Limitlessness // Cities of the near future – Living in the City

April 27, 2015 by bg-martin

  Limitlessness Defying Capacities and Tectonic Boundaries by BG-Martin I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that’s my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again…the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul. — J. G. Ballard   Living in the City The Old, the New and what’s Next? When we reason about the city of the […]

Categories: Tectonic Ventures • Tags: architecture, city, limit, tectonic boundary, Tectonic Ventures

Kowloon Walled City

April 25, 2013 by bg-martin

Kowloon Walled City  A population density nightmare Kowloon Walled City was a largely ungoverned Chinese settlement in Kowloon, Hong Kong, comprising of 350 interconnected high-rise buildings where 33,000 residents lived within a plot measuring just 210 meter by 120 meter. Originally a Chinese military fort, the Walled City became an enclave after the New Territories were leased to Britain in 1898. Its population increased dramatically following the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II and reached a peak […]

Categories: Archibuzz • Tags: archibuzz, city, Kowloon Walled City

The legend of Fred ILLE | MTO

January 4, 2013 by bg-martin

The legend of Fred ILLE by MTO Rennes, France MTO is an amazing german street artist. This is one of his latest masterpieces and can be found in Rennes, France. “The legend of Fred ILLE”   source/credits: www.streetartnews.net

Categories: Art • Tags: art, city, graffiti, MTO

Smartcities and Eco-Warriors | CJ Lim

October 8, 2012 by bg-martin

Modern methods of agriculture have led to cities growing out of control and reducing the available agricultural land, threatening the sustainability of our food system. The previous mutually sustaining relationships of animals, humans and the land have been lost with the progress of industry.

Categories: Bookcase, books, Media • Tags: architecture, books, city, CJ Lim, design, environment book, Routledge

Psychogeography | Mervin Coverley

September 27, 2012 by bg-martin

Psychogeography. Increasingly this term is used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from ley lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism.

Categories: Bookcase, books, Media • Tags: architecture book, books, city, Mervin Coverley, Pocket Essentials, Psychogeography, urbanism book