Saturday, 23 October 2010

Bio gas in Viet Nam

This is Biogas program for Vietnamese farmers sponsor by Vietnam and Dutch Governments

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Central Park Drawing



A view from Central Park, New York

A Brief Study into Rural Communities

This is the video study that Tom and i did for the group work. We traveled to various rural areas and filmed the centre's aswell as documented one minute of traffic to give an idea of density, space, movement etc.


(edited by unit2fc 23/10/2010)

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

MALMO, SWEDEN - STEPPE SIDE



This drawing conveys beauty that can only be seen by a select few.

PONTUS ALV

The Decarbonization of Chicago Innovation Conference 2010

(This video from Alan)
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's Robert Forest, AIA, and PositivEnergy Practice's Roger E. Frechette present the new, holistic planning approach they have developed to reduce to carbon emissions in dense urban cores.


The New Yorker's David Owen
Innovation 2010 Keynote Address

David Owen, New Yorker writer and author of "Green Metropolis" among other books, discusses sustainability and cities at this year's Innovation Conference.

Monday, 18 October 2010

Abstracting urban space?

Re-interpreting built form and urban & natural space through abstraction. The work of Michael Light and David Maisel (especially his Oblivion portfolio) is particularly interesting. Could this allow us as architects to envisage new and alternate ways of planning future cities?


Image credits: Alex MacLean, Philip Shane, Michael Light & David Maisel.

San Francisco high rise drawing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKrZDsCRdKE

kuala lumpur in context.

Cairo - Khan el Khalili Market


City centre square. Cusco, Peru