Agglomeration The Archives
Friday 05 April, 2013
Das Band meiner Stadt (The Band of My City) Winning Proposal / da architecture
Saturday 02 February, 2013
Ethan Pines + NEW THEME Exhibition & Opening Reception
New Theme Gallery in Los Angeles is proud to present their first solo exhibition of award-winning photographer Ethan Pines. Starting off with an opening reception tonight, February 2nd, from 7pm-10pm, his work documents the peculiarity of forms borne of Los Angeles’ unique urban typologies. This exhibition reveals patterns of urbanization in Los Angeles while proposing [...]
Wednesday 23 January, 2013
‘The Cultured Landscape’ Transiting Cities Competition Entry / NAAU
Designed by NAAU for the Australian ‘Transiting Cities’ competition, their Cultured Landscape proposal examines generative strategies for re-purposing the region, which is currently a center of brown coal fired power production, into a center of clean energy research and development, sustainable agriculture and eco-tourism. Drawing on an analysis of the existing agglomeration of towns, roads, infrastructure, and social [...]
Tuesday 11 December, 2012
‘Live Share Grow’ Farm Tower Proposal / Brandon Martella
With produce coming from the Imperial Valley, Central California Valley, neighboring states and other countries the 30,000 plus residents of San Diego’s central urban context consume 21,231,000 pounds of produce each year. Where will we get our food? Transparency in the food industry needs to occur and enlighten blinded consumers. Our city needs to handle [...]
Thursday 04 October, 2012
National Museum of China Competition Entry / MAD Architects
Designed by MAD Architects for the 2011 international competition for a new national museum in Beijing, their proposal aims at being a city-sized museum where the public space is the greatest good. Situated on the central axis of the 2008 Olympic site, and part of a six mega volume masterplan, the main question became how [...]
Thursday 28 June, 2012
Winners selected for round two of the Moscow City Agglomeration Competition
Photo Credit: RIA Novosti The international team, lead by well-known Russian urbanist Andrey Chernikhov, and including McAdam Architects, Tower 151, Georgi Stanishev and Ginsburg Architects placed first in round two of the Moscow City Agglomeration Development Concept competition. The winning consortium sparked debate by suggesting Moscow officials should consider redeveloping the abundant brown field sites [...]