Editor's Picks #238

2011-11-20T11:14:35-05:00

Finally, sameolddoctor wants to talk about architecture and the ethics of working in developing countries vs the ethics of vanity skyscraper projects. Citizen responds: We don't have to go overseas for ethical dilemmas! How about the shiny new project on theseshores... whose architect uses unpaid intern labor? with the bold, avante garde design that is opposed by all the neighbors? whose objective is to make more profit for an already-wealthy developer?......

In Part three of the Countours features, What Should Architecture Occupy?, Part Three, Sherin Wing, attempts to summarize the responses to Archinect’s OWS poll and since OWS itself is about giving people a voice, she contends "the best way to encapsulate the results is to quote some responses". VanillaBrice quotes Sherin and asks for the raw data "Now, there are many different approaches to summarizing the responses. One is to rely solely on statistics, but since many of the answers cannot be meaningfully summarized this way..." Yes, but completely ignoring the statistics changes this from a poll to an edited forum. These anecdotes are interesting but where's the data? Please publish the results" and poche backs him up with a two word comment "Statistics please”

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Students at UC Merced are participating in an interesting, but perhaps inverse form of occupation, where thousands of college students, facing a shortage of dorm space have moved into hundreds of luxurious homes in...

Asics Makes NYC Commute Faster for 60 Feet

2011-11-16T12:44:57-05:00

Hard proof that we are living in the future: To promote the recent New York City marathon, Asics hooked up a 60-foot video wall in Manhattan's Columbus Circle subway station, inviting commuters to race against life-sized footage of Olympic marathon runner Ryan Hall. Hall zips by at his average pace while you see if you can match it.

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Editor's Picks #238

Asics Makes NYC Commute Faster for 60 Feet