Geodesic domes: the (failed?) dream of living light on the land by Nicolás Boullosa on July 14, 2023 Post-pandemic tourism rushes ahead, causing discomfort in and around touristic attractions amid the summer heat. Elisabetta Povoledo covers for the …
Tinkering with post-industrial scraps to innovate in housing by Nicolás Boullosa on June 1, 2022 Thomas Edison defined discontent as the first necessity of progress. Optimism and progress are naïve constructions of non-conformists who believe …
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 …
Built treehouse annex, then became their live-work respite by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2021 Dustin Feider’s prefab system assembles sturdy treehouses with minimum impact. After making models for clients such as The Doors’ guitarist, …
Sewed own popup dome-home for need, been selling them since by Kirsten Dirksen on December 19, 2020 In 1979 Asha Deliverance sewed her first geodesic dome on an old Singer sewing machine, finishing it in time to …
Dome design toughens with size, regulates home/garden within by Kirsten Dirksen on November 14, 2020 When Buckminster Fuller conceived of the geodesic dome in the 1940s he was intrigued by the efficiency of a super-lightweight …
Materiales con futuro: ¿impresión aditiva de seda de araña? by Nicolás Boullosa on October 17, 2019 La seda de araña es resistente, flexible, reparable, antibacteriana y energéticamente eficiente. Varios estudios tratan de desvelar los secretos de …
Dymaxion: could homes be as affordable & precise as appliances? by Kirsten Dirksen on July 28, 2019 Supported by tension cables around a central mast, the Dymaxion House was a light-weight, prefab home designed to be flat-packed …
Impresoras 3D y CNC al rescate “maker” de la cúpula geodésica by Nicolás Boullosa on April 6, 2018 Hay invenciones que adquieren sentido y utilidad tiempo después de su anuncio. Las cúpulas geodésicas (domos), estructuras esféricas o semiesféricas …
Arquitectura dematerializada: las utopías modulares y nómadas by Nicolás Boullosa on January 17, 2018 Dos guerras mundiales y la crisis económica entre ambas alimentaron a principios del siglo XX un debate profundo sobre un …
