An Ad-hoc Revolution

Waterboiler. OpenStructures Looking at the contemporary state of the design discipline, it’s safe to say that we’re observing a boom of new practices which are making the field return to an open, collaborative, system-oriented approach: flying drones which create temporary wifi networks in isolated areas; DIY construction kits; manufacturing at home through personal 3D printers; […]

Posted at 4:58 pm on April 21, 2013 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Architecture, cities | Tagged: , , , | read on

On the Surface of a Dust Particle

“Dear Radioactive Friends, today I have done a terrible thing for a theoretical physicist, that is, to introduce a new particle that nobody will ever be able to see.” —Wolfgang Pauli, 1930s It’s been said that we are a geological force. Over the short history of humankind we have learned to transform materials from the […]

Posted at 9:09 am on April 15, 2013 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Architecture, Science | Tagged: , , | read on


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