Nonplaces (physical & online): what convenience takes from us by Nicolás Boullosa on February 2, 2022 I often would go through Rue du Paradis for two years, in Paris’ 9th arrondissement (borough). This city area, a …
Spent 5 years fixing old house-barn by hand. It was worth it by Kirsten Dirksen on January 30, 2022 When Enrico Gri discovered the wild Orco Valley during a ski mountaineering trip, he fell in love with the idea …
Do cumulative culture & extreme imitation prevent breakthroughs? by Nicolás Boullosa on January 26, 2022 The story of a man who lived a normal life with a hollowed-out brain pushed as a thin membrane into …
School was rigid. Built dream career learning through play by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2022 Ethan Schlussler has crafted a life of fantasy. For two years he pedaled his homemade bike elevator up to his …
SimCity-like arcologies as self-sustaining living ecosystems by Nicolás Boullosa on January 19, 2022 When we recently visited the courtyard of 25 Verde, the condominium of 63 wooden-shingle-clad apartments on a five-story, corten steel …
25Verde apartment jungle is an ecosystem of 150 trees, 60+ apartments by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2022 With 150 trees sprouting across 5 floors of terraces, balconies and roof gardens, apartment complex “25 Verde” rises like a …
Simone Weil fought alienation with humanism, overcame angst by Nicolás Boullosa on January 13, 2022 She was frail, opinionated, stubborn, short-sighted, and prone to get sick. Coming from an urban, intellectual family, she also excelled …
30 years self-reliant: family $10K/year homestead & dugout by Kirsten Dirksen on January 10, 2022 In 1978 Cheri and Evan Howard signed “The Shakertown Pledge,” a commitment to living at or below the federal poverty …
Exploration sagas: from the Greenland Norse to a lunar outpost by Nicolás Boullosa on January 6, 2022 During the so-called Little Ice Age, winters in temperate zones of the northern hemisphere became more prolonged and so severe …
Fast & cheap revamp of long-time abandoned small apartment by Kirsten Dirksen on January 2, 2022 David Tapias (Aixopluc founder) and Ricard Pau installed their first experimental home inside a former photographer’s studio that had been …
