Sonoma County’s innocent self-building days: Jenine’s $3,500 rolling home by Nicolás Boullosa on November 20, 2024 When tracing the roots of backyard cottages (Accessory Dwelling Units, ADUs), renegade builders of tiny houses in Sonoma engaged the …
Poetics of dead leaves & tree landscaping as best thermostat around by Nicolás Boullosa on October 30, 2024 As of now, leaves change their color and fall around us. In a fragmented reality, the slow shift of seasons …
An amateur’s take on building a cob house that ages well by Nicolás Boullosa on June 15, 2022 “Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road,” has …
How access to water, pools & streams can improve homes/towns by Nicolás Boullosa on April 21, 2022 Christopher Alexander states in #64 of his “pattern languages” for architecture and urbanism that “We need constant access to water, …
The Shack: how a forester kickstarted restorative farmsteading by Nicolás Boullosa on March 23, 2022 “Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets, but humbler folk may circumvent this restriction if they know-how. …
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 …
Urbanismo y viviendas a prueba de pandemias, recesiones y clima by Nicolás Boullosa on May 20, 2020 Un político local parisino publicaba hace unos días una ilustración que ejemplifica el contexto en que nos encontramos y las …
Patrones en urbanismo para transformar tensiones en ventajas by Nicolás Boullosa on January 23, 2019 La tensión cotidiana en las ciudades más atrayentes ofrece pistas sobre los éxitos y fracasos de una época (y sus …
Economía circular y viviendas permeables con biorreactores by Nicolás Boullosa on December 5, 2018 La fachada del edificio BIQ (siglas en inglés de «coeficiente bio-inteligente») en Hamburgo, Alemania, ha sido diseñada no ya para …
Arquitectura adaptable: casa que muda tamaño, volumen, forma by Nicolás Boullosa on April 5, 2016 Una estructura desplegable, adaptable y móvil es lo más parecido a un sacrilegio contra el concepto de arquitectura desde Vitruvio: …
