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Commonplace ugliness.
Sunset shine on concrete pillars of a building project, somewhere in Mjärdevi Linköping.
"De Pontsteiger" (which translates into "Ferry Jetty") , also known as the Miljoenengebouw (Millions building), is a residential tower in a rather new and “hip and happening” urban area called Houthavens in Amsterdam, in The Netherlands.
The design is by the hand of Arons and Gelauff Architects. In 2007 it was chosen as the winning design and, despite the credit crisis, was built almost according to the design in 2015-2019. In 2020, among nine other buildings, it was nominated for the Amsterdam Architecture Prize.
The building is situated on the embankment of the IJ where a ferry, locally known as ferry jetty, departs. There are homes, retail and catering areas located in the building. On the 25th floor there is a penthouse of 1440 m² (nb: the housing shortage in Amsterdam is big, so a 80 m2 apartment is already considered a large space), which was acquired by catering entrepreneur - a.k.a. tycoon - Won Yip, who sold 391 m² on to Marcel Boekhoorn (a Dutch entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist) in 2019.
Although the building has an extremely angular appearance, the plinth has spaces with flowing facades.
The building is 92 meters high. This makes the building the highest residential building in Amsterdam. A striking feature of the building is the luxurious finish, including bronze-green tiles between the floors. Other striking facade elements are the external and internal (but visible from the outside) V-shaped beams.
On the other hand, many residents of the brand new icon are not that happy. The building is very noisy. Some of them are starting to going crazy from the noise. "Sometimes I go to sleep somewhere else to relax." In the Pontsteiger you can pretty much hear all the sounds from your upstairs and downstairs neighbours. Including phone calls, doors that open and close, radio, TV, footsteps, flushing toilets, gaming, etc. The nickname "Discotheque Pontsteiger" already made a name for itself.
Other problems with the building include parking spaces which are too small for larger cars (Residents often cannot close their box because their car does not fit) and the patio doors have no handle on the outside. To enter you have to push against the window. Of course one can (not) expect these kind of problems for a bare rent apartment of 100 m² which starts at 1,800 euros. Including service costs, this comes at 2,500 euros per month.
Technical stuff
About why I started this series of black-and-white hyper long exposure photos, please scroll 4 photos back.
This is a single, tripod based, shot. Taken at 200ISO, f8, 131 seconds at 21.3 mils. This all situated in a seven Beaufort storm, so it is a small miracle that the shot is in focus and crisp.
Post-production was executed with Lightroom. I used several inverted radial filters and adjustment brushes. Please visit Yoshihiko Wada’s tutorials for more info. Finally, I added some copyright signs (in PS). The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the fact that my photos were frequently copied. So, don't bother commenting on that.
The Netherlands are just a small country with loads and loads of people (we spend most of our time sitting in traffic or trying to keep breathing on overcrowded trains...). Yet they keep building houses and offices. This billboard is announcing another building project near The Hague. Pretty soon the city centre of The Hague will be located in Rotterdam. I can't wait to move back to England!!
For my video; youtu.be/rSsTUE9kHOM
Water transport, building project,
runabout, boat,
Port Moody Arm,
Barnet Marine Park,
Barnet, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Boxes (or cases) stacked asymmetrically on top of each other form this modern house. At the same time it´s an angle case study.
The house is a calm and silent place to call home. The livingroom is hovering above the still water of the swimming pool. The living area is divided into different floor levels. Kitchen and toilet are located on ground floor. Landing, livingroom, bedroom and bathroom can be found on next level. A combined music and reading corner is hosted on the highest level. A friend of mine told me that she imagined this house to be located in Italy. I think that Italy is a very good guess.
I began mapping out the schematics for this legacy cabinet for my journal. Part of the reason why this project is going to take so much time to craft and build is because I am going to have a lot of custom routing jobs on this. I plan on routing the pieces of the cabinet instead of using screws and then I will be routing a lot of words and designs throughout the project.
I’m a little concerned at the size this will end up being, but I think it will really help it stand out. I want to pour as much time and attention in this cabinet as I do in my actual journal so it will be a true work of art.
Theme: Building A Legacy
Year Nine Of My 365 Project
More and more of the railway station is being obscured and tracks covered by the Adelaide Convention Centre. By now new buildings have been constructed up to the bridge I took this photo from. © Henk Graalman 1987
Lately I have been thinking through what kind of legacy I am building- what I am leaving behind on this Earth to make it a better place. While I have many interests in my world, I have been passionate about writing and journaling ever since I was a small child. I’ve had journals on and off ever since I was in second grade, but my current journal is indeed on of my greatest passions- maybe even my legacy.
It may seem a bit morose, but someday the light will leave my life. That is a certainty. Someday these pages of my journal will be all that is left of me and my different journeys, and I wonder what kind of a legacy I really am leaving. I find myself more and more asking what I want this all to be about.
While these pages have really helped me get through a lot of things in my life, my hope is that somehow, someway they have inspired others to do the same. I hope that somehow others may have seen the creative outlets and that they themselves can work through or document their own lives.
This journal I am writing is the legacy I am leaving behind, for whatever it is worth to anyone. Seven journals of 3,00 pages each- it will take quite a while to finish. My goal besides my journal is to build a beautiful work of art to encase and hold all the pages of my life… my legacy. I want it to be a legacy in and of itself- a building project that will take years to complete. I will in no way finish the case this year, but I hope to complete the design, and start crafting it piece by piece- like my legacy being written one page at a time.
Theme: Building A Legacy
Year Nine Of My 365 Project
In the summer of 1995 six monks arrived in the southern Arizona desert to establish St. Anthony’s Monastery,
Today I broke in my new saw and cut some sample swatches of maple so I can test out different stains. The saw cut the maple like it was butter- such an amazing bit of power at the touch of a button!
Theme: Building A Legacy
Year Nine Of My 365 Project
Yesterday Stu and I spent 3 hours constructing this cute little corner table. I wanted something simple for this spot. It's not always easy to put these things together. The instructions aren't always clear. But, with a little determination, we managed to do it. Now I have a place for my lovely Tiffany lamp and family photos. :)
A group discusses tractors in the FFA Ag Mechanics area where students show the tractors they have worked on and restored including the 1957 Case tractor shown here.
Student rests his head after a long day. Maybe he is thinking I should have restored a John Deere Tractor.
Aerial photo I took of downtown Austin just a few years back (2002), before the Frost Tower and several of the other recent additions to the skyline... See the notes to chart some of the big changes since then, and some others soon to come...
The South Devon Link Road is a 5.5km dual carriageway, which will provide the long awaited Kingskerswell bypass. The road will bypass the existing A380 between Newton Abbot and Torbay
Currently under construction, the major new road is scheduled to be complete by December 2015. The project was granted full approval by the government in May 2012 and work began in the autumn.
The improved access to Torbay and South Devon is expected to bring lasting economic benefits, leading to the creation of nearly 8,000 jobs in South Devon, with around 3,500 of these in Torbay. It is predicted that the new road will remove 95% of traffic away from Kingskerswell, restoring and revitalising the village.
The A380 between Penn Inn, Newton Abbot and Kerswell Gardens, Torquay is one of the most choked up and heavily used roads in the region, carrying over 35,000 vehicles a day.
Running to the west of the existing A380 and bypassing Kingskerswell, the South Devon Link Road will provide a safer, less congested and faster route for through traffic, with the existing road remaining to provide a quieter route for local traffic, buses, cyclists and pedestrians.
Regeneration of the eastern part of Lime Street, Liverpool in full swing.
Photo shows both the new road layout taking shape at St. George's Place, together with the ongoing restoration of the former North Western Hotel.
The Grade 11 listed building was built in 1871 as a hotel for the London & North Western Railway - designed by Alfred Waterhouse, containing 330 rooms, closing as a hotel in 1933.
The hotel is being restored for the Radisson Hotel Group and will be part of their 'Red' brand - a concept to appeal to a millennial audience by focusing on art, music and fashion.....
A FFA team poses with the feeder they built for the farm equipment competition at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.
The Priddy FFA Ag Mechanics Team is visiting after the judges have past at the 2009 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo when one of their members see my camera..
Rotterdam is well known for its neverending building projects. The construction of the subway system had only just finished when they started a new underground project (a shopping area). At this point they are re-developing the Central Station (a major operation) and basically everywhere in the city centre you can see work in progress. People from Rotterdam get fed up sometimes, I know I did...
For more pictures of the great city of Rotterdam, check out my picture set.
These Priddy, Texas FFA students are trying to look casual even though a camera is pointed at them. This team put together an hydraulic cattle chute for the Ag Mechanics show at the 2009 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
So this is the first day of a project my roommate suggested. He told me I ought to take a day by day picture, to incorporate my 365 project, of each building on Clemson's campus. I added the in chronological order part. So here's the first day, starting at the Calhoun Mansion on Fort Hill Street. But this isn't of the entire residence, instead this is a detail of a rusted bench that is found on the back patio of the home.
Building new burgers on Saturday evening of Friday´s leftovers.
They were even better one day after...
Garbage shed, stairs and fence designed and built by me this summer for my daughters family the summer of 2016.
The sandpit with bench was built for my grandson in 2015.
The garbage shed was designed in Google SketchUp Make (free) and the complete model can be downloaded from the SketchUp 3D Warehouse. If you want it, search there for "Garbage shed for 2 x 140 liter + 1 x 240 liter bins"
Jason and Bailey from the Bellevue, Texas FFA with the portable lumber mill they built. Some guys have all the luck.
A Tractor refurbished and displayed at The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in Houston Texas by a high school FFA ag mechanic team.
Photos from the yearly Illuminating York festival, in York city centre.
This year there were 2 main centre-pieces, a stunning 15 minute 3D-projection mapping display onto Castle Museum entitled "Envisions" by United VJs & GaiaNova (pictured) and "Contours" by Karen Monid, a sound and light installation in Dean's park next to the Minster utilising lights, projectors and booming voices of 7 languages including old Norse, Icelandic and Swedish.
The 3d Projection mapping was particularly impressive, with explosions, crumbling buildings, skeletons, trains and a riot of colours all swirling around to a banging Adam Freeland soundtrack.