Sander got bored with his homework and than distracted by Blender resulting in the above animation of New York. The movie was created using use one stock photo and Blender 2.46.
We are not sure what impresses us the most, the model from a single photograph or the fact that it was made between doing his homework…
The project states that
Analogously, the concept of Source Code is readily found in the everyday practice of architecture in forms of drawings, agendas, documentations, ideas, specifications, and material libraries. However, none of the above, with the seldom exception of ‘ideas’, are freely redistributable, publicized, or allow for criticism and input akin to what an open-source model offers. The architectural practice, today, is skewed towards personal benefit and gratification of individual architects. Thus, the laws protect creative property, on one hand, but are constricting and oppose collaborative creativity that could contribute more rapidly to architectural theory and practice.
Moreover, architectural practice could benefit greatly from the transparency of process that open-source module employs. If the design processes, planning, and the general production sequence from design to construction were observable, architects would take on pedagogical role as well. That is especially important in architecture, where training is not a straight forward process.
It an interesting concept and one that we applaud – take a look at http://arch1k.wikidot.com/ for full details and how to take part.
Also take a look at our posts on Wikitecture – a similar idea taking place in Second Life.
The project states that
Analogously, the concept of Source Code is readily found in the everyday practice of architecture in forms of drawings, agendas, documentations, ideas, specifications, and material libraries. However, none of the above, with the seldom exception of ‘ideas’, are freely redistributable, publicized, or allow for criticism and input akin to what an open-source model offers. The architectural practice, today, is skewed towards personal benefit and gratification of individual architects. Thus, the laws protect creative property, on one hand, but are constricting and oppose collaborative creativity that could contribute more rapidly to architectural theory and practice.
Moreover, architectural practice could benefit greatly from the transparency of process that open-source module employs. If the design processes, planning, and the general production sequence from design to construction were observable, architects would take on pedagogical role as well. That is especially important in architecture, where training is not a straight forward process.
It an interesting concept and one that we applaud – take a look at http://arch1k.wikidot.com/ for full details and how to take part.
Also take a look at our posts on Wikitecture – a similar idea taking place in Second Life.
The above write up is direct from the companies ‘marketing speak’ we while we don’t normally include such text in blog posts the quality of Squint/Opera’s work justifies it..
For more information and to view more work take a look at squintopera.com