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INSPIRE / NEWS & ARTICLES. “Well trained in school, the architect of today must train themselves even more to become that urban entrepreneur and activist who can see opportunity where no one else does,” Alfredo Brillembourg weighs each word from the Chair of Architecture and Urban Design at Zurich University. He speaks slowly, with great enunciation, emphasising the levity of each syllable. With 18 years experience as co-founder and –principal of Urban-Think Tank (U-TT), the company name should be clue enough: Brillembourg is a cerebral interviewee.
But looking at the collective’s work in Caracas, Venezuela, he also walks the talk. The interdisciplinary firm emphasises researching and building for the informal city, and are most widely known for originally introducing the cable car as an alternate means of public transport in South American cities. “Urban-Think Tank sees the role of the architect today as a mediator between top-down and bottom-up governance and initiatives.
Madri' Understanding Urbanity: 7 Must-Read Books About Cities. By Maria Popova What airports have to do with Medieval towns, Brooklyn’s bookstores and Le Corbusier. “Cities are the crucible of civilization,” proclaimed Geoffrey West at last month’s TED Global. Cities are where most of humanity’s creative and intellectual ideation, communication, and innovation takes place, so understanding cities is vital to understanding our civilization. To help do that, here is an omnibus of seven fantastic books exploring the complex and faceted nature, function, history, and future of urbanity’s precious living organism, from design to sociology to economics and beyond.
Richard Florida, apart from being one of the most continuously stimulating people to follow on Twitter and a fellow contributor to The Atlantic, is also one of the most insightful people writing and thinking about cities today. In Who’s Your City? The so-called death of place is hardly a new story. Ultimately, Who’s Your City? The Zinester’s Guide to NYC is no ordinary city guide. Thanks, Sean.
Javier Peña. Es Javier Peña (Murcia, 1966), un arquitecto potente y un tipo auténtico. Sus creaciones son habitables y alimentan los sentidos; él, que parece hecho de lava, también lo es: habitable. -¿Qué me dice? -Que no sé si este será el día adecuado para la entrevista; tengo la cabeza a un millón de kilómetros de aquí, se ha ido ella sola de vacaciones de verano. -Pues ordénele que vuelva. -Lo haré, pero me temo lo peor. -¿Qué locura quiere hacer? -Pues no sé, he hecho tantas. -Dígame qué tiene claro. -Que la gente que vive amargada es muy peligrosa. -¿De qué sabor no se olvida? -Del sabor del arenque crudo con cebolla cruda. -¿Qué aprendió usted? -A leer y escribir en francés antes que en español.
-¿A quién le han dicho que se parece usted? -De todo: desde a Ernesto 'Che' Guevara a El Jabato. -¿Qué le resulta extraño? -Pues no sé. -¿Qué escuchó impresionado? -El sonido que hacen al girar las norias de Hama (Siria), te sobrecoge. -¿Pensó en algún momento que su final había llegado? -¿Qué pensó? -Pues no sé.
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