Catalytic Formations by Ali Rahim
Ali Rahim teaches at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and is the Design Director of Contemporary Architecture Practice which has established an award winning profile in futuristic work using cutting edge digital design and production techniques. Above is taken from his designs for the Reebok Flagship store in Shanghai.
His work has a seamless 'ethereal' quality, as seen here in a recent London residential project. He has been published extensively in the press and most recently selected into 10x10_2 and for the Architectural Record Design Vanguard 2004, as one of eleven architectural practices worldwide "building the future of architecture". His books include Catalytic Formations: Architecture and Digital Design 2005 and two Architecture Design [AD] volumes; Contemporary Techniques in Architecture, 2002 and Contemporary Processes in Architecture, 2000.
I wish to have some information on how are these kind of structures erected? i wish to know the structural system/methodology used. Is it steel,high density plastic...some carbon compound or what?has any structure of this type been erected? if yes where? please do provide me with details?am very curious to know..thanks..
Posted by: PraveenSharma | April 18, 2008 at 01:17 PM