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James Alexander Arnfinsen About the New National Museum in Oslo
Arnfinsen’s comment is to be found here.“Here is a picture of the new National Museum that will be erected in the heart of Oslo. Needless to say, the structure-destroying design in this building is...
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This blog now has to take a break because Facebook has shown to be unreliable. The last year I stored my images on Facebook and created a link to my blogs. Now suddenly the link is broken for about 2/3...
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På parti med den nære framtida?
Terje Bongard, Norsk Inst. for NaturforskningMenneskets forbruk av den totale fotosyntesen på jorda er beregnet til mellom 30 og 50 % [1]. Det fører til at de fleste arter utenom mais, hvete, ris og en...
View ArticleSHELTER: The Timeless Way
Once a geodesic dome advocate, Lloyd Kahn now favours a very different home: hand-built, sustainable and simple. Or in other words: THE TIMELESS WAY OF BUILDINGSHELTER from jason sussberg on Vimeo.
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Three Rules for Starting a Neighborhood
By Christopher Alexander. Original text here.Consider a neighborhood, or neighborhood-to-be, which is now receiving your attention for the first time. Let us assume that a rough boundary of the area...
View ArticleDen gamle høyre/venstre-aksen er ubrukelig
Ja, jeg mener også at den gamle høyre/venstre-aksen er ubrukelig. Slik jeg ser det tilhører hele den politiske og økonomiske eliten hva man kan kalle det globale massesamfunnet. Den konservative...
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Community Discussion as the Foundation for the New Neighborhood
By Christopher Alexander. Original text here.GO OUT AND THINK ABOUT THINGS BY YOURSELFTo start with, it’s a good idea to go to the place where you think the neighborhood may be built, just stand there,...
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KEY FEATURES OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VIBRANT AND ALIVE
By Christopher Alexander. Original article here.COREThere are so many different kinds of neighborhoods. A neighborhood may be small or large. It may be dense and urban, it may be village-like, it may...
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Positive Space
By Christopher Alexander. Original article here.Space, especially outdoor space, is positive when you experience its embrace. You feel its inside, and its outside, you experience its boundary, you can...
View ArticleEt tankekors foran julehandelen
We in this society are deeply programmed for scarcity. This is not our fault. The whole system conspires to make us feel separate, anxious, and poor. On the deepest level, our cultural mythology holds...
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WHOLENESS: THE FOUNDATION OF A LIVING NEIGHBORHOOD
By Christopher Alexander. Original text here.EVERY ACT IS TAKEN IN THE CONTEXT OF SOME WHOLENESSThe wholeness exists to begin with as a structure in the land and in the surrounding built environmentThe...
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Bill Gates’ milde gaver til hvem?
av Pål Steigan.Datagründer og multimilliardær Bill Gates blir mottatt som en kongelig eller en statsleder når man kommer til Norge og bekrefter enda en gang ordene til Edvard Munch som sa: «Rikfolk...
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The Nature of Order: Unfolding a Sustainable World
Stuart Cowan is the co-author of Ecological Design and participates in the rich culture of sustainability emerging in Portland, Oregon.His review of The Nature of Order, was first published in...
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The Technology Problem
By John Jacobi. Original essay here.The biggest problems of the twenty-first century are and will be technological problems. Consider the problems we have already faced in the past decade: anti-biotic...
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Establishing the Main Center of the Neighborhood
By Christopher Alexander. Original text here.Assume now that a rough area for your neighborhood has been established, and its boundary is clear. The area may be part of an existing city, in need of new...
View ArticleWEO er allmenningene og allmenninghetens fiende
Les artikkelen kommentaren er knyttet til her.«Hva brukes så denne klasseorgansieringa til? WEO sier om seg sjøl at deres mål er «å forbedre verden gjennom offentlig-privat samarbeid». Og det mener de...
View ArticleEivind Berge: Deflationary Collapse is Underway
It's good to know that the industrial civilization has come to an end, and that it can never again return before the crust of the Earth is fully altered. This will take a few hundred million years, and...
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What You Can Do to Prepare for a De-Industrialized World
"Prepper" is a negatively loaded word, raising images of funny people storing canned food and ammo. This is how a declining civilization likes to dismiss everyone questioning its fall.Real preppers, on...
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How Much Public Space We've Surrendered to Cars
This brilliant illustration shows how much public space we've surrendered to cars. Image: Karl Jilg/Swedish Road AdministrationKEY FEATURES OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VIBRANT AND ALIVE:The core of the...
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Ringsaker-kalenderen 2015 en skuffelse
Mitt bilde benyttet for Ringsakerkalenderen 2015I går åpnet jeg kalenderen for Ringsaker 2015 med stor forventning. Tidligere på høsten ringte de og lurte på om jeg ville ha betalt for bruk av bildet,...
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