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El Parc de la Diagonal Mar és de visita obligada. Perquè parla de la nova Barcelona i perquè, anar-hi, és una experiència poc comparable amb la visita d'altres parcs urbans. En aquesta ambiciosa obra contemporània entenem que la nova Barcelona vol ser una ciutat capdavantera en originalitat i arquitectura sostenible.
L'equip format pel matrimoni d'Enric Miralles i Benedetta Tagliabue van arribar, amb l'execució del Parc de la Diagonal Mar l'any 2002, a la culminació de la idea d'arquitectura innovadora i sostenible. Situat a la nova Barcelona del Fòrum, als terrenys d'una antiga fàbrica, aquest parc de 14 hectàrees es distribueix en set grans espais. Cada espai pretén despertar evocacions diferents. Una gran zona de jocs infantils, una passarel·la elevada sobre l'aigua, el llac amb escultures que expulsen aigua vaporitzada, les estructures de tubs ondulants, la gran plaça central, etc, són àrees clarament diferenciades però sempre cohesionades per un element comú: l'aigua.
L'aigua que transcorre per l'estructura tubular elevada que avança per tot el parc com una gran aranya. Aquesta línia en moviment abraça de tant en tant jardineres en suspensió que recorden l'arquitectura orgànica de Gaudí. Els tubs, a més de ser l'òrgan que unifica el trencaclosques del parc, permeten que per dins hi circuli l'aigua freàtica que rega els jardins. Tot un enginy tècnic i decoratiu que s'entronca amb el criteri de sostenibilitat amb el qual s'ha dissenyat el Parc de Diagonal Mar, ple d'ecosistemes i on la natura passa a ser controlada per la mà de l'home.
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The Parc de la Diagonal Mar is a must-see for visitors because it epitomises the new Barcelona and is quite unlike any other city park. This ambitious contemporary work encapsulates Barcelona’s desire to become a city at the forefront of originality and sustainable architecture.
The architectural practice of the husband and wife team of Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue reached the pinnacle of innovative and sustainable architecture with their design of the Parc de la Diagonal Mar in 2002. Located in the new Forum Barcelona, on a disused factory site, this 14-hectare park is divided into seven large areas. Each area was designed to evoke different sensations. A large children’s play area, a raised walkway over water, the lake with sculptures which spray out water, the curved tubular structures, the giant central plaza, etc, are clearly defined areas which are linked by a common element: water
Water that flows through the raised tubular structure that spiders its way through the park. This moving line occasionally coils around suspended plant pots which are reminiscent of Gaudí’s organic architecture. In addition to being the linking element of the jigsaw puzzle of the park, the tubes also convey groundwater which irrigates the gardens. A technological and decorative wonder which fits in with the sustainability criteria that formed the basis of the design of the Parc de Diagonal Mar, full of ecosystems and where nature is controlled by man.
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El Parque de la Diagonal Mar es de visita obligada, porque habla de la nueva Barcelona y porque ir es una experiencia poco comparable con otros parques urbanos. En esta ambiciosa obra contemporánea entendemos que la nueva Barcelona quiere ser una ciudad pionera en originalidad y arquitectura sostenible.
El equipo formado por el matrimonio Enric Miralles y Benedetta Tagliabue llegaron, con la ejecución del Parque de la Diagonal Mar en 2002, a la culminación de la idea de arquitectura innovadora y sostenible. Situado en la nueva Barcelona del Fòrum, en los terrenos de una antigua fábrica, este parque de 14 hectáreas se distribuye en siete grandes espacios. Cada espacio pretende despertar evocaciones diferentes. Una gran zona de juegos infantiles, una pasarela elevada sobre el agua, el lago con esculturas que expulsan agua vaporizada, las estructuras de tubos ondulantes, la gran plaza central, etc, son áreas claramente diferenciadas pero siempre cohesionadas por un elemento común: el agua.
El agua que transcurre por la estructura tubular elevada que avanza por todo el parque como una araña. Esta línea en movimiento abraza de vez en cuando jardineras en suspensión que recuerdan la arquitectura orgánica de Gaudí. Los tubos, además de ser el órgano que unifica el rompecabezas del parque, permiten que por su interior circule agua freática que riega los jardines. Todo un avance técnico y decorativo que entronca con el criterio de sostenibilidad bajo el cuál se ha diseñado el Parc de Diagonal Mar, lleno de ecosistemas y donde la naturaleza pasa a ser controlada por la mano del hombre.
Lowland rice weeds / POACEAE (grass family)
Weed name: Leersia hexandra Sw.
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“Control Headquarters” doesn't exist! However, this building I photographed does! Image editing consisted of converting to black and white, dodging, burning and levels adjustments.
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Full Artist's Statement
For me “Control Headquarters” is a representation of a mythical man made structure where the agents of Control work against the forces of Chaos. It is a digital photo of an actual architectural structure in my home town, Perth. Image editing consisted of converting to black and white, dodging, burning and levels adjustments.
Thanks to the television series “Get Smart” with agents 86 and 99 for inspiring the title. The image reminds me of the elaborate entry into Control Headquarters that agent 86 had go through at the start of each show.
There is nothing organic or random about the structure. It’s constructed entirely of man made building materials. It’s a totally controlled environment.
Down in the bowels of this structure is a door to an office. The light is on.
But is it a case of “The light is on but nobody’s home!” ?
Does Control Headquarters really exist? Does Control exist?
Despite all our supposed intelligence, technological creations, and maturity my life experience has shown me that we (human beings) have very little control over our lives even when it may appear otherwise. Seemingly random events can quickly turn our lives into turmoil.
I assert that control does not exist and that we would all do better to stop chasing the dream of control. Let’s face it if we ever got to a point of total control it would probably bore us to death. We need to be more embracing of change and the randomness of life to cope better with all that this chaotic life throws at us.
At an exhibition of this work a fellow photographic artist Louise Mann also of Perth remarked to me that she loved the “7” in the work. I had not intentionally sort to create a number within the structure and hadn’t seen it. Initially very surprised I hadn’t seen it then very annoyed because once pointed out I couldn’t stop seeing it.
Damn! I didn't intend people to see 7 but once pointed out it was bleedin’ obvious and I was worried it might detract from the image and spoil the message I was trying to get across with the image. I was hoping the viewer would see an office door with bright light glowing through glass windows above and to the side of the door - the entry to Control Headquarters - where the light is on but nobody is home!
So I asked her what the “7” meant to her. She replied :-
“The '7' in control headquarters is, in my opinion, wonderfully discordant! It’s an odd number so its not generating implied balance, but it’s not as acceptable as '3' nor as tidy as '5'. It leaves me with the question - 'what is the significance of '7'?' This doesn't have to be a question of the photographer's significance, just the significance of it appearing all on its own! Because it’s the lightest part of the image, I'm drawn to it and I'm wanting to work it out - I can't, but I want to - so that gives the image the power of drawing me back to it.”
– Louise Mann, Photographic Artist, in reply email 29 August 2006.
I agree with Louise’s assessment of the 7 as wonderfully discordant. Once seen it certainly made me feel uncomfortable and drew me into the image again and again. I also can't work it out.
I think this is because it is one of only a few recognisable elements in the image that a viewer can latch on to make sense of what the image is. The other elements are small and in the shadows so being the brightest element the 7 really leaps out as the recognisable. However after recognising the 7 the viewer can't build on that base to understand what the image is because it is out of context. Leading the viewer to try to disregard the 7 to read the image again. Also the fact that the 7 is separated into 2 parts begs the question is it really a 7? Does the 7 belong in the image? If that's a 7 what is the rest of the image?
This struggle to resolve the ambiguity of the image and find something recognisable and solid to grab onto ties back beautifully into the title and theme of the work "Control Headquarters". I think that resolving the ambiguity is our first reaction to control our lives. Recognising what we see (our environment), categorising it, and taking appropriate action allows us to avoid harm and feel safe and secure.
The strong geometry and other recognisable elements in the image along with the fact that is a photo of a real world subject give enough clues to what the image is of that a viewer can't automatically categorise it as "Abstract" and happily move on to the next image. They will try to work out what it is to control it.
By dodging the 7 to absolute white (or just about) to create the window effect I was after I have really introduced a new element into the image which is out of context and discordant. Being the brightest part it draws the viewers attention to it however because it is very small the rest of the image actually manages to compete with it for the viewers attention.
The importance the eye wants to attribute to the 7 just because it is the brightest part of the image is discordant with the amount of real estate it occupies on the paper. I think our brain recognises that discordance and logically looks to analyse the rest of the image to make sense of it but our eye keeps getting drawn back to the highlight 7.
I am very pleased with this result as this quandary certainly adds considerable depth and impact to an image that started out as a study of geometry and a play of light.
- Mike Wishart
Artist / Photographer
23 February 2007
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This is all that is left of the old Stapleton Airport. The rest of the land is being developed into residential and retail.
We used the temp controller as a easy bake oven to make saag paneer. I started off with a
gallon of week old raw milk and just added a little yogurt and kefir
whey. I placed the milk in a 110F chest cooler for the next eight
hours. A 75W light bulb was being driven by the temp controller to
hold temperature. It looks like this yogurt cheese would also be great
for fondue.
Meetup IOT Paris 4 février 2015 au NumaParis
- Bertrand Duplat, Belty, la ceinture connectée
- Jacques Lépine / Slow Control, le chauffe-biberon connecté
- Kayvan Mirza / Optinvent / les smart glasses / réalité augmentée.
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The Terra Torch shoots a jet of jelled fuel to start a fire during today's controlled burn.
Today’s crews used the Terra Torch, a gel-fuel ignition system that shoots a thickened mixture of gasoline, diesel and water into an area to start a fire.
Fort A.P. Hill will continue controlled burns for the next several weeks as weather permits.
U.S. Army photo by Bob McElroy
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Excuse the construction site . . . the new control tower at Christchurch Airport opens in a couple of weeks.
plusieurs fois par jour, la police patrouille dans le quartier, rafle des sans papiers, contrôle et harcèle tout-e-s celles et ceux qui ne marchent pas droit.
Tous ces flics, ajoutés aux caméras de vidéosurveillance et aux lois sécuritaires sont autant d'outils qui permettent à l'état de mener la guerre aux pauvres, de chasser les indésirables qu'il ne souhaite plus voir dans les rues : pauvres, sans papiers, roms, biffins etc...
Mais il est possible de s'opposer aux contrôles et aux arrestations, de créer des solidarités qui rendent le travail de la police plus difficile.
SOYONS INCONTROLABLES !
The derelict control tower at Ludham airfield in Norfolk taken on 1st October 1989 and 10 years or so before restoration. Further information on flickr suggests it has fallen into disrepair again since.
Buscando por Internet algunas propuestas que ayuden a discernir el tema sobre control o mandos de consolas de videojuegos para discapacitados, encontré un website donde el autor propone adaptaciones a controles y consolas completas para un disfrute de los videojuegos por parte de las personas con discapacidad.
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Controlled Chaos
In chaos theory, control of chaos is based on the fact that any chaotic attractor contains an infinite number of unstable periodic orbits. Chaotic dynamics then consists of a motion where the system state moves in the neighborhood of one of these orbits for a while, then falls close to a different unstable periodic orbit where it remains for a limited time, and so forth. This results in a complicated and unpredictable wandering over longer periods of time.
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Something i knocked up quickly to enable me to attach the wireless remote control onto the tripod (freeing up the hotshoe on the S100fs)
It just clamps onto your tripod leg and plug remote into camera.
You need:
1x Cold Shoe adaptor
1x Tool Clip (correct size to fit your tripod leg diameter)
1x 6mm long bolt
All parts are available on Ebay etc
Cheap and useful gadget?