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If it was up to us, all the best design in the world would be posted within the Parfois Portfolio… But… its not up to us. Stumbling the web we often bump into things worth sharing. The world wide web is so full off great things that will never end up in our portfolio, but which we want the world to see. For this we created our blog. At this moment there 4 of us blogging on a regular basis.Work, studies and social life makes that there are weeks with a lot of posts, and weeks without. But we’ll do our best in bringing you the nicest shit on a acceptable basis.
18.08.10
Hurry up, you fans of free camping! You ‘ve got one day to pack your tent and some stuff and reach Castricum, a small town near Amsterdam in the beach side, where you can camp free in the middle of the city. Amsterdam based DUS architects, known for their social approach to architecture, together with Artist Sabrina Lindemann and graphic agency DUEL experiment with the idea of transforming the city’s green into a camp site. Therefore you can set up your tent in the public green, parking lots, even in private gardens. >> Read more
01.05.10
CRANELOFT is an alternative habitation into an existing port crane. It is a project that uses reuse as a tool of creting achitecture. Reuse has two layers. The first layer is the one of the design itself and the reuse of the port crane to “carry” the house. The second layer is the one of the infrastructures and giving new use into dead -because of deindustrialization- urban areas.CRANELOFT is an “low-cost, autonomous, self-sufficient possible proposal of an alternative habitation with global character”. >> Read more
15.04.10
A few days ago, I was very pleased to discover Gilberto Esparza, a mexican artist, which is interested in making robots that interact with the enviroment. His last project, Plantas Nomadas, is a robot that works with the help of microorganisms and contaminated river water. The key for this process is the microbial fuel cells. According to wikipedia : “A microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a bio-electrochemilcal system that drives a current by mimicking bacterial interactions found in nature.[...] A microbial fuel cell is a device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy by the catalytic reaction of microorganisms.” Summing up, Plantas Nomadas is a self-sufficient robot that can walk to the river and drink contaminated water. Through a microbial fuel cell proccess, the produced energy feeds the robot and make it able to walk, while the surplus helps the plants to grow. A great interaction between technology and life cycle. >> Read more
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valentina
Hello there, I ll shoot it fast: I am an architect. I m gonna try to contribute more on the architectural side of this blog, even though I like a lot installations, robots, interactive design, animation and graphics and dancing. So, sometimes they might interfere. My opinion about architecture is that it is supposed to be able to change and flow with the time, without being "afraid" of decay and death and not try to be cold and intangible, situated beyond time. Together with architecture, I am interested as well in architectural representation. In my life I move a lot. This year I am based in Rotterdam where I work for 2012 architects. I 'd like to thank Parfois' founders for their kind invitation to become a part of the blog. You can visit my personal blog and portfolio if you 'd like to know more about me.
