The decision to host the 1972 Olympics gave Munich the opportunity to redevelop the Oberwiesenfeld area. It had been used as an airfield up until 1939 when the Munich- Riem airport opened. The area became largely idle despite the Nazi plans to have the area serve as the central slaughterhouse and marketplace. The goal was […]
Link here “Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn about everything in between.”
The 1972 Olympic Games were overshadowed by what is now referred to as the Munich Massacre. On September 5th, eight Palestinian guerrillas kidnapped eleven Israeli athletes, coaches and officials and held them hostage in their Olympic Village apartments. Two of the hostages initially resisted and were killed. Later that evening, the terrorists and their hostages […]
Joan Busquets Interview Joan Busquets is a Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard and the former Head of planning in Barcelona This is another way you can view the video if the former does not work – http://sustainablecities.dk/en/actions/interviews/joan-busquets-geography-history-and-diversity-0
Most newsworthy events fall into two general catagories; News and Media Events. News events are those events which can be represented as a set of information (the score was 5 to 4 in the Soccer game last night). These events can be represented as points in time. A media event is the coverage and […]
Shape-Shifting
“One man’s incredible hobby is another man’s vision of the future. Since June of 2005, farmer Joe Murray has been excavating a basement in his home in Saskatchewan Canada using only radio controlled vehicles.” Link
http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/questioning-catastrophe/
The future of 3D printers.
http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/17/passing-cloud-by-tiago-barros/ If you’re not worried about where you go or how fast you get there, this enormous inflatable cloud is the mode of transport for you. Predominant winds would determine the routes and speed of the hovering cloud, which would move from place to place without any fixed destinations. Passengers would board the cloud […]
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