Comments on: BLOBWALL: Modern Modular Building System http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:48:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: treythefarmerhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-114373 treythefarmer Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:15:26 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/#comment-114373 Wow. I like it. The design is playful and fun. In the current atmosphere of urgency, peril and doom, from all sides of the spectrum, it is refreshing to see something so playful as this. Maybe the merits of it as a serious form of architecture are questionable but inspiration has intangible benefits that lead far into the future. Lighten up a bit my friends, enjoy the short time we have here. Wow. I like it. The design is playful and fun. In the current atmosphere of urgency, peril and doom, from all sides of the spectrum, it is refreshing to see something so playful as this. Maybe the merits of it as a serious form of architecture are questionable but inspiration has intangible benefits that lead far into the future. Lighten up a bit my friends, enjoy the short time we have here.

]]> By: dogsix.comhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-88361 dogsix.com Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:33:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/#comment-88361 I couldn't agree more with the previous posts. While I too was once drawn to the allure of 'Blobitecture', once I saw Greg Lynn speak, I lost all respect for the 'happy accident' that this thoughtless, unrealistic, un-important slice of architectural history if offering us. A previous Inhabitat article said it better than I could. here's an excerpt from the full article here: http://inhabitat.com/2006/12/29/greening-the-ivory-tower"Green Architecture vs. Blobitecture"Green architecture is thoughtful architecture, and thoughtfulness is crucial to good architecture. Good architecture is born out of vision, passion and social conscience. It is not about producing fancy algorithms or random blobby shapes in Maya. Blobitecture is all surface and no substance, and architecture is ultimately not about surface; it’s about the experience and impact of three-dimensional space. If one’s work deals primarily in surface, aesthetics and symbolism, then one is an artist instead of an architect. Sustainable design – at its best – comes from thinking deeply and rigorously about how humans use, occupy and function in a space over time, and in turn how spaces impact urban fabric, society and culture. To approach architecture in a more superficial way is lazy and shortsighted. I couldn’t agree more with the previous posts. While I too was once drawn to the allure of ‘Blobitecture’, once I saw Greg Lynn speak, I lost all respect for the ‘happy accident’ that this thoughtless, unrealistic, un-important slice of architectural history if offering us. A previous Inhabitat article said it better than I could. here’s an excerpt from the full article here: http://inhabitat.com/2006/12/29/greening-the-ivory-tower

“Green Architecture vs. Blobitecture”

Green architecture is thoughtful architecture, and thoughtfulness is crucial to good architecture. Good architecture is born out of vision, passion and social conscience. It is not about producing fancy algorithms or random blobby shapes in Maya. Blobitecture is all surface and no substance, and architecture is ultimately not about surface; it’s about the experience and impact of three-dimensional space. If one’s work deals primarily in surface, aesthetics and symbolism, then one is an artist instead of an architect. Sustainable design – at its best – comes from thinking deeply and rigorously about how humans use, occupy and function in a space over time, and in turn how spaces impact urban fabric, society and culture. To approach architecture in a more superficial way is lazy and shortsighted.

]]> By: jdiewaldhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-87907 jdiewald Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:37:13 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/#comment-87907 The problem with this project is that it ignores the fundamental merits - even the point - of 'modular' construction. If you read into the process of how the wall was created in the blog, you will find that EVERY ONE of those 'modules' is a unique shape, tediously custom cut to create the form of the wall in the exhibition. The project is by no means modular and certianly not sustainable. Is is an interesting exercise in how to produce the most labor intensive type of 'modular construction' known to man and a sophomoric attempt at novelty. The problem with this project is that it ignores the fundamental merits – even the point – of ‘modular’ construction. If you read into the process of how the wall was created in the blog, you will find that EVERY ONE of those ‘modules’ is a unique shape, tediously custom cut to create the form of the wall in the exhibition. The project is by no means modular and certianly not sustainable. Is is an interesting exercise in how to produce the most labor intensive type of ‘modular construction’ known to man and a sophomoric attempt at novelty.

]]> By: manifoldhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-87860 manifold Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:02:18 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/#comment-87860 a little kooky but creative. just because it is not easy to 'immediately apprehend' does not mean that it is without merit. it's necessary to push the boundaries in order to move forward. a little kooky but creative. just because it is not easy to ‘immediately apprehend’ does not mean that it is without merit. it’s necessary to push the boundaries in order to move forward.

]]> By: eriknbrooklynhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-87849 eriknbrooklyn Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:37:06 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/#comment-87849 Oh christ. Not again. Seriously, human beings think in terms of Cartesian coordination (rectangles and prisms). Whats the point of your "module" requires abstraction to understand? My mind should be able to immediately apprehend its orientation and location in a mass plane or line. This is a kitschy masturbation of bored minds. While I can never condemn trying something new, I can condemn parading it about as something it's not. Keep it in the children's museum where it belongs or try to actually use it for its "intended purpose" (as a unit of construction). Build a place for DWELLING and you might have something... Oh christ. Not again. Seriously, human beings think in terms of Cartesian coordination (rectangles and prisms). Whats the point of your “module” requires abstraction to understand? My mind should be able to immediately apprehend its orientation and location in a mass plane or line. This is a kitschy masturbation of bored minds. While I can never condemn trying something new, I can condemn parading it about as something it’s not. Keep it in the children’s museum where it belongs or try to actually use it for its “intended purpose” (as a unit of construction). Build a place for DWELLING and you might have something…

]]> By: earthsmilehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/comment-page-1/#comment-87804 earthsmile Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:38:29 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/07/blobwall-the-brick-reinterpreted/#comment-87804 As an 'Art' project.. fine. Nice work. As a practical building material... this is a joke. Quite frankly, outside the realm of 'Art', this is a totally ridiculous product... and really beneath the standards of inhabitat. As an ‘Art’ project.. fine. Nice work. As a practical building material… this is a joke. Quite frankly, outside the realm of ‘Art’, this is a totally ridiculous product… and really beneath the standards of inhabitat.

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