Houslets

design, prototyping, & research on adaptable building & living systems.
@tmccormick.

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Mycotecture: using bricks of fungus to build http://t.co/yRlz9MrNVQ via @TheAtlantic

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"God made the world, but the Dutch made Holland." floating architecture projects. http://t.co/Q9Zlhn3a13 @Sdemelker

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The CyberCities Reader (2004). Key computing/urbanism compilation. Intro avail at GBooks+Amz http://t.co/0mXTEKqFGY

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@anthonymobile US could buy Google, Verizon, Comcast, etc, perhaps - current market caps $382B, $134B, $138B

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"Much of what's happened to the world's cities since WWII can be traced to a few visionaries who lived long ago, often ignored & rejected."

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The CyberCities Reader (2004). Key computing/urbanism compilation. Intro avail at GBooks+Amz http://t.co/0mXTEKqFGY

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"many..of the early visions of the planning movement stemmed from the anarchist mvmt" #PeterHall "Cities of Tomorrow" http://t.co/olLrQm8WQO

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"traditional planning, couched in..technical competence & public interest, has primarily served the most powerful." https://t.co/MDod5fjBf7

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"Arguments for and Against Planning" by R Kosterman in TPR, 1985. A classic critique of #urbanplanning https://t.co/MDod5fjBf7 #SmartCity

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“Still Muddling, Not Yet Through.” #Lindblom 1979 follows classic 1959 "Science of Muddling Through" https://t.co/4UqOVwIdq9 #incrementalism

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"'Cosmopolis': a construction site of the mind & heart, a city of genuine acceptance of, connection w/, respect & space for 'the stranger.'"

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Leonie #Sandercock. "Cosmopolis II: Mongrel Cities of the 21st C." (2003). sequel/continuation of "Cosmopolis" 1998. http://t.co/HMlu4o0jpD

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Leonie #Sandercock. "Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities" (1998). http://t.co/JTBgbG9R2r

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12. Urbanism is a network effect.

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11. Urbanism balances and blends public good and private good; it isn't only public works.

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10. The greatest city is that which gives all the chance to live richly.

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9. A city cannot be preserved, because a static city is no longer a city.

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#Lindblom [1959] contrasts planning methods a) Rational-Comprehensive (Root), b) "Successive Limited Comparisons" (Branch); supports latter

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"The Science of 'Muddling Through'" Lindblom, 1959 @PAReview classic essay on planning/policy #incrementalism http://t.co/6D8wjyb394 (PDF)

[Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski]

I've read things here there from Stephen Graham—who does STS/urban stuff—looks like I have a lot more to read: http://t.co/sCK3DeE9iL