Archinect - News2024-11-02T15:24:19-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/116890359/smart-cities-vs-true-intelligence
'Smart cities' vs. true intelligence Nam Henderson2014-12-26T15:53:00-05:00>2014-12-26T15:53:46-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ro/ro4gjjd927jkl87t.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The true enablers of participation turn out to be nothing more exciting than cheap commodity devices, reliable access to sufficiently high- bandwidth connectivity, and generic cloud services.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Adam Greenfield argues that instead of committing to futuristic visions of 'smart cities', governments should seek to replicate the efforts of groups like <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/dec/10/occupy-police-enemies-sandy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Occupy Sandy</a> or the architectural collective who improved El Campo de Cebada, which relied on unglamorous, mature technologies.</p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/102726807/bracket-takes-action-submissions-selected-and-new-website-launches
Bracket [takes action]: submissions selected and new website launches! Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2014-06-26T17:01:00-04:00>2021-09-24T16:08:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/05kznvyyjy1lqoiq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em>[takes action]</em> is the fourth issue from <strong><a href="http://brkt.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bracket</a></strong>,<strong> </strong>Archinect's collaborative publication with <a href="http://infranetlab.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">InfraNet Lab</a>. Edited by a diverse collection of professionals from the intersecting worlds of architecture, environment, and digital culture, <strong>Bracket</strong>'s content is sourced from an open-call for submissions.</p>
<p><strong>Bracket</strong> <em>[takes action]</em> asks: What are the collective projects in the public realm to act on?</p>
<p>How have recent design projects incited political or social action? How can design catalyze a public, as well as forums for that public to act? What is the role of spatial practice to instigate or resist public actions? Bracket 4 provokes spatial practice’s potential to incite and respond to action today.</p>
<p>Peruse the selected entries (on the <a href="http://brkt.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">brand new website</a><a href="http://brkt.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">!</a>): <a href="http://brkt.org/issue/content/13/bracket-takes-action/all" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Bracket</strong> <em>[takes action]</em></a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://brkt.org/issue/jury/13/bracket-takes-action/16/neeraj-bhatia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jury</a> included:</p>
<ul><li>Pier Vittorio Aureli, founding partner of Dogma, teaches at the <a href="http://archinect.com/schools/cover/298/architectural-association-school-of-architecture-aa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AA School of Architecture in London</a> and is visiting professor at <a href="http://archinect.com/yale" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yale University</a>.</li><li>Vishaan Chakrabarti, Principal at <em><a href="http://archinect.com/SHoP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SHoP Architects</a>.</em></li><li>Adam ...</li></ul>