Let Our Sidewalks Be Trampolines
Design studio Salto has built a 50 meters long trampoline sidewalk entitled Fast Track in a forest near the Russian town of Nikola-Lenivets. Created for the Archstoyanie Festival, the innovative trampoline provides an extraordinary pathway through the park on which people can bounce while they enjoy the nature.
Bubblegum On The Water
Back in 2009, we expressed our love for inflatable constructions and ‘bubbletecture’. Merijn Hos (presenter at edition #11 of PechaKucha Amsterdam), joined forces with Utrecht-based artist Renée Reijnders to create an installation of 50 floating and colorful balloons for the cultural night 2010 in the Amsterdam suburb of Almere.
A Fragile Shelter In The Woods Of Hokkaido
Small cabins in the middle of nowhere gain popularity. Not only to semi-permanently live in, or as a part of a decentralized hotel, but also as event spaces. The Japanese architecture firm Hidemi Nishida Studio has created this so-called Fragile Shelter, a temporary construction in the Sapporo Art Forest in Hokkaido, Japan. Hidemi Nishida Studio is specialized in feather-light constructions with plastic as a main construction material. Great examples are this Fragile Shelter but also their piece of inflatable architecture called Occupied.
Temporary Architecture Now!
Cologne-based publisher Taschen is known for its picture-rich books that focus on art, design and architecture. In 2011 it launched Temporary Architecture Now!, a publication that sets itself apart from the other architecture books in Taschen's collection.
Boomwonen: Living In The Urban Trees
This is neither a huge wasp nest, nor a colony of grizzly bears hanging around in the Dutch suburbs. This is a man’s home. Boomwonen is a project by the Dutch artist Roel de Boer in which he explores what 'home' really means in a contemporary social context. Originating from an island (Texel), the big city feels stifling to him and leads to an increasing desire to live a more physical lifestyle, closer to nature. At the same time the social and cultural diversity of the city attracts him. The ideal place to live, assumes De Boer, would be a place combining these both characteristics. And since we cannot all afford a huge farm on Times Square, we have to come up with other ideas. By creating little places to rest (sleeping and sitting) in the middle of the city, the artist hopes to find his ideal way to live.
A Nomadic Bubble
Why do we build solid houses of bricks and concrete to lock ourselves up, while there is so much more to see in the world? According to Bitrebels we spend so much time of our lives sitting in the same boring room, while it actually becomes possible to experience the world a little more nomadic.