Recovering lost knowledge: traditional practices for a safer future by Nicolás Boullosa on September 11, 2024 For decades, coastal areas in California like Rancho Palos Verdes didn’t improve drainage systems or reinforce slopes with deep-rooted vegetation …
Creation & self-actualization for artists, architects, & builders of all sorts by Nicolás Boullosa on September 4, 2024 Houses are square, and all that matters is functional, he was told. But James Hubbell had a different vision, building …
Business districts reinvented? Downtown LA from the 80s to now by Nicolás Boullosa on August 29, 2024 Unlike the backtothelanders from the 60s-70s, the 80s yuppies revered office work and lively downtowns. When the digital world upends …
Lifetime memories of tile designs —and a tile maker’s handmade house by Nicolás Boullosa on August 21, 2024 What’s the entropy of broken tiles? You can’t unbreak an egg, say the laws of thermodynamics. But you can recreate …
Escape from Non-Place: travelers that manage to see through modernity by Nicolás Boullosa on August 14, 2024 Many have argued that travel doesn’t equal tourism, especially today. Travel has a purpose and intention for self-discovery, whereas tourism …
The island effect: how tiny Skrova became a fishing and artist haven by Nicolás Boullosa on August 9, 2024 Like sophisticated gardens encased in glass, islands fascinate us for a reason. They can warp reality with singular perceptions and …
All the places we can go: how the digital enframing changes our experience by Nicolás Boullosa on July 26, 2024 In 1948, two twin boys, 14, drifted under the Golden Gate as their boat malfunctioned. They survived to have whole, …
Being optimistic despite the gerontocraZy may feel revolutionary by Nicolás Boullosa on July 18, 2024 The zeitgeist had a recipe for us in July. It’s a dish served cold. It includes sports, polarization, and tension …
Engineering Eden: lessons from remote Fordlândia 100 years later by Nicolás Boullosa on July 11, 2024 Henry Ford sought to control his rubber supply by building Fordlândia, a model community in the Amazon. But transplanting the …
Unofficial history of databases, from tally sticks to passports by Nicolás Boullosa on July 4, 2024 Humans have managed to store information in different formats to avoid the fallibility of memory. However, keeping track of life, …
