tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588845330877881983.comments2023-06-11T05:30:40.920-07:00DUAL:workshopPhillip M. Crosbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12833177999971513819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588845330877881983.post-28931598593144165252008-10-12T10:40:00.000-07:002008-10-12T10:40:00.000-07:00Nice site...After going to the show at the MoMA I ...Nice site...<BR/><BR/>After going to the show at the MoMA I asked myself, “Why don’t Pre-fabs seem to work?”<BR/><BR/>Architects from Wright to Gropius, and inventors such as Edison and Fuller couldn’t make them work. Even with all this visionary genius, prefabricated dwellings have been an oddity in the modern world and often historical artifacts.<BR/><BR/>I answered the question here...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://dougist.com/index.php?p=28" REL="nofollow">MoMA goes ready to wear with Pre-Fab houses</A><BR/><BR/>Hope you stop by<BR/><BR/>Doug<BR/><A HREF="http://dougist.com" REL="nofollow"> www.dougist.com</A>Dougisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611010869169225304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588845330877881983.post-35712015812096166362008-09-03T00:02:00.000-07:002008-09-03T00:02:00.000-07:00Glad to hear you're enjoying your new urban surrou...Glad to hear you're enjoying your new urban surroundings. I felt the same way about boston when I first got here.....btw, you should plan a trip up here, although it looks like ga tech might have a more interesting lecture series for the first time than GSD...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588845330877881983.post-76230435787915387782008-07-28T05:12:00.000-07:002008-07-28T05:12:00.000-07:00Hi Orhan!You bring up another very good question a...Hi Orhan!<BR/><BR/>You bring up another very good question about these types of developments in regards to the gentrification and land rights issues. Most of the "sustainable new cities" are being built under totalitarian regimes where relocating tens (or hundreds) of thousands of people is not really an issue. I'm specifically thinking here of the new Chinese cities like Dongtan and Ningbo.<BR/><BR/>One issue that I am interested in is how these supposedly sustainable city designs can be applied in the democratic world, specifically in the US. Is it even possible? And, can some of these principles be used to retrofit our existing cities?Phillip M. Crosbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833177999971513819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588845330877881983.post-16342290428232856672008-07-26T23:06:00.000-07:002008-07-26T23:06:00.000-07:00those are very good questions at the end.as far as...those are very good questions at the end.<BR/>as far as i know hadid's project in istanbul also involves some very questionable gentrification and land rights transfers. and that is only the real estate side of it.she says the development will allow other architects to develop parcels but that is just a political move on her part to not create any domestic oppositions from the architectural community there. but there is already a lot of critical views to her plans.<BR/>what she says is hardly possible. it is easy to see that her plan only belongs to her.<BR/>i am all opposed to all this one person designs all type of cities. what is this? are we living in middle ages? as if there isn't enough egocentric architects now they also want to design entire cities. what a grandiose...Orhan Ayyücehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218295029638690272noreply@blogger.com