‘metamorphosis’ concepts all images courtesy of philips design dutch electronics company philips ‘ latest project ‘metamorphosis’ explores how we have become separated from our natural world in terms of surroundings and how we perceive and manage our time.

‘head gardner’ considering herself an urban land artist, anna garforth from the UK integrates her interest in urban ecology and sustainability with her creative practice. from moss collecting, wild city foraging to hunting down undomesticated areas of the urban forests in her neighbourhood, these activities have driven her to discover and understand more about her natural surrounding and express this passion through the following projects

[Image: From " Floating City 2030: Thames Estuary Aquatic Urbanism " by Anthony Lau]. Continuing with a look at some noteworthy student projects—which kicked off this week with thesis work by Taylor Medlin —we now look at a proposal by Anthony Lau, submitted back in 2008 at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London.

(The qibla as a forced perspective into infinity.

(Image by Rael San Fratello Architects.) What better way to introduce invasive species; cluster bomb pollens on nature-deprived asthmatic children and, to the delight of Big Pharma, Claritin-addicted allergy sufferers; and deplete the coffers of post-econopocalypse cities by littering their streets with fallen fruits and leafy detritus for their under budgeted public works department to clean up, than with a floating mobile garden .

Ya han pasado algunos días desde que conocimos el – ligeramente denominado 1 – logo del nuevo gobierno de Chile.

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Streets and Patterns: The Structure of Urban Geometry By Stephen Marshall LINK DE DESCARGA : http://www.sendspace.com/file/p4ye3o

by John Logan, Todd Swanstrom Paperback: 275 pages Publisher: Temple University Press (November 13, 1991) Language: English ISBN-10: 0877229449 ISBN-13: 978-0877229445 Book Description This book challenges the notion that there is a single, global process of economic restructuring to which cities must submit. The studies in this volume compare urban development in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, demonstrating that there is significant variety in urban economic restructuring. The contributors emphasize that the economic forces transforming cities from industrial concentrations to post industrial service centers do not exist apart from politics: all nation-states are heavily involved in the restructuring process.