Dive into the archives.
- Student Works: Büroland(wirt)schaft
[Agro-office Parks with a nod to Andrea Branzi. All images by Tomer Diamant]
Picking up on the intermittent series of student projects, included is a project by University of Toronto M.Arch graduate Tomer Diamant titled Büroland(wirt)schaft. Tomer began his research on speculative development and the hyper-efficiency of (spec) office buildings. Looking closer at the siting of [...]
- Exotic Urbanism
[Monu Magazine issue #9 thumbnails]
Just wanted to point out the excellent new issue (#9) of MONU is out now and has a contribution from Mason and Lola (aka Lateral aka Infranet Lab directors) on the Thawing Urbanism of the Arctic.
You can get a copy form the fine folks at BoARD and MONU for a paltry [...]
- SuperCorridors
[Network of North American SuperCorridors. (Map by Infranet Lab.)]
Canada, the US and Mexico have signed NAFTA agreements for a series of infrastructural or multi-modal Super-Corridors as part of the slightly ominous-sounding “Security and Prosperity Partnership” (SPP). Supported by a coalition of political and corporate leaders, the intention of the network is to develop, over-time, a [...]
- Icebreakers
[Icebreaker at work]
An icebreaker does exactly what it sounds like, a boat that breaks through sea ice using a strengthened hull and a wide ice clearing girth. Recognizing increased seasonal access as both opportunity and hazard, countries like the US have recently increased their interest in developing a new fleet of icebreakers. It takes a [...]
- Student Works: Convergent Species
[A map of select territories which have been impacted by a complex collision on the natural and the industrial.]
We will regularly be publishing student projects and thesis research titled Student Works that is an extension of themes related to infrastructures and networks of habitats and resources. The first is a project by Vivian Chin, a [...]
- Marked Routes
[A superimposition of 23 significant journeys. (click to view large)]
Stumbling upon a map produced by GOOD magazine (and executed by the reliable graphics of Graham Roberts), suggests the power of historic routes to mark the very teritory in which they navigate - whether it be land, water, or air. Some chartered in open territories are [...]
- Dead Zones
[Over 400 dead zones dot the globe (see black dots above). There seems to be a bit of a graveyard forming in the Eastern US and Northern Europe...]
An interesting article in Science chronicles the ever rising numbers of dead zones. Dead zones are oxygenless waters as a result of activities such as riverine runoff of [...]
- Aquacultural Hubs
[Cabling network system of the Kona Blue aquaculture Sea Station.]
Resembling something out of the portfolios of Frei Otto or Cedric Price, the Kona Blue Sea Stations off the coast of Hawaii are open sea offshore 3,000-cubic-meter submersible fish pens.
Kona Blue’s premiere achievement is Kona Kampachi®, a premium sushi-grade Hawaiian yellowtail species.
Currently, four open ocean aquaculture [...]
- Thawing Continent(s) and Moving Islands
[The thawing but unresolved politics of the Arctic have been fueled by the resource black-goldmine of the area partially entombed in sea ice. (click to view large and make text readable.)]
As the arctic continues its seemingly unstoppable liquification, at InfrraNet Lab we continue tracking the results of this thawing geography and the new potential urbanisms [...]
- Moving House(s)
[Moving houses in Malartic, QC as part of a 18-month long neighborhood relocation program.]
This summer, two houses were moved from the south end of Malartic to the north. These are part of a 23 home “demonstration phase” anticipating a total of 170 houses to be relocated. Malartic, Quebec (Canada) is a 3700 population town that [...]
