{"id":3121,"date":"2013-11-08T09:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T13:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2013-11-07T14:59:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T18:59:58","slug":"urban-planet-happens-architects-play-lego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/11\/08\/urban-planet-happens-architects-play-lego\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: This is what happens when architects play with LEGO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2422\" alt=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Architects from three world-class firms recently returned to their childhoods to take part in a LEGO experiment.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment, which <em>Wired<\/em> organized, sought to answer a simple question: What would happen if architects got their hands on the <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.lego.com\/en-US\/Studio-21050#shopxlink\" target=\"_blank\">LEGO Architecture Studio<\/a> set?<\/p>\n<p>The firms Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,\u00a0Sn\u00f8hetta, and\u00a0SHoP Architects all took part in the challenge to build with the 1,210-piece LEGO set.<\/p>\n<p>The entries are as innovative as you might expect; custom 3D-printed pieces, a structure encased in ice that melts to reveal inner details, and seemingly gravity-defying designs made up the finished products.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wired<\/em> has posted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/design\/2013\/10\/incredible-lego-structures-built-by-some-of-the-worlds-best-architects\/\" target=\"_blank\">gallery of the results<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy Wired.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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