(Un)housed in paradise: how the homeless can get off the street by Kirsten Dirksen on April 11, 2023 Chronic homelessness has risen 65% in the U.S. in the past 7 years, much of the increase has happened in …
Trapped in paradise: how we got the homeless situation (part 1) by Kirsten Dirksen on April 2, 2023 It’s tough to put a number on how many Americans are homeless. About one and a half million people sleep …
Guerrillas improving cities: intentional, bottom-up urbanism by Nicolás Boullosa on May 26, 2022 As we grow up, those who manage not to fall for cynicism and good ol’ fatalism realize that the things …
Friends couldn’t afford apartments. Bought the building instead by Kirsten Dirksen on February 20, 2022 As a housekeeper, Johnny Sanphillippo couldn’t afford to buy an apartment in San Francisco, but then he heard one of …
Bottom-up urbanism solves urgent housing needs in CA vicinity by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2019 When Johnny Sanphillippo wanted to upsize his 700-square-foot home in Sonoma County, California, he discovered that a legal backyard cottage …
Urbanismo: cómo lo superficial oculta tendencias a largo plazo by Nicolás Boullosa on July 26, 2018 Como ocurre en las muestras de laboratorio, cuando un tinte fluorescente hace emerger fenómenos microscópicos hasta entonces ocultos, la literatura …
De comunas a Baugruppen: nuevo co-living en centros urbanos by Nicolás Boullosa on August 5, 2015 El alquiler de las ciudades más vibrantes es tan prohibitivo que aparecen propuestas para solucionarlo: nuevas comunas para creativos, viviendas …
El documental de Kirsten Dirksen: "We the Tiny House People” by Nicolás Boullosa on April 23, 2012 Mientras escribo, Kirsten Dirksen, co-fundadora de *faircompanies, publica en su canal personal de YouTube (con más de 500 vídeos, 18.000 …
