“There are a lot of people working in architecture who are very frustrated with what’s happening, but feel like they don’t have a voice to speak out,” said Sarah, another of Concrete Action’s co-founders, who also wished to remain anonymous. “We’re hoping that this is going to give them an avenue to do that without worrying about losing their jobs or getting into trouble.” — Vice
Architects who are dismayed by working on projects that tend to harm, not improve, the neighborhoods in which they are sited now have a secure whistleblowing option: U.K.-based Concrete Action allows architects to anonymously submit rent-inflating building plans to the public. The site, which started in response to a slew of development of high-rent projects in low income areas, also helps the concerned citizen crack the often arcane and jargon-heavy city planning process. Architects can use encrypted methods to submit copies of the plans and alert the public to just what developers are coveting, er, planning.
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We have something like that here in the States.
OMG wherefore art thou, 'deep web'?
pray tell, dost thou havest blow?
Thumbs up!
you like your yuice?
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: ( my no love deep ruskin comment in wrong thread . .. .
After I spend that much time putting those drawings together no frikkin way I'm letting anyone see them. Much less why would you want to get fired? The designs are public knowledge if it's of any size, I don't see the point to this.
archinect is already the deep web. RB said the nsa is tracking us all.
deep web? do you mean DOS? or HTML? BitTorrents? Trojan Horses? Russian university students? Porn Sites?
does the NSA use Google or Yahoo?
Curt, is that why there are black vans parked across the street 24/7?
nsa uses google olaf. everyone uses google. yahoo is a relic from another time.
good. what's the going rate then to plant some false flags and get the nimby's out of here the day the zoning board holds the public hearing for my clients project?
I love finding Wifi signals in the city with names like "FBI Surveillance Van"
thanks Curtkram, will join the NSA in their highly complex methods for information gathering.
What do you mean, Olaf?
lol...nice
The Deep Web is a CIA Black Op.
so fountainhead without the dynamite
And I always thought it was a North Korean counter attack..
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