Linear cities; a bad idea A linear city is an urban plan consisting of an elongating urban formation. This kind of urban plan occurs naturally in some instances. For...
Posted by | 6th August 2021
Classical Mathematics in Architecture Classical math is closely related to classical geometry in architecture. A subject I have discussed in a previous post here. This is not a complete...
Posted by | 12th April 2021
Parametric Design is Systems Thinking The time of Modernism has ended and the Bauhaus as an educational system is no longer relevant. The obsession of Modernists with the machine, linearity,...
Posted by | 5th November 2020
Contemporary and Parametric Geometries in Architecture Carrying on from the previous list of historical geometries in architecture, it’s time to look into contemporary geometry typologies. These increasingly depend on mathematics...
Posted by | 4th November 2020
11 Classical Architectural Geometries The type and use of geometry in architecture is a fundamental element of the variation between styles or language of architecture. The type of geometry is...
Posted by | 24th July 2020
Architecture is not a style of particular buildings, nor is it the drawing of building plans; it is a process of problem solving mixed with aesthetics that results in information...
Posted by | 15th April 2020
IBP - Izmir Bilim Park Incubator building have been in local and international news since completion. These two buildings form a single unified function for the development of high tech...
Posted by | 10th April 2020
This list is not comprehensive but a starting point for any planning project. In a successfully designed urban plan the designer needs to manage and manipulate multiple interconnected parameters. Each parameter can be investigated and...
Posted by | 30th March 2020
These COVID-19 maker resources are here for everyone with maker skills and machinery to anyone with a needle and a thread. As a result of the world being unexpectedly plunged...
Posted by | 13th March 2020
We are living in the safest times in known human history. Globally life expectancy has never been higher and poverty rate never been lower. Life is good therefore and the...
Posted by | 3rd March 2020
The Sublime versus the Pretty "The Beautiful Origin from the Latin bell(us) fine + -ity (state or function). The quality present in a thing or person that gives intense...
Posted by | 30th January 2020
We have finally reached the long awaited end of Modernism in Architecture How things begin We have been hearing of the end of modernism for a long time, why is...
Posted by | 22nd November 2019
Advise on how the GLA “Policy H2 Small Sites” can work for you The Greater London Authority (GLA) is putting small sites front and centre in the new Draft...
Posted by | 16th October 2019
This is my short list of 8 reasons why parametric design is changing Architecture. Parametric Design I first came across systemic and parametric design approaches while studying at the Architectural...
Posted by | 3rd March 2017
Urban planning is a strategic endeavor. It involves the maintenance and improvements of the existing and facilitation of growth, or reduction. It uses statistical tools to predict future needs and...
