February 2011
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A strange time to be doing work in the city
“This is a strange time to be doing work in the city. All of the architects want to be planners, all of the planners want to be developers, all of the developers want to be artists, and all of the artists want to be scientists. The Working Group on Adaptive Systems is a vehicle for transdisciplinary research and open ended collaboration that embraces the adhoc, the loose fit, and the...
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An oportunity to turn back to where architecture...
For architects, Bouman suggests, “the crisis” is simply “too valuable an opportunity to let slip by, a chance to turn back to where architecture starts, in the creative spatial organization of life—not in style choices or concept analyses, but in the identification of new spatial constellations; not in the spatial allocation and accommodation of a given program, but in helping to...
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Talking back to your intelligent city
“I have long thought that all the major infrastructures in a city—from sewage to electricity and broadband—should be encased in transparent walls and floors at certain crossroads, such as bus stops or public squares. If you can actually see it all, you can get engaged. Today, when walls are pregnant with software, why not make this visible? All of our computerized systems should become...
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Earth From Above comes to NYC - The Big Picture -... →
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Future of Art Interview: Aaron Koblin
/via global-culture:
You may not know Aaron Koblin, but you know his work. I’m most fascinated by the idea of collaborative unintended storytelling, where the work of thousands acquires a life of its own without a previous plan. Sort of a collective self-awareness.
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Enric Senabre habla de aprendizaje urbano y el enfoque de #urbanedu
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