How Indie Architects Revitalize An Area From The Inside Out Together with The Hague architecture institute Stroom we’re organizing the Stadsklas, a spring school that teaches innovative and curious individuals interested in cities and design the ins and outs of DIY urbanism. The series will span six days of learning in May, with each day set in a different location. Trend-setting city-makers will take the participants on a trip to their world, and demonstrate new ways to look, act, and make. The most effective way to bring positive change to an area is through personal understanding of problems as well as involvement and investment in solutions, but how does one go about accomplishing this? Architecture firm ZUS and urban strategist team Stipo have been responsible for extensive bottom-up spatial planning projects in Rotterdam. The Luchtsingel, a crowd-funded layer of pedestrian infrastructure in Rotterdam Architecture firm ZUS is headquartered in the Schieblock building, one of central hubs in the area. Join the Stadsklas!
Intellectual Value Intellectual Value A radical new way of looking at compensation for owners and creators in the Net-based economy. By Esther Dyson What happens to intellectual property when it gets on the Internet? The Net dramatically changes the economics of content. In the new communities of the Net, the intrinsic value of content generally will remain high, but most individual items will have a short commercial half-life. What will almost-free software and proliferating content do to commercial markets for content? In a new environment, such as the gravity field of the moon, laws of physics play out differently. Chief among the new rules is that "content is free." What should content makers do in such an inverted world? Of course, there still will be ways for content creators to be paid. I am not saying that content is worthless, or that you will always get it for free. The half-life of value Imagine you're a farmer in the 19th century headed into the 20th. Seen one, seen them all Approaching zero
mission and objectives: ACE Since then its governance has steadily evolved in order to achieve its aims and objectives. The working structure of the ACE is devised in such a way that it maintains and ensures a high level of effectiveness within the realm of European architectural and professional policy. Missions and objectives Promoting Architecture in Europe To enhance the appreciation of Architecture as a matter of public interest and as an essential element in the creation of quality in the built environment so that it becomes a matter of primary concern for European citizens. Advancing Architectural Quality in the Built Environment To encourage, develop and promote quality in architecture, as a driver for prosperity and greater well being for all, as well as a supporting element of social cohesion. Supporting Sustainable Development of the Built Environment Ensuring High Standards of Qualification for Architects Advocating Quality in Architectural Practice Acting as the Single Voice for Architects in Europe
The Paradox of Rotterdam | News The city of Rotterdam has been advancing towards the future and towards the sea for over a thousand years. Photo : © Peter Schmidt / Rotterdam Image Bank Rotterdam unveiledSome cities know what they need to do to attract travellers, to keep the world’s attention focused on them. Architecture is the heart and pride of the cityIn Rotterdam, architectural tradition is not representative of a style or advent of an era but of a collective interest in architecture, its history and its most recent developments. The Frank Brandwijk Suite © Pincoffs At home in RotterdamThe Pincoffs Hotel is a mix of old and modern styles, and has all the advantages of a guest house and of a large hotel. Industrial RomanticismAfter travelling the world as journalists, Karen Hamerlynck and her husband Edwin van der Meijde, who adored Rotterdam, decided to create their ideal hotel. The two street facing facades of the hotel overlook a body of water © Pincoffs The room where breakfast is served © Pincoffs
A Daily Dose of Architecture Courses Green Markets Must Be Created By You - Low2No We need more than sustainable versions of everyday products. We need new products and services based on behaviour change. Most companies are dismally bad at creating successful sustainable consumption. Today's eco-attempts remain above all clumsy and expensive eco-versions of mainstream products. However real success lies in changing consumer behavior and creating new markets by designing unique products and services. Just like McDonald's did with restaurants, Apple did with mobile computing, Yellow Tail with wine and Airbnb with hotels. Think about the difference between two accommodation options for travelers. The other is a service—like airbnb.com—that lets people choose from temporarily vacant beds in the destination. Now let's think about the ecological and business impact of these two options. The business impact of airbnb.com is also significant. The Paradox of Green Consumption A good example of this is LED lighting. Fig. 1 The Peloton Strategy (source: Demos Helsinki 2011) 1. 2.
Ancient Classic Landscapes The questions below are of the type which will appear on the October 27th exam. 1. The following image illustrates an important characteristic of a style of landscape architecture thus far studied. Which one?_______________________ And what aspect? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. How complexity leads to simplicity: Eric Berlow on TED Design 5 unconventional maps to get lost in From the earliest days of human exploration we’ve made progressively more accurate and sophisticated maps. Maps help us find our way around the world we live in. Maps help us get to our destination. Global Issues How data constellations tell a story: MAPPing the TED Fellows network and the conflict in Syria What’s this galaxy-like cluster of dots and lines?
Architectural Job Starter Kit March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the “summer interns” and freshly minted architectural graduates are … well, knocking on the door. So I thought I would put together an architectural job “starter kit” of all the things you should be paying attention to if you’re planning on getting a job at an architectural office. I have almost always worked in small firms – except for that one time when I didn’t, which wasn’t a bad year but it cemented in my mind that my skill set is better suited for a small architectural firm. My experience demands that I champion the advantages of working in a small firm, it’s what I know and love. Here are my Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Now that I’ve given you some things to consider when looking for your next architectural job, there are some other items you might need to fully prepare yourself for what’s to come. Architectural Interns Writing Your Resumé Happy job hunting!
Creating a Culture of Ideas Innovation is inefficient. More often than not, it is undisciplined, contrarian, and iconoclastic; and it nourishes itself with confusion and contradiction. In short, being innovative flies in the face of what almost all parents want for their children, most CEOs want for their companies, and heads of states want for their countries. Yet without innovation we are doomed-by boredom and monotony-to decline. One of the basics of a good system of innovation is diversity. A very heterogeneous culture, by contrast, breeds innovation by virtue of its people, who look at everything from different viewpoints. I see two reasons for this.