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Comment on 22. Martian Mormons by admin

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:30:56 +0000

I am a critic, but I don't criticize the tape! I love the tape! I was trying to say that Dezeen needs more tape. We're referencing my comments on this Dezeen post.

Comment on 22. Martian Mormons by Yoshio

Yoshio — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:29:13 +0000

And you critic the Tape in Music Hall of Tatiana Bilbao.

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Now i understand!

Comment on 17. Thoreau on the Moon by admin

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:22:58 +0000

Thoreau presents his hut as painfully obligatory: he didn’t plaster his walls until November, allowing the wind and weather to pass between the boards and through the cabin, on cleaning day he loves seeing his things in the sunlight outside his cabin, delaying the task of putting them back inside as long as possible. Pollan points out that this desire to fling out is in direct opposition to the mindset of Bachelard in “The Poetics of Space,” in which the comforting hearth-enclosure of the home is most prize. He posits that Thoreau represents an American domestic manifest destiny toward the exterior, while Bachelard represents an European interiority.

You are well aware of my boyish obsession with space exploration, especially spacecraft. The suburban picture window is an attempt to extend an interior towards a exterior view, a space craft is its exact opposite. The spacecraft is necessarily Bachelard’s kind of space, enclosed, protecting, warmth in a Thoreau-an environment wild and untamed (though inhabitable). Is is the spacecraft then that unites the material thinness of Thoreau’s cabin with Bachelard’s warm enclosure.

I need to think about this more: it’ll make a great essay soon.

Comment on 17. Thoreau on the Moon by chelsea

chelsea — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:42:13 +0000

Recently, a relative asked me if all architects are good writers. She had read a publication, associated with a college of architecture and its student work.
It is difficult to answer the question. When embedded in a discipline, a vocabulary or set of expressions becomes the groundwork for discussions. These conventions stretch beyond the written and spoken word and reach into drawing, modeling, gestures. Projects take on a life through their explanations.
Your definition of ‘thin’ shifts to incorporate material properties associated with work in the studio and presentations, but also a broader understanding of the materiality and experience of a thin wall, circumnavigated by wind and weather, where temperature and sound transcend an opaque, yet mutable, boundary. In furthering the association with Thoreau, you underline a thin-ness of character and bring the potential of jargon to a close, circling back to the original context of mylar.
Perhaps the passage attempts a thin-ness or transparency in its presentation on the depthless (infinite?) screen.

Comment on 13. Eco-militias by Alberta

Alberta — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:07:26 +0000

I really don’t have a comment but since you didn’t have even one I wanted to post something. Wow, a whole lot of weather info. I was impressed, especially after going through the blizzard of “78, oh wait, you’ve heard that all before. maybe that was an early terrorist plot.

Comment on 09. God Bless the Barcode by Justin Brownlee

Justin Brownlee — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:27:39 +0000

Andrew, I am the Director of Aircraft Propulsion at FedEx… if you’re ever in or near Memphis, I can show you the hub and how everything gets from FROM: to TO:

Justin

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