favourite places..
Strolling around Plaka & Anafiotika my very favourite quarters of this big city.
3D PRINT CANAL HOUSE | Amsterdam
We visited the first 3D house, being printed in the heart of Amsterdam! 3D Print Canal House is an open building lab, where you can experience live large 3D printing! The house is being designed and printed by DUS architects in cooperation with an international team of partners, collaborating in research, design, construction and comunity.
You’ll find an indoor and outdoor expo area, drawings and models explain about the building process. You’ll learn about new innovations, bio-based material – as the aim is to print with sustainable and biological origin material, maybe such as wood and stone -, samples and new construction techniques . You can see small 3D printer, printing architectural models and the big portable 3D printer, “Kamermaker”, printing pieces from the house in big size. It’s very fascinating. 3D printing can have huge implications for the way we fabricate things – for example the elimination of waste, transport costs and standardisation of elements.
I am a little indecisive about this theme of printing houses, but on the other hand kinda excited how this project is going to turn out and what other, more natural materials will be printable in the future..
Rügen & Stralsund
Ein langes Wochenende mal ganz woanders: auf Rügen. Untergebracht in einem Landgasthaus mit wunderschön ausgebauter Scheune, inmitten einer ausgedehnten Feld- und Wiesenlandschaft. Untere Bilder: Hafen & ein denkmalgeschützes Haus in Stralsund.
Royal Grand Palace BKK
Impressive complex of the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok/Thailand. Expected crowded, as this is one of the main attractions here. And it really is impressive. The Palace was the official residence of the king until the middle of the 20st century. The palace complex has a combined area of 218,400 square metres (about 2,6 km²), surrounded by four walls. It is made up of numerous temples, halls, pavilions set around open lawns, gardens and courtyards. The most important temple is ‘Wat Phra Kaeo’, the temple of Emerald Buddha (Smaragd-Buddha).