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“, …
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 …
Found a derelict Portuguese hamlet. Settled in to revive it by Kirsten Dirksen on March 15, 2020 “Now, the rural is the revolutionary” – José Luis Peixoto Pedro Pedrosa and his wife Sofia left city life over …
Medieval cottage encased within new home embraces layers by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2019 When Kate Darby and David Connor were told they had to preserve the 300-year-old cottage on their property or lose …
Restoring medieval tower house near Sparta as life project by Kirsten Dirksen on February 17, 2019 Over 35 years ago, Kostas Zouvelos and his then-fiancé Kassiani Theodorakakou saw a for sale sign on a crumbling early …
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 …
Family fixes home in ghost-town lab & tells others to follow by Kirsten Dirksen on January 27, 2019 With 25,000 euros and 1,000 hours of work, Maurizio Cesprini and his partner Paola Gardin rebuilt a ruined home in …
El urbanismo táctico y temporal refresca ciudades osificadas by Nicolás Boullosa on August 31, 2017 En Houston, los efectos del huracán Harvey toman toda su crudeza al observar cualquier gráfica de precipitaciones: se han requerido …
Casa-como-servicio: móvil, actualizable, producida en cadena by Nicolás Boullosa on August 4, 2016 La vivienda parece sólo al alcance de jóvenes y nuevas realidades familiares (más reducidas y cambiantes) cuando se renuncia a …
Carrera por mejorar vivienda y servicios en la ciudad futura by Nicolás Boullosa on April 20, 2016 Cuando la bitácora tecnológica Techcrunch presta atención a los bizantinos códigos de edificación y The Economist emplea con recurrencia el acrónimo NIMBY …
