Comments on: the coming infrastructure bubble? http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/07/the-coming-infrastructure-bubble/ the herculez gomez of architecture blogs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: places at design observer - mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/07/the-coming-infrastructure-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-2946 places at design observer - mammoth // building nothing out of something Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:43:19 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=517#comment-2946 [...] the work of figuring out which), which means that you can pair The Infrastructural City’s (warranted) skepticism about the ability of infrastructure to “rescue” architecture with Linda [...] [...] the work of figuring out which), which means that you can pair The Infrastructural City’s (warranted) skepticism about the ability of infrastructure to “rescue” architecture with Linda [...]

]]> By: there is no such thing as photographic truth - mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/07/the-coming-infrastructure-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-581 there is no such thing as photographic truth - mammoth // building nothing out of something Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:44:09 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=517#comment-581 [...] David Maisel to contribute their thoughts on the Edgar Martins digital fabrication episode, which I accidentally stumbled into earlier this month. This entry was written by rholmes, posted on July 24, 2009 at 12:44 pm, filed [...] [...] David Maisel to contribute their thoughts on the Edgar Martins digital fabrication episode, which I accidentally stumbled into earlier this month. This entry was written by rholmes, posted on July 24, 2009 at 12:44 pm, filed [...]

]]> By: sbecker http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/07/the-coming-infrastructure-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-386 sbecker Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:36:11 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=517#comment-386 Erik, you called it. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/07/05/magazine/20090705-gilded-slideshow_index.html http://www.eandppub.com/2009/07/nyt-pulls-photos-published-digitally-altered.html NYT, busted. Erik, you called it.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/07/05/magazine/20090705-gilded-slideshow_index.html

http://www.eandppub.com/2009/07/nyt-pulls-photos-published-digitally-altered.html

NYT, busted.

]]> By: Alexander Trevi http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/07/the-coming-infrastructure-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-368 Alexander Trevi Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:23:24 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=517#comment-368 "why would the interior wiring and piping be so perfectly symmetrical?" Why indeed. It would be fantastic if we were to learn that Edgar Martins didn't digitally manipulate his photos. In fact, those stairs really don't go anywhere and that there are these fine structural details that will only be later covered with walls. Because they were designed and mortgaged and built and bought by somnambulists who were violently woken up out of their stupor when the bottom of the credit market fell out. And next up, infrastructural absurdities. “why would the interior wiring and piping be so perfectly symmetrical?”

Why indeed. It would be fantastic if we were to learn that Edgar Martins didn’t digitally manipulate his photos. In fact, those stairs really don’t go anywhere and that there are these fine structural details that will only be later covered with walls.

Because they were designed and mortgaged and built and bought by somnambulists who were violently woken up out of their stupor when the bottom of the credit market fell out.

And next up, infrastructural absurdities.

]]> By: rholmes http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/07/the-coming-infrastructure-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-365 rholmes Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31:54 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=517#comment-365 While that would certainly be a plausible explanation for the image, the slideshow claims that the photographs are produced without digital manipulation. On the other hand, this particular one is described as a 'montage', so you are certainly right that it is not a document of architectural conditions. I suppose "image composited from the interior of..." would have been a better description. While that would certainly be a plausible explanation for the image, the slideshow claims that the photographs are produced without digital manipulation.

On the other hand, this particular one is described as a ‘montage’, so you are certainly right that it is not a document of architectural conditions. I suppose “image composited from the interior of…” would have been a better description.

]]> By: Erik http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/07/the-coming-infrastructure-bubble/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Erik Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:27:30 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=517#comment-364 That photo you chose is, I believe, digitally edited to be symmetrical across the y-axis. I think the photographer flipped it and changed two or three small details. Look at the stairs, for example--they don't go anywhere! And even in a house made to be symmetric, why would the interior wiring and piping be so perfectly symmetrical? Only the outer parts need to be. Look at the wooden ^ shapes in the center top--those could serve no purpose at all once they're covered with walls. That photo you chose is, I believe, digitally edited to be symmetrical across the y-axis. I think the photographer flipped it and changed two or three small details.

Look at the stairs, for example–they don’t go anywhere! And even in a house made to be symmetric, why would the interior wiring and piping be so perfectly symmetrical? Only the outer parts need to be. Look at the wooden ^ shapes in the center top–those could serve no purpose at all once they’re covered with walls.

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