Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis: Intensities Paperback – January 2, 2013

These young and gifted intellects are going to make a difference in our at-risk environment. They use a counterpoint view to inform their work, creating a more surprising and effective result. This is their second book--the first was Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis: Opportunistic Architecture-- well worth seeking out both. Each one is also a visual encyclopedia of ideas.I hope they are the wave of our future because if so we are in good hands!!

A great book showcasing the recent work of Lewis Tsuramaki Lewis. This series of work shows how the firm went from their ingenious, small scale interventions to full fledged, bigger budget projects. They aren't household names, but they will be.

Beautiful drawings and great content.

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Sometimes we can discover an idea so beautiful that seems to explain the reality and we obsess over it and mistake it but it is just an idea and it isn't the reality. I suspect this is what happens with LTL, they have a wonderful theory and their drawings are extraordinary, nevertheless those wonders don't seem to translate into concrete architecture.The projects tend to seem unfinished in the details of the meeting of lines at different angles or the details of roofs with walls and floors; also there is a lack of proportion of elements that drawn in the scale of paper are powerful statements but at the scale of the buildings are anemic and undefined ornaments whose remotion could improve the project.In the Sullivan Family Student Center in the drawing the ceilings are sloped to allow more light, but the photograph trasnmit more the idea of a ceiling collapsing under its own weight over the readers. Also the quality of texture in the drawing in the architecture ends just like an assembly of things falling apart, as if they had been improvised.In the Sliced Townhouse the renovation the "series of architectural elements to (...) to stitch the floors together" seems to me that make the space oppressive, as the verticals bars seems to be jailing the stair.In Glenmore Gardens the affordable housing looks a bit outdated in the design, more a strict school than a home where the persons can be happy. Indeed the neighbor old buildings that perhaps cost the same seem happier places.In the building I like more an that is cover of the book, Arthouse, the small fenestrations are said to configure around the places where more light is needed but judging by the artificial illumination it seems they are just decorative.Could I be wrong? probably. Advanced ideas can be hard to grasp when they are not time tested, also perhaps the photos don't include the reaction of the users of the spaces and they actually could entice their use.I can talk positively about Arthouse. It can sound superficial but I like it because is the building that is closer to what the beautiful sections by LTL express. The two façades like a section indeed. I think the previous existing clean architecture and perhaps the customer requirements make this building straight in their details and with a clear reading of the space. The concept of the wood elements to highlight the central stair are proportionated and it has a spatial lecture, what in my opinion fails in the Sliced Townhouse; the concept of the elements of architecture that transform from one thing to another (a step from the stair flies to be the furniture of the reception) is well designed, what fails in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis where it is said the inclination of the walls forms seats but is just the use of the same texture for a wall with seats.Still I recommend this book for the concepts. For my Sometimes we can discover an idea so beautiful that seems to explain the reality and we obsess over it and mistake it but it is just an idea and it isn't the reality. I suspect this is what happens with LTL, they have a wonderful theory and their drawings are extraordinary, nevertheless those wonders don't seem to translate into concrete architecture.The projects tend to seem unfinished in the details of the meeting of lines at different angles or the details of roofs with walls and floors; also there is a lack of proportion of elements that drawn in the scale of paper are powerful statements but at the scale of the buildings are anemic and undefined ornaments whose remotion could improve the project. Some of the observations I have are:•In the Sullivan Family Student Center in the drawing the ceilings are sloped to allow more light, but the photograph transmit more the idea of a ceiling collapsing under its own weight over the readers. Also the quality of texture in the drawing in the architecture ends just like an assembly of things falling apart, as if they had been improvised.•In the Sliced Townhouse the renovation the "series of architectural elements to (...) to stitch the floors together" seems to me that make the space oppressive, as the verticals bars seems to be jailing the stair.•In Glenmore Gardens the affordable housing looks a bit outdated in the design, more a strict school than a home where the persons can be happy. Indeed the neighbor old buildings that perhaps cost the same seem happier places.•In the building I like more an that is cover of the book, Arthouse, the small fenestrations are said to configure around the places where more light is needed but judging by the artificial illumination it seems they are just decorative.Could I be wrong? probably. Advanced ideas can be hard to grasp when they are not time tested, also perhaps the photos don't include the reaction of the users of the spaces and they actually entice their use.I can talk positively about Arthouse. It can sound superficial but I like it because is the building that is closer to what the beautiful sections by LTL express. The two facades like a section indeed. I think the previous existing clean architecture and perhaps the customer requirements make this building straight in their details and with a clear reading of the space. The concept of the wood elements to highlight the central stair are proportionated and it has a spatial lecture, what in my opinion fails in the Sliced Townhouse; the concept of the elements of architecture that transform from one thing to another (a step from the stair flies to be the furniture of the reception) is well designed, what fails in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis where it is said the inclination of the walls forms seats but is just the use of the same texture for a wall with seats. Other project I like is the Green Sponge.Still I recommend this book for the concepts.

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Excellent.