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forget utopia, it’s about sitopia
Food is the fundamental social ordering of utopia. Carol Steel gives an interesting talk about how food shaped the physical structure of cities, and what happened when we gained autonomy from food… We live in \”sitopia\” – \”food place\” – … Continue reading
coding site lines and privacy in the casual
From Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities Architectural and planning literature deals with privacy in terms of windows, overlooks, sight lines. The idea is that if no one from outside can peek into where you live … Continue reading
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climbing is fun
a climbing public is an engaged public? from the South Bank and Tate Modern, in London last fall
please don\’t suffocate us with your fabricated order
There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretending order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and be served. (15) – … Continue reading