I discussed What is a Park - Landscape or Infrastructure, with Gerdo Aquino, president and principal of SWA Group's Los Angeles studio.
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I discussed What is a Park - Landscape or Infrastructure, with Gerdo Aquino, president and principal of SWA Group's Los Angeles studio.

For those interested in the ongoing reconstruction and recover efforts in post-disaster Japan: Cameron Sinclair, of Architecture for Humanity, was featured on CNN talking about AFH's planned reconstruction efforts in Japan. Also, Wataru Sakaki and the people in the office of Shigeru Ban Architects are developing developing simple shelters for the displaced Japanese.

The submission entries selected for BRACKET [goes soft] were announced this week. Check them out here.

Discussion Threads
Over on TC there was a good discussion about the pros and cons regarding The Barnes Foundation planned move from Merion into a new location with building(s) designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects. Issues discussed include materiality, context and cultural homogenization...

junihaoni wants to talk about What do we eat when rushing for due dates?

hibz is looking for contact information for Eduardo Souto de Moura's office in Porto.

dominiond is looking for a job and would prefer the option of telecommuting. But notes that many offices don't offer this option as they insists we have a collaborative environment so working from home on a regular basis isn't that easy even though technology makes collaboration from any location easy and there are environmental reasons to encourage telecommunication.

School Blogs
Stephanie at Kunstacademiets Arkitektskole shares her thesis work to date. Titled, Urban Nature the Inhabitable Edge, the project explores how to create a more ecological, self-sustaining, public space along the shores of Copenhagen's urban lakes.

Andreas at Harvard GSD posts the first of a number of posts about his studio trip to Beijing at the end of February. In this first post he reports in from the site of the 2008 Olympic Stadium, which he refers to as eerie and dystopian.