Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Reposted from Blinking City —
Ho-Yeol Ryu Time-lapse Photography
Planes Taking off From Hannover Airport


Time-lapse photography of planes taking off From Hannover Airport by the Korean artist Ho-Yeol Ryu.  

 Reposted from: http://blinkingcity.tumblr.com/post/37185215923/i-cant-say-how-much-i-like-this-time-lapse

And...a companion piece:

Landings at San Diego Int Airport Nov 23, 2012 from Cy Kuckenbaker on Vimeo.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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Monday, December 3, 2012

A Flâneur Around False Creek

At last, this week, an opportunity to wander False Creek and in particular the new neigbourhood  on its south shore, the Athlete's Village. As a Vancouver expat it's quite an experience to descend from the Canada Line station in Yaletown and travel under False Creek (!) and connect with the new Village neighbourhood that has had such well documented birthing pains. 

Both North (where I have had opportunity to explore over the last couple of years) and South False Creek neighbourhoods are distinguished by terrific attention to public space. Especially a delight it seems to me in the now established NEFC is the attention to the smaller public spaces that link the street grid with the sea wall and parks and playing fields. Evidently these were successfully negotiated with the developer, mainly Concord Pacific and where a condo tower blocks access to the seawall with "private property" notices, you really appreciate these charming squares and small parks. In contrast to the Village, these spaces have an old-world formality which contributes a groomed and ordered neighbourhood atmosphere.

The public space in the new Village neighbourhood by comparison is wild and wooly — and wet, featuring a swampy wetland area quite popular with ducks. As you enter from the west you pass a community garden — "No picking. Please respect our food" — and a wonderfully chaotic enclosed dog run — from a Great Dane to a silly little thing that would fit in a purse and every size and variety in between and owners visting and trying to maintain some sort of order.  The peaceful formality of the north shore is welcome, but the public space and landscaping in the Village creates a distinctive, earthy ambience.

 The main square is now enlivened by an upscale food store, brew pub, drug store and cafe, anchored by the Salt building restoration.
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From Wired — Strange, Beautiful and Unexpected: Planned Cities Seen From Space

Strange, Beautiful and Unexpected: Planned Cities Seen From Space | Wired Science | Wired.com
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Saturday, December 1, 2012

From CBC Radio Ideas —
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
The Grande Dame of Green Design

Cornelia Hahn Oberlander is this country's pre-eminent landscape architect. Her love of nature and respect for the environment has guided and inspired her work from the grounds of the National Gallery in Ottawa to the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver. IDEAS producer Yvonne Gall profiles the 91-year-old icon, whose career spans six decades and is still going strong.

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Brent Toderian in The Atlantic Cities —
6 Ideas Every City Should
Steal From Barcelona

Frank Murphy photo
BRENT TODERIAN
Spain may be facing significant economic and political challenges these days, but Barcelona's city-building remains one of the best models in the world. Few cities inspire my thinking more.

Thus it was a fitting location for the second Global Smart City Expo/Congress, and my invitation to speak was a good excuse to return, and share some of the best "steal-able" lessons. The Congress may have talked a lot about urban technologies, but Barcelona reminds us how smart the fundamentals are when it comes to making great cities.  Read more: 6 Ideas Every City Should Steal From Barcelona - Design - The Atlantic Cities
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