Comments on: burn down the suburbs, and other comments on reburbia http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/08/burn-down-the-suburbs-and-other-comments-on-reburbia/ the herculez gomez of architecture blogs Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ninjas on the ‘Nets | AMNP http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/08/burn-down-the-suburbs-and-other-comments-on-reburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-5186 Ninjas on the ‘Nets | AMNP Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:16:20 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=635#comment-5186 [...] mammoth’s REBURBIA entry, and a response to comments on the competition [...] [...] mammoth’s REBURBIA entry, and a response to comments on the competition [...]

]]> By: ownership culture - mammoth // building nothing out of something http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/08/burn-down-the-suburbs-and-other-comments-on-reburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-3115 ownership culture - mammoth // building nothing out of something Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:21:13 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=635#comment-3115 [...] (if any) of those options is best, but I will say that Stephen and I have been trying to develop a consistent argument that it is best to do architecture (even paper architecture) in a way that, at the very [...] [...] (if any) of those options is best, but I will say that Stephen and I have been trying to develop a consistent argument that it is best to do architecture (even paper architecture) in a way that, at the very [...]

]]> By: Reburbia and the future of suburbs — ЦARЬCHITECT http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/08/burn-down-the-suburbs-and-other-comments-on-reburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Reburbia and the future of suburbs — ЦARЬCHITECT Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:57:07 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=635#comment-1764 [...] privacy, and green space strongly appeal to many people. As the blog mammoth noted in their commentary on the competition, simply dismissing these desires out of hand, demolishing neighborhoods, and expecting families to [...] [...] privacy, and green space strongly appeal to many people. As the blog mammoth noted in their commentary on the competition, simply dismissing these desires out of hand, demolishing neighborhoods, and expecting families to [...]

]]> By: sevensixfive http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/08/burn-down-the-suburbs-and-other-comments-on-reburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1346 sevensixfive Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:10:05 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=635#comment-1346 I was most struck by the blurry line btw jokes, homage, ripoff, and fuzzy math in the finalists. It's sometimes tough to tell if the projects are really proposing some kind of snake oil free energy scheme, or just satirizing all the other perpetual motion/ bad spreadsheet ideas. As you imply here, Rob, the notable entries are much more interesting and provocative than the 20 finalists. I was most struck by the blurry line btw jokes, homage, ripoff, and fuzzy math in the finalists. It’s sometimes tough to tell if the projects are really proposing some kind of snake oil free energy scheme, or just satirizing all the other perpetual motion/ bad spreadsheet ideas.

As you imply here, Rob, the notable entries are much more interesting and provocative than the 20 finalists.

]]> By: namhenderson http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/08/burn-down-the-suburbs-and-other-comments-on-reburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 namhenderson Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:00:51 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=635#comment-1289 Re: points b and c, I think any large scale approach of relocation and "slum upgrading" from sub-urbanism into Urbanism (of towers etc), is bound to fail. If only because they like contemporary slum redevelopment/clearance plans are massive scale, top down and urberplanned. An infrastructural approach and almost Maker magazine/DIY (or to borrow Sterling's phrase Favela Chic)one, will i think be more successful. Personally, I think the Urban Typhoon/Airoots/PUKAR folks have taken some good steps in Dharavi. But that is "slums" not sub-urbs. The kit approach though is key. Re: points b and c, I think any large scale approach of relocation and “slum upgrading” from sub-urbanism into Urbanism (of towers etc), is bound to fail. If only because they like contemporary slum redevelopment/clearance plans are massive scale, top down and urberplanned.
An infrastructural approach and almost Maker magazine/DIY (or to borrow Sterling’s phrase Favela Chic)one, will i think be more successful. Personally, I think the Urban Typhoon/Airoots/PUKAR folks have taken some good steps in Dharavi. But that is “slums” not sub-urbs.
The kit approach though is key.

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