amsterdam-based UNStudio has collaborated with new york-based interdisciplinary practice EE&K to produce thelos angeles union station master plan, a rail terminal and urban design proposal for downtown los angeles, california. transforming the current train station into a multi-modal transit hub for trains, subways, buses, taxis, cars, bikes, the venue will host mixed-use development as well as outdoor public spaces. presenting a design which offers a range of possibilities for the city, the vision integrates green areas into the transportation experience of transient visitors while creating much needed amenities for local residents.
via UNStudio + EE&K: los angeles union station master plan
UN Studio (dvs Ben van Berkel) har presenterat en plan för Union Station-området i LA. Klart intressant utveckling på gång där med många fler utvecklade färdsätt, och kanske är bilens hegemoni på väg att brytas.
Ett annat sätt att se på detta är att LA jobbar hårt på att förverkliga Blade Runner-bilden av sig själv före 2019. Fishbowl LA skrev om just det häromdagen, ur ett reklamperspektiv.
Taggat som:
Ben van Berkel,
Los Angeles,
UN Studio,
Union Station
Improvising with materials close at hand, Seat Assignment consists of photographs, video, and digital images all made while in flight using only a camera phone. The project began spontaneously on a flight in March 2010 and is ongoing. At present, over 2500 photographs and video, made on more than 70 different flights to date, constitute the raw material of the project.
via Nina Katchadourian
Jag älskar internet. Genialt.
Good evening and welcome to The Bridge series blog. In standard BBC4 Scandi-drama style, I’ll be popping up on a Saturday night to post some of my thoughts on this week’s episodes, and you’ll all be concocting brilliant theories in the comments box. I look forward to reading them. And also seeing which bits of Danish/ Swedish vocabulary manage to embed themselves in our minds with this mystery. (The combination of the two languages above one set of BBC4 subtitles is almost enough to make my head explode).
via The Bridge: season one, episodes one and two | Television & radio | guardian.co.uk
Bron (i svensk/dansk-originalversion, inte remake) har börjat sändas på BBC4 i UK, och Guardian tar greppet att blogga om resp avsnitt. Bra fart i kommentarerna.
Taggat som:
BBC4,
Bron
Jag var i Umeå igår och råkade få syn på denna pizzeria. Kanske tidernas bästa namn.
Taggat som:
kebab,
kebabnekajse,
Umeå
Our research hypothesis is that the character of an urban area is defined not just by the the types of places found there, but also by the people that make it part of their daily life. To explore this idea, we use data from approximately 18 million check-ins collected from the location-based social network foursquare, and apply clustering algorithms to discover the different areas of the city.
via Livehoods
Äntligen en riktigt intressant aspekt av Foursquare, även om basen av användare som använder en sådant tjänst antagligen färgar resultatet en hel del.
Taggat som:
FourSquare,
Livehoods
In today’s community of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, one in five suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression. Brian Scott Ostrom is one of them. After serving four years as a reconnaissance marine and deploying twice to Iraq, Scott, now 27, returned home to the U.S. with a severe case of PTSD. ”The most important part of my life already happened. The most devastating. The chance to come home in a box. Nothing is ever going to compare to what I’ve done, so I’m struggling to be at peace with that,” Scott said.
via The Pulitzer Prizes | Works
Fantastiskt bildberättande av Craig F. Walker.
Ledarskrivande däremot står inte precis lika starkt. På de senaste fem åren har priset för Editorial Writing bara delats ut tre gånger.
Taggat som:
Craig F Walker,
Denver Post,
Pultizer
Jag heter Hans G Andersson och är produktutvecklingschef på SVT interaktiv. Förutom hyggligt löpande 