AN ALIEN EYE FOR ART IN AUTO DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
10 Concept Cars That Are Waaaaaaay Out There
WIREDBy Chuck Squatriglia
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The Airflow by Pierre Sabas of
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Yun Woo Jeong's "Transform" might be the offspring of an unholy marriage between Optimus Prime and a Morgan. It has a transparent elastic top that can be stretched to any shape to suit the driver's needs and mood. "I've been interested in 'transformables' since I was a boy," says Jeong. "It is common to boys across the world. How many transformable robots have passed over our memories? Why do they generate so much enthusiasm? Some say it's childish. But I assume it is human instinct."
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Raquel Aparicio Lopez's "Soft Vehicle" is made of foam. You stash your stuff in a boot, er, trunk that opens with a zipper and you climb in through "a sensual slit" and sit in a seat surrounded by impact absorbing "jelly balls." The Spanish designer believes softer cars are safer cars. "I would like to extrapolate rubber, textile and other soft materials into vehicle design," she says.
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Sergio Loureiro Da Silva designed "Phoenix" for maximum efficiency. There's a turbine up front, a kinetic axis -- whatever that is -- and electric motors at the back. The Spanish designer likens the vehicle to a motorcycle with a sidecar, but it looks to us like something you'd see in a pod race on Tattooine.
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Paul Howse wanted to offer a new definition of luxury and exclusivity with "Enigma." It's an electric vehicle that ideally would get its power from the sun, and the passenger compartment uses magnetic levitation to isolate it from the rest of the car.
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Joonas Vartola's "Iomega" isn't so much a car as a "relaxation capsule" with a chauffeur. Vartola says the shape of a swan inspired the exterior. Driver and passengers sit in separate compartments, which "fosters the idea of this being a passenger car rather than the usual driver's car architecture," the Finnish designer says.
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"I'm thinking about a new way of consuming cars," says Italian designer Ilaria Sacco, by allowing a high level of personalization. She calls the car "My Lounge," and it takes an Ikea approach to design by allowing buyers to pick everything that goes into it, "like how you would design your living room." (Hex wrench not included.)
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Dong Kyu Kim of South Korea was influenced by fashion design, and "Chameleon" takes its styling cues from shirt collars, blowing scarves and women's eyeliner. The car is asymmetrical because, "like a good dress, it will never be perfect," and paramagnetic technology allows it to change colors so it'll always match your outfit.
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None of the technology Spanish designer Arturo Peralta Nogueras has planned for his vehicle exists yet, but if you're gonna dream, dream big. "Senses" runs on algae and features an exterior made of "solid hologram technology," whatever that is. It's also got artificial intelligence, and the interior "evolves and adapts to its environment, passengers and scenarios," though we're not sure how. No matter. It sure looks cool.
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Jon Radbrink of Sweden also has a thing for glass. He used a whole lot of it on "Lexus Nuaero," his gas-electric hybrid. "I was inspired by architecture and used glass in conjunction with other materials to create a layered effect that gives the feeling of transparency for the occupants," he says. The Pilkington judges liked it enough to give it the Best Use of Glazing -- that means glass -- award.
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Swedish automotive design graduate Jon Rådbrink presented a
concept for a catamaran-shaped car at the Royal College of Art graduation show
in
Also an automotive design by Jon Rådbrink
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Asemic Scapes by Sarah Schneider
First an alien mothership stranded in the desert, and now a
whole extraterrestrial homebase right in the heart of the
Asemic Scapes -
In general rehab centers like their predecessors the sanatoriums of the 19th and 20th century are based on a dualistic set of values: they embody the belief in the healing power of technology and the healing power of nature, which is why they are mostly situated in pristine landscapes. Therefore my attempt was to develop a contemporary relationship to the landscape based on calligraphic ornamentation.
Calligraphy is adding an idea of creating variation through artistic expression to a technical matter of communication and is connected to ornamentation which generally uses natural motifs and often rules of natural growth. The project develops an architecture that uses rules of natural growth and connects both growth and ornament, with a landscape environment, topologically and calligraphically.
The ornament creates a symbiotic relationship with the existing environment by framing existing topographic features and at the same time giving a feedback to the landscape by creating topographical irregularities.
In the landscape the ornament starts to organize the ground by subtle terracing and it creates paths that break the clear definition of an indoor ñ outdoor boundary by running through the building, widening up to create bigger platforms and shrinking back to paths when leaving the building again.
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RAK Gateway Project by Snøhetta
Last week, plans were unveiled for a major cultural complex in the UAE with buildings designed by Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Frank Gehry and Tadao Ando.
Here are
some new images of a hotel, conference and exhibition complex by Norwegian
architects Snøhetta, in the emirate of
Construction set to begin on the Ras Al-Khaimah Gateway Project later this year.
Snøhetta has been commissioned by the Ras Al Khaimah
investment Authority and RAKEEN to undertake the architectural design for the
Gateway project in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah. Situated in the desert 150 km
to the east of
The center contains a tower that resembles a cobra. The 300,000 m2 complex will contain hotels, a congress center, exhibition halls, and a shopping center.
RAK Gateway Project by Snøhetta
Source: Dezeen
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Capital Hill Residence by Zaha Hadid Architects
Here are new images of Capital Hill Residence, a private
house in
The project, which is currently under construction, will be shown in the Russia Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennalee from 12 September - 23 November as part of a showcase of work by Russian and foreign architects working in Russia.
Breathtaking outdoor balcony
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