Category: projects
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Veg.itecture #47
As we delve into this installment of Veg.itecture – it dawns on me that the current format of this feature may be ringing a little hollow and venturing into cliche after a year or so of it’s existence. It is definitely a valuable viewpoint to push forward these projects and visions, and I’ve definitely tried…
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The Detroit Dilemma – Ruminations
I recently finished up the draft text that summarized the land use and open space portions of the Detroit Sustainable Design Assessment Team (AIA SDAT) that I participated in a few months back. It gave me a chance to revisit some of the thinking around my initial thoughts and reactions – with some distance and…
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Viva le Cité
The holiday season has given me a chance to catch up on a LOT of reading, so stay tuned for a mash-up of some of the most notable new work in the coffers… as well as a few book reviews and other little projects that I’ve been trying to finish up to no avail. One…
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Happy Holidays
:: image via dlandstudio (Thanks to Susannah Drake from dlandstudio for the wintry view of their design for a temporary rink designed to fit under the Brooklyn Bridge for this post!)
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Veg.itecture #46
A double-dose this week, as there are a number of recent impressive projects, and the preponderance of press picking up the terminology on the sub-genre of Veg.itecture. Also, recently, Landscape, The First Specialised Landscape Magazine in the Middle East was kind enough to publish my article, The “Veg.itecture of Ken Yeang”. Check out the online…
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Architectural Sub-Genre?
My daily email of clipping from Arch News Now made me do a double take when I scanned the word Vegitecture in the title of a post by Dan Stewart on Building blogs ‘Drawn State’ entitled ‘Vegitecture – whose idea was it, anyway?’ :: EDITT Tower, Ken Yeang – image via Drawn State From Drawn…
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Holes | Sites
One of the main contextual starting points of site design is the topography of sites… flat, sloped, steep, gradual – all influence the eventual end. What do we do when there is a significant depression – either natural, or created via cultural activities. Whereas we consider the malleability of the site as a generic field…
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Veg.itecture #45
It is time again. While these may be just pretty pictures, I feel strongly that these projects represent a new awakening of the potential meshing (not the disconnect) between the professions of architecture and landscape architecture. The project of the moment is actually one I feel a bit sheepish in saying I actually like –…
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High Line Double
I just couldn’t resist discussing the High Line in some sort, after a week of withdrawls… keeping it professional, a couple of great resources. A few days ago I stumbled upon the High Line Blog – which features a range of posts from the great folks at Friends of the High Line. :: image via…
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Another Utopia: Victory City™
There are many diverse versions of utopia that have been proposed over the years… from Wright’s Broadacre City, Howards Garden Cities, Callenbach’s Ecotopia, Soleri’s Arcosanti and Corbu’s La Ville Radieuse (to name a few) – a long history of attempts to synthesize urban perfection have been attempted. Most of these ideas are either merely thought-exercises…