Guerilla Suburbanism in the age of Covid-19
Guerilla Suburbanism is the adaptation, creative reuse, and/or reinvention of rural and suburban realities and conceptions.
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Hot Showers for the Homeless?
iterative research process, designing a proto-architectural molecularly in-spired micro-bamboo system, followed by some case-study examples of ac-tualized instantiations of the system at scale.
(In)Formality: tents among skyscrapers
When we talk about informality, or informal settlements, we almost always focus on places where that informality is the status quo. But, the more one looks, the more one sees how informality and formality are constantly intersecting and feeding off of each other. This is the first in a series of posts exploring the intersections of formality and informality, and is focused on insertions.
HIDDEN CITY:: Part 7- current alley regulations >>Advances
Above: Blagden alley. Source: internet Previous DC alley posts HERE Having already cited some of the history and potentials of Continue reading
Chicken, Waffles, Harvey, and the Urban Family Portrait
Soon after moving to Houston, one of the few things I’d learned was that local cuisine included fried chicken and Continue reading
DC’s Hidden City:: Part 5- Looking ahead
Alleys as the new alternative Before looking at particular recommendations for DC’s alleys, I want to continue the post on Continue reading
DC’s Hidden City:: Part 3- Alley typologies
Feature image: Sandborn map of Prather’s alley, Mount Vernon Triangle. The alley houses alley dwellings, stables, a bakery complex, a Continue reading
DC’s Hidden City:: Part 1-Alleys, my new fascination
For this next series of posts, I will talk about my latest obsession: the alleyways and alley spaces of Washington Continue reading
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