House of Shadow / Laurent Troost ArchitecturesSave this picture! Joana FranaHousesManaus, BrazilArchitects: Laurent Troost ArchitecturesAreaArea of this architecture projectArea:402 mYearCompletion year of this architecture project Year: 2023 PhotographsPhotographs:Joana FranaManufacturersBrands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers: BretonMore SpecsLess SpecsSave this picture!Text description provided by the architects. Designed for a couple with a daughter, the "House of Shadow," created by the firm Laurent Troost Architectures, features an architectural solution focused on the client's needs, who suffers from photophobia an extreme sensitivity to light.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!To prevent direct sunlight from penetrating the interior of the house, concrete walls were designed to filter the light before it reaches a glass wall positioned behind the interior and exterior gardens, located in the cutouts of the concrete volume. Between the garage and the living room, as well as on the upper floors, the gardens of the suites offer views of the street and surroundings while ensuring the necessary shading and preserving the trees on the property.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!On the upper floor, one of the residents' requests was for the morning natural light to enter gently into the master suite through small openings. In the afternoon, the light is filtered to illuminate the daughter's suite. The double concrete walls, located above the pool and in the upper gardens, have openings that allow for air circulation, ensuring thermal comfort.Save this picture!Save this picture!Inside, the living room was designed to integrate with the garden at the property limits, maximizing the feeling of spaciousness. A wooden panel occupies the southern side of the floor plan, providing privacy for specific areas, such as the family's piano space, and also housing access to the upper floor, kitchen, and barbecue area. The other areas of the living room were kept open, promoting visual connection with the outdoors.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!To address the lack of direct sunlight in the house, light fixtures were installed near the floor, both in the living room and in the hallways and bedrooms of the upper floors, ensuring illumination and comfort for the resident.Save this picture!Project gallerySee allShow lessAbout this officeMaterialConcreteMaterials and TagsPublished on December 31, 2024Cite: "House of Shadow / Laurent Troost Architectures" [Casa da Sombra / Laurent Troost Architectures] 31 Dec 2024. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1024856/house-of-shadow-laurent-troost-architectures&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

CGI 3D Animated Short Film: Roald: Mr Flower Animated Short Film by Julie Hugonnard-Cotton, Apolline Gouillier, Sarah MacMoal, Elodie Simoni, Camille Vasseur, Lela Rosaz, La Gallot-Duverger and Romain Pigeon at ESMA. Featured on CGMeetup Gallery http://www.cgmeetup.com/gallery A lonely boy meets a peculiar being growing flowers. As friendship and respect grows between them, it will be put at risk by the conflict over their values.Directors: Julie Hugonnard-Cotton, Apolline Gouillier, Sarah MacMoal, Elodie Simoni, Camille Vasseur, Lela Rosaz, La Gallot-Duverger and Romain PigeonMusic : Antoine TrameonVoices: Paul Elliott, Paul Flauto, Jos Vicente, Audrey BourgeoisSound: Jos Vicente, Mickal Merrheim, Yoann Poncet - STUDIO DES AVIATEURSAnimation film produced as part of the 3D animated film training of the school ESMA http://www.esma-artistique.com/ Copyrighted Video's: Do not Reupload; doing so will result in a Copyright Strike.

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Take your animations to the next level with this quick and powerful tip in Unreal Engine 5.5! In this tutorial, we demonstrate how to seamlessly attach actors to other objects using Sequencer. Watch as we attach two pilots to a helicopter during a takeoff sequence, ensuring their positions stay consistent and natural. This simple but effective technique is a must-know for animators working on dynamic scenes. Plus, stay tuned for a brief introduction to local vs. world position and how to preserve actor location during attachment.Download the Scene and Helicopter Assets:Scene Asset: https://www.fab.com/listings/f2b46d19-096f-410c-a181-de69b0af3221 Helicopter Asset: https://www.fab.com/listings/bebc195a-f4b8-478d-aab9-7be2ec359421 Master actor attachments in Unreal Engine and enhance your animations today! Don't forget to subscribe for more tips and tutorials.

Some of the most stunning and spectacular sites on the planet are waterfalls. Not only are they beautiful, but these natural water breaks can have cultural significance, help shape landscapes, create microclimates, and even be used as a source of hydroelectricity.The tallest waterfalls on the planet can reach heights of over 1,000 feet, with millions of gallons of water spilling over them. And while the tallest waterfall on land is Angel Falls in Venezuela, which stands at 3,212 feet tall, the tallest waterfall in the world is actually underwater.The Denmark Strait CataractAn underwater waterfall seems counterintuitive; however, experts consider the Denmark Strait cataract as the worlds tallest. The Denmark Strait cataract is an overflow that channels water through the Denmark Strait which is situated between Iceland and Greenland. The cataract is a tall rock outcropping jutting towards the surface from the sea floor, and over the cataracts edge, there is an 11,500-foot drop.The 123 million cubic feet of water passes over the cataract per second, which can put Angel Falls to shame. The water that flows past the Denmark Strait cataract is about 1,300 feet deep. However, as that water passes the cataract, only about 660 feet of that initial 1,300 falls towards the sea floor. The rest of the water flows over it to mix with warmer water.But how does water fall underwater? It all comes down to salinity and water temperature.Read More: Why Is the Ocean Salty?A Waterfall UnderwaterIts common knowledge that heat rises. The same goes for warmer waters. Cooler waters from the Nordic Seas flow through the Denmark Strait and out towards the Atlantic Ocean. Before reaching the strait, some of the polar waters freeze, causing more salt to mix into the unfrozen water. This colder, saltier ocean water is denser and flows closer to the sea floor.As this water approaches the cataract, the warmer waters are pushed toward the surface, and the colder waters sink. The cold water then pours over the cataract towards the seabed. The remaining cold water on the seafloor then creates an icy current that carries water out to the Irminger Sea in the Atlantic Ocean.You would think that with the amount of water that goes over the cataract, the current would be swift. However, because the water temperature is so cold, the water actually falls rather slowly at about 1.6 feet per second.Importance of the Denmark Strait CataractAn underwater waterfall may be a wonder to behold, but it is also a crucial part of our interconnected oceans. Waters from the Denmark Strait help feed into the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a crucial network of ocean currents that move cold waters south and warm waters north. This current system helps move vital nutrients throughout the Atlantic Ocean and helps ensure marine life can thrive.However, the risk of climate change could disrupt the cold water flows through the Denmark Strait. As ocean waters warm and ice caps melt, the salinity levels in polar waters are decreasing, meaning less water could flow over the cataract.You may not be able to see the worlds largest waterfall from a spectacular viewing platform or from a boat while wearing a rain poncho; in fact, without modern mapping and monitoring technology, it would almost look like nothing is going on at all. But the waters from the Denmark Strait cataract are still flowing, and for the sake of our oceans, lets hope they continue to do so. Article Sources:Our writers at Discovermagazine.com use peer-reviewed studies and high-quality sources for our articles, and our editors review for scientific accuracy and editorial standards. Review the sources used below for this article:Live Science. What's the largest waterfall in the world?A graduate of UW-Whitewater, Monica Cull wrote for several organizations, including one that focused on bees and the natural world, before coming to Discover Magazine. Her current work also appears on her travel blog and Common State Magazine. Her love of science came from watching PBS shows as a kid with her mom and spending too much time binging Doctor Who.

Nature, Published online: 18 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08236-9Single-crystalline materials can be grown on amorphous surfaces at below 400 C, enabling monolithic three-dimensional integration of vertically stacked transistors.

Nature, Published online: 18 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08210-5A dormant supermassive black hole at high redshift that is substantially overmassive relative to its host galaxy has been detected, indicating a much larger population of dormant black holes around the epoch of reionization.

Nature, Published online: 18 December 2024; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07559-xHORNET, a method that uses unsupervised machine learning and deep neural networks to analyse atomic force microscopy data enables structural determination of RNA molecules in multiple conformations.

Earth Defense Force 6 is the pinnacle of a series that many people view as being a fairly mindless shooter. Despite that, it also has the best use and interpretation of time travel of any game I've played. It does that without leveraging new-fangled fancy graphics, instead relying on quality storytelling and some very cool meta decisions that change up the usual just pick the next mission grind thats present in these games. EDF 6 uses all of these things to great effect, and it makes the time-travel concept almost feel believable.Earth Defense Force 6 spoilers follow.The fact that time travel is ingrained into basically every aspect of the story means that, while it's not as visually striking as the time travel offered in something like Dishonored or Titanfall, it's more engrossing. The way it's interwoven into the mechanics as well makes for an incredibly novel take on the concept Ive not seen before, especially when it ends with somehow being more over-the-top than killing a god.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Skyrim can be a pretty solitary journey, but luckily the game allows you to enlist a follower to accompany you on your journey and help with combat. So today on GameRant, were ranking the top followers in Skyrim.

Thanks to the runaway success of Baldur's Gate 3, there's arguably never been a time when both the CRPG genre and the Dungeons & Dragons IP were more popular. Previously confined to a relative niche within the wider umbrella of role-playing games, Baldur's Gate 3 has inspired new players to go back and revisit games in the CRPG genre, both current and classic, discovering that deep character customization, rich role-playing systems, and rewarding turn-based combat are hallmarks of games bearing the CRPG moniker. Now, the Dungeons & Dragons IP would do well to unearth this buried treasure of its past for future video game releases.