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by storyboard supervisor Erik Fountain
A few years ago, Erik put together these updated AT storyboard guidelines for new board artists and revisionists.
House of One: Kuehn Malvezzi Designs a Space in Berlin for Three Religions Under the Same Roof
The German architecture office Kuehn Malvezzi has won a competition to design a space as unique as it is improbable. Three different religious communities in Berlin, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim, are joining together to commission a shared structure that serve not only as a house of worship, but a center for learning and dialogue between faiths. The House of One will be built on the Petriplatz, a site at the nucleus of the old city that contains the foundations of some of its oldest churches. Kuehn Malvezzi’s design incorporates the forms of these historical structures as well as a space for viewing what remains of them. Kuehn Malvezzi will be displaying models and drawings of the project at the Chicago Architecture Biennial this fall.
The Transcendental Lightscapes Of James Turrell
The legendary American artist James Turrell – an avid pilot with a background in mathematics and psychology – has been creating immersive, perception-distorting, pure light installations for over half a century.
“What is important to me is to create an experience of wordless thought.”
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Architecture is a Human Right: Makeka Design Lab Rebuilds in Post-Apartheid South Africa
On the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, in the chaotic context of the Khayelitsha district where the expansion of informal settlements runs unchecked, the Thusong Civic Center designed by Mokena Makeka of Makeka Design Lab represents a move towards making architecture a human right for all a tool for helping to improve peoples’ lives. The Center is part of ongoing attempts to integrate Khayelitsha into Cape Town, after years of segregation resulted in a sprawling settlement with little access to government services. Makeka designed a simple and sustainable architecture that aims to give a sense of permanence in a region where everything appears transitory and fragile, offering residents much-needed social and educational resources like sports grounds, offices, exhibition spaces, and an urban public park. Makeka Design Lab is one of over 100 firms taking part in the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial this fall.
