Fabrication 'N Architecture

Last April, DoITT released a three-dimensional (3-D) Building Massing Model of New York City, available for download on DoITT’s website and the Open Data Portal. The 3-D model was captured from the 2014 aerial survey. Aerial surveys are conducted every two years to produce digital orthophotography, or aerial photography that can be accurately scaled and used for maps. The data contains every NYC building present when that survey was taken.

Providing this data to the public allows users to creatively visualize New York City’s iconic skyline, conduct analyses and build applications. We are familiar with two separate uses of this data:

NYC Building Shadow Mapping: To commemorate the Winter Solstice in December, New York Times contributors analyzed the building shadows of the entire City. Interactive maps at different times of the year – Winter, Spring/Fall, and Summer – allow readers to explore the amount of time each NYC building spends in shadow.

Cesium Map: Cesium is an open-source library for 3D globes and maps. One user created an interactive map of New York City, visualizing New York City’s over 1 million buildings as 3D models. Map users may explore this map by address or landmark, and buildings may be presented as colors visually representing their heights.

bonaventure hotel, john portman, 1976 | downtown los angeles, california

Furniture and items by Object Utility on The Design Files

wayfarers chapel by Joits on Flickr.

Moco

Short film from Stiller Studios celebrates the 30th birthday of Pixar’s groundbreaking 3D animation Luxo Jr, recreating it using robotic motion cameras:

On August 17th 1986, the geniuses at Pixar released a short film that would change the way we make films, forever.

Here are our motion control robots programmed to say: “Happy 30th Birthday, Luxo Jr.”

Women boxing on a roof, 1938

Why would any of y’all send me a message saying “MCMANSIONS ARE AWESOME NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO FOLLOW THE RULES WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN” etc

Bruh, this is a blog devoted to hating McMansions. If I hate something enough to make a blog devoted to hating it, you’re little blurbs about my alleged saltiness are not going to change my mind. 

The point of this blog is to educate people about architecture (both bad and good) through a combination of colorful roasting and informative guides.