#atelier 5

[architectureandfilmblog]

Siedlung Halen, Atelier 5, 1961

“More than 50 years on, it’s one of the most successful housing estates in existence“

PARKOUR HALENSIEDLUNG (2007), SIEDLUNG HALEN (2010)

These videos offer two perspectives on the iconic Halen development - one looks at history and design detail, while in the other its massing, human scale, and playfulness are demonstrated through parkour.

The 79-home Swiss project was designed by 5 young architects on a forested site overlooking a river, 15 minutes cycle ride from Bern. The land had been intended for their own houses, until costs necessitated a higher density. Communal facilities such as the swimming pool, playground and community hall have shared ownership, and the internal streets are pedestrianised. For additional reading, this feature in Monocle (quoted above) includes short profiles of some of the residents. They reflect the fact that the buildings, arranged on a slope with high walls between gardens, seem to have found a sweet spot between community and privacy. As one resident says:  “You can sunbathe on the top floor balcony as God intended without anyone seeing.”

Perhaps part of Halen's success lies in how well it resolves two areas of tension in our relationship to spaces. Firstly the public/private balance, something like what Le Corbusier referred to as "silence, solitude, but also daily contact with mortals.” And secondly, Prospect Refuge theory, in which we crave immersion within nature, but also shelter from it - a view of the surrounding landscape, but also a feeling of enclosure and protection. 

[germanpostwarmodern]

Schlosspark Housing Estate (1996) in Boll-Sinneringen, Switzerland, by Atelier 5

[architectureofdoom]

Conrete renovation at Siedlung Rainpark, Brügg, Atelier 5, 1969-70

[alinalal-art]

green 💚

[aroacewxs]

hey (casually, nonchalantly) can i come over and explain to you the intricacies and nuances of my new Favourite Thing for an hour or two

[sumirerin]

Magic should be shared with everyone, right? ✨💚

[lunarharp]

scrappies cause HE'S BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 📖

[sableeira]

They captured this panel so well

[cyellolemon]

Listen I just love them a lot

[small-wha]

[nectarishes]

witch hat doodle hashtag DUMP

[wha-archive]

Character introductions Part 1: Coco, Qifrey, Agott

Shirahama has been steadily posting profiles for our leads ahead of the new chapter (Chapter 69, to be published 22nd June) and the Volume 12 release! These are the three put out so far, with no doubt more to follow! With the recent notice on the slip of volume 12 that the anime is "in production", these are quite exciting!

[badass-queer-couples-battle]

Propaganda:

For Orufrey: "They're tragic wlw who have devoted their lives to each other since they were kids. They live together, they cook together, they're raising four girls together and they're doing the best they can. Olruggio would do anything for Qifrey if Qifrey would just Let Him 😭 but Qifrey is dead-set on protecting Olruggio and keeping him safe and in the dark no matter what it costs... i cant 😭..."

"Man I don't know they just have the vibes. They have toxic yuri energy but they are two grown men. They've known each other since their apprentice days and have stuck together ever since. Qifrey's main magic type was something he took up because Olruggio proposed that he learned to control the water he feared. They live together away from most of society with Qifrey's four apprentices, living the sapphic cottagecore (ateliercore???) dream. Qifrey, due to the fact that his eyesight is very much failing, something which is very problematic when it comes to witches, who need their eyesight more than most, is getting very desperate to get all he lost to the Brimhats, the witches who took one of his eyes and his memories, and Olruggio ends up noticing this pursuit and is implied to have done this more than once. Qifrey does not want Olruggio to know about both his failing eyesight and his goals, so he ends up completely wiping Olruggio's memory of those things, and laments that Olruggio is a kind person, and one who would most likely forgive him again, but also one who would try to save him, even when he didn't want to be saved. He also apologized right up until the moment Olruggio's memories of his secret were gone. In general I think chapter 40 is the somewhat toxic guy yuri chapter ever. I'm very tired so I do not know how to explain any of this, I just thought "wow Orufrey reminds me of this one poll I saw on Tumblr" and then spent three days straight hunting for your blog before completely forgetting my reasoning for Orufrey being yuri right before I submitted this."

For Bruabba: "Jojo transcends gender"

"Just look at them. So much wlw swag, Bruno was also designed to have a 'feminine silhouette' (mangaka's words, not mine). Abbacchio follows Bruno on a suicide mission to kill the mafia boss after telling Bruno he's only at peace by his side. They met while Abbachio was in the middle of a depressive spiral after his friend's death (that he's partially responsible for) and Bruno gave him a new purpose in life. Abbachio is kind of a bitch overall but he's always protective of Bruno and his nicer side mostly shows around him. Tragic mafia gay yuri"

[ashusee]

Ermmm so Im working on a remix between these two styles and this is one of the results. There’s another one which I am coloring, but for now have this, enjoy.

[inigolovingzone]

Okay actually gonna sleep now, but I have enough white haired blorbos to be able to do this now

[loktauri]

WHA!Trigun AU. Where the main quartet are all pointed hats. Knives and Vash were found together. And Tesla is just taking a little swim I promise :)