這間從1920年代就豎立在柏林的自來水廠,現在是德國藝術家居住、創作的Water Pumping Station Home,自來水廠自80年代後停止運轉,搬走了機器設備後,就只剩下一整片空白牆壁和偌大的空間,經過建築團隊Wenk and Weise重新粉刷後,下層規劃成藝術品的展示空間,上層則是藝術家們的居住空間,雖然冷調的色澤感覺不太適合居住,不過少了過多的隔間及家具,反而為藝術家們保留發揮創意和靈感的空間。
城市的風格公寓:Paulista Avenue Residence
提到巴西的當代建築師,許多人會想到Oscar Niemeyer、Abelardo De Souza等大師級的人物,然而即便是大師的作品,依舊會隨著時間而衰敗頹廢,像是這間Paulista Avenue Residence,前身便出自於Abelardo De Souza之手,之後由建築團隊Piratininga Arquitetos Associados重新裝修,同樣運用了Abelardo De Souza最喜歡的幾何式的蜂巢狀天花板及水泥樑柱,鋪上地磚及現代化家具,由於屋主是單身父子,因此特別將他們的臥房設在客廳的兩邊,兩人雖然同住一個屋簷下,卻仍能保有隱私,可說是專為單身男子量身打造的生活空間。
參觀一下空中巴士 Airbus 380 內部未裝潢之前的五臟六腑
International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2011
The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, four-engine jet airliner manufactured by the European corporation Airbus, a subsidiary of EADS. It is the largest passenger airliner in the world. Due to its size, many airports had to modify and improve facilities to accommodate it.
Its seat capacity accounts for 853 passengers which means that the airplane can take all pupils of a regular school to the place of destination easily.
The plane can handle long nonstop flights making a flight from Moscow to Sidney nice and easy.
It took 10 years to develop the vehicle whereas its total cost accounted for 12 billion Euro.
According to Airbus, they need to sell 420 airplanes to cover their expenses. Test works are carried out at every flight.
The airplane weighs 280 tones. It also has four engines.
The plane is capable to carry up to 150 tones at the distance of 10 370 km.
Passengers of such a plane won’t be bothered by noise of any kind due to amazing noise isolation and new engines.
Pilots find it difficult to bear such a silence at first.
As far as Airbus A380 goes, the level of noise here is 50% lower then in Boeing 747 as higher air pressure is supported inside. These two factors will enable less fatigability of passengers.
The upper and lower lobes are connected with the help of two wide stairs that can accommodate two passengers who go shoulder to shoulder easily.
Its cabing has 50% more of space than that of Boeing 747. As a result, more space is available for a passenger.
Airbus A380 is perfect also due to its economic feasibility. 3 liters of fuel per passenger is spent every 100 km.
There are around 570 km of wires on board the aircraft.
A small elevator is used for carrying trucks up and down.
The upper lobe is a bit narrower than the lower one and accommodates 8 chairs instead of 10.
The water cans imitate load produced by passengers.
Companies who prefer working with VIP-clients make everything possible to look different from their competitors. Thus, Emirates company preferred mounting shower cabins. The Korean airlines have a duty free shop at the upper lobe.
The cabin.
Engineers say that the problem of the mass decrease became the most complicated part in the aircraft creation. Finding solution wasn’t easy. It was decided to apply composition materials throughout the aircraft. Modern technologies and improved aluminum alloys helped to decrease the mass.
Passengers prefer flying by modern aircrafts. According to statistics, A380 is used much more often as compared to other planes.