Victoria Meyers : Invisible Buildings

hanrahan Meyers architects likes: 'Speed of Light Lingers in Face of New Camera'

Victoria Meyers architect (hMa) likes today's New York Times (December 14, 2011), featuring a new camera invented by MIT Media Lab scientist and MIT Professor Dr. Ramesh Raskar. 'Speed of Light Lingers In Face of New Camera' adds to conversations with Dr. Lene Hau of Harvard University's Physics Department.  Victoria's book 'Designing with Light' included conversations about the physics of light with Dr. Lene Hau of Harvard University.

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Dr. Raskar's new camera is capable of freeze framing light, and capturing how and where light has penetrated into objects that it is hitting.  The camera offers a new way to study light and how it interacts with everyday objects.  The applications will be profound.  In addition, Dr. Raskar's goal is to develop another new type of camera, capable of bending around corners, in order to 'see' what is happening in other rooms and spaces, beyond what was 'fit' into the camera lens.  Sounds amazing, and we are sitting on the edges of our seats to hear about new and future contributions to the science of Light by Dr. Raskar.

Designing with Light, by Victoria Meyers architect

To read the full New York Times article, click the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/science/speed-of-light-lingers-in-face-of-mit-media-lab-camera.html.

 

Won Dharma Center featured as Building of the Week on American-Architects.com. hanrahan Meyers architects

Won Dharma Center:  Meditation and Administration at dusk click here to view more photos on www.hanrahanmeyers.com
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Below is an excerpt from the article posted on Dec 5. 2011:

"On a large rural property in upstate New York, overlooking the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains, sits the Won Dharma Center, "a spiritual community, where people from all walks of life study, ... live and work together." The beautiful setting is enhanced by the new buildings for the Center designed by New York City's Victoria Meyers architect (hMa). Serene yet contemporary, the buildings are marked by wooden exteriors and simple interiors. The architects answered some questions about the project that officially opened on October 2, 2011.

What were the circumstances of receiving the commission for this project?

The owner’s representative initially requested a number of architects from the Northeastern region of the U.S. to submit their portfolio for review by the Won Buddhist organization and project sponsors.  A short list of three architects was created, and the owner’s representatives along with three reverends from the Won Buddhist organization conducted interviews and visits to completed projects by the architects.  Additionally, hMa sent a series of speculative sketches and drawings that imagined the site and the buildings based on meetings with the clients..."

Click here to read the full article on american-architects.com

Won Dharma Center: interior of Meditation Hall click here to view more photos on www.hanrahanmeyers.com Post Victoria Meyers architect
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For more information about hMa, visit their website: www.hanrahanMeyers.com. 

DWiP: Digital Water i-Pavilion (Battery Park City Community Center) by hanrahan Meyers architects featured in Wall Street Journal

aerial site photo of DWi-P/ Battery Park City Community Center in construction Post Victoria Meyers architect

Here is an excerpt from the article:

Battery Park City Wraps Up Building
By: Joseph De Avila  Post by Victoria Meyers architect

The new Battery Park City Community Center marks the completion of the Battery Park City Authority's role as the lead developer for the neighborhood—a role it has played for more than 40 years.

"We are closing one chapter as real-estate developer and opening a new chapter as a building manager," said Gayle Horwitz, chief executive of the authority.

The other project the authority is working on is the development of Pier A, which has been closed to the public for several decades. It will include food courts and performance space and is expected to be finished by the fall of 2012.

A rendering showing the complex at ground level. It is expected to be finished in September.

In 1968, the Battery Park City Authority was formed to oversee planning for the nascent neighborhood that was built on landfill from the excavation of the World Trade Center. In its early days, the authority put together a master plan for Battery Park City to manage the growth of the neighborhood.

Click here to read the full article on wsj.com