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Sunday, April 22, 2012

a pattern language: toward future dwelling


































web of present conditions, interrelations, dependencies...
instead of replacing the destroyed or making up for the misjudgments,
let's just look at what emerges from the margins of all growth and decay...
it is too late to change the method or speed of production in order to overwrite the mistakes,
but there is always a slit in the existing fabric for new adaptation/ cohabitation to slip in...



Friday, April 20, 2012

utopia


utopia

2XXX: Rise and Shine City

each day you will find a bicycle and a jellyfish to move,
each night you will rest in the jellyfish underwater, like a baby in the womb.

rooftops are the common ground for all,
where you, together, will eat, play, learn, grow, 
and so on...

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A Pattern Language II



A Pattern Language
horizontal / vertical expansion + expression

combination of patterns: centripetal + even density of solid/voild

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

map of Ottawa

scrabbling urban planning

the game reveals the players' personality...
                               would you a) try to use the best of the given letters to make good words, 
                                           or b) aim only for double/triple word/letter scores,
                                           or c) both...?

                                            if a), you are a student
                                            if b), you are a developer
                                            if c), you are an architect

map of Canada


potato pancake breakfast
(ingredients: potato, onion, bacon fat)
the 'great green landscape' deep fried in oil field...
...reveals the real face of Canada's politics and economy today