Budi Pradono visited Green School Bali_October 2009

The campus is great. Green School is striving to have the lowest carbon footprint of any international school anywhere, through use of bamboo and rammed earth for its buildings, growing its own food in its gardens, and plans to generate its own power from the river. Thanks to Chyntia and John Hardy for their green vision

Visit Green School by appointment only at: Jalan Raya Sibang Kaja, Banjar Saren, Abiansemal, Badung, Bali 80352, Indonesiasia

useful art by Richard Hutten at PLUSDESIGN, Milan

“I make things to be used,” he says. “When people send me photos like these, of my furniture in their homes, that’s the biggest compliment they can pay me.” He looks around at his Bronto chairs and Elephant hassocks standing pristine and captive in the exhibit. “The museum isn’t a natural environment for my work,” he reflects. “I’m not about perfect images, but real objects for real people.”

Given the strongly architectonic element in his work, more adventures in building seem inevitable. “There will absolutely be a Richard Hutten building one day,” he agrees. He is also working on a series of photographs of people in their own homes, which will form the basis of an exhibition and book. “The theme is voyeurism,” he says. “The subject is people who are just waking up and going about their morning routines, all over the world. It’s based on sequences. I’ve been a fan of Eadweard Muybridge and his time-lapse images since I was a kid.”

One plan Hutten does not have is to enlarge his studio. “I have five people working for me, and I want to keep it small,” he says. “We’re like a rock band and I’m the singer/songwriter—I’m very selective about the commissions I take on, and I do all the design. I don’t want to run a design factory. If someone calls up and asks for a Richard Hutten, then a Richard Hutten is exactly what they’re going to get.”

see full article at: http://www.dwell.com/articles/everyone-deserves-a-richard-hutten.html

all photographs by budi pradono

Budi Pradono visited Massimo De Carlo gallery in Milan, 22 Ocober 2009

Massimo De Carlo gallery is a small contemporary gallery at Via Giovanni Ventura, on 18

September - 31 October 2009 ;

George Condo works:

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Art (But Were Afraid to Ask)

On the first floor is dedicated to sculptures; nine works, most of them faces that looks towards the entrance, directly facing the viewer and pushing him directly into the visionary world of the artist. A white, light coat almost gives us the impression of something old, renewed, of objects that comeback to light after long period of seclusion. On the next room several canvases show Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester and Wile E. Coyote, that present themselves as if they were pages from an old painting album belonging to a child: the background is white and neutral, dark and noticeable, scribbles and smears....

Born in 1957 in Concord, New Hampshire (USA) George Condo moves to New York in 1981. His works are exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art of New York, the MoMA, the Guggenheim of New York, the Tate Modern of London, the contemporary arts Museum of Houston, and the Contemporary Art Museum of Barcelona. in 1999 he is awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

photos by Budi Pradono

Smart Pores for arctic Moblie-Habitat unit designed by budi pradono architects

Similar to the human’s skin which it has melanocytes to absorb some of the potentially dangerous ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Its pores not only absorb, but also transform it into energy. The skin in this mobile unit contains several different changeable pores, which are used as a device capable of housing all the tools needed to deal with the most extreme climate in the world.

Except the pores, the skin is totally covered in fur, which made of fiber hair not only serves as the secondary layer of the insulation but also a device to support the microorganism to live in during the research period.

The different functions of a living lab – sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing, storage, washing, working, driving – are all organized in a single compact space, which is not larger than a New York flat.

This small space has its own innovative method to easily expand its interior by means of an inflatable structure on each end connected via the multifunctional space in the middle.

This means the mobile media lab can heat up and move easily as a single compact form, and at the same time be used as a community gathering space using this inflatable structure.

The media centric is ever changing and adapting to meet the varied conditions of the surrounding arctic environment.

It has a system of 4 mattracks, which allow it to negotiate tough terrain with ease, and a centrally located ski in order for this system to be employed on the snow as well.

The media centric adapts to aquatic conditions via a series of inflatable positioned around its body, which provides the buoyancy needed and has propellers located on both the front and back to allow it to travel in either direction.

The front and rear headlights allow vision in darker conditions while the smaller lights positioned over its shell allows the centric to be spotted from afar

SMART PORES, FOR ARCTIC MOBILE-HABITAT UNIT

Designer: Budi Pradono architects

Project designer in chief: Budi Pradono

Project team: Anton Suryono, Ian Flood, Primaldi Perdana

Design period: May – July 2009

General spec:

1200 kg mass, 600km radius of operation, 5kW power generation, life support for 3 people for up to 15 days, Drivable with mattracs and hydraulic ski, Operation between 10 °C and -40 °C, Galley, toilet/shower, first aid facility, communications facilities, workspaces/rest spaces, Stable operation with winds up to 85km / hr, rest bunks, buoyancy, natural light source use provision for modularity of systems on site, snow smelter, sauna, grey and black, water recycling, ability to support 19-inc frame technologies, fiber fur skin

Bubble of mind

Bubble of mind

The gathering space is something flying in the sky like a balloon or a bubble. A network of these spaces, of various sizes and scales, float freely above the city, each interior a reflecting the wish of the people inside creating their own unique virtual destination, a response to each of their individual senses. Spaces are free to join, merge, kiss and create larger gathering spaces, or remain singular, all depending on the will of the occupants. At the same time a variety of programs which may prompt social meetings also fly around – sports venues, karaoke halls, cafes, and so on can be found, with people free to gather here as they wish.

Project Credit:

A Community Gathering Place

Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition

Location: New York

architect: budi pradono architects

team : Budi Pradono, Adhi Wibowo, Ian Flood, Ajay Mistry

Design date: June-July 2009