PRE Design Forum
Practice, Research & Education in Design
Background
This group evolved as a consequence of the Cumulus conference; The Reflexive Zone held in Utrecht 2004. This conference dealt with the topics of the integration theory in practice, in education and research in the BA curriculum. Subsequent workshops in Lisbon and Copenhagen developed these subjects. A collaboration [...]
PRE Design Forum
Suburban Warfare
Suburban Warfare
- Det restriktive og det ubegrænsede i den nordamerikanske forstad
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Intro
Grundlæggende kan man argumentere for at, den Nordamerikanske by har udviklet sig til et stadie hvor adskillelsen mellem forstad og bycenter er forsvundet – med Jean- François Lyotards ord:
“Som én stor zone mellem intet og intet løsriver den sig [...]
Urgent Campaign for Neutra VDL Studio and Residences
The Neutra VDL Research Site in the Silverlake district of Los Angeles was built in three waves. The first two by Richard Neutra in 1932 and 1940; the third by Richard and Dion Neutra in 1966 following a fire in the 1932 wing. On a small 60×70 foot lot, it was capable of housing the [...]
Don’t get carbon blind
Get Ready to Rethink What it Means to Be Green
1: Live in Cities
2: A/C is OK
3: Organics Are Not The Answer
4: Farm The Forests
5: China Is The Solution
6: Accept Genetic Engineering
7: Carbon Trading Doesn’t Work
8: Embrace Nuclear Power
9: Used Cars Not Hybrids
10: Prepare For The Worst
From Wired.com