hedonistic sustainability

Dominant urban (globalized) cockroach species.

Click to picture to see the website with a bunch of and cool / functional modifications to shipping containers.

Looks fun really fun.

The Ottomans built birdhouses on the facades of mosques, madrasahs or palaces that had sunlight and no wind, at a height that people couldn't reach. They also placed small plates on graves from which birds could drink water.

Reimaging spaces and creating co-working places.

Avenue J station, NYC, USA

Wrapper (2012) is a permanent work of art by Jacqueline Poncelet at Edgware Road station in London, UK. Created in vitreous enamel, the artwork clads the building and perimeter wall in a patterned grid. Each pattern communicates a different part of the surrounding area, resulting from the images Poncelet developed through her research over a period of three years prior to installation. Located in the urban setting of central London, Wrapper intersects a varied landscape of buildings. Resembling an immense patchwork, Wrapper weaves together imagery taken from local history and the surrounding environment. In Wrapper, and throughout Poncelet’s artistic practice, patterns and colours are employed in deliberate arrangements. “A pattern not only speaks of other places, but of changes in our culture and the passage of time”, says Poncelet. This permanent, integrated artwork is highly responsive to its local context and open to interpretation. In conceiving the artwork, the artist considered the way it will be viewed by residents and transit users alike.

Modern use of the Catalan vault roof.

Catalonia vault roof -  Barcelona, Spain.

Example of a SKATE DOT Seattle, USA.  One-off skateable pieces (stairs, rails, benches, sculpture) that carve out intentional spaces for skateboarding, placed between areas with skate parks to form a network.

Responding to site constraints creativity bloomed.  Caution to planners to respect zoning, and react creatively rather than simply seeking variances. 

The farm model and technologies are open source.