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Apr 26, 20110

HELIOS REHAB SANCTUARY [Solar + Healing]

including Emily Lau (Architecture Graduate) and Jonas Sin (Netherlands Architect), the “Helios

Rehab Sanctuary” innovates in application of sustainable technologies to create a new and exciting

typology.

HELIOS REHAB SANCTUARY [Solar + Healing]

Within an ethereal rehabilitating tower, shades of society gather forming communities of hope.

Occupants are treated with supported clean peaceful living. The tower, vertically zoned, focuses on

healing the BODY (lower), MIND (mid-section) and SPIRIT (high).

Truly sustainable cities should focus on the economy of resources but also the health of the people.

Diminished portions of the community briefly “escape” pressured living to rehabilitate within

the tower and ultimately release back into society. Sufferers are included in sympathetic micro-

communities living in specialized environments whilst contributing to society.

The tensegrity-network-based outer-frame houses horizontal access, connecting occupants to their

pods via green ramps surrounding central functions. The “hexa-skin” and pod shells incorporate

air pollution cleansing TX-Active (Titanium Dioxide) integrated white panels which also reflect light

onto the Solyndra Solar rod arrays encasing the kinetic pods. The Solyndra capture direct, diffused

and reflected sunlight across 360-degree photovoltaic surfaces. Depending on climatic variation, it

opens promoting cooling and the rod-system induces ventilation and views, it closes for protection,

insulation and energy saving.

Once diminished, users rejuvenate and support a healthy society. The shimmering tower acts as a

beacon of hope to its parent city; a vertical rehab sanctuary.

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HELIOS REHAB SANCTUARY [Solar + Healing]

Within an ethereal rehabilitating tower, shades of society gather forming communities of hope.Occupants are treated with supported clean peaceful living. The tower, vertically zoned, focuses on healing the BODY (lower), MIND (mid-section) and SPIRIT (high).

Truly sustainable cities should focus on the economy of resources but also the health of the people. read more

Mar 10, 20110

LEPER CREATIVITY: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CYCLONOPEDIA SYMPOSIUM

LEPER CREATIVITY: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CYCLONOPEDIA SYMPOSIUM

March 11, 10AM – 6.30PM

Hailed by novelists, philosophers, artists, and cinematographers, Reza Negarestani’s Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials is a key work in an emerging continental movement in philosophy, “speculative realism.” Cyclonopedia has attracted a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary audience, provoking a vital debate around the relationship between philosophy, geopolitics, geophysics, and the art world. read more

Nov 13, 20100

BMW: EfficientDynamics

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Extracting maximum driving pleasure from every drop of fuel is the aim of EfficientDynamics. With an array of intelligent technologies, it is able to reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions while simultaneously enhancing your vehicle’s dynamic performance.

The array of leading-edge technologies that are part of the EfficientDynamics philosophy are as diverse as they are innovative. From new fuel combustion technologies to lighter construction materials, low-friction components and improved aerodynamics all the way to comprehensive and highly sophisticated energy management. However, the aim of each of these innovations is the same: to deliver maximum driving pleasure from a minimum of fuel.

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Oct 1, 20100

exhibition:Integrate:Innovate

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HeliOptix; developed by CASE / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Opening Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm

Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York City, 10012

Integrate : Innovate – building better together will be devoted to the field of construction. With the primary objective of educating the public about how buildings are assembled, the exhibition will also present profiles of innovative leaders in the building industry. Including contemporary case studies and historical material, the exhibition will chronicle how the U.S building industry has evolved and developed integrated, collaborative construction methodologies. From the physicality of curtain wall testing to the virtual space of BIM (Building Information Modeling), advances in the tools and techniques of construction will demonstrate how we are building smarter, greener and in more efficient and economical ways. read more

Jul 20, 20100

core.balance: Woods Bagot Zero e

Zero-E Adds Eco-Bling to Architectural Modeling
BY Cliff KuangThu -via: Fast Company

Woods Bagot and Buro Happold have invented a design program that helps architects and engineers create zero-emissions buildings. These days, progressive architects and engineers wax philosophical about bio-mass digesters, photovoltaics, and water recycling systems. But what is their effect, really? Will they truly make a difference? Woods Bagot, an Australia-based architecture mega-firm, and Buro Happold, a British giant in architectural engineering, have teamed up to produce Zero-E, a system for modeling building performance that might help architects understand the precise effects of all the eco-bling that they add to their buildings. While systems like this already exist for building systems such as LEED, Woods Bagot claims that this is the first time anyone has developed something that integrates such advanced technologies–and tests them against the supremely rigorous standard of zero emissions.

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