6/11/2009

Name that Shape

In the last few weeks we've noticed that our egg crate buildings tend to look like various other items and objects. So what did the most recent building look like? Well, with apologies to Sir Mix-a-Lot, here are some possibilities:












I guess if it appears so often in nature, it must be a somewhat functional and stable shape. Any other suggestions for similarly shaped objects?


Do it yourself

























Some Assembly Required


Pictures of us putting together our penultimate pod.











צילומי לילה, המשך מעטפת





6/09/2009

Tannaitic and Amoraic Spontanaic

What did spontaneous architecture look like in Judea/Palestine of Late Antiquity? Here are a few sketches that illustrate cases which are described in the Mishna and Talmud of tractate Sukkah:











Drawings are taken from the book "Perush Chai" on tractate Sukkah