http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com Cognitive Infrastructures | Pratt Institute School of Architecture Degree Project Studio 2008-2009 Michael Chen & Jason Lee, critics with Gil Akos & Ronnie Parsons Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:33:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/export-layers-from-rhino-to-render/#comment-43 Michael Chen Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:33:32 +0000 http://crisisfronts.org/?p=2372#comment-43 thanks brad thanks brad

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/mum_cogmaps-part-deux/#comment-34 oreamunoj Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:45:13 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=1748#comment-34 Great looking map John. Great looking map John.

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/spectacle-island-in-boston-harbor/#comment-33 oreamunoj Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:18:03 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=1692#comment-33 Planet Earth has always had the same amount of water, its distribution is changing. For example the Ogallala Aquifer located beneath the Great Plains “About 27 percent of the irrigated land in the United States overlies this aquifer system, which yields about 30 percent of the nation’s ground water used for irrigation.” Mexico City sinks on average 10cm per year because of the extraction of water below the city proper. What’s my point: whatever you take out you should put back in! It takes Mother Nature centuries to create one of this planet’s hidden treasures: aquifers. It takes man a couple of decades to dry them out…Once they’re all dried out, what happens to all that water, where did it go? The oceans perhaps… We have to be more considerate to timetables. Just because we can deforest the whole planet in 36 months doesn’t mean we should. Soon enough the general public will learn to appreciate aquifers as much as forests. Planet Earth has always had the same amount of water, its distribution is changing. For example the Ogallala Aquifer located beneath the Great Plains “About 27 percent of the irrigated land in the United States overlies this aquifer system, which yields about 30 percent of the nation’s ground water used for irrigation.” Mexico City sinks on average 10cm per year because of the extraction of water below the city proper. What’s my point: whatever you take out you should put back in! It takes Mother Nature centuries to create one of this planet’s hidden treasures: aquifers. It takes man a couple of decades to dry them out…Once they’re all dried out, what happens to all that water, where did it go? The oceans perhaps… We have to be more considerate to timetables. Just because we can deforest the whole planet in 36 months doesn’t mean we should. Soon enough the general public will learn to appreciate aquifers as much as forests.

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/spectacle-island-in-boston-harbor/#comment-32 axiomatjohn Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:07:25 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=1692#comment-32 I wonder if humans produce enough trash to offset the rising water level that we've produced through our emissions. I wonder if humans produce enough trash to offset the rising water level that we’ve produced through our emissions.

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/edward-soja-the-postmodern-city/#comment-31 oreamunoj Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:02:16 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=1680#comment-31 What a mess... What a mess…

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/fablab-and-fabjects/#comment-28 Michael Chen Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:22:08 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=1117#comment-28 unfortunately, you don't unfortunately, you don’t

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/mexico-city-cognitive-research/#comment-27 gwaterg Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:51:48 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=1054#comment-27 Very good information. Excellent page. Very good information. Excellent page.

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/computational-models-and-the-economic-crisis/#comment-25 axiomatjohn Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:54:16 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=964#comment-25 Interesting article. The last paragraphs about how the established economic theorists are unwilling to change their position is of no surprise though. When has the established "old guard" ever embraced new techniques and ideas willingly? Anyways, the other examples given of how computational models are being used to study the economy and electric deregulation can serve as a great guide for us. They aren't used to comprehensively understand the entirety of the system, but rather specific intensive qualities and their outcomes. Nor are these examples trying to "solve" or "fix" things, but rather understand then intervene in a slight way to guide the system (or part of it) towards a certain specific goal. I imagine this is a lot like a theory on how to deal with asteroids heading to Earth. Instead of trying to destroy or completely alter the course of this huge, lumbering thing, slight nudges in trajectory will make the crisis pass. The same can be said for architectural interventions in the complex systems of systems we are looking at. Its impossible to completely reinvent or change social inertia/momentum in whatever system we're looking at, we can only give it slight, specific, and tactical nudges for a strategic goal. Interesting article. The last paragraphs about how the established economic theorists are unwilling to change their position is of no surprise though. When has the established “old guard” ever embraced new techniques and ideas willingly? Anyways, the other examples given of how computational models are being used to study the economy and electric deregulation can serve as a great guide for us. They aren’t used to comprehensively understand the entirety of the system, but rather specific intensive qualities and their outcomes. Nor are these examples trying to “solve” or “fix” things, but rather understand then intervene in a slight way to guide the system (or part of it) towards a certain specific goal. I imagine this is a lot like a theory on how to deal with asteroids heading to Earth. Instead of trying to destroy or completely alter the course of this huge, lumbering thing, slight nudges in trajectory will make the crisis pass. The same can be said for architectural interventions in the complex systems of systems we are looking at. Its impossible to completely reinvent or change social inertia/momentum in whatever system we’re looking at, we can only give it slight, specific, and tactical nudges for a strategic goal.

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/architectural-balkanology-links-fixed/#comment-23 Michael Chen Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:42:15 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=839#comment-23 This text could easily have a formal entry produced for it. It's quite relevant. Nice work. This text could easily have a formal entry produced for it. It’s quite relevant. Nice work.

]]> http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/architectural-balkanology-links-fixed/#comment-22 Michael Chen Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:39:36 +0000 http://crisisfronts.wordpress.com/?p=839#comment-22 hey guys - to post link, you have to take the redundant step of highlighting the link text in the editor, clicking on the link button, and pasting the URL there. I fixed these two. hey guys – to post link, you have to take the redundant step of highlighting the link text in the editor, clicking on the link button, and pasting the URL there. I fixed these two.

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