Ok even I know arches don’t look like that. Just a bit of settlement abbot, nothing to worry about. I don’t know why we even bother sometimes
Tag: architecture
Super fast prefab
~100x faster than buildings in nyc.
Insecure much?
the french fries tower is a joke but it can’t help look awesome sometimes.
Faster doors
we need lower latency in our doors, elevator buttons, public “touch” screens.
Helix RE
construction is one of the most hidebound, wasteful, and slow industries. until we can build 100x faster, we’ll be stuck with detroit-style bombed-out cities and decrepit suburbia. related, this sensor-heavy building management system from microsoft
Excited to see my most recent investment announced today! Flux (now Helix.Re) is the first Google X spinout, taking a data and software-driven approach to building design and optimization.
Design Principles for NYC Waterfront
By creating 2 traditional blocks, it wouldn’t be inviting to local community and the greater community. We created more upland connections, 2 more than required by City Planning. We gave much more open feeling and we created a plaza. Waterfront guidelines required 12m promenade, we exceeded that.
Public spaces make cities work
make that 2: it turns out the high line, even the 3rd part, are under constant threat, and amanda burden, chair of the nyc planning commission, is responsible both for the highline, as well as all the revitalized waterfront. amazing. these 2 have made nyc the city with highest quality of life in the us.
Against fences
Why are there still so many dehumanizing fences around public spaces in an age of ubiquitous surveillance?
More NYC parks
between this and the The Lowline could soon have 3 parks refurbished from transit
The Queensway
NYC road diets
With little more than paint, planters, and a few well-placed boulders, Bloomberg and former Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan‘s street interventions have been some of the most evident changes around the city.
A new city is possible.
Gregor J. Rothfuss 