In-Between Economies

Design studio working at the intersection of tech, economics and the built environment

[Jack Minchella @Jack_Minchella]

You've got to ask yourself...how does this happen?

Like, beyond the whole developers are evil and just want the money.

*Actually* how does this happen?

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[Jack Minchella @Jack_Minchella]

Calling all working in #circulareconomy #embodiedcarbon #LCA world

Is anyone working on a framework for digitally mapping and registering material supply chains of buildings?

Kind of like a @ProvenanceHQ for construction?

[@ArchitectsForXr @architectsforxr]

Every building is a choice
Every brief is a choice
Every client is a choice
Every material is a choice
Every supply chain is a choice

What choices will you make?
https://t.co/iSw1erlDlM

@ArchitectsCAN @CultureDeclares @archiworkers @Architects4F @ArchitectsJrnal @ScottwbMcAulay

[Center for Spatial Technologies @CST_echo]

“The High Line cost $187m to build, it contributed to an additional uplift of $3.4bn for nearby properties, yet the government has only received $103m in additional property tax. The rest went to private landowners” https://t.co/QDQK60KgsG

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

This is what a housing economy on life support looks like...

[Laurie Macfarlane @L__Macfarlane]

“A Danish bank has launched the world’s first negative interest rate mortgage – handing out loans to homeowners where the charge is minus 0.5% a year.” https://t.co/M7brbRZVBj

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

The revolution will be a subscription model.

😑

[Jade Azim @JadeFrancesAzim]

I just looked at Tipi homes, the developer selling themselves as a ‘rental rebellion’. The cheapest property they have is £1500pm for a 1 bed. Incredible stuff.

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

Tackling cancer by ‘reinventing’ the land economy.

Architects have a lot to learn from this...

https://t.co/9WQ0IxHNlB
#regenerativeagriculture #farmersfootprint #systemthinking

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

Bring down that wall @matthaig1 - bring down that wall and show the world what they’re missing

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

The #newnormal

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

🔥🔥EXTREME HEAT🔥🔥

Records:

2019 🇫🇷France 46°C (114.6°F)

2019 🇻🇳Vietnam 43.4°C (110.1°F)

2019 🇩🇪Germany 42.6°C (108.7°F)

2019 🇧🇪Belgium 40.7°C (105.3°F)

2018 🇩🇿Algeria 51.3°C (124.3°F)

2017 🇮🇷Iran 54°C (129°F)

2017 🇴🇲Oman 50.8°C (123.4°F)

Earth is being changed.

Fast.

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

Where is the unrpivatised smart city? Where is the #SmartCity that isn’t an algorithm engine for rent seeking?

If we accept digitisation of our cities is necessar (or unavoidable) then we need to accept that it’s a design of a political economy.

[Failed Architecture @FailedArch]

"Toronto's Quayside becomes a microcosm of a state in itself, a libertarian citadel run by Sidewalk, who rent out an infrastructure for companies to use under the pretext of solving real-world problems." https://t.co/QvknTXUyRT

[Doma.city @doma_city]

🍂 In the world of increasing precarity, a lot of talented people are "innovating" around ways to get you deeper in debt. The whole #fintech/#proptech space is not paying attention to what people actually need.

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

@e_estonia get's it

https://t.co/sbuFwDrx5y

[Atelier Kite @atelierkite]

The last mile - as solved by grannies without cars. #supermarket #grocery

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

This is the bricks and mortar (we ill this case glass and steel) of inequality.

If architects want better architecture - they need to redesign the economics of how its made, not be obsessed with what it's made of.

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

Why do we still think its ok to complain about 'bad architecture'?

The design brief - to create highly lucrative speculative assets, inflate NYCs property market, redistribute wealth upwards and still be publicly acceptable - #HudsonYards is 5 stars

https://t.co/RvyuBJ6TVx

[Alastair Parvin @AlastairParvin]

All across the world, this myth is being used as justification for paying huge public subsidies to real estate investors, who will create nothing more than a machine that takes 50%+ of your monthly earnings as rent / mortgage.

[In-Between Economies @IBEconomies]

The speculative city forever needs archi-hype.

What if instead of paying for new land + infra w/ land speculation–we did it w/ land provision #affordableland @AlastairParvin @andyreevo

*added bonus* architects dont waste time on things like this👇

https://t.co/Z5TrsNCAeu

[Grace Quah @grace_quah]

'Beyond the Home' - gendered space + the digital - my piece for @ChristineBjerke's fab website FX Beauties is now online! #genderedspace #architecture #digital