CMU Architecture Class of 2013

Thin Concrete Roof

cmuarch2013student — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:12:33 +0000

I stumbled across this method when looking at concrete roof structures. It involves pouring concrete over cloth and chicken wire.

http://www.edirisa.org/studioarchive/?p=1571

Cool Video of the Edge of Space

cmuarch2013student — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:03:36 +0000

Check it…

A video from a weather balloon…

Maps – human factors – check it out

cmuarch2013student — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:20:41 +0000

http://www.krisharzinski.org/

book about what we have talked about in human factors

cmuarch2013student — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:50:21 +0000

There is this book that I have heard about but never read called “The Psychology of Everyday Things” attached is the Google Books page.

http://books.google.com/books?id=TI5wnq1PimMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=psychology+of+everyday+things&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=ng85TaquF4W0lQfkpdX_Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Television series that is pretty cool and pretty dated

cmuarch2013student — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:48:18 +0000

So I have mentioned this series to some, but I thought I would post it for all of you. The series is called Connections: an Alternative View of Change. The series was done in the 70s by a guy named James Burke and discusses how the technologies that we take for granted come about. He refers to technology as an interdependent network of inventions that build on each other. When one piece of the network is removed the network falls apart. Attached is the first 10min segment of the first episode. There are ten episodes in the series and I think most are on youtube. Enjoy

glass

Liam — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:02:29 +0000

glass is heralded as one of the most important materials in modern architecture and can be found in almost every building. but in these trying times (i.e. deadlines) let us not forget why we put windows in our buildings.

http://vimeo.com/16611269

road printer

Liza — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:20:24 +0000

(via BLDGBLOG)

dimensions

Liam — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:00:42 +0000

cool site from the BBC

http://www.howbigreally.com/

origami fun

Becky — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:39:36 +0000

I’ve been looking at a lot of origami stuff (again) recently, mostly as a way to get un-stuck, but also for the flexibility that some origami shapes have. I found 1 really varied site, with lots of kinds of origami, and links to even more coolness. That link is http://cedison.wordpress.com/

Secondarily, there is one particular pattern that folds up interestingly (the site I found it on wasn’t the actual source, and didn’t cite the original or link back to it, but here’s the pic.

I actually made an illustrator file of the fold pattern if anyone is interested (just ask me), but here’s the pdf.

NOTE: solid lines are ‘mountain’ folds, dotted lines are ‘valley’ folds

Union Tank Car Dome

Liam — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:42:33 +0000

Pretty interesting story of an impressive industrial relic.

http://vimeo.com/13966041