[Publication] Reality Bites: The Digitally Mediated Urban Revolutions
My essay, titled “Reality Bites: The Digitally Mediated Urban Revolutions” is published in the Architectural Review. It is available for viewing online if you register (free registration). Once registered, you’d be able to read other essays (which are interesting) too. If you’re too lazy to register, you can download the pdf version here.
When I was an architecture student in Bandung, Indonesia, I always dreamed about getting published in two world architectural magazines — The Architectural Record and the Architectural Review. Even though I never stop designing and drawing, obviously I retired early from the architecture profession and totally forgot that I ever had such dream. I was too busy pursuing many other dreams, I guess. Early this month, I was contacted by the AR editor whether I’d like to contribute a broader view essay. So that’s it — strangely, one of my forgotten dreams came true….
You keep me ( us, actually I guess) busy
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Once tt was said about a at the time very famous and extremely prolific Dutch author, Simon Vestdijk, that he “could write faster than God could read”. But so can you
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mer Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 2:09 am
haha… i’m not sure how to react to your comment, Colson. perhaps i shouldn’t get that compliment now… not yet
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Congratulation that your dream came true
Regarding the space
About Ratio of Urban Community Space / Public Garden to population.
The lowest ratios in the city, seems related to poverty and quality of urban development.
with the digital media, the quality of space can be improved significantly …
I also enjoy your writing on Slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2011/07/tahrir_square_was_a_foreseeable_surprise.html also the comments http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2011/07/tahrir_square_was_a_foreseeable_surprise.html#comments
In the context of the reality of severe urban unemployment ( we also need revolution/ reformation on this issue )
In NYTimes ( Paul Krugman)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/krugman-jobs-jobs-and-cars.html?_r=1&hp
Quality of Place & Space related to supply & demand cluster such as the economic success of industrial cluster in China & Germany:
“the advantages of industrial clusters — in which producers, specialized suppliers, and workers huddle together to their mutual benefit — have been a running theme since the 19th century”
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