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Reading List: Drosscape
Early in the life of this (still youthful) blog, I had a short throwaway post about Modes of Representation – and echoed a term I had heard regarding ‘visual masturbation’ – the analogue of the pointless drivel associated with verbal masturbation. While there are still countless examples of both in the design and planning spheres…
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Stan Allen at the AALU
Stan Allen: Before and After Landscape Urbanism01/27/09 – Architectural Association Lecture :: Taipai Waterfront – images via Stan Allen View the lecture via live streaming available from 5.45pm at http://stream.aaschool.ac.uk/The emergence of landscape urbanism, along with the development of the protocols of digital design, must be counted one of the most significant developments in the…
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Questioning EcoMetropolitanism
Perhaps I missed the memo regarding a new found integration of ‘wildness’ into our cities as the 2009 topic to watch. Maybe it started with Fritz Haeg’s Animal Estates – jumping to Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today and the idea of City Zoo, shifting to the more expansive concept from _urb about Post Humanist Rewilded Eco Ethical…
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Welcome to Portlandia
Is Portland European, or is Europe Portlandian? Hmmmm….
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Introducing TerraScreen
We’re developing a couple of projects that will utilize green wall systems – and am always on the lookout for possible systems and technologies. In this regard, I was happy to receive a recent email from Shane Pliska, the brains behind a new living wall system called TerraScreen. Spun out of the work of Planterra,…
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Veg.itecture: VIA I’m Lost in Paris
Arch Daily offered some juicy pics of the project by R&Sie(n) in Paris, France entitled ‘I’m Lost in Paris’ – which sported some vertical hydroponics, rainwater harvesting, and blown glass features in this private laboratory. Interesting system of mesh and plant containers – utilizing hydroponic principles. :: images via Arch Daily Some info about the…
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Like Looking in a Mirror
A new blog (as of December ’08) was one of those surreal moments where you start looking through the collected posts and realize that like seeing a reflection of where your personal interests lie. Urban Greenery is aptly and simply named, and offers snapshots of… you guessed it – urban greenery. A lot of the…
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Seiwooo = Graphic Bliss
An email from Mannisi Alban alerted me to some of the fine graphic work that is present on the Seiwooo site – a portfolio of work spanning the past ten years. It’s rare to find a wide range of different graphic techniques in one spot, so these are definitely worthy of a look – if…
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Veg.itecture: VIA Olive 8, Joost, Mission, + Busan et.al.
VIA: Vegitecture in Action: As promised, the inevitable death of posts related to Veg.itecture has spun, in this auspicious 50th post, into a new series that will investigate the dual sides of the concept – the VIA and the VIVA, if you will (explained here in detail). For this inaugural installment of Veg.itecture in Action…
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Picturing Smart Growth
A recent email from Kaid Benfield, fellow blogger and Director of Smart Growth for the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) alerted me to an interesting visual tool they had recently unveiled, called Picturing Smart Growth” A short overview: “With generous assistance from our friends at Urban Advantage, NRDC has created a map of the United…