Crisis Urbanism: medieval citadels to Soleri’s arcologies by Nicolás Boullosa on November 19, 2021 William Gibson was 22 when he visited a 1970 exhibition hosted by Paolo Soleri, an idealist architect who envisioned self-contained …
Zen and the ephemeral: why light and vistas improve our wellbeing by Nicolás Boullosa on November 11, 2021 Not only orientation and exposure to daylight but views from a room, a house, or an office affect our mood …
Life high in the mountains, primitivism & simple living by Nicolás Boullosa on November 3, 2021 In 1905, a 24-year-old artist who had decided to leave Barcelona for Paris at the turn of the century in …
Futurism vs neo-Luddism: battle of frontiers of thought/tech by Nicolás Boullosa on October 25, 2021 For its proximity to San Francisco, mild weather, access to the outdoors such as Tamalpais, the old hippy enclaves by …
Nature, nurture: Spinoza & Giordano Bruno on things big/small by Nicolás Boullosa on October 18, 2021 In 1927, French novelist Romain Rolland wrote a letter to Sigmund Freud in which he described why humans might be …
Fleeing a burnout society: modern work & self-actualization by Nicolás Boullosa on October 11, 2021 Back in the ’80s, when a new economic orthodoxy was pushing for market liberalization and offshore production, a South Korean …
“Freedom to” vs “freedom from”: why our attitude determines fate by Nicolás Boullosa on October 5, 2021 This is not a shortlist of to-do things to be free, but we wish there was a way to rationalize …
Bike culture boom: what dedicated lanes & cargo bikes can do by Nicolás Boullosa on September 27, 2021 It’s real. Bike ridership in cities like Paris has exploded due to Covid-19, but not only because of the pandemic; …
Modernists vs. traditionalists over beauty: a cautionary tale by Nicolás Boullosa on September 20, 2021 We prioritize what’s in front of us in the Now. Since Aristotle’s Physics, all we consider is based on “presence“, …
Dignifying urban/rural lives: decentralization done right by Nicolás Boullosa on September 13, 2021 Recently, someone brought up this logical paradox: most people who are urban are not elites. And most “urban elites” grew …
