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Vessel: Climb This Sculptural NYC Landmark to Look Out Onto Hudson Yards

17 Sep

[ By SA Rogers in Architecture & Cities & Urbanism. ]

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Unlike most of New York City’s standout architecture, this sculptural, almost alien-looking structure set to rise above the new Hudson Yards development will be open for the public to explore. Architect Thomas Heatherwick envisions this centerpiece as a way to take all of the visitors to the square and “sort of sprinkle them into the air,” encouraging them to interact with each other and with their surroundings in a new way.

Influenced by images of Indian stepwells, which use hundreds of flights of stairs to descend beneath ground level, this observation deck uses flights of stairs almost like building blocks to reach into the sky.

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The ‘Vessel’ design is made up of 154 interconnecting flights of stairs, with nearly 2,500 individual steps and 80 landings, and if you want to walk the whole thing, you’ll travel an entire mile while remaining in the air above Hudson Yards. It’s 50 feet in diameter at the feet, blooming into 150 feet at the top, and gleams appealingly in polished copper.

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The square at Hudson Yards is a collaboration between Heatherwick Studio and landscape architecture firm Nelson Byrd Woltz, set to feature 5 acres of trees, perennial gardens, pathways, seating and a 200-foot-long fountain mimicking a flowing river.

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The square will be surrounded by a whopping 16 brand new skyscrapers containing nearly 13 millions square feet of office, residential and retail space. The largest development in New York City since Rockefeller center was built in 1939, it’s currently under construction, and estimated to be fully completed by 2023.

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“We put ourselves under this vast pressure because we felt, intuitively, that it should be something that you haven’t experience already before,” says Heatherwick. “It has no commercial job to do. It’s not based on electronics. It’s not based on advertising. it’s extremely interactive but it’s properly using your physicality. There’s something that is timeless about humans and our physicality. The project, in a way, is a big invitation. It’s just there to hopefully mean things to different people, to not tell you how you’re supposed to think. It’s like a platform for life.”

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Unidentified Floating Object: Sea Vessel With Underwater Lookout

17 May

[ By Steph in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ]

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Here’s one UFO you won’t be seeing in the skies, but rather on the surface of the sea, half of its iconic shape disguised beneath the waves in the form of an underwater viewing dome. The ‘Unidentified Floating Object’ concept is the newest weird watercraft design from Italian water transportation company Jet Capsule, envisioned as a semi-autonomous floating home complete with a vegetable garden, water generator and wind turbine.

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You won’t get very far very fast, as this thing reaches a top speed of just 3.5mph, but it’s not meant to be a speedboat or even really a means of getting from one place to another. It’s a recreational watercraft crossed with a vacation home, offering habitable areas both above and below the surface of the water, including a sub-level bathroom where you can shower while gazing out at the surrounding marine life.

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The flat ring around the central sphere functions as an exercise track for jogging or biking, and there’s a plantable strip so you can grow grass, flowers, trees or food. Opening the top hatch enables the collection of both solar energy and rainwater, and underwater turbines gather energy from the currents. There’s an anchor on an elastic cord so you can stay in place when you want to. The top cabin features a built-in kitchen, semi-circular dining area and lots of windows for taking in the views, and the whole thing runs on a battery-powered jet motor.

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Jet Capsule is about to seek funding to create the first working prototype, with a Kickstarter launch reportedly coming soon, so it looks like they’re serious about getting this thing into the hands of consumers. No word yet on an estimated retail price.

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Boat to Go: Portable Flat-Pack Vessel Folds Up Like a Tent

16 Oct

[ By Delana in Technology & Vehicles & Mods. ]

This folding boat from design student Thibault Penven is a surprisingly effective way to keep a water conveyance with you at all times. It is surprising, of course, because one would not expect a boat to fold up and still be water-worthy – but this one does it spectacularly and without much trouble.

The project is called Ar Vag, and it quickly goes from a folded up, easily transportable waterproof skin to a one-person rowboat. The yellow waterproof skin is reinforced with rigid boards sewn inside. After unfolding, poles are inserted into pockets in the rim of the boat – kind of like tent poles – to hold the boat open.

Finally, a board holds the sides apart under tension and acts as a seat. The unfolded boat is surprisingly watertight and looks much like a normal boat – with one difference: when you’re done paddling around for the day, this one fits in the hatchback of a compact car.

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“Battle of Maxia” – Picard Manoeuvre. Surprise attack on USS Stargazer by unknown vessel

17 Dec

“Battle of Maxia” – Picard Manoeuvre. Surprise attack on USS Stargazer by unknown vessel. A back-story for events described in the season one Star Trek TNG episode “The Battle”. There’s a spelling mistake in the title as it said “batte” not battle! – – – – – 3D Models: ST5 Shuttle by H Gibbens Oberth/Schmidt variant by Robert J. Willson aka xfozzboute Constellation-class and Ferengi vessel (Elements of the Concorde-class mesh with modified textures) Cyrille ‘Tachy’ Lefevre Explosion footage: Detonation Films Music: Dennis McCarthy Background info sources: TNG episode – “The Battle” TNG novel – “The Buried Age” – – – – – Made purely for non-profit purposes. STAR TREK is a registered trademark of CBS/Paramount Pictures etc. No infringement intended.

NOTE: All rights and credit reserved for Monty Oum (the creator), Square Enix, and Tecmo (the original franchises of the characters). I take no responsibility for the making of this glorious animation and simply bring it to you the audience. All praises and thanks should be directed toward The Great Monty Oum. Check out his profile which can be found here: montyoum.deviantart.com This high quality animation was originally posted Mon, July 13, 2009. It can be found on gametrailers (link provided below) where it can be downloaded in SD and HD SD: www.gametrailers.com HD: www.gametrailers.com Please, Rate and Comment. Enjoy! Music: Devils Never Cry from the Devil May Cry 3 OST www.youtube.com Commentary: This is my favorite of all time series and deals with 3D animation and one of my biggest inspirations. I would just like to thank Monty Oum for creating such a spectacular piece of cinematography and the best of luck in his future endeavors. On a personal note though, for all those SSBB enthusiast, wouldnt it be grand if something like this came to Brawl. Maybe someday ;D
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