Category: Architecture|Design

  • Frei Otto – Occupying and Connecting

    WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER Frei Otto is probably most famous for the Munich Olympic Stadium tenting that he designed/engineered for the 1972 Olympics. Which is highlighted in the below video: He also wrote a handful of books, including a tiny book entitled “Occupying and Connecting: Thoughts on Territories and Spheres of Influence with Particular Reference…

  • Light and Public Art, revisited

    WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER Recently, I wrote a post about a temporary art exhibit entitled “Open Air” in Philadelphia, PA by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. I had the good fortune to experience the exhibit at its tail end on Saturday, October 13th. It was a bit nippy out, but it was really a very lovely light display. Viewers…

  • Paradise as a Garden – Al-Hambra, Spain

    In April of 2012, I was in Spain, driving through towns and cities.  It was a journey I was planning for some time, the list of places to see was long; from Toledo to Alcazar in Seville, from Cordoba to Al-Hambra, and from Valencia to the city of Gaudi, Barcelona.  However, Alhambra was one place…

  • NYCC and Proposed Convention Center

    http://youtu.be/TCLHOEX8BuQ On October 11-14 the Javits center in Manhattan hosted the NYC Comic Con. I asked participants what they thought of the current convention venue at the Javits center, and what they think about Andrew Cuomos’ new proposed convention center/casino at the Aquaduct in Queens. If you haven’t heard of it it’s okay…. most of…

  • Smellscapes

    WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER If one travels a lot, you start to realize that places have certain unique smells. Whether it be suffocating smog in New Delhi or blissful Jasmine in Florence, places often leave particular olfactory memories. Working in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in the late 1990’s, we were beset with a confusing melange of the…

  • Light and Public Art

    WRITTEN BY ALINE FADER I grew up near Washington, DC, so from a very early age I was exposed to light being used in artful ways, mainly the illumination of monumental buildings, which could be seen from across the Potomac, but I was (and am) more fascinated by smaller uses like the glowing lights in…