architecture
Is Rem Koolhaas Channeling Gordon Matta-Clark?
A recent press release on OMA’s website for the mixed-use building in Coolsingel, Rotterdam’s shopping district, suggests a new direction in form-making for the man least obsessed with it.
[Image: A view of the plaza at the foot of OMA’s new design for Coolsingel. Courtesy of WAN.]
In my mind, it bears a striking resemblance to the […]
Sustainable Architecture and Sustainable Cities
It wasn’t necessarily my intention to immediately continue the discussion of sustainable cities and how we define them, because I wanted to spend some time on my other interests. However, considering this issue has some urgency for many people, I keep finding great articles. Today, I came across two fantastic pieces that I […]
Sustainable City Race, Part 3: Dongtan
The final part in this series will take us to Dongtan, on Chongming Island outside of Shanghai in China. This eco-city is of a vastly different scale than Masdar, which we examined in part 2.
For their motivation, China has similar reasons to Masdar for investing in sustainable cities. They lay claim to 16 […]
Sustainable City Race, Part 2: Masdar
Today, the sustainable city race takes us to Abu Dhabi who, according to the Guardian, “are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions per capita than any other population in the world.” In 2006, they acted to change this. As the world’s leading polluter, they are attempting to position themselves as a global leader in […]
Sustainable City Race, Part 1: Definition
Several news items have filtered through the internet lately demonstrating the many tangents of a larger ideal. Perhaps this connective thinking was triggered by an Earth Day ad on the subway this morning, but it culminated with WAN’s announcement of the Ultimate Eco-city today.
Humankind’s competitive streak has broached new territory - sustainable cities.
In a […]
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