@zuloark

Yes, the US vs. Europe comparisons (particularly with cities) are tiresome and unfair. Obviously, old European cities were not built for cars the way many US cities were.

But this does nicely illustrate one of the many reasons to undo the damage of US car dependency, particularly by ceasing sprawl and switching to infill growth — alternative transportation modes like cycling more easily serve compact developments than they do car-sprawl.

Whatever Happened to Ecology? Technology and Sustainability from Banham to Today - Anthony Vidler

Por otra parte, la Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) ha denunciado que el nuevo Real Decreto sobre autoconsumo es “inútil para el consumidor”, y considera que el Gobierno legisla "en contra de los consumidores que quieren producir su propia energía".Según su comunicado, el nuevo reglamento introduce un canon que tendrán que pagar quienes produzcan su propia energía por “beneficiarse del respaldo que le ofrece la red eléctrica”, lo que supone "pagar por lo que es tuyo", ya que el autoconsumidor ya paga la potencia contratada en su factura eléctrica.

Ya no fue suficiente con ahogar a las renovables cortando el grifo de las subvenciones en plena expansión de este tipo de tecnología en nuestro país (y en el mundo, ya que somos éramos potencia mundial), usando como excusa la crisis económica. Luego se cuidaron muy mucho de extender el rumor infundado de que las renovables no son rentables (de hecho lo son más que el resto, y más si metemos la contaminación y sus efectos secundarios traducidos a dinero en la ecuación). Ahora van directamente a por el autoconsumidor final, tratándolo básicamente como un pirata de la energía.

Within the frame of Archstoyanie 2013, SVESMI has presented Field Library: 8 (literally) romantic installations, 8 modalities of reading and 8 experiments on the Russian landscape establishing a poetic connection among nature, reader and a book.

YES WE SCAN

Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest against the supposed surveillance by the US National Security Agency, NSA, and the German intelligence agency, BND, during a rally in front of the construction site of the new headquarters of German intelligence agency in Berlin.

A Better New York Transit Map Through the Power of Circles

Max Roberts, a U.K. based mapmaker has redesigned the NYC Subway Map as a circular abstraction. He believes that the current linear, geography-based map is misleading as the the geography is not entirely accurate and leads people into believing they will have to travel further than in reality. The circular map is far enough away from a geographical base that it doesn’t create distortion problems, yet it is still close enough to the shape of the city that it retains familiarity.

Architectural hermit crab habitats by Aki Inomata via Designboom

Circular Hobo Home is a Rolling Circus Marvel via Weburbanist

In this strange circus performance piece, two travelers turn architectural conventions on end, moving an offbeat nomadic home through a comedic narrative via carefully choreographic actions. A bit of theater-to-go, The Wheelhouse features careworn gypsies, and revolves around homeless living but is bolstered by conceptual architecture and compelling acrobatics.

We make space, then space makes us.

Scaffolding by Various 

photos via 1, 2, 3, 4

Most architecture has to be built twice, the second time is what everyone sees, the finished piece. But the first time is through ubiquitous temporary material. No matter how monolithic a structure becomes, the realizing of it, the baking of it, can always be broken down into tiny pieces. Some people say buildings are much more exquisite during construction, the visuals complexity of scaffolding have a large part in that, but it communicates more than beauty, it reveals the buildings secrets.