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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Harvard Urban Planning Organisation
Today I gave a short presentation to urban planning students at the Graduate School of Design titled: “Urban sustainability: the social, economic & environmental influence of spatial layout”. Here’s the introduction… “In this presentation I will focus on one particular … Continue reading
Daniel Schrag: Climate Science & Climate Change
Notes from a lecture given as part of: IGA-310 Energy Policy: Technologies, Systems & Markets 22nd September 2010 Prof Daniel Schrag Atmospheric C02 hasn’t been above 300 parts per million in last 600,000 years, with large fluctuations, until recently. Likely … Continue reading
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“If we can get to flexible wood, I am totally going to cut my own leg off.”
Ashley Vance’s article in last week’s New York Times paints an enticing picture of a future in which 3d printing can conjure objects before us at the press of a button. A 3d Hewlett Packard in every home will spray … Continue reading
Posted in Digital phenomena, Innovation, Sustainability, Thought
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Be careful what you ask for
Do you have an irrational fear that you are being watched by a duck? Or perhaps a goose or even a swan? If so, then don’t read on. You are suffering from anatidaephobia. It’s a real medical condition with its own webspace … Continue reading
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Where are we going? Not a new question
Tomorrow’s Loeb Fellowship presentation will begin with this painting by Paul Gauguin: “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?” painted on Tahiti in 1897. The title provides a helpful triplet to structure a fundamental career review, which … Continue reading
Put the client into the brief
Perhaps the greatest difference between architecture school and design practice is the reality in practice of the client, the client’s other advisors, the opponents to the project, the commentators in the press – in other words the human factor.
Posted in Architecture, Education, Thought
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Expect conflict
We are told to avoid conflict. Mostly good advice but conflict is ever near and not always avoidable.
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Architecture: beyond art & science
Is architecture and art or a science? As Bill Hillier has argued, this is the wrong question. In fact it’s a silly question. Architecture is both art and science. He argues that architecture is total art and total science. In … Continue reading
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The several pleasures of building a bed
Spending the afternoon building a bed is an opportunity not only for construction but also for reflection. Or even rebuilding a bed – because what was there at the end was mostly already there to begin with. However, as with … Continue reading
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