Reaching the wanderer's disposition into the Old Town of Chania

 

 

After looking for those notions which connect people, the city and their movement in it, we clarified the notion "wanderer", while exploring congnate notions such as: stroller, excursionist, flaneur, to wander,  wandering. Through this research we decided to define the notion "wanderer" as someone walking without a cause; someone without a determined course or someone who diverted from it.  The wanderer observes the urban scenery, thoroughly or not. Sometimes, he/she remains distant, while others he/she participates in what happens around.  His/her movement is influenced by the city's characteristics, such as the architecture, the history, the decoration, the scenery, the light, the sounds, the climate, people, the textures etc.  Additionally, the wanderer's phychology, such as the desires, the disposition, the feelings and the needs, are crucial.

Source: www.greekarchitects.gr

Cai Guo-Qiang: Impromptu

 

Fundación Proa cerró el 2014 ofreciendo una muestra de uno de los más reconocidos artistas orientales contemporáneos: Cai Guo-Qiang. Nacido en China, con varios años de residencia en Japón y actualmente viviendo en la ciudad de New York, formado en escenografía en la Academia de Teatro de Shanghai y con varios premios en su haber –entre ellos el Premio de la Cultura de Diseño de Japón (1995)...

Source: http://blog.sculpture.org

New Blood

 

The London-based Design Council released a list of 70 up-and-coming designers who represent the future of design in the U.K. to coincide with the organization's 70th anniversary. Whittled down from hundreds of entries, the list represents professionals in fields including architecture, urban planning, and product design across six categories including social impact and materials.

Source: www.architectmagazine.com
 

Walking Quarries

The walk of the senses serves two purposes : the enhancement of the experience we are currently having of this surreal landscape and the emergence of the scenic view of the city, but also the inner workings of the quarry. The concept behind the design of the course of this walk is based on leveling the grounds slope, sometimes just touching it and other times going through it, keeping it intact at the same time, whenever is possible.

Source: www.greekarchitects.gr
 

the Design of Scarcity

 

 

As growth was the defining condition of the 20^th century, so scarcity is set to define the 21^st. Already it pervades political discourse and shapes our reading of the economy and the environment. But scarcity is not just the inevitable result of growth and resource exploitation. Scarcity is constructed daily through the creation of desire, it is designed.

Source: http://expandeddesign.org