La synthèse finale du 5ème rapport d’évaluation sur le changement climatique du groupe d’expert intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (GIEC) vient d’être adoptée. Après sept années de travaux conduits par plus d’un millier de scientifiques à travers le monde dans 160 pays, le rapport présente un consensus extrêmement large et solide sur l’état actuel de la science, les évolutions du climat à venir et les efforts à conduire pour éviter les catastrophes qui se profilent...
Les causes des changements climatiques sont connues et les transitions vers des sociétés plus résilientes et à faible empreinte carbone sont encore possibles. Ces quarante dernières années, les émissions de CO2 issues de la combustion d’énergies fossiles et de processus industriels ont contribué à hauteur de 78% du total de la hausse des émissions de GES. Sans effort supplémentaire de réductions de gaz à effet de serre, nous sommes sur une hausse allant de 3,7°C à 4,8°C....
Face aux défis des changements climatiques, l’urbanisme et l’aménagement ont un rôle majeur à jouer. En définissant la forme des collectivités à l’origine des habitudes de vie des populations ils permettent de réduire à la source les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Les enjeux liés à l'aménagement du territoire et à l'urbanisme restent cependant méconnus. SAGA CITÉ vous invite à en découvrir plus à travers l’histoire de la ville de Colvert. www.sagacite.org
Miguel Chevalier Église du Sacré cœur Casablanca 2014
The Phaidon Atlas focuses on an ancient Japanese preservation technique employed by contemporary architects
**Ring House by Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima/TNA. ** Burning a wooden building might seem like a strange way to ensure its preservation, but as the editors of the Phaidon Atlas explain in their latest focus, “Shou sugi ban uses fire to preserve. A process of treating wood that, among other things, circumvents the need for harsh chemicals in the treating process, it dates from 18th century Japan.” While it fell out of favour as more durable cladding materials came onto the market, slight burnt wood has found favour more recently among contemporary architects, who delight in both the material's appearance and its properties.
**Ring House - Makoto Takei and Chie Nabeshima/TNA.** The steeply sloped, wooded site of this weekend house is one of 318 plots in a planned community one hour from central Tokyo by bullet train. The 9.4-meter (30.8 ft.) high mini-tower is clad in rings of vertical burnt red cedar panels that vary in height. This arrangement allows 360-degree views of the forest from inside and views straight through the building from outside.
**Carbon House by Mjolk.** This house, in a small town just south of Prague was built last year, for just €125,000. The architects say the burnt façade makes reference to the owner’s love of cooking; they also cultivate vegetables in the gardens of this plot.
**Soda Pop Spa by Terunobu Fujimori . ** This Japanese spa was built in 2005 on hot springs of Nagayu, near Takeda City. Lamune Onsen translates as Soda Pop Spa, and refers to the warm, naturally carbonated spring water that serves as a draw for visitors to the area. The spa’s exterior walls consist of a black-and-white striped skin clad in carbonized cedar wood beams and plaster over a reinforced concrete framework.
**The Lake Cottage Uffie ** is located within a densely forested area bordering the Kawartha Lakes in Ontario, Canada. A small annex - part of a larger family home - it sits independently from the rest of the plan. Mirrored cladding on front and back elevations camouflage the small structure within the surrounding trees. This is contrasted by a charred cedar facade on east and west elevations, as well as black steel on the steeply pitched roof.
**Potters’ Fields Parkside Pavilion – DSDHA.** DSDHA’s Potters’ Fields project consists of two pavilions, set on either side of Potters’ Fields Park. Blossom square pavilion was built in the shadow of Tower Bridge on the western side and is now demolished; Parkside Pavilion is situated at the base of City Hall. Despite sharing similar form and materials, visually they are strikingly different. The cladding of Parkside Pavilion has been treated by charring the exterior of the wood, leaving it a darkened brown. Blossom Pavilion, in contrast, is clad in a smooth blonde timber that blends with the light stone of Tower Bridge.
This blog, like the website, shows my many fields of interest. Although I don’t work with one specific material, I have particular affinities with some. Although I don’t work with one specific form, many stay with me for a while.
I have spent many years in the world of science, using its thorough way of planning and thinking, yet trying to add in inventiveness and intuition. Curiosity and adaptation, which remain the basis of all possible.
The human body is a wonderful example. We may have built various classification systems, we may categorize each and every anatomical part of the body, malformation and deviation, they all are merely guides. Each form has the fascinating singularity of always being different and unique. The same goes for creation...
