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Being that the above example is a project in Japan, I see the inspiration as the popular Transformer toys. Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, Japan Aecom, left: (photo from ) right: (photo from )įor example, a sports building can be designed to transform for basketball vs. Whether the intimate scale of a home or of a massive public building, the architectural environment can be designed to move, to change throughout the day according to the user’s needs. Note: I am not referring to a house that has a prosaic automatic garage door. But why not? Sharifi-ha House, Theran, Russia, by Nextoffice (photos from )Ī small segment of our design industry explores architecture as a kinetic thing, a building that moves. Architecture is mostly a building made of sticks and stones, steel and glass. Similarly, architecture is not performing arts, but the theater that houses the performing arts. Rather, architecture is thought of as the neighborhood street. Generally speaking, architecture is the design of a fixed object, not of something that moves-such as a car speeding down the neighborhood street. It is uncommon to think of buildings as anything other than static.

Kiefer Technic Showroom, Gleichenberg, Austria, by Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner (photos by Ernst Giselbrecht + Partner)

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