the enigma of the urban ruins (3.2)
At about 1300sqft, the dimension of the average home has remained remarkably constant throughout history. Could this have to do with home communications? more
cities of the plain (3.1)
Cities of the Plain is a name that Mumford uses to point to the origins of the city, but is also commonly used to refer to Sodom and Gomorrah. more
from ‘protection’ to destruction (2.5)
Cities have always competed with one another, but is the recent competitiveness for the highest quality of life a break with a past of war between cities? more
Invisible Borders: Mapping Social Boundaries and Spatial Practices in Moscow
July 2013, Strelka Institute, Moscow more
Using Technology to Mobilize Self-Governance
In May, I was at the Technology University of Delft to share about MikroAct, an action-sharing platform that I’ve been… more
law and urban order (2.4)
Niagara Falls is Toronto’s Coney Island. Where Rem Koolhaas described Coney Island as the appendage of New York City, a… more
notes from the cloud (01.13)
Fresh off grad school, I find myself still possessing a strong appetite for reading and note taking. But that is… more
anxiety, sacrifice, and aggression (2.3)
“No matter how many valuable functions the city has furthered, it has also served, throughout most of its history, as… more
@occupyPOPS
a Twitter bot that coordinates weekly mini-occupy movements at a different privately-owned public space in New York City. [Started in 2012] more
Urban Tactics and Media Ecologies for Civic Action
July 2012, Strelka Institute, Moscow more
noise city radio
Noise City Radio combines the location and classification of all noise complaints logged in New York City’s 311 system and combines it with audio recordings of noise. [2012] more
toward oceanic consciousness
Consciousness, says R.G. Collingwood, is “the kind of thought which stands closest to sensation or mere feeling. Every further development… more
the first urban implosion (2.2)
Alhazen was asked to build a dam on the Nile in the 11th Century by the vindictive and ruthless caliph… more
the first urban transformation (2.1)
Ours is an age of a multitude of socially undirected technical advances, divorced from any other ends than the advancement… more