Category: art
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San Francisco Hidden Hydrology
A project of note that made the rounds over the past month resonated with the concept of Hidden Hydrology. The project ‘Ghost Arroyos‘, proposed as part of the Market Street Prototyping Festival paints the town blue, in a sense. I definitely like this idea, as we’ve discussed doing a similar exploration of Portland’s Tanner Creek.…
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Recent Landscape Art from Dezeen
Great recent posts at Dezeen relating to environmental art worthy of a few links and pics. Spurred by the recent post for an installation by Olafur Elisasson at the Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art featuring the rocky stream web winding through stark while walls. Next is a stunning colorful installation by Pier Fabre for…
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Guest Post: From Honolulu to Paris MONU #20
by Gabriele Baleisyte “Nature” or nature? Does natural geography still mater much to today’s city? What is the current relationship between our conception of nature and its role in urban life? Which nature is dominating now; the pure or the second one_- man made nature? During my current stay in Rotterdam, I have heard these questions widely discussed at the 6th International Architecture…
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Bio-inspired Design
The latest issue of Zygote Quarterly, an online journal with a focus covers Bio-inspired design, and offers another opportunity to explore this topic (and the back issues as well). A really beautifully illustrated online magazine, ZG is worth delving into in depth, but also sitting back and and in this case, getting into a bit…
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Manifestation Station
An interesting piece of street art from Mona Caron, ‘Manifestation Station’ overlays a vision of a visionary streetscape on a utility vault in the intersection of Church St. and Duboce Ave. in San Francisco. I particularly like the open water channel and pedestrian bridge at the curb. spotted on trending city via cjwho
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River Maps
The Map of American Rivers has been out for a while – and this post has been sitting in my drafts – so figured i’d finish it up. The beauty of the map, created by Nelson Minar, is the isolation of a single elements and it’s expression in the topography of the US. I think…
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Field Trip: Getty Center
Last year around Christmas, we took a great road trip down the west coast and over through the desert. Already mentioned is some tasty sites from San Francisco (deYoung + Cal. Academy). Plenty more to come as i sift through pics, but the visit to the Getty Center, perched on the hillside in Los Angeles…
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Visualizing Sagrada Familia
An amazing architectural masterpiece worth adding to anyone’s bucket list is the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Besides its immense size and complexity, the process of development has taken from inception in 1882 and the involvement of the amazing architect Antonio Gaudi. Check out this video showing the final stages of the design that will be…
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The Urbanist – Podcast (80)
A great podcast worth checking out is The Urbanist, a weekly show hosted by Andrew Tuck and found on Monocle 24 (or via your favorite podcast download spot like I-tunes). I subscribed a bit ago, and now have finally started working through the catalog in reverse chronological order, with an eye on doing a quick…
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High Density
Density, maxed out. Kowloon Walled City – a high-rise squatter camp in Hong Kong, demolished 20 years ago this month – with 50,000 residents – approximately 50 s.f. per person. Via Technocult: “A historical accident of colonial Hong Kong, it existed in a lawless vacuum until it became an embarrassment for Britain.”