http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/09/from-constant-to-variable/ the herculez gomez of architecture blogs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:02:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/09/from-constant-to-variable/comment-page-1/#comment-160064 the maracanã as public space – mammoth // building nothing out of something Wed, 11 May 2011 11:02:06 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=801#comment-160064 [...] anything so rigorous here, but we have produced a few brief scattered thoughts on stadia, from Allianz Arena as a test case for networked urbanism to touring Soccer City Stadium from above and within to reading Dan Hill on the design of [...] [...] anything so rigorous here, but we have produced a few brief scattered thoughts on stadia, from Allianz Arena as a test case for networked urbanism to touring Soccer City Stadium from above and within to reading Dan Hill on the design of [...]

]]> http://m.ammoth.us/blog/2009/09/from-constant-to-variable/comment-page-1/#comment-9029 the best architecture of the decade - mammoth // building nothing out of something Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:38:06 +0000 http://m.ammoth.us/blog/?p=801#comment-9029 [...] The interface between place and network appears likely to grow stronger, as the linking of network participation with location which first gained mass effect through the iPhone is strengthened and deepened by hardware and software advances, such as hyper-local trending topics on twitter, google goggles, wikitude, collective memory models, and the tools being developed by MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group.  Public utilities can utilize the collective intelligence of a city’s citizens to detect system malfunctions; citizens can develop tools to gather reports of failure within the urban system, collate those failures geographically, and pressure government to react using the collected data.  And as the network becomes increasingly tactile, immediate, and geographically relevant, it can be expected to develop more direct interfaces with buildings. [...] [...] The interface between place and network appears likely to grow stronger, as the linking of network participation with location which first gained mass effect through the iPhone is strengthened and deepened by hardware and software advances, such as hyper-local trending topics on twitter, google goggles, wikitude, collective memory models, and the tools being developed by MIT’s Fluid Interfaces Group.  Public utilities can utilize the collective intelligence of a city’s citizens to detect system malfunctions; citizens can develop tools to gather reports of failure within the urban system, collate those failures geographically, and pressure government to react using the collected data.  And as the network becomes increasingly tactile, immediate, and geographically relevant, it can be expected to develop more direct interfaces with buildings. [...]

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