tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34386486440608237652011-04-21T14:11:02.004-07:00This site collects technologies, constructs, designs, concepts and ideas for a more sustainable way of living.Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277190718699402169noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438648644060823765.post-13833181534547568012007-08-24T08:40:00.000-07:002007-08-24T08:50:48.989-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jasonbruges.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 181px;" src="http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/windtolight/9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> 'wind to light' is a project executed by jason bruges studio. The events for this years architectural celebration, organised by the arts council england, riba and the architecture centre network, were focused upon issues of ecology and sustainability posing the reflective question 'how green is our space?'...<br /><a href="http://www.jasonbruges.com/">more</a> and <a href="http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/windtolight.html">more</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3438648644060823765-1383318153454756801?l=sustainabilityanddesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277190718699402169noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438648644060823765.post-88681455887601381672007-04-18T05:26:00.000-07:002007-04-18T05:29:49.346-07:00<a aiotarget="false" aiotitle="" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.demakersvan.com/uploads/projecten/Wind3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 176px;" src="http://www.demakersvan.com/uploads/projecten/Wind3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Light Wind stores energy with every breeze, enough to enjoy every summer evening until forever. Contemporary vs traditional, art vs functionality. Shaped by its function the big prop spans over one meter on each side. It is a self supporting light source that marks the landscape.<br /><a href="http://www.demakersvan.com/#">more</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3438648644060823765-8868145588760138167?l=sustainabilityanddesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277190718699402169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438648644060823765.post-11963946325839188152007-04-17T13:07:00.000-07:002007-04-17T13:11:07.238-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rafelandia.com/mas834/ciliaBuilding1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 204px;" src="http://www.rafelandia.com/mas834/ciliaBuilding1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Super Cilia Skin is a literal membrane separating a computer from its environment. Like our skin, it is haptic I/O membrane that can sense and simulate movement and wind flow.On an architectural scale, a facade covered with Super Cilia Skin could represent the "wake" of a local wind pattern billowing up and down the surface during the day generating energy.<br /><a set="yes" href="http://www.rafelandia.com/mas834/scs1.html" target="_blank">more</a><br /><a set="yes" href="http://www.rafelandia.com/mas834/Cilia/529-raffle-video-4mb.mov" target="_blank">video</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3438648644060823765-1196394632583918815?l=sustainabilityanddesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277190718699402169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438648644060823765.post-87066235849446830392007-04-17T12:59:00.000-07:002007-04-17T13:02:52.559-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.inoutdesigners.ch/images/config_01/pictures/green_shutter.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 248px;" src="http://www.inoutdesigners.ch/images/config_01/pictures/green_shutter.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>GREEN SHUTTER is a hanging garden. it regains its function as a shutter when the leaves of the plants climbing up it spread out to catch the natural light.<br /><a href="http://www.inoutdesigners.ch/pages/projects/config_01/green_shutter.html">more</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3438648644060823765-8706623584944683039?l=sustainabilityanddesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277190718699402169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438648644060823765.post-8384823211822929132007-04-17T12:38:00.000-07:002007-04-17T12:52:54.041-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.geocities.com/geotectura/cory-watair748-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 206px;" src="http://www.geocities.com/geotectura/cory-watair748-4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>In a call to the challenging competition held by <a href="http://www.arup.com/">Arup </a>and <a href="http://www.wateraid.org/">WaterAid</a> to improve the access to safe water, GEOCTURA developed the WatAir. Its design will simply produce water from the air and is inspired by nature through its symbiotic relationship both with nature and rural dwellings and can be easily deployed within the eccentric environments as well as deployment on rooftops in dense cities.<br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/geotectura/projects.html">more</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3438648644060823765-838482321182292913?l=sustainabilityanddesign.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277190718699402169noreply@blogger.com0