Posts Tagged 'urbanism'

I WISH THIS WAS…

Inspired by vast amounts of vacant storefronts in New Orleans, Candy Chang began the “I Wish This Was…” project in an attempt to get people activated in the future of their community.

“Responses ranged from the functional to the poetic: …

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I WISH THIS WAS…

Inspired by vast amounts of vacant storefronts in New Orleans, Candy Chang began the “I Wish This Was…” project in an attempt to get people activated in the future of their community.

“Responses ranged from the functional to the poetic: …

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REDFIELDS TO GREENFIELDS: HOUSTON

I found this really fantastic video concerning one programs ideology of what the future of Houston could be. The current proposal includes a $5.4billion dollar budget and concerns 3,800 acres in the city. Houston has a great deal of open …

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REDFIELDS TO GREENFIELDS: HOUSTON

I found this really fantastic video concerning one programs ideology of what the future of Houston could be. The current proposal includes a $5.4billion dollar budget and concerns 3,800 acres in the city. Houston has a great deal of open …

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THINKING DIFFERENTLY

I watched this fantastic TED video where Derek Sivers gives an exciting lecture about different urban ideologies between America and Japan.

In America, streets have names and blocks are the in between. In japan, blocks have names and streets are …

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THINKING DIFFERENTLY

I watched this fantastic TED video where Derek Sivers gives an exciting lecture about different urban ideologies between America and Japan.

In America, streets have names and blocks are the in between. In japan, blocks have names and streets are …

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rethinkHOU :: No.002

retrofit all downtown empty buildings and levels to athletic type facilities that could be intertwined together.

 

The state of the current economy has developed a large portion of empty space in what was originally developed as prime downtown office. …

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rethinkHOU :: No.002

retrofit all downtown empty buildings and levels to athletic type facilities that could be intertwined together.

 

The state of the current economy has developed a large portion of empty space in what was originally developed as prime downtown office. …

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INSERTED LIBRARIES

I was in Frankfurt last week and stumbled upon one of the coolest “libraries” I have ever seen. Instead of a larger point of books, smaller distributions of bookshelves are placed around the city to make the process of getting …

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INSERTED LIBRARIES

I was in Frankfurt last week and stumbled upon one of the coolest “libraries” I have ever seen. Instead of a larger point of books, smaller distributions of bookshelves are placed around the city to make the process of getting …

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CYCLEBAHNS

While it was initially conceived in Italy, the public highway was first successfully implemented in Germany. They wanted to create a network for the private use of automobiles, a Germany creation, in high speed transit between major cities. The first …

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CYCLEBAHNS

While it was initially conceived in Italy, the public highway was first successfully implemented in Germany. They wanted to create a network for the private use of automobiles, a Germany creation, in high speed transit between major cities. The first …

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CONTRASTING POLITICAL ARCHITECTURE

I discovered this image on my research of Albert Speer’s work in Germany. This is from the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris. The organizers of the fair staged that Nazi Germany and …

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CONTRASTING POLITICAL ARCHITECTURE

I discovered this image on my research of Albert Speer’s work in Germany. This is from the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris. The organizers of the fair staged that Nazi Germany and …

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TEXT FROM RESTLESS CITIES

“Archiving”
Michael Sheringham

“A city is a memory machine. Cities need their history as proof of their dynamism. Outside cities, in forests and plains, myths hold sway: places acquire legendary associations; hallowed sites engender pilgrimages or mirror cosmic forces. A …

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TEXT FROM RESTLESS CITIES

“Archiving”
Michael Sheringham

“A city is a memory machine. Cities need their history as proof of their dynamism. Outside cities, in forests and plains, myths hold sway: places acquire legendary associations; hallowed sites engender pilgrimages or mirror cosmic forces. A …

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CITE 80

urbanism. walkability. social change. These are the themes of the latest Cite magazine released by the Rice Design Alliance entitled “Houstopia 2035”. If there one dominating topic in the architecture realm of the United States as of late it would …

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CITE 80

urbanism. walkability. social change. These are the themes of the latest Cite magazine released by the Rice Design Alliance entitled “Houstopia 2035”. If there one dominating topic in the architecture realm of the United States as of late it would …

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LIVING CITIES

“We view the landscape much as the Victorians viewed women: as either saints or whores. If an open space is green, it is considered a saint. If it is built, concreted or asphalted, it is a whore.” – Martha Schwartz, …

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LIVING CITIES

“We view the landscape much as the Victorians viewed women: as either saints or whores. If an open space is green, it is considered a saint. If it is built, concreted or asphalted, it is a whore.” – Martha Schwartz, …

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