““We weren’t fully going back to nature with our plan,” Mr. Cassell said. “We thought of it more as engineered ecology. But if you look at the history of Manhattan, we have pushed nature off the island and replaced it with man-made infrastructure. What we can do is start to reintegrate things and make the […]
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Daniel Piker has a few interesting experiments in Grasshopper that deal with self-organization of geometries and forms. One in particular is his sketch of surface tension. Link to his blog post
What can a stadium be used for once it no longer is a venue to watch sports or other forms of entertainment? Can it serve as a community center for the future providing a central gathering space to buy, sell, and socialize? Can ti serve as a community garden?