Plants and trees as a part of urban landscape delight the eye and bring shade as well as help us to offset CO2 emissions. However, the idea of city parks as an urban retreat or an oasis in a concrete desert is already too limited and outdated. Architects of today find ways to cover facades and rooftops with greenery to provide modern cities with green lungs.
Sadly, plastic pollution is a devastating problem for the world’s oceans and marine life. According to the UN, about 8m tons of plastic waste is dumped in the seas annually. Increasing the global awareness of the ocean plastics issue alongside ocean clean-up and zero waste philosophy could be a solution. Environment-conscious designers express their concern with the problem and try to get through to people all over the globe with their recycle art projects.
When you think of air-filled objects, bouncy castles and pool floats are probably the first things that come to mind. However, the inflatables have become the part of contemporary architecture and art world and are being used in increasingly innovative ways. Having come onto the radar as early as the 1960s, inflatable architecture, experts say, is back in fashion these days.
Apart from their direct application, churches at all times have been magnificent architectural works that bring inspiration and awe to people who step in. Even when they are no longer used as religious places, it is a challenging task to preserve them for future generations. The respectful transformations bordering on renovations offer a new life to magnificent buildings of the past instead of tearing them down.
With pace of life constantly increasing, more often than not designers and architects around the globe put efforts into developing pre-fabricated housing projects that minimizes on-site construction time, still remaining respectful of the environment. Not only these modular structures offer a fully functional housing, their bespoke design and sustainable natural materials are truly rewarding to the eye.
Florists of yesterday have undergone a dramatic transformation through flower stylists into genuine flower artists and floral designers. It is no longer about decorating a room for a fancy party or compiling a bouquet. The flowers have burst into art galleries as a bespoke and natural material for installations and sculptures and even into the streets as a new kind of street art.
Staircases may not the first thing that comes to mind when we talk about architecture, but luckily, elevators don’t always hit the brief, so we still have this amazing structure to serve the purpose. Architects have an extraordinarily large pool of examples to choose from, yet they still often end up with even smarter solutions that suit our need to ascend.
Children are always full of ideas, ideas not yet restricted by life experiences or society-induced mindsets. Their open minds soar up in the sky of their “anything is possible” imagination. Here is what happens when some of children’s ideas get real.
Clay is a very ductile and plastic material used by humanity for centuries and able to serve so many different and essential purposes. Teachers use clay to foster children’s tactile perceptions and creative abilities. And artists believe that working with clay is a rewarding job that opens up one’s imagination and yields an attractive result.
Many find themselves caught in the grey of concrete and asphalt of the daily city routine. Colours, light and a touch of nature can make one’s feelings soar up with simple joy, so designers seek to create city-inspired objects with a happier human in their mind.
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