Category: habitat
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Reading List: Subnature
Another book that engaged me on my hiatus from blogging is one I picked up on somewhat of a whim as it looked like a fascinating read. I wasn’t disappointed, as ‘Subnature: Architecture’s Other Environments” by David Gissen, quickly became impossible to put down. The reason? It really tackles some interesting terrain that is definitely…
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Animal House
An interesting urban habitat from Inhabitat, “…Gitta Gschwendtner’s Animal Wall is for residents of all species in Cardiff Bay, UK. This 50-meter wall includes 1000 houses for birds and bats, and also acts as a textural and geometric sculptural divider between a residential development and a river front.” :: image via Inhabitat I’m not sure…
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Interim Vacancy – Pt 2
A followup to the idea of interim use of vacant lands, the SF Chronicle surprised with expanded coverage of some ideas for these sites… and they are all pretty fun. King continues: “…a quartet of local designers see something else: a site that could become a sculpted realm of green folds spiked by artistic birdhouses…
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Urban Chickens Build – 5
Sort of a conceptual jump cut in the process, as two weekends of rain hampered plans to make progress on the Chicken Cube… but a big push this weekend (and a loaner of the wonderful compound miter saw that I am now officially) has yielded a vision close to complete. Not too many pics of…
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Urban Chickens Build – 4
For the newly dubbed ‘Chicken Cube’, it’s ecoroof time (at least the structural components sans plants and soil). Here’s a quick summary of Sunday’s flurry of activities: :: 3/4″ plywood frame + cedar siderails :: fitting the metal soil retention edging :: some counterflashing with pond liner :: dry-fitting the liner on edges :: mechanically…
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Avian Rooftops
I’m getting the feeling that Veg.itecture has turned a corner in both representation and concept. Aside from the mere amount of ‘green’ proposals being churned out in the guise of environmental and productive landscapes, the concepts continually provide more expansive ideas in theoretical underpinnings. This could be good, as it transitions beyond mere decorative or…
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Tonight: Habitats/Veg.itecture
integrating habitats defining veg.itecture asla oregon – mt. hood section lecture 1515 SE Water Street – Suite 100 April 14, 2008 – 5:30pm Two current trends that offer myriad opportunities for landscape architecture include trends towards truly integrated habitats and definitions of veg.itecture, the insertion of vegetation into architectural form. Jason King, ASLA LEED and…
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Reading List: The Infrastructural City
The Infrastructural City: Networked Ecologies in Los Angelesedited by Kazys Varnelis (Actar – 2008) :: image via NetLab If not for the impeccable timing of the release of this book, and the fact that the content within has inevitably been in progress for some time – I would say that ‘The Infrastructural City’ was a…
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Veg.itecture: VIVA Conceptual 3
Veg.itecture in Visual Assessment (VIVA) continues with some amazing examples (and not to mince word, there are shitloads of them on the web). Perhaps a trend, perhaps overexposed, or perhaps we’ve finally reached the point where we’ve transcended the original and just become purveyors of the mundane. A quick snippet of the amount of blog…
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From the Archives: Urban Habitat
One of the more interesting urban legends (which happens to be true) is the story of the coyote that decided to hitch a ride on Portland’s MAX light rail – recently reemerged on the Seattle Transit Blog. :: image via Seattle Transit Blog Some more info via the strange Dogs In the News – from…