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Inspiration:
* [http://www.dancingcameras.com/post/35785127513/ architectural 1]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrej/4605859317/ architectural 2]
* [http://www.zaha-hadid.com/archive/ Zaha Hadid Architects]
* [http://katsumihayakawa.com/menu2013.html/  Katsumi Hhayakawa]
* [http://louisreith.com/ Louis Reith]
* [http://vimeo.com/18842873#at=0/ Tom Beddard (vid)]
* [http://www.subblue.com/gallery/album/34/ Tom Beddard]
* [http://www.fisheyeview.com/FVCamTimeLapse.html/ live vid of corals]

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Organic City / Reef City

After some thought I have decided that the aspect I’m most interested and fascinated by at the moment
is the translation of urban, geometric static forms into organic shapes.

What would a building look like, if it weren’t a human-build structure with strict constraints but a free flowing shape,
changing its form to adjust to its needs? What would maybe even a whole city look like?

To deal with these questions I have begun to research coral reefs. I consider them to be metropolises of the sea
as they provide a variety of organisms with food and shelter. Even though they cover less than 0.1 % of ocean surface,
they harbor 25 % of all marine species.

For this project I would like to try and “translate” a city (or part of a city) like Weimar into a reef-like structure and see,
what changes emerge through the organic shape-building. Maybe some of these realizations can even be of use
in the process of future urban development connected to global warming.

Inspiration: