[flv]http://video.ted.com/talks/embed/MiruKim_2008P-embed-PARTNER_high.flv[/flv] ‘Miru Kim is a fearless explorer of abandoned and underground places. Her photography underscores the vulnerable nature of the human explorer in these no-woman’s-lands.’ Full bio and more links
Meet Ben Law and enjoy the process of how he builds his house out of the woodland surrounding him. It is beautiful, impressive, inspiring… [googlevideo]http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=9008769522888708228&hl=de[/googlevideo] Also I recommend his book: The Woodland Way, A Permaculture Approach to Sustainable Woodland Management
The most fascinating abandoned man-made creations + Their story & location + Updated daily One of the largest ship graveyard: the bay of Nouadhibou Abandoned shipyard covered with vegetation in Japan Chernobyl disaster part 2: inside the buildings of Prypiat Very nice collection! Each Article features tons of stunning pictures and mostly deep background information! [...]
“Compared to traditional residential houses built on the ground, the aim of building an earth house is another: Not to live under or in the ground, but with it.” The unique architecture of earth houses is characterised by multiple beneficial features: Insulation Air-Impermeability Soil-covered roofs Sustainable usage of energy and renewable energy Heat zones Convenient [...]
Scheisse wird zu Erde, die man aufs Dach legt, wird zu Wiese, Wald und Gärten. Scheisse wird zu Gold. Es befriedigt sehr, so immer reicher zu werden. Der Kreislauf ist geschlossen. Es gibt keinen Abfall mehr, die Umwelt gesundet. Immer wenn ich ein englisches Wasserklosett benutze, habe ich dasselbe schlechte Gewissen, wie wenn ich Auto [...]
“Doors Of Perception has posted a Cluster Magazine interview with designers John Thackara and Sunil Abraham. The discussion is chock full of potent brain-food on the future of cites, design, sustainable and informal economies and more. They explain in great detail what changes need to be implemented to improve living conditions for the growing number [...]
New on my Amazon Wish List! Canada Innovates: Sustainable Building Pictures by Design Taxi Network and Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. It’s an illustrated book that shows the whole spectrum of canada’s sustainable architecture. Ranging from more rural projects on the countryside up to super mega uber 2048 high-tech inner city concepts. I like the book’s [...]
Men build – men leave. Vatnsmýri is a part of Reykjavík which the initiators of a landscape design competition describe as a very central area. There are huge old and unused runways of Vatnsmýri Airport that were slicing the city for a long time. Now it’s time to redefine the space and develope a whole [...]
