Recently, Untapped Cities - New York got to go on a private tour of Saarinen’s TWA terminal at JFK, where most of the airport scenes from Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can were shot. The terminal was designed and built by Eero Saarinen and was used from 1962 - 2001. Due to its incredibly well-preserved 60s-mod interior it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. The space is an excellent example of Saarinen’s fabulous midcentury style and highlights his history working with Florence Knoll designing furniture and interiors.
We’ve all seen this image of the girl reading in her awesome loft bed, but have you ever seen the rest of the apartment? Take a look at how the firm, Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture, took advantage of an existing roof popup to create a wildly spatially efficient live/work studio. I love the use of congruent materials on the innermost side of the apartment, creating the feeling of an independent object existing within the space. Diller Scofidio & Renfro created something similar when they renovated Alice Tully Hall. I think it’s a really cool concept and I love how it works here. See more: http://bit.ly/K4YcLN
Estudiosat designed the Artica Kitchen for Delta Cocinas in an attempt to deconstruct the archetypal kitchen. As the designer puts it, “Artica uses the emotional language of design to create a radically new product without losing any of its functionality. Its form is the result of interpreting the digital language that surrounds us by applying the methods of deconstructivism on a three dimensional surface. The result is a visual impact that requires no added company investment and maintains traditional production processes while respecting the environment.” I’m not sure I’m on board with the “radically new product” part or that I see the impact from the “digital language that surrounds us,” but it is quite stunning. I just wish they’d gone a little farther with it.
Built in Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan, the Kodi Residence is a 3 story reinforced concrete house with a floating cabin sandwiched between the party slabs. It essentially serves as a convoluted landing for the stairs; a sweet little hideaway in the smack middle of the circulation plan.
