Ephemeral Urbanism
Explores time-based, seasonal, and event-driven urbanism. Includes pilgrimage cities, festival architectures, temporary infrastructures, and ritual space-making.
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Against the Retroactive Manifesto: Delirium as Alibi
Rem Koolhaas’s Delirious New York remains one of the most influential architectural texts of the twentieth century because it rejects conventional urban planning in favor of celebrating Manhattan’s apparent chaos. Through the idea of the “retroactive manifesto,” Koolhaas argues that the city’s congestion, contradictions, and programmatic instability were not failures but the very forces that… Continue reading
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Chelsea Waters | Architecture, Water & Urban Design
1. The Highway as a Linear Flood Barrier Big idea: the highway becomes a raised spine that blocks or slows storm surge from the Hudson. How this works Why Chelsea is suited for this Urban design effect:You don’t see a wall — you see planted slopes, seating edges, bikeways, and subtle grade changes doing flood… Continue reading