house are arranged around a central courtyard with an inviting swimming pool with palm trees mirroring on the water surface. Cumaru wood floors adorn the corridors shaped of white concrete walls. Black and white act as the charming color palette duo, with warm wood tones breaking the monotony here and there. Sliding doors keep a permanent connection to the outside space, managing to create an urban oasis of open, bright spaces. What other solutions for a warmer, greener outside space can you think of in this specific situation?
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Urban Cabin by Fábio Galeazzo
Fábio Galeazzo has designed the “Urban Cabin” in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Description from the designer:
In an old abandoned house were used retrofit construction techniques. The existing structure couldn’t handle the heavy load and was complemented by a sustainable framework of giant bamboo beams and columns treated in autoclaves, the roof received green thermal tiles.
On the floor it was used certificated management timber and some exotic brown granite as well as some walls and ceiling. In order to counter the whole structure and highlight the house amid the dense vegetation the interior and exterior walls were treated as a state of art and received several irregular shapes in different colors inspired in the universe of the modernist painter Tarsila do Amaral.
Outside, a stretch nautical fabric shades the area of the car and a great counter with tiles of different patterns glad the barbecue area which has communication with the swivel kitchen, allowing several combinations between internal and external area.
Inside, with the aim of enhance the view and increase communication between internal and external area a large shelf built in a circular shape frames the landscape. In the decoration design furniture as the giant bed-shaped nest, the “Chifruda” chair from the designer Sergio Rodrigues, the dinner table,”2 in 1″ from the designers Campana brothers and Scandinavian furniture fit perfect on the rustic structure.
The Shack is a contemporary version of housing that brings back the idea of one space living, matching technology and design proposing a new young way of living.
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Lulu’s Urban Cupcakery
Lulu’s is a trendy, new cupcake shop that isn’t afraid to spoil their customers.
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Old Warehouse Converted Into Spectacular Urban Home
Ready for another ingenious building transformation? What you see in the photos below used to be an old neglected warehouse. The architects managed to convert it into a mind-blowing contemporary residence, featuring no less than three bedrooms, three bathrooms, an inner courtyard with lovely heated pool, a theater room and a garage spacious enough for up 10 cars. Located in the suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, this friendly home may not have access to a lush natural landscape, but all the rooms communicate with a lovely central garden, especially design to add a relaxation area to the project. Trees, a delightful tea/ dining table and a small, but welcoming pool turn this place into a great place of refuge for the inhabitants of the contemporary crib. For the ones who wish to find out more about this home, it is currently up for sale here.
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