A Grand Gift for a Unique City

From the salvaged remains of a decrepit Creole Cottage, the Brooklyn-based artist Swoon has re-imagined a permanent, interactive sculpture for the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans. We call it the Dithyrambalina. It will look like a house, but it will function like a musical instrument. A growing group of local and national sound artists are working towards interactive instruments that can be built into its walls and floorboards so that visitors can bring the house to life through their touch. Ultimately, musicians will be invited to play the house, performing orchestrated works at block parties for their friends and neighbors. This project is for the love of New Orleans - its architecture, music, culture and its people.

Swoon has designed the look of house and we have formed coalitions with everyone from architects to salvage suppliers. The next phase of our project is to create instrumentation for the house. This Fall our sound artists will publicly test their prototypes in a temporary installation we are calling The Music Box - A Shantytown Sound Laboratory.



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Entorno 17 - Apagarla, miradas alternas a la energía

ENTORNO es la revista oficial del Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas y la primera publicación del país especializada en temas de arquitectura, urbanismo, diseño, arte y cultura contemporánea.

Cada edición de esta revista trimestral explora temas de arquitectura reciente, entrevistas con importantes figuras del diseño y un análisis multidisciplinario que persigue promover el conocimiento, discusión y debate público sobre los asuntos que impactan el espacio en el que vivimos.

Con la profundidad de su contenido y un magnífico diseño gráfico reconocido a nivel internacional, ENTORNO es la publicación de referencia sobre asuntos de arquitectura y urbanismo en Puerto Rico.

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Open publication - Free publishing - More energia

Para ediciones anteriores, visite la página del Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de PR (CAAPPR)

Architecture School - Sundance Channel

The six-part series from creators Michael Selditch and Stan Bertheaud follows a group of students at Tulane University's prestigious School of Architecture as they submit competing designs for an affordable home in Katrina-battered New Orleans. The stakes are high: the winning model will be built during the course of the school year and put up for sale, enabling one fledgling architect to begin his or her career with a high-profile splash.

ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL opens a window onto the art and science of architecture while telling a unique and uplifting story about the literal rebuilding of New Orleans. Filmed during the 2007-2008 school year, the series follows the construction of the third home in Tulane University's URBANbuild program, which offers fourth-year architecture students the opportunity to design and build a low-cost single-family home over the course of the school year. Founded in 2005, URBANbuild is a partnership between Tulane's School of Architecture and Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans (N.H.S.), a nonprofit agency that works to restore urban neighborhoods.

Salinas Pool Renovation Project published in Agenda de Decoración 2010

LEESarq's Salinas Pool Renovation project was published in Agenda de Decoración 2010, a local decorator's magazine in Puerto Rico. The article, written by Sahyly Alvarez Esponda and titled Caída Perenne (Perennial Fall), features photos of the renovated pool and an interview with José Vigo, the project's contractor and owner of Techno-Pools. 

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Estancias Reales Project published in Agenda de Decoración

LEES Arquitectos e Ingenieros' Estancias Reales Pool and Terrace Renovation Project was recently featured in Agenda de Decoración Edición Especial 2010, a local home decor magazine published by Casiano Communications. The article, titled "Zambúllete en total Relajación" was written by Eira Y. Canales and features two two-page spreads with photos and an interview with José Vigo, proprietor of Techno-Pools and project contractor.