World Architecture News, Official Home Page, architecture news, architecture jobs Blog | waste for life BMW Guggenheim Lab | log The BMW Guggenheim Lab shares insights on architecture, urbanism, design, technology, and more. Lab | Log Photo: Paul Warchol © 2011 Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York BMW Guggenheim Lab curator Maria Nicanor shares concluding thoughts on the Lab project, its achievements, and how its experience will affect the Guggenheim's architecture and urbanism programming in the future. Berlin Lab Photo: Maria Nicanor Over the years, the Lab was many things—a lecture hall, a classroom, a theater, a playground—but above all, it was a platform for city dwellers to collectively explore the challenges of the coming urban century. Photo: Christine McLaren The BMW Guggenheim Lab’s resident writer takes a look back at two and a half years of Lab | Log. Photo: courtesy Dhodges, used by permission under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license A new initiative to generate civic engagement and collaboration has blossomed in Toronto. Photo: Uncommon Sense © 2012 Solomon R.
Urban-Think Tank Architecture for Humanity Housing the Poor. A Study of High Density Poor Environments | densityarchitecture The need for housing is a basic need, which in its elementary form is translated as need for spatial support and shelter, being a direct follow up of the population growth and of people’s migration towards large cities. Globalization, urbanization and other sociopolitical factors have also heightened the dynamic of the relationship between cities and their surrounding outer urban areas. In relation to rapid urbanization, more people are attracted to cities in a dynamic shift from rural to urban. All large developing cities attract slums, as a natural and necessary part of the urbanization process. The definition of slums is complex, depending on a group of factors that point out the basic deprivations in the living conditions in poor neighborhoods, according to UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The architecture of the slums is determined by local conditions and local materials, and can be therefore defined as vernacular architecture. Figure 1. References
A Daily Dose of Architecture 2012 TED Prize Winner Announced! For the first time in history, the TED Prize winner is not an individual, but an idea that greatly impacts the future of planet Earth… and the winner is The City 2.0. The City 2.0 is the city of the future, a future in which more than ten billion people are dependent on. The idea is not a “sterile utopian dream” but rather a “real-world upgrade tapping into humanity’s collective wisdom.” More urban living space will be constructed over the next 90 years than all prior centuries combined, so it is time to get it right. Continue reading for more information on The City 2.0 and details on how you can participate. Provided by the TED Prize press release: Each year, TED Prize is awarded to an “exceptional individual” who receives $100,000 and “One Wish to Change the World.” Back in 2006, TIME’s person of the year was YOU. The wish will be announced on February 29th, 2012 at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California. Reference: TED Prize, TIME Magazine
Design Opportunities Posted by Architecture for Humanity on Apr 4, 2014 Related program: Volunteer Opportunities Location: San Francisco, California (Architecture for Humanity headquarters)Start Date: Immediate preferredType: Volunteer InternshipCommitment: 3 months minimum preferredPosition(s) available: 2Application Deadline: Accepting applications for immediate openings Program Background Architecture for Humanity is seeking a candidate to help our studio staff with program support with an emphasis on graphic design but will include reporting administration, research, written correspondence, and more. Excellent communications and demonstrated graphic skills are necessary. This internship will provide an opportunity to work in a diverse, fast-paced environment, while improving upon their graphic, communications and research skills, and learning how our organization operates at the headquarters level.