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Duncan Patterson's Sketchpad: April 2011
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The nature of a free society is that it will always be the locus of a struggle between higher and lower forms of freedom. Neither side can abolish the other, but the line can be moved, never definitively but at least for some people for some time, one way or another." - Charles Taylor, 1991. The Monster Haus Project. There's Glass Between Us: The user-centric implications of Latourian Materialism for Thinking and Making Architecture. Labels: Graveyard of Dead Abstracts. From these two papers the author i...
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Duncan Patterson's Sketchpad: January 2013
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The nature of a free society is that it will always be the locus of a struggle between higher and lower forms of freedom. Neither side can abolish the other, but the line can be moved, never definitively but at least for some people for some time, one way or another." - Charles Taylor, 1991. The Berlin Wall Memorial near Mauer Park Jan. 17 2013. Watch "Berlin Wall Memorial Jan. 17 2013" on YouTube. A store in Potsdam on Jan 16th 2013. Watch "Jan. 16 2013 Potsdam" on YouTube. Berlin Jan 7th 2013 3/3.
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Duncan Patterson's Sketchpad: March 2010
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The nature of a free society is that it will always be the locus of a struggle between higher and lower forms of freedom. Neither side can abolish the other, but the line can be moved, never definitively but at least for some people for some time, one way or another." - Charles Taylor, 1991. Nomadic spaces such as an airport waiting area can be very disorienting. What if you could access your own personal existential grounding tool through your smartphone? Alternately maybe some sort of infrastructure is...
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Duncan Patterson's Sketchpad: May 2011
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The nature of a free society is that it will always be the locus of a struggle between higher and lower forms of freedom. Neither side can abolish the other, but the line can be moved, never definitively but at least for some people for some time, one way or another." - Charles Taylor, 1991. Koolhaas's new exhibit slams historic preservation. A new Rem Koolhaas curated exhibit. And dipped in political agenda it is surprising that so many take at such face-value. Or is that surprising? I also have a websi...
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Duncan Patterson's Sketchpad: The Berlin Wall Memorial near Mauer Park Jan. 17 2013
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The nature of a free society is that it will always be the locus of a struggle between higher and lower forms of freedom. Neither side can abolish the other, but the line can be moved, never definitively but at least for some people for some time, one way or another." - Charles Taylor, 1991. The Berlin Wall Memorial near Mauer Park Jan. 17 2013. Watch "Berlin Wall Memorial Jan. 17 2013" on YouTube. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Duncan Patterson's Weblog! Hope you enjoy perusing my work!
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Duncan Patterson's Sketchpad: Also at the Anthropocene Conference Dec 12th 2013
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The nature of a free society is that it will always be the locus of a struggle between higher and lower forms of freedom. Neither side can abolish the other, but the line can be moved, never definitively but at least for some people for some time, one way or another." - Charles Taylor, 1991. Also at the Anthropocene Conference Dec 12th 2013. Watch "Dec 12th 2013 Anthropocene Conference" on YouTube. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Duncan Patterson's Weblog! Hope you enjoy perusing my work!
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Terrain Vague: imagining the multi-directional grid
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Still reconsidering Utopia, now in a more ambiguous territory. Saturday, April 3, 2010. Imagining the multi-directional grid. System diagram outlining the transition from a single direction, top down, fossil fuel heavy grid to a multi-directional, locally generated, mostly solar, smart grid. An account of my findings and musings while working on a master's thesis in architecture. View my complete profile. Imagining the multi-directional grid. Slow Food for Thought. I WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
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Terrain Vague: November 2009
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Still reconsidering Utopia, now in a more ambiguous territory. Thursday, November 26, 2009. An intriguing proposal by Magnus Larsson for a linear city made of solidified sand dunes acting as a sand shield across the Sahara desert. Larsson is proposing using a special bacteria which will solidify the sand and produce habitable and arable cavity structures which will help stop the rapid movement of dunes thus combating the effects of further desertification. Wednesday, November 25, 2009. 8220;When architec...
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Duncan Patterson's Sketchpad: September 2011
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The nature of a free society is that it will always be the locus of a struggle between higher and lower forms of freedom. Neither side can abolish the other, but the line can be moved, never definitively but at least for some people for some time, one way or another." - Charles Taylor, 1991. Thumbs-up, Thumbs-down, Thumbs-sucked Rating System. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to Duncan Patterson's Weblog! Hope you enjoy perusing my work! Thumbs-up, Thumbs-down, Thumbs-sucked Rating Syste.
