By Timothy Shotts
I never thought I would be reading
this much while working on a Master’s degree in Architecture. I have always written down the names of books
and authors that architects and designers reference in lectures, but rarely
have I had the time to do more than thumb through the book before getting back
to more immediate concerns of school. In
Prof. Anz’s research methods class we’re required to read. A LOT.
It’s great, really.
Archigram is currently my favorite
out of the list you’ll find at the bottom.
Peter cook was pushing the frontier of efficiency in architecture – not
in terms of energy, but in that of usefulness.
He stresses flexible, temporary pieces of architecture that can be
replaced as our needs change.
Elon Musk is pushing the frontier in
high speed transport. Unhappy with the
speed and cost of California’s High Speed Rail project, He proposed one similar
to past tube transport systems. I
imagine the man behind Paypal, Tesla motors, and Space X has some engineers on
hand to work out the details of this.
Future Transport in Cities looks at
how public transport has been dismissed ever since the popularity of the
private car. It looks at how the private
car has ruined cities during the past 60 years.
It looks at strategies used around the world for transit in cities and
how our future cities can be designed without cars.
A final note: Casey Neistat is an amazing film maker. Go watch all his movies. He lays out how he made a car commercial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPcxxeZPhvM&list=SPTHOlLMWEwVzBaZQu6jfATpqeQfN0LvHl
. Now go to 2:26. Explanation, research, production, greatest
car commercial ever. Hey! That’s not too different than creating the
best piece of architecture ever…
This
is what I’m currently reading:
1. Elon
Musk, August 12, 2013, “Hyperloop”. http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/hyperloop
2. Salter,
R. M. "The very high speed transit system." (1972).
3. Et3.com.
"Why ET3? | Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies." 2013.
http://www.et3.com/ (accessed 15 Sep 2013).
4. Gilbert,
Richard, and Anthony Perl. 2008. Transport revolutions moving people and
freight without oil. London: Earthscan.
5. Richards,
Brian. Future transport in cities. London: Spon Press, 2001.
6. Daniel
Kraffcyzk, April 22, 2013, “The Aeroscape:
an Approximation”. http://aeroscape.org/tag/architecture/
7. Cook,
Peter. Archigram. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.
8. Sadler,
Simon. 2005. Archigram architecture without architecture. Cambridge,
Mass: MIT Press
9. Latour,
Bruno. 1996. Aramis, or, The love of technology. Cambridge, Mass:
Harvard University Press.
10. Easterling,
Keller. 1999. Organization space: landscapes, highways, and houses in
America. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
11. Wolsen,
Marcus, October 1, 2013. “When Sharing
Doesn’t Make Sense in the Sharing
Economy”. http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/relayrides-drops-hourly-rentals/
12. Sinson,
Liz. October 1, 2013. “How Do You Design a Hospital That Can Foster
Great Ideas?”. http://www.wired.com/design/2013/10/this-hospital-was-designed-to-be-an-innovation-hub/
13. Midwest High Speed Rail Association.
“The Economic Impacts of High Speed Rail:
Transforming the Midwest”. http://www.cnu.org/sites/www.cnu.org/files/mhsra_
2011_economic_study_brochure.pdf
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