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- Crisis of Solutions / Opportunity of Crisis
[Crisis As Catalyst: The Annual Thesis Publication 2009, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, & Design / University of Toronto.]
The Thesis publication this year, ANNUAL, has raised the stakes again. Below is a short piece I submitted to it, which asked for responses to the provocation of “crisis as catalyst.”
The Crisis of Solutions / The Opportunity [...]
- -arium: Weather + Architecture
[Arium: Weather + Architecture]
Is Weather the last vestige of nature in the City?
Do the forces in Weather systems hold the key to the energy crisis?
Is instability and disorder something that can be designed?
Is Weather the nemesis of Architecture or its best friend?
Is Weather becoming the last form of cultural specificity?
Does it all come down to [...]
- Studio: Frozen Cities, Liquid Networks
[Frozen Cities, Liquid Networks, Advanced Studio, University of Waterloo, Fall 2009.]
Today we are having the final review of the “Frozen Cities, Liquid Networks” Studio at the University of Waterloo. We will be sharing some of the work here in the coming week or two, but in the meantime, here is the brief. Please email us [...]
- HYDROCity Exhibition opens tonight
[HYDROCity exhibition opens tonight at the Toronto Free Gallery and features 30 projects on hydrology and urbanism.]
With almost 30 projects and proposals addressing the opportunities and challenges of water in/around/under/through the city, we are excited to announce the HYDROCity exhibition opening tonight at the Toronto Free Gallery (1277 Bloor St W).
HYDROCity features the work of [...]
- HYDROCity Full Events Schedule
[HYDROCity is part of the Alphabet City WATER Festival. All events are free and open to the public.]
31 October – 6 November
ALPHABET CITY FESTIVAL 2009 : WATER
presents
HYDROCity
HYDROCity explores the relationship between cities and water, presenting visionary leaders and design projects from around the world. Water shortages are changing patterns of urbanization and requiring [...]
- Pamphlet Architecture #30
[Pamphlet Architecture 30: Coupling. Here, the table of contents serves as a systems chart bundling actions to generate architectural byproducts.]
We are excited to announce that InfraNet Lab / Lateral Office has been selected to author the forthcoming issue of the Pamphlet Architecture series. It will be issue #30 and is expected for release in 2011. [...]
- WPA 2.0 phase 1
[WPA 2.0 competition is hosted by cityLAB.]
We are excited about the results from the recently hosted WPA 2.0 competition, and its enticing tagline: “Whoever Rules the Sewers Rules the City.” The six selected projects look fantastic and we are honored to be among those included in the second phase developments.
Our project is titled Coupling Infrastructures: [...]
