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- Vortex streets
[Alternating eddies of vortex street.]
[The Canary Islands as an eddy-creating obstacle via GSFC/NASA.]
Vortex streets emerge when the right wind and cloud formation encounters the right kind of obstacle. Theodore von Kármán, a fluid dynamicist, observed and documented this phenomenon. Swirling rings sequence along a street-like corridor trail beyond the obstacle. Each ring stems from an [...]
- Medius Terra / Aqua
[Agriculture and Fisheries in the Mediterranean. Zoï Environment Network.]
We were excited to see that MedSec and UNEP have released a series of recent maps on various aspects of the environment dependent upon Mediterranean Sea. The series is titled, appropriately enough, "Environment and Security in the Mediterranean." They have documented Agriculture and Fisheries, Migration, Water, Population, [...]
- 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 [...]
- Student Works: Smart-Ark
[10 living, breathing, sweating towers form a line of defense in a fragile estuary. All images by Nicholas Szczepaniak.]
Acting as a defense barrier, these 10 massive towers form a line in the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, UK. They are the vision of Nicholas Szczepaniak, a recent graduate of Westminster, and the winner of the RIBA [...]
- Invisible Superprojects
Erie Canal in Lockport, New York
Where are the super-projects? This is the question Louis Uchitelle asks in his recent article “Entering the Superproject Void” (New York Times). In retracing the continuum of America’s greatest hits in large scaled public works (from the Erie Canal to the Hoover Dam, from the transcontinental network of the Interstate [...]
- Reservoir Effect
[Great Lakes region: Lake effect snow operates in alternating bands of rising warm air and clear bands of falling cold air. Taken December 5, 2000 image using NASA's SeaWiFS satellite.]
In a recent drive back from Syracuse to Toronto, I was struck by the inevitable presence of snow in Buffalo. No snow before Buffalo, or [...]
- 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 [...]
- The Transparent Removal Chain
[Overflowing Trash Cans in Toronto, Summer 2009 via blogto]
While the garbage workers strike in Toronto this past year promoted less tourism and flourishing populations of fruit flies, it also made most Torontonians aware of the amount of garbage they produce in a short amount of time. Researchers at MIT's SENSEable City Lab are embarking on [...]
- Petropolis
[A tailings pond is a toxic lake so dangerous that air cannon and scarecrows are used to deter wildlife. © Greenpeace / Eamon Mac Mahon]
One of my favorite films from this year’s TIFF has to be Peter Mettler’s Petrolis. Mettler, who was the cinematographer for Edward Burtynsky’s Manufactured Landscapes, takes on a directorial role on [...]
