Monday 4 April 2011

Ninja Arithmetic

First things first, ninja arithmetic is actually arithmetic for buildings. Basically how people plus, minus, multiply and divide objects to make it look like an actual building. An example I will reference for you would be this.
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image reference: http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=58

This is the KAUST Breakwater Beacon at Saudi Arabia by HOK. This might be how the world sees a project and how did the architect did it although it might not be the same. But I think it is actually quite interesting.

This is actually a blog that was introduced by our tutorial group's tutor, which is really interesting, this blogs gives out quiet a lot of inspiration and also ideas. One of my favorite part is the ninja arithmetic, if sort of gives me the idea: "if you are brain dead or out of inspirations, this is the way to do it, they way of the ninja!"

Of course they not only share the good things, they also share critics, such as Hodolphin Parks. This building definitely is a weird one, very literal without any meaning.



image reference:  http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=58

Indeed, it is a pencil sharpener minus a horse multiply tons of cash to build it. If you have no seen it, they even designed the eyes of the horse with light. This is actually a building proposed for Dubai and they will most likely build it.

After viewing more ninja arithmetic, I decided that I might use this technique to design my next assignment. Giving myself a chance to take up a new way of doing things, of course not ditching my previous ways. Who knows this would help me improve our working style? Nevertheless, exploring more ideas is always needed. But the main point for me in this ninja arithmetic is it's too fun, you could probably make anything out of anything. Even something like this is possible:



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Image Reference: http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=58&paged=5

It's a donut plus lego, the solution is Science Centre and Aquarium in Hamburg's Hafencity. Anyone interested in seeing more ninja arithmetic, please visit http://www.architecture.myninjaplease.com and search under the "archjutsu > ninja arithmetic" section, have fun! Oh, by the way, this I made this just for fun but I will share it as well.

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