Alejandro Aravena :: ELEMENTAL
ELEMENTAL is a for profit company with social interest, whose shareholders are the Universidad Católica de Chile, COPEC (Chilean Oil Company) and the Elemental founders. Its field of action is the city: the development of housing, public space, infrastructure and transportation projects that can perform as an effective and efficient upgrade in the quality of life of the poor. ELEMENTAL operates in contexts of scarce resources, using the city as a source of equality, and moreover, as a shortcut to correct inequalities. When Elemental began in Harvard University in 2000, social housing was associated with a lack of economic and professional resources that had generated a lack of options for poor families. In 2030, the population of the world living in cities will grow from 3 to 5 billion with 2 billion of these inhabitants living below the poverty line. SCALE. SPEED. SCALE. SPEED.
Games for planning
Posted: December 5th, 2013 | Added by: Johan Tré | Filed under: Core Games, Games for decision-making, Games for planning, Games for vision and strategy meetings | Tags: benefit, cost, visual collab | No comments » This game is most probably the most simple collaborative cost benefit analysis ever. It is applicable onto subjects where a group has expert knowledge about costs and/or benefits. A group of developers is such an example. Generation ideas If the list of work items is not existent you can start this exercise by a silent post-up. Clustering Ask the team to group items together by subject in silence. In short: * does everybody know the scope of the clusters? Priories on cost Sorting Next, ask the team to sort them top to bottom on cost. (5 minutes of work) Park the items under discussion aside after all the others are done. Scaling Next hang the lowest sticky way lower and the highest way higher then the rest of the sorted list. Write down on the board some marks of the scale. 2.
Strategic Proactive Business Development for Architects
These days clients who issue RFPs for architectural services are receiving roughly 60-75 proposals, when they used to receive 20-25. More firms are throwing their hats in the ring because of fewer opportunities. If the first exposure a new client has to your firm is receiving your proposal, keep reading. This Practice Clarity Newsletter covers how to get in front of the RFP process by proactively building relationships that lead to work, so that your proposal and presentation are simply the next steps in your ongoing conversations with your targeted client to be. Here’s how to get in front of the RFP process in 7 steps. Step 1 | Achieve Clarity about Your Architectural Practice Proactive business development begins with having a very clear understanding of your firm. Step 2 | Plan Your Business Development Strategy To create a meaningful strategic plan for growing your practice, it’s best to look back at the last three years, and then look forward for two to three years.
Transition town
A transition town is a grassroot community project that seeks to build resilience in response to peak oil,[1] climate destruction, and economic instability. Local projects are usually based on the model's initial '12 ingredients' and later 'revised ingredients'.[2][3] The first initiative to use the name was Transition Town Totnes, founded in 2006. The socioeconomic movement is an example of fiscal localism.[4][5] History[edit] Etymology[edit] The term, "transition town", was coined by Louise Rooney[6] and Catherine Dunne. The transition model can be applied to different types of place where people live, such as villages, regions, islands and towns. Influences[edit] Totnes, England[edit] In 2004, permaculture designer Rob Hopkins set his students at Kinsale Further Education College the task of applying permaculture principles to the concept of peak oil. Hopkins moved to his hometown of Totnes, England, where he and Naresh Giangrande developed these concepts into the transition model.
Volume #41: How to Build a Nation — Archis
October, 2014 For the first time, a general theme was given to the national pavilions at this year’s Architecture Biennale in Venice. They were to be historical shows, focused on the impact of modernity on a country’s architecture. What it produced was not just a global survey of twentieth century construction, but also heroic stories of nation-building. Yes, architecture can build nations. Today, we seem far from that notion. With contributions by Ole Bouman, Rem Koolhaas, Stephan Petermann, Wouter Vanstiphout, Léa-Catherine Szacka, Luca Guido, Daniele Belleri, Ruth Lang, Nick Axel, Ryan King, Dan Handel, Justin Fowler, OfficeUS, Thomas Daniell, Andrés Jaque, Mariana Pestana, Bart Lootsma, Azadeh Mashayekhi, Brendan Cormier, Rob Dettingmeijer, dpr-barcelona + as special insert ‘Open: a Bakema Celebration’, the catalogue to the Dutch pavilion. Preview Information Volume #41: How to Build a Nation — The Venice issue 144 p, ill. color and b/w 20×27 cm, pb, English ISBN: 9789077966426
