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March 14, 2011
Casteller from Mike Randolph on Vimeo.
A literal title for a literal post. Every year in Tarragona, Spain, highly-organized teams of Castellers (in Catalan, “Castle-ers”) come together to compete in a very old, and very complex, competition that tests each team’s structural logic and group-think capabilities. The challenge? Build a tower made of team members, with the ultimate goal (outside of height) being the smooth transition between constructing and dismantling the tower. Click through for more on the phenomenon.
Like any other engineering project, the teams must build an astonishingly strong structural foundation – made up of many tens of humans that link together, digitally. The towers’ height are judged by how many layers – or humans – it rises above the group base. The construction process is highly rigorous and organized – sashes worn around the waist provide the “ladder” upon which each layer is cast upwards. Read more about it here, or at LIFE.
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Two French designers mix and match Axor's Bouroullec collection to create beautifully minimal bathroom designs. -
Construction is finally compete on the already iconic tower. -
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The 2012 Monumenta installation in Paris's Grand Palais is a disorienting blast of color.
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Developers are planning an underwater hotel in Dubai that will take the cake for the emirate's most ridiculous architecture.
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