A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2015 What makes a good shelter? For thousands of years we’ve been attempting to regulate the idea. Even the bible had …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary trailer) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2015 It’s undeniable that building codes save lives, but something has changed in the past couple of decades. Now, thanks to …
Marin Center: arcología intemporal de Lloyd Wright en NorCal by Nicolás Boullosa on August 11, 2014 A primeros de agosto de 2014, entrevistamos a Ben Berto, director de planificación urbanística del condado de Marín, al norte …
Way of Tea: celebrating the art of craft focusing on "now" by Kirsten Dirksen on October 28, 2013 It’s often translated as “tea ceremony”, but Chado, Chanoyu or the “Way of Tea”, is neither a ceremony nor a …
Underrated strategic skill: making your own organic soap by Kirsten Dirksen on March 18, 2013 Errol Davis started making his own organic soap because he was “cheap”. Then he started giving it to friends for …
Trash is a perception: reclaimed tiny shelters & art in SFO by Kirsten Dirksen on January 7, 2013 Pablo Picasso used garage stuff from his Parisian neighborhood to create his art: an old bike became “Bull’s Head”, a …
Farming mushrooms as Slow Food, medicine, bioremediation by Kirsten Dirksen on March 19, 2012 In the past few years, mushrooms- and the vegetative part of the fungus, mycelium– have been elevated from the underworld. …
Mortgage-free tiny home on a housekeeper’s salary by Kirsten Dirksen on February 26, 2012 Johnny Sanphillippo has never made more than $20,000 per year (he works as a housekeeper, as well as, a gardener …
Airstream-inspired apartments as affordable tiny homes by Kirsten Dirksen on February 19, 2012 Patrick Kennedy is a housing developer who likes to build small. His vision is to build the housing equivalent of the …
Good old city-fence redwood becomes tiny cottage studio by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2012 When San Francisco artist and builder Jay Nelson sees someone tearing down a redwood fence in his neighborhood he asks …
