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XXI Century Lamps

Federico Garcia Barba — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:57:00 +0000

Siempre habrá personas ingeniosas en todas partes.

Subway Virtual Store in Seoul

Jorge Mosquera — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:35:00 +0000

Partiendo de la base de que Corea del Sur es el segundo país más trabajador del mundo y que hacer la compra una vez por semana es una tarea obligatoria.
¿Te imaginas la comodidad que supondría poder hacer la compra del supermercado mientras esperas en el andén a que llegue el metro.
A major retailer has opened what appears to be the world's first virtual store, la misma que esta orientada a los usuarios de teléfonos inteligentes.

The layout and organization of products in this virtual supermarket is almost identical to the actual establishments offers a total of 500 articles, including food, electronic devices, office supplies and toiletries at its "store" A total of seven panels that feature life-size images of the various products, cada uno de los cuales lleva un código de barras.

There is only one difference, the consumer must use your Smartphone to buy. Simply scan the QR code shown on the picture of the item that interests you, and it is automatically added to the virtual cart. Once the purchase, employees “HomePlus” receive the order, lo empaquetan y lo llevan a tu casa a la hora que tú has solicitado.

Now, only smartphones-Android users are able to use the service that was recently launched. Home-plus has made an application for the iPhone, pero Apple no lo ha aprobado todavía.

Thanks to this campaign, Online sales grew 130%, 10.287 potential consumers visited the online store of Tesco and the number of new registrations increased by more than one 76%. Now, 'Home-Plus' has become the number one supermarket online sales in South Korea, and is very close to the first off-line sales. Esta genial campaña es fruto de la agencia Cheil Worldwide Seoul.

New pylons

Ralf Veyras — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:36:00 +0000

Con earlier in este blog publicamos una entrada on New ideas in energy generation. In este post if exponía un nuevo diseño de torres high voltage que incorporaban turbinas eólicas of eje vertical. In the linear de este topic descubrí un reciente competed promovido for from College of Arquitectos Británicos, RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) con el objeto de diseñar nuevas torres eléctricas de alta tensión de mayor calidad estética que mitiguen el impacto visual y paisajístico de estas infraestructuras en el territorio.

In this sense, como hunting cercano a nosotros hemos Visto the poca integration in from Landscape de las nuevas torres instaladas recientemente in out on Tenerife. Assuming the complexity of the underground power lines such as increases involves technical difficulties, time and implementation costs, seems reasonable to choose alternatives that improve the aesthetic conditions of the existing airlines, transformándolas en elementos menos agresivos o incluso hitos en el paisaje más propios del Landscape.

Pylon by the TF-1, Tenerife

A continuación se muestran algunas de las propuestas de dicho concurso así como otros interesantes diseños .

And Knight Design Architects. (Image dezeen magazine)

Asymmetric tower Ian Ritchie Architects. (Image dezeen magazine)

Design human figure as Choi Shine Architects. (Image dezeen magazine)

Winning design for the Italian electricity company Terna. Hugh Dutton Associés.(Image dezeen magazine)

Dietmar Koering design for Iceland. (Image dezeen magazine)

Solar Ivy

Ralf Veyras — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:51:00 +0000

Through the blog urban ecosystem I discovered a new system called solar energy storage Solar Ivy, el cual se utiliza como revestimiento para paredes externas.

This system is inspired by natural forms, the collector panels are arranged on the surface of buildings like ivy leaves, generando energía y definiendo aspectos formales y tipológicos nuevos.

It results from the project's evolution Grow, born Degree Thesis in Industrial Design from Samuel Cabot Cochran at Pratt Institute, and shown on display Design and the Elastic Mind the MoMa in New York, se basa en un sistema de pequeños ladrillos modulares capaces de generar energía solar y eólica.

The Solar Solar Ivy leaves are attached to a stainless steel net, originally intended to allow the vines - to authentic – cover the façades of the buildings without damaging. Thanks to its modular structure the system can be adapted to all types of buildings can easily be replaced: each “leaves”, in fact, puede ser quitada en caso de rotura sin interrumpir el funcionamiento de todo el sistema.

For more information visit their official website (http://solarivy.com/) or download your catalog.

Solar energy. Vacuum Tubes

Jorge Mosquera — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:05:00 +0000

In the market different types of solar heaters, the most appropriate model in tropical conditions is called "compact heater», by simplicity, efficiency and low cost, but not good for use at temperatures above 60 ° C, ni para grandes instalaciones industriales.

With technological advancement have developed different types of solar heaters more efficient and appropriate for different uses, where required a range of working temperature greater than that required to heat water for grooming, such as industrial heating fluid, refrigeration, etc.. The greatest success has been achieved is the solar water heater vacuum tube . Es actualmente el más eficaz de los empleadas en los colectores solares térmicos.

For a while it was a very expensive and difficult to access, however, this system starts to become increasingly accessible for some applications, como lo demuestra la proliferación de sistemas compactos de agua caliente por termosifón con tubos de vacío que en los últimos años han invadido mercados .

The sun shines on the collector and the temperature rises with the heat that is looking to heat a desired fluid, typically water. However, not all the heat generated is used to heat the desired fluid and which one party irrevocably lost heat the outside air that is in contact with the commutator ( conduction and convection ) and some is lost by radiation and that the temperature rise of the collector output with more energy than the environment in which is located in this direction thereby causing losses. La diferencia de los tubos de vacío es que pueden alcanzar mayor rendimiento que los colectores planos pues se reducen las pérdidas de calor que se producen por convección y conducción entre la superficie captadora y el cristal exterior a través del aire existente entre ellos.

The vacuum tube heaters have the same working principle than flat plate collectors, or, Radiation is received by the absorber and brought into heat to an accumulator tank. La diferencia consiste en que el absorbedor está formado por tubos en los cuales se ha hecho vacío para disminuir las pérdidas de calor y dentro del tubo van colocadas las secciones del plato absorbedor.

Some advantages of our solar vacuum tube are:
• Permite alcanzar altas temperaturas incluso en zonas de clima poco favorable.
• Mejor captación en días nublados.
• Estética muy atractiva.
• Mayor rendimiento con igual superficie respecto a paneles planos.
• Minimum assembly cost, gracias a la sencillez del sistema.
• Easy maintenance because the tubes can be changed without draining the circuit. tecnología y diseño lo convierten en uno de los colectores de mayor rendimiento del mercado con unas prestaciones difíciles de mejorar.

Vacuum collectors are optimal for harnessing solar energy throughout the year, because in the summer months, have a normal return, similar to that of other collectors while in the winter months their performance is above the rest of collectors Some models consist of simple glass tubes, which have within a sector absorbing flat plate coupled to a metallic tube through which fluid flows. In other models the absorber is usually an inner tube with selective optical processing, which further improves the efficiency of the collector. Between inner and outer tube, both concentric, existe vacío.

There are various models of vacuum tube collectors, depending on the movement of fluid and heat transfer method used. The main ones are:

• Tubos termo-sifónicos.
• Tubos en U.
• Tubos calóricos.

Translucent Concrete.

Ralf Veyras — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:43:00 +0000

Concrete is the material used in contemporary architecture, and forming part of the structure of many buildings has proved its value in the surface treatment or coating. A pesar de todas estas aplicaciones es un material de carácter frio.The translucent concrete story begins just seven years ago, When architect Bill Price created in 1999 the first sample of this material, which tried to find which of the main components it was possible to replace the concrete to reach translucency and maintaining its basic composition. In this manner, el primer hormigón translúcido fue realizado a base de pedazos de vidrio y plástico translúcido.
Litracon is the name of this material invented by Hungarian architect Ron Losonczi. This is a new compound with concrete strength, but complemented with embedded optical fibers through which light passes, allowing the silhouettes on the other side of the wall. The main idea behind this interesting item was the integration of thousands of optical fibers with a diameter that can range from 2 microns to 2 millimeters cell layers or, en forma paralela a las dos caras del bloque.
A wall made with this material has the strength and resistance to conventional concrete and also thanks to the fibers that have been incorporated, has the possibility of allowing the view from outer space silhouettes. The fibers are integrated into the concrete as added and the surface obtained is reminding the homogeneous concrete. El material es translúcido porque las fibras llevan la luz en forma de pequeños puntos a partir de una cara iluminado a la cara del bloque opuesto.

So far only been used experimentally to make a small memorial 4 metros que celebra la entrada de Hungría en la UE.

Railway transport en Tenerife

Federico Garcia Barba — Sun, 15 May 2011 09:13:00 +0000

El enlace entre el aeropuerto de la ciudad y Shanghai. The only line with a Servida en el mundo de tren Levitacion magnetica

Por Tomás Dorta

The idea of a system promocionar de transporte público reduzca que el coche y mejore use of the movilidad y la connexion entre los lugares y las personas, is a collective good choice, but bear in mind that should really be a competitive alternative to private transport against, and thereby reduce contamination and be more convenient and economical. Namely, that really encourages people to use it constantly in their day to day, no como medio de transporte puntual.

Commuter rail network in Madrid

La isla de Tenerife con una superficie de 2.034,38 km2, un perímetro costero de 342 km and a population of 906.854 habs. (by INE 2010), mainly concentrated in the belt stretching from Christians to Los Realejos, through Santa Cruz and La Laguna, airport has two units and large commercial port; is one of the main islands of the archipelago. All these issues require consideration of new strategies to improve transportation, communication and management right for the island territory.

Tenerife The rail project is proposed as a solution for mobility and connection in the whole island, taking into account the continuous space is the most populated area of Tenerife, a strip in which is located the majority of the residents and visitors of the island, well as the main communication infrastructure and supply, los núcleos urbanos principales de Santa Cruz y La Laguna y los centros hospitalarios y universitarios.

But there is a major problem that an infrastructure like this must face and is the environmental and landscape impact it will bring to this complex territory, where one of the main attractions are the existing natural, involving the 50% island surface and are cataloged and protected by law. Thus, the layout of an infrastructure such as a train, would undermine these natural values if not given due importance and care. The urban growth unreasonable and illegal building, built on rural land and highways that run through the mediocrities dividing the territory and have become a problem, como para introducir un nuevo elemento fuertemente impactante sin las adecuadas consideraciones.

The two lines projected guided transport for the island of Tenerife

Perhaps a better solution for this issue to raise this transport system not as a great high-speed train, either rails or magnetic levitation (see Transrapid Maglev or eventually implement under study), but as a commuter. Namely, a light rail system that would link the towns of effective and timely manner, you may have many stops and flow between 50 and 200 km / h,. A service similar to that in Madrid or Barcelona connecting with nearby towns. So that people really see benefit in using these transport. Among other reasons, because it would go faster than the car; allow a greater number of stops, generating spatial denser; also mean that we should not move from point A to point B mandatorily, but you can get off or get on convenience, depending on where you reside or workplace or leisure you intend to access. A tram system closer to existing and those producing high-speed trains, covering large distances and few parts of the country connect.

Some social platforms arise also planning another alternative bus lanes; where the buses circulate and take precedence, so that traffic jams are not concerned. This other type of transportation system would have the advantage of avoiding wasteful consumption of land and new unnecessary conditions, also allowing more stops and, what is more important, give a collective service already known and cheaper cost since it is the dominant transport mode in the islands. In this type of systems based on autonomous vehicles not to make large investments because the networks through which circulate existing, consisting of the roads themselves. Also, las guaguas podrían entrar en los núcleos urbanos para dar acceso de centro a centro con mayor flexibilidad en la planificación de líneas y comodidad para los usuarios.

The implementation of major infrastructure mobility so limited territory should be a topic of discussion at a level much more intense than it actually occurs. Between administrations, undertaken professional society and then through consensus and always looking for the most appropriate medium to long term. Connect a complex and continuous territory like ours should always take into account user accessibility and mobility needs of the same, not always among the longest distances, sino especialmente en las más cortas.

P.S. : As added and to serve as a reflection, in the American cartoon series, The Simpsons, Chapter number 12 of the 4th season is this type of transport, monorails and humorous and somewhat exaggerated terms address the issue, leave these data for each chapter and look who I see, no tiene desperdicio.

Window-Balcony

Jorge Mosquera — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:18:00 +0000

Bloomframe es una ventana que se transforma en balcón ,thus expanding the space of the room in which stood, abriendo un balcon donde no lo hay.
Designed by the Dutch architectural firm Hofman Dujardin, and especially useful for densely populated areas

Esta realizada con perfiles de aluminio con rotura de puente térmico. El mecanismo de apertura esta constituido por un doble marco articulado y un equipo electrónico que acciona la apertura y el cierre, desplegando el balcón. La superficie de suelo puede ser de acero o vidrio. Este puede soportar un peso de hasta 350kg/m2 y mide 3metros de ancho y 2,7 metros de alto.

El balcón Bloomframe puede ser utilizado para los apartamentos, oficinas o incluso hoteles. Estos pueden ser fácilmente personalizados para satisfacer la necesidad del cliente en el color, dimensión y materiales diferentes. Se pueden personalizar para formar parte de la fachada, y de esta manera la fachada plana florecerá con estos balcones, in the sunny days of summer

Esta ingeniosa idea puede ser una solución para evitar que no se produzcan cerramientos de balcones por medio de carpinterías horrorosas que destrozan los edificios.

Crystal Displays

Federico Garcia Barba — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:08:00 +0000

Maravillas que están ya disponibles para usarse en combinación con el cristal.
Algo que nos manda nuestra amiga Sole.

Electronic readers

Federico Garcia Barba — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:44:00 +0000

El lector electrónico que PlasticLogic va a comercializar durante el verano de 2009

Reading buffs are about to undergo a radical change in the way we relate to the details.Rarely supports my opinion, magazines and newspapers made on cellulose paper will begin to reduce their presence among us. A first step of this process have already established electronic reading devices first generation, such as the Sony Reader and the Kindle, marketed by Amazon. Widgets that offer a similar reading to that offered paperback books in black and white. They have had the disadvantage of very specific format with scarce supply with excessive weight and, thus, su implantación entre sus usuarios potenciales no ha sido todo lo amplía que pareciera.
All these disadvantages will gradually disappearing with the emergence of more effective new devices that will allow for a similar reading of newspapers, but with many added benefits not currently experienced. La posibilidad de disponer de múltiples enlaces junto con audio y video de alta calidad a la carta.

The new Amazon Kindle

New proposals to facilitate digital reading will move this year to the electronics market. It is called electronic ink to be supported by high-strength plastic substrates and low weight. This technology, marketed by the American company E-Ink, allows high versatility of images and compositions. It is what is already a billing from magazines like Fortune (you can see a reference to it in the magazine this week Spanish Capital) in which are displayed and analyzed e-readers like the e-reader business PlasticLogic.In a few years, the ideas advanced by recent films like Minority Report science fiction or full Red Mars will actually among us. In the case of architects, platforms for the design have already returned to retrieve the size of the old drawing board with high resolution screens and larger than one meter. Or the possible emergence of sophisticated plastic planes to the letter renewal of the information presented. Son todavía productos de un elevado precio pero que acabarán por introducirse en las oficinas técnicas.
The problem is that many people do not want to get to interact with all this electronic paraphernalia. This is because it still has a great complexity, many complications and poor quality on devices designed for relationships between men and machines, which creates difficulties and rejection. Many of us will be left behind unable to take advantage of all this technology in permanent mutation. The future belongs to the younger, cuya mente tiene una mayor capacidad de moldearse ante las nuevas realidades.
Luckily, all the technology in the world does not guarantee the quality of the ideas that are going to formalize future scenarios. Por mucho tiempo seguirá siendo necesario realizar una interpretación de la nueva realidad compleja que está surgiendo y establecer una relación empática con los futuros usuarios.