cities

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/5516536/US-cities-may-have-to-be-bulldozed-in-order-to-survive.html  

Slowing down the city / ralentir la ville

by / par Gilles Clément http://www.gillesclement.com/art-368-tit-Ralentir-la-ville-un-espace-temps-recyclable-                                         (You can find the english version on this link)   Pour le colloque « Ralentir la... Read The Rest →

rectangular survey

”Like bees or ants or other well-organized societies, Americans, once they fixed upon the rectangular survey, were inflexible in their devotion to the idea.”  Vernon Carstensen in ‘Patterns on the American Land’   “I have supposed it practicable to prevent its... Read The Rest →

behind the window project

grid drawing technique A method for transferring a drawing to another surface on a different scale, especially to a larger surface that is to be painted, such as a canvas or a wall. (…) the drawing is ruled off into squares,... Read The Rest →

epiphany

”As I walk through the city, repeating everyday the same streets and ways, the familiar sites awake different perceptions. On literature, this situation is described as “epiphany” (the moment when the perception really comprehends/understands everything that is usual, creating a new... Read The Rest →

sprawl

“It’s a puzzle which no city, I would suggest, has figured out.”