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ETERNALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The reading, Toyo Ito’s Learning from a Tree, was an intriguing mini-manifesto from the Japanese architect. While his concepts in the opening text felt a bit vague and idealist, the clear references to his ideas in the following case studies embodied his ideologies for architecture of the 21st century. Connections can also be drawn to [...]

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The timeless space

Philippe Rahm, inside the overall debate on an Advanced Architecture, looks back at the configurations of dwellings and cities from the past or from a ‘more present past’ to investigate the relationship between the natural environment and the architectural space, figuring out that the Architecture has always been following the climate changing in its configuration [...]

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Tarzans in The Media Forest

  PROTESTOR GUARDING HIS TREE /  POLICEMEN GUARD THE DESTRUCTION WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM A PARK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_protests_in_Turkey Summer of 2013 something happened in Istanbul, the monetary system wanted to take the only green space left in Taksim, the GEZİ PARK, wich was the last public breathing point for the people and the reason to [...]

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