Rundown apartments reborn as food-forest coliving Agritopia by Kirsten Dirksen on September 26, 2021 In 2007, Ole and Maitri Ersson bought a rundown apartment complex in the city and immediately began to de-pave parking …
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“, …
3D-Printed in 24h, no waste. Price to fall as builds ramp-up by Kirsten Dirksen on September 19, 2021 Up to now, construction has relied on rigid techniques that usually create big amounts of waste. By adding material instead …
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 …
Mountaintop building was banned. Pulled off epic off-grid by Kirsten Dirksen on September 12, 2021 On a California mountaintop with no access to power, David Latimer created a deconstructed home from two wee homes on …
Designing stuff that matters: on quality, tools, and Nature by Nicolás Boullosa on September 8, 2021 Around five years ago, Kirsten received an email from many related to potential stories on whimsical houses, high-yield organic farms, …
Built a backyard Yome (yurt + dome) to stay in San Francisco by Kirsten Dirksen on September 5, 2021 When Ava Rosen first slept in a yome – a hybrid between a yurt and geodesic dome – she fell …
A genealogy of itinerancy: from hobos to homelessness by Nicolás Boullosa on September 2, 2021 It was the summer of 2015. We didn’t know yet, but we were about to sell our apartment in Barcelona …
Needed basic furniture. Came up with Paleo-transformer system by Kirsten Dirksen on August 29, 2021 To furnish an old country home in a 12th Century town, we wanted to create the minimal expression of furniture …
«Plantar» agua: un sistema ancestral de gestión hidrológica by Nicolás Boullosa on August 25, 2021 No es una época fácil para Perú, uno de los países más azotados por la pandemia de coronavirus, cuyas cifras …
