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		<title>VS 12.05.2008: Julien de Smedt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 04:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Yes, my ninjas, I know I missed the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=57">Sunday video post</a> - so here it is a day late. While I&#8217;m sure this threw off your entire weekend, I assure you that the video is just as interesting on a Monday morning&#8230;</p>
<p>Here we have a brief video on Julien de Smedt [<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jdsarchitects.com/">JDS Architects</a>, formerly of PLOT]. Julien discusses school, his work, starchitects and more - definitely a must-watch.</p>
<p>More JDS on AMNP:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=1602">JDS Architects : Le Passe Muraille</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=2671">PLOT’s Superharbour</a></p>
<p>::<em>Video Sundays, or VS, is a weekly feature here on architecture.MNP. For more architecture-related videos, click on any Sunday in the sidebar calendar - or on the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=57">‘videos’ category</a> in the ‘archjutsu’ section. Additional videos that have been featured on any of the MNP sites can be found here on our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/MNPgdotnet">YouTube page</a></em>::
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		<title>Star Wars + Life Without Buildings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Our ninja over at <a target="_blank" href="http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/"><em>A Life Without Buildings</em></a> [a great site, by the way] has had a number of posts on architecture&#8217;s possible influences on Star Wars - and Star Wars&#8217; possible influences on architecture&#8230;.hilarious [and interesting] stuff. Check &#8216;em out.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/04/otto-wagner-and-millenium-falcon.html">Otto Wagner and the Millenium Falcon</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/04/rem-koolhaas-tunisia-and-sandcrawlers.html">Rem Koolhaas, Tunisia, and Sandcrawlers</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/03/whats-up-with-all-death-stars.html">What&#8217;s Up With All The Death Stars?</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://lifewithoutbuildings.net/2008/04/rem-koolhaas-tunisia-and-sandcrawlers.html"><img alt="080429-koolthoughts.jpg" id="image3094" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/080429-koolthoughts.jpg" /></a>
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		<title>Ninja Arithmetic XXXIV</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>::<em><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=58">Ninja Arithmetic</a> is an MNP original feature that you can find here every Wednesday</em><em>. For past entries, click on any Wednesday in the calendar - or click on the ‘Ninja Arithmetic’ category under ‘archjutsu’</em>::
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		<title>green building vs climate change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 16:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p><img alt="green_building_in_north_america.jpg" id="image3082" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/green_building_in_north_america.jpg" /></p>
<p>According to this study, produced by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, sustainable construction could be a fast, cheap path to cutting global carbon emissions. Read it here [click the title of this post].
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		<title>Jetson Green: Reclaimed Timber</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Sarah, green ninja over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>, writes:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.elmwoodreclaimedtimber.com/">Elmwood Reclaimed Timber</a> is a Missouri based company that reclaims old wood to give it a brand new life.  They offer products ranging from stair treads and cabinetry lumber to flooring and beams.  They have an incredible range of wood species offered including oak, elm, pine, walnut, redwood and their own special mixes such as &#8220;Vermont Moonlight Medley&#8221; (shown above).</p>
<p>They also offer end-grain flooring, which looks like an Italian tiled floor (shown below), only with added beauty of wood grain.  It is very unique look.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/05/great-selection.html"><em>Click here to read read the rest of this article</em></a> [this is just an excerpt] over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>.</p>
<p><img alt="reclaimed_timber-2.jpg" id="image3085" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/reclaimed_timber-2.jpg" /></p>
<p>::<em>article written by Sarah, writer over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a> - original article entitled <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/05/great-selection.html">Great Selection, Quality from Elmwood Reclaimed Timber</a>. These articles from Jetson Green on <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">MNP’s Green Tuesdays</a> are part of a feature you can find here every week - just click any Tuesday in the calender and enjoy! And for more ‘green’ news + info, head on over to <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">Green.MNP</a></em>::
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		<title>organic jewelery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Jewelry designers Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenberg don’t carve their designs from precious rocks or chisel away at gold and silver. Instead, the co-founders of Nervous System ­prefer to grow their stunning creations. Read how over at Metropolis [click the title of this post to follow the link].
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		<title>SCI-Arc&#8217;s Blobwall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>These ninjas over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sciarc.edu/">SCI-Arc</a> are not to be trifled with when it comes to their installations, <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=2455">as we&#8217;ve shown before</a>. This time, however, they&#8217;ve stepped up their game and gotten <a target="_blank" href="http://www.glform.com/">Greg Lynn</a> involved - designing a new installation that will open on May 30th entitled <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sciarc.edu/exhibition.php?date=2008-05-30"><em>Blobwall</em> <em>Pavilion</em></a>. The project is a collaboration between <a target="_blank" href="http://www.glform.com/">Greg Lynn FORM</a>, Machinous [who manufactured the &#8216;bricks&#8217;] and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.e-panelite.com/">Panelite</a> [who supplied the material] - it aims to redefine the brick as a building unit, transforming it into a lightweight object made of colorful plastic and reinterpreted into modular elements&#8217;.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://blobwallpavillion.wordpress.com/"><img alt="lynn_blobwall-2.jpg" id="image3074" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/lynn_blobwall-2.jpg" /></a></p>
<blockquote><p>The Blobwall Pavilion is a contemporary wall system that recovers the voluptuous shapes, chiaroscuro and grotto-like textures of Baroque and Renaissance architecture in pixilated gradients of vivid color. On three walls of the installation, custom fabricated acrylic Bubble Cabinets will be installed to display small objects.</p>
<p>Though Blobwall Pavilion is designed in stock shapes totaling over 500 individual bricks in ten different colors, it can also be configured to custom shapes and color combinations. The varied yellow hues composing the body of the installation in the SCI-Arc Gallery celebrate the material qualities and colors of the roto-molded plastic and are arrayed as if bathed in a warm light so the highlights are not white, but instead crimson, plum and pink [<a target="_blank" href="http://www.sciarc.edu/exhibition.php?date=2008-05-30">via SCI-Arc</a>].</p></blockquote>
<p><img alt="lynn_blobwall-4.jpg" id="image3076" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/lynn_blobwall-4.jpg" /></p>
<p>Interesting stuff. I&#8217;m not sure what you do with these new &#8216;bricks&#8217; other than build installations + pavilions at design schools - but it&#8217;s still cool to look at. I have to admit that I&#8217;m kind-of a &#8216;hater&#8217;, and that curvilinear computer-generated forms don&#8217;t necessarily excite me. This idea that the computer frees us from some lack of imagination or design/construction ability seems somewhat like BS - forms like these weren&#8217;t created because they&#8217;re expensive + difficult to manufacture, not necessarily only because we &#8216;couldn&#8217;t do it&#8217;. That, and just because we can do something now doesn&#8217;t mean that we should&#8230;</p>
<p>My general negativity towards &#8216;blob architecture&#8217; aside, the installation itself looks pretty siiick, and fun - definitely something I&#8217;d suggest my left-coast ninjas check out.</p>
<p>In September 2008 the Blobwall Pavilion will leave SCI-Arc and travel to the Venice Biennale as part of the 11th International Architecture Exhibition - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/exhibition/"><em>Out There: Architecture Beyond Building</em></a>.</p>
<p>For more, check out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sciarc.edu/exhibition.php?date=2008-05-30">SCI-Arc&#8217;s exhibitions page</a> and the <a target="_blank" href="http://blobwallpavillion.wordpress.com/">Blobwall Pavilion blog</a>.</p>
<p>::<em>AMNP thanks to our ninja Oliver, grad-student over at SCI-Arc, for hitting us up about this installation</em>::</p>
<p>::<em>Also - if you&#8217;re a student, don&#8217;t hesitate to drop us an email about interesting architectural ridiculousness that&#8217;s going on at your school and should be featured on AMNP</em>::
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		<title>VS 03.05.2008: Parkour Generations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 01:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>&#8220;<em>L&#8217;art du deplacement</em>&#8221;</p>
<p>Parkour [according to Wikipedia] is an activity with the aim of moving from one point to another as efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of the human body&#8230;it is meant to help one overcome obstacles, which can be anything in the surrounding environment. It&#8217;s also an incredibly interesting [and amazing] look at how we interact with our built environment. <em>Parkour Generations</em> is a a group promoting the sport [art?]:</p>
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<blockquote><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.parkourgenerations.com/">Parkour Generations</a> is dedicated to teaching and displaying the discipline of parkour, the art of movement. Bringing together many of the original expert practitioners of the art, along with the leading instructors in the UK, our aim is to keep the spirit of parkour alive and to provide the highest quality coaching for any and all who want to learn.</p></blockquote>
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<p>I wonder what a <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour"><em>traceur</em></a> would list as important/disireable qualities in urban + architectural design. Probably plenty of walls, railings, and plane/elevation changes?</p>
<p>Additionally, <a target="_blank" href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/travel/escapes/29Parkour.html?scp=1&#038;sq=parkour&#038;st=nyt"><em>Throwing Yourself Against the Wall</em></a>, is an interesting article on parkour over at the <a target="_blank" href="http://travel.nytimes.com/">New York Times</a> [subscription required, I think] - check it out.
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		<title>ARX : Cascais Music Conservatory</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 09:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Opening just a few weeks ago, the new home of the Cascais Music Conservatory is within a remodeled single-family residence from the early 20th century. Designed by the Portuguese architecture firm <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arx.pt/">ARX</a>, the conservatory&#8217;s classes will take place in new spaces built within the existing house - smaller rooms for teaching + practice, which also allowed the design to &#8216;respond to the decisive acoustic constraints&#8217;.</p>
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<p>For performances, ARX have created an addition on the back-side of the building. The new space is an extension of the stone foundation of the original building, pushing outwards towards an open palm-tree field out back. The geometry of this new space - the roof of which serves as a balcony overlooking the garden - responds to the site, creating visual connections and &#8216;framing&#8217; the surrounding environment - creating what ARX describes as an &#8216;intense relation&#8217; with the garden.</p>
<p><img id="image3068" alt="cascais_orchestra-3.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cascais_orchestra-3.jpg" /></p>
<blockquote><p>Officially inaugurated in April 14th, 2008, the new building of the Cascais Music Conservatory, also headquarters of the Cascais and Oeiras Orchestra, has opened its doors to the public.The architecture project, designed by ARX Portugal (Nuno Mateus/José Mateus), won first place in the competition held in 2003 by the City Council of Cascais.</p>
<p>It dealt with a complex recovery of the building dated from last century, where the different &#8220;times&#8221; of its existence, as well as its ownership, are put in evidence, in a context strongly shaped by foreign, cultural and aesthetic, references.</p></blockquote>
<p><img id="image3069" alt="cascais_orchestra-5.JPG" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cascais_orchestra-5.JPG" /></p>
<blockquote><p>First called &#8216;Chalet Madalena&#8217;, and later &#8216;Pensão Boaventura&#8217;, this building welcomed, especially between 1938 and 1946, guests from almost 30 nationalities, great part of it refugees from World War II. Today, that crossing of different countries continues, this time in an array of musicians, teachers and students from several nationalities, giving thus a new impulse to this magnificent School of music.</p></blockquote>
<p><img id="image3070" alt="cascais_orchestra-4.JPG" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/cascais_orchestra-4.JPG" /></p>
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<p>More information available at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arx.pt/">www.arx.pt</a><br />
In: &#8220;projects&#8221;-&#8221;Institutional&#8221; - &#8220;Chamber Orchestra of Cascais&#8221;.</p>
<p>Quoted text courtesy of ARX.</p>
<p>Photos by Fernando Guerra of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fernandoguerra.com/">FG + SG - Fotografia de Arquitectura</a>.</p>
<p>::<em>Special AMNP thanks to the ninjas at ARX for sending in the press release for this project</em>::
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		<title>Assadi + Pulido - Casa Gatica</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 19:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Once again AMNP brings you the work of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.assadi.cl/INDEX.HTM">Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido</a> [and once again, without much info]. The Gatica House is located in Rancagua, Chile, and was completed in 2006. And that&#8217;s all I know for sure - other than the house is siiick, and I want one.</p>
<p><img alt="casa_gatica-2.jpg" id="image3061" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/casa_gatica-2.jpg" /></p>
<p><img id="image3065" alt="casa_gatica-3.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/casa_gatica-3.jpg" /></p>
<p><img alt="casa_gatica-plan1.jpg" id="image3062" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/casa_gatica-plan1.jpg" /></p>
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<p>Previous AMNP posts on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.assadi.cl/INDEX.HTM">Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido</a>:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=1740">Russo Club</a><br />
<a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=1940">Guthrie House<br />
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::images and [very] limited info from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.felipeassadi.com/INDEX.HTM">Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido</a>::
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<p>Zaha Hadid’s Olympic Aquatics Centre has been labeled “over-designed” by an influential group of MPs in the second parliamentary report on the 2012 Games within a week [<em>read the article at <strong>Building</strong> by clicking the title of this post</em>].
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		<title>Ninja Arithmetic XXXIII</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>This week’s ninja calculation submitted by AMNP reader Philip, from <a target="_blank" href="http://eyeofthefish.org/"><em>Eye of the Fish</em></a>. If you have an idea for a <em>Ninja Arithmetic</em> post, hit us up! You can email an image you’ve put together - or just the images/links to images themselves, for AMNP to assemble - to architecture [AT] myninjaplease [DOT] com</p>
<p>::<em><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=58">Ninja Arithmetic</a> is an MNP original feature that you can find here every Wednesday</em><em>. For past entries, click on any Wednesday in the calendar - or click on the ‘Ninja Arithmetic’ category under ‘archjutsu’</em>::
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		<title>Green Roof - A Case Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Who wouldn&#8217;t want a green roof? Nice to look at, fun to hang out on [in the case of roof gardens], they probably smell great [must be better than rubber+tar] - and oh yeah, they&#8217;re super for the environment. They reduce urban heat island effect, reduce water runoff/contamination, protect the existing roof from harmful UV rays, encourage [supposedly] the return of some indigenous species [birds, insects, etc.], and they clean the air. Super - if only there were a book released in late 2007 from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.papress.com/">PA Press</a> that both gave a history of green roofing, an explanation of how they work, and provided an in-depth example of an existing roof that was converted to a green roof&#8230;</p>
<p>Enter <a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/1568986858/103-2623357-2642211"><em>Green Roof - A Case Study</em></a> by Christian Werthmann - a book chronicling [in depth] the design and construction of a green roof for the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.asla.org/">American Society of Landscape Architects</a>&#8216; headquarters in D.C. The ASLA hired <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mvvainc.com/">Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates</a>, in collaboration with the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cdfinc.com/">Conservation Design Forum</a>, to design the green roof &#8216;hybrid&#8217; - meaning that it would be both a &#8216;green roof&#8217; and a &#8216;roof garden&#8217; [a distinction made clear in the case study]. The 3,300 square foot completed roof meets all the sustainable + aesthetic criteria mentioned above, and provides a rooftop hangout for the ASLA.</p>
<p>Tremendously informative, Werthmann&#8217;s book covers just about everything you could imagine and more. He starts with an essay on green roofs [<em>Part I</em>] - describing the types of green roofs [green roofs, roof gardens, hybrids], the conditions at the ASLA headquarters, the history of green roofs, precedents, construction/planting techniques, bioengineering, regionalism&#8230; and more.  He also gives an in-depth description of the ASLA roof as it was proposed, including renderings, an explanation of the design, the intent, and the benefits of the roof. <em>Part II</em> is then additional information on the ASLA roof, followed by a number of photographs of the finished product.</p>
<p>The third part of the book - <em>Part III: Roof Index A-Z</em> - is really where the best information lies. Werthmann breaks down the project to it&#8217;s individual pieces, from air handlers to visibility, biodiversity to the 2 &#8216;waves&#8217; designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. This section gives a description of each of the design issues that were faced on the project, along with an explanation of how they were solved - providing sketches, before and after photos, diagrams, plans + sections&#8230;everything. All questions are answered.</p>
<p><img alt="green_roof-a_case_studyaxon.jpg" id="image3044" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/green_roof-a_case_studyaxon.jpg" /></p>
<p>Basically, if you&#8217;re looking to learn more about green roofs [or roof gardens, or hybrids] this book is a great place to start. It gives an incredibly detailed look into the inception, design, and construction of a green hybrid roof system [in a temperate climate] - earning it a place on any seriously green ninja&#8217;s bookshelf.</p>
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<p>Christian Werthman’s <em>Green Roof - A Case Study</em> can be purchased <a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/1568986858/103-2623357-2642211">here from the MNP store</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://www.papress.com/bookpage.tpl?isbn=1568986858">here from the publisher</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.papress.com/">Princeton Architectural Press</a>.</p>
<p>Also, be sure to check out ASLA&#8217;s blog, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.asla.org/land/dirt/blog/"><em>The Dirt</em></a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.asla.org/land/050205/greenroofcentral.html">their own info on their new green roof</a> - including webcam videos and a virtual tour.</p>
<p>::<em>Special AMNP thanks to Russell and the people at PA Press for generously supplying a review copy of this book</em>::
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>&#8230;only backward? Metropolis has a great article on how American mayors have been seizing opportunities to improve our cities - in particular by going green - while the federal government sits around and harasses baseball players and football teams, providing an interesting look into how local actions start to have a nationwide impact [click the title of this post to read the full article].
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		<title>Jetson Green: The Commons</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Preston, green ninja master over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>, writes:</p>
<p>In Portland two brothers, Dustin and Garrett Moon, have been getting some serious attention for their project, The Commons &#8212; it could just be the first residence in the nation to meet the standards of the Living Building Challenge.  The Living Building Challenge is about getting to something that&#8217;s truly sustainable, which is what I think the Moons are going after here.  If you look at their plans, The Commons will use green tech that you might not see in other so-called green homes.</p>
<p>For instance, the home will have a green roof, composting toilet, earthenware floors, an indoor greenhouse for home-grown foods, two successive doors in the entry to act as an airlock, fly ash concrete walls made of ICFs, a rainwater catchment system with a storage cistern, design based loosely on the Passive House standard, a heat recovery ventilator, and photovoltaics and solar hot water tubes.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/04/commons-project.html"><em>Click here to read read the rest of this article</em></a> [this is just an excerpt] over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>.</p>
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<p>::<em>article written by Preston, founder + editor of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a> - original article entitled <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/04/commons-project.html">The Commons Strives to be Nation&#8217;s First Living Building Challenge Residence</a>. These articles from Jetson Green on <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">MNP’s Green Tuesdays</a> are part of a feature you can find here every week - just click any Tuesday in the calender and enjoy! And for more ‘green’ news + info, head on over to <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">Green.MNP</a></em>::
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		<title>Bustler Competitions @ AMNP!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>We know how ninjas do - always on their grind, working on that next hustle. For many of you that means design competitions like those found over at <a target="_blank" href="http://bustler.net/">Bustler.net</a>, a site with which we&#8217;ve recently teamed up to bring you an <a target="_blank" href="http://bustler.net/index.php/amnp/">AMNP competitions page</a> - linked from our header [just click &#8216;competitions+events&#8217;], we now have a page modeled after the AMNP theme that will bring you all the most up-to-date competitions and events from Bustler.net.</p>
<p>Now find a competition and get to work.</p>
<p>[<em>Speaking of competitions - don&#8217;t sleep on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/">GreenMNP</a>&#8217;s 350.org postcard design competition. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/">Learn more here</a>.</em>]
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		<title>pleasing the public</title>
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<p>The NY Times looks at the way developers tailor architectural renderings for public consumption - using the West Side Rail Yards project as an example, complete with interactive rendering [read full article by clicking the title of this post].
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		<title>VS 27.04.2008: Rivers and Tides</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>After <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=3033">this week&#8217;s <em>Eye Candy</em></a> post, I&#8217;ve decided to go ahead and embed <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy">Andy Goldsworthy</a>&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/B000HDR8C8/103-2623357-2642211"><em>Rivers and Tides</em></a> in it&#8217;s entirety. Really, the quality is pretty poor - you should rent/buy/borrow/download a copy of the documentary and watch it, preferably on a big screen. But this will give you an idea - and probably encourage many of you to find a better quality version. Enjoy.</p>
<p>::<em>Video Sundays, or VS, is a weekly feature here on architecture.MNP. For more architecture-related videos, click on any Sunday in the sidebar calendar - or on the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=57">‘videos’ category</a> in the ‘archjutsu’ section. Additional videos that have been featured on any of the MNP sites can be found here on our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/MNPgdotnet">YouTube page</a></em>::
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>[<em>Image: Overview rendering of 90 Wareham Street with the proposed green wall. Image courtesy of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hyarchitecture.com/">HYA</a> for YAB Group</em>]</p>
<p>In January of 2008 ten architecture firms in the Bean formed the <em>Young Architects Boston Group</em> - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.groundinc.com/">Ground</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hyarchitecture.com/">Höweler + Yoon Architecture</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linoldham.com/">LinOldhamOffice</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mergearchitects.com/">Merge Architects</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/www.mos-office.net">MOS</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/www.overcommaunder.com">over,under</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/www.ssdarchitecture.com">SsD</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/www.studioluz.net">Studio Luz</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.uni-a.com/">UNI</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.utiledesign.com/">Utile</a>. A non-hierarchical group, YAB gives these firms the opportunity to come together to develop projects that they might not otherwise undertake - like their <em>Parti Wall, Hanging Green</em> installation.</p>
<p>The project - a prototype green wall installation for the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=2957">2008 AIA convention</a> that will be in Boston in May - aims to transform a blank brick wall into &#8216;a lush green environment&#8217;, both bringing attention to underutilized sites in Boston and providing a green solution to improve public space in the city.</p>
<p>“The wall will be both a changing urban artwork and a public demonstration of the possibilities for greening a city like Boston,” stated Anthony Piermarini, a principal of Studio Luz. “Our urban center has hundreds of exposed brick party walls that face onto lifeless parking lots. We think of this project as a chance to transform those parking lots into hanging gardens.”</p>
<p>The installation will be suspended via a metal cable system from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.boston-condos-for-sale.com/2008/02/05/the-1850-new-south-end-condo-development/"><em>The 1850</em></a>, a newly converted loft building at 90 Wareham Street in Boston&#8217;s South End. The supported planted panels will vary in dimension, and allow the team to tests different systems and plant types for permanent installations in the future.</p>
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<p>[<em>Image: Detail rendering of the suspended green panels. Image courtesy of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.hyarchitecture.com/">HYA</a> for YAB Group</em>]</p>
<p>::<em>Thanks to our ninja Chris from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pinkcomma.com/">pinkcommagallery</a> for contactin AMNP about this YAB project</em>::
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		<title>Eye Candy: Andy Goldsworthy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>For starters, I think that <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy">Andy Goldsworthy</a>&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.goldsworthy.cc.gla.ac.uk/">work</a> is more than simple &#8216;<a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=60">eye candy</a>&#8216; - but when I was thinking about some &#8216;green&#8217; art for MNP&#8217;s Earth Day posting this week I couldn&#8217;t help but put some of this ninjas incredible work up [thanks to bmack for bringing Goldsworthy up].</p>
<p><img alt="galerie-lelong-andy-goldsworthy.jpg" id="image3035" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/galerie-lelong-andy-goldsworthy.jpg" /></p>
<p>For any of you who haven&#8217;t seen it, <a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/B000HDR8C8/103-2623357-2642211"><em>Rivers and Tides</em></a> is a documentary about Goldsworthy and his work with nature, showcasing the personal and temporal nature of his art. Below I&#8217;ve embedded two clips from the film. For those of you have seen the film - watch it again! I just did [for at least the 4th time now], and it&#8217;s still incredible&#8230;</p>
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<p><em><em>::<em><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=60">Eye Candy</a> is a weekly post on exactly what it sounds like - something cool to look at, whether because the project is ill or simply because it warrants a ‘<a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/::Eye%20Candy%20is%20a%20weekly%20post%20on%20exactly%20what%20it%20sounds%20like%20-%20something%20cool%20to%20look%20at,%20whether%20because%20the%20project%20is%20ill%20or%20simply%20because%20it%20warrants%20a%20%27my%20ninjas,%20please%27.%20Find%20it%20here%20on%20architecture.MNP%20every%20Wednesday%20along%20with%20the%20Ninja%20Arithmetic%20feature%20-%20because%20hump-day%20is%20a%20bitch%20for%20ninjas,%20too::">my ninjas, please</a>‘. Find it here on AMNP every Wednesday along with the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=58">Ninja Arithmetic</a> feature - because hump-day is a bitch for ninjas, too</em>::</em></em>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Note: this week&#8217;s edition of ninja arithmetic has no link, as I couldn&#8217;t decide what to link it to. I&#8217;m not going to explain our calculation here - but I thought this was pretty funny/original when it was submitted [and think you will too].</p>
<p>This week&#8217;s ninja calculation math submitted by AMNP reader Dan.</p>
<p>If you have an idea for a <em>Ninja Arithmetic</em> post, please hit us up! You can email an image you’ve put together - or just the images/links to images themselves, for AMNP to assemble - to architecture@myninjaplease.com</p>
<p>::<em><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=58">Ninja Arithmetic</a> is an MNP original feature that you can find here every Wednesday</em><em>. For past entries, click on any Wednesday in the calendar - or click on the ‘Ninja Arithmetic’ category under ‘archjutsu’</em>::
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Don&#8217;t sleep on our &#8216;green&#8217; archive - where you can peruse all the posts we&#8217;ve tagged as &#8216;green&#8217; here on AMNP in the last 1.5 years.
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		<title>Post Suburbs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>As it&#8217;s Earth Day and all, be sure to check out our write-up on the CV08 and architect Andrew Maynard&#8217;s unique vision of the future of the suburb [click the title of this post to read the article].
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		<title>Earth Day Competition: 350 is the New Green</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<category>green arch</category>

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<p><em>Our sister site <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/">GreenMNP</a> - run by our ninja Jessie - has announced an MNP design competition to design a postcard for 350.org&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=5">350 Postcard Project</a></em>.</p>
<p>350 is the new green is the new black is the new new.  350 is the number that scientists have determined will define the future of the Earth. 350 parts per million is the critical atmospheric CO2 concentration we need to achieve, and with haste.  Currently, we are at <a target="_blank" href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/4/17/113351/369">385</a> ppm.  <a target="_blank" href="http://www.billmckibben.com/index.html">Bill McKibben</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/">350.org</a> have started an international campaign to create awareness about 350 and to get people active in making it happen.</p>
<p>We at GreenMNP want to get active.  And we want YOU to help!  So, herein lies a challenge: design a dope 350 postcard for 350.org&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=5">350 Postcard Project</a> and submit a photo/PDF of your postcard to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:green.suggest@myninjaplease.com">green.suggest@myninjaplease.com</a>.  We will pick a winner 35.0 days from now, on Tuesday, May 27.  <strong>Winner will receive their choice of these three books: a signed copy of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.billmckibben.com/bill-mckibben-reader.html">The Bill McKibben Reader</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.papress.com/bookpage.tpl?isbn=1568986858">Green Roof - A Case Study by Christian Werthmann</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/szasz_shopping.html">Shopping Our Way to Safety by Andrew Szasz</a>, not to mention supreme ninja credibility.</strong>  First runner up will get their choice of the remaining two books and second runner up will get the third book.   Furthermore, we at GreenMNP will <strong>distribute copies of all the 350 postcard entries we receive to 350 important politicians/organizations/thinkers/Earth lovers/Earth haters</strong> and anyone else you want.  If you can think of someone in particular you would like us to send a postcard to, comment to this post with their name and postal and/or email address (if you don&#8217;t know their address, we&#8217;ll do our best to find them&#8230;ninjas are fairly resourceful).</p>
<p>The postcard should be an expression of YOU, why you love the planet and why you want to see our atmospheric CO2 concentration drop down to 350 ppm.  A word from the 350ers themselves:</p>
<blockquote><p>In words, collages, drawings, or any other form on the back of these postcards, we want to hear from people all around the world why it’s worth it for you, your community, and the rest of the world to aim for 350 parts per million.</p></blockquote>
<p>Of course, you should submit your entries to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=5">350.org</a> as well.  Or, if you prefer, we will submit your entry to them anyway.</p>
<blockquote><p>Mail a scanned image or photo to postcards@350.org or attach a stamp and drop it in the mail to our San Francisco office at 1370 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103.</p></blockquote>
<p>If you are from another land, fear not: 350 is the same in every language, and words are easily translated <a href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=20">简体中文</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=21">Deutsch</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=14">Español</a> <a href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=13">Français</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=17">Hrvatski</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=8">Italiano</a> <a href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=22">한국어</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=15">Português</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=23">Svenska</a> <a href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=16">日本語</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.350.org/4/?page_id=18">العربية</a></p>
<p><em>So, get to work on your very own postcard design and send it over toe green.suggest@myninjaplease.com - and while you&#8217;re looking for ideas, check out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/">MNP&#8217;s Earth Day coverage</a> going down on all the sites [you can navigate all the different MNP sites by clicking the links in the upper right of each page]</em>.
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		<title>Jetson Green: Skinners Playground</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Philip, writer over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>, writes:</p>
<p>The Skinners Playground project by Phooey Architects of Melbourne, Australia is a project that makes compelling use of shipping containers.  Many container architecture projects do little that breaks out of the strong rectilinear form of the component boxes.  While only four shipping containers were used for Skinners Playground, they are cut and amended in such as way as to make much more of them than simply four box-shaped rooms.  Even if the exteriors had been painted over, it would be immediately obvious that this was built from shipping containers.  But, at the same time, this is a case of the whole being far more than merely a sum of its parts.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/04/sophisticated-s.html"><em>Click here to read read the rest of this article</em></a> [this is just an excerpt] over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>.</p>
<p><img id="image3025" alt="skinners_playground-2.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/skinners_playground-2.jpg" /></p>
<p>::<em>article written by Philip Proefrock, writer for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>, a sustainable design blog founded by our ninja Preston - original article entitled <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/04/sophisticated-s.html">Sophisticated Simplicity with Shipping Containers</a>. These articles from Jetson Green on <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">MNP’s Green Tuesdays</a> are part of a feature you can find here every week - just click any Tuesday in the calender and enjoy! And for more ‘green’ news + info, head on over to <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">Green.MNP</a></em>::
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		<title>BYOB for Earth Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Tomorrow, my ninjas, is <span style="color: #4aa02c">EARTH DAY</span>. We here at MNP have a variety of features planned across all the sites [<a href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/">myninjaplease</a>, <a href="http://music.myninjaplease.com/">MusicMNP</a>, <a href="http://politricks.myninjaplease.com/">PolitricksMNP</a>, <a href="http://robotninja.myninjaplease.com/">RobotninjaMNP</a>, and of course <a target="_blank" href="http://green.myninjaplease.com/">GreenMNP</a>], but before all that begins I wanted to put you on to this call to wear blue on <span style="color: #4aa02c">EARTH DAY</span> - from the ninjas at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.architecture2030.org/">architecture2030</a>. Here&#8217;s what they&#8217;re thinking:</p>
<blockquote><p>Want to stop global warming? Wear <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span> for Earth Day 2008! Join millions of people around the world who will be wearing <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span> to signify their vote for NO COAL. Events will be happening April 19th through April 22nd, so&#8230;</p>
<p>Earth Day If you’re attending the Earth Day event on the National Mall in Washington, DC on April 20th, wear <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span>.</p>
<p>If you’re attending another major Earth Day event, wear <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span>.</p>
<p>When you dress in the morning on Earth Day, wear <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span>.</p>
<p>No matter what you’re doing for Earth Day 2008, wear <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span>.</p>
<p>A BLUE shirt, top, sweater or jacket&#8230; whatever. Just wear <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span>.</p>
<p>Then, on April 22, make your voice heard. Pick up the phone: Call Congress at 202.224.3121 and ask for an immediate ‘Moratorium on Coal’ - a halt to the construction of any new conventional coal-fired power plants. Through this <a target="_blank" href="http://ww2.earthday.net/~earthday/node/80">Call for Climate</a> event, Earth Day hopes to generate over a million phone calls to Congress!</p>
<p>Your <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span> vote will count. Fifty-nine conventional coal plants were canceled in 2007. That’s over a third of the 151 planned. That happened before millions of people joined together to say No Coal.</p>
<p>BYO<span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span> for Earth Day 2008. Be the vote that tips the balance.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now, I know what a lot of you are thinking: <span style="color: #4aa02c">EARTH DAY</span> is some greenwashing nonsense where people pretend to care about the environment by recycling for a day, planting a tree out back, and spending an extra 30 seconds appreciating nature. Probably true. But, beyond that, Earth Day is a day where people are willing to listen - even if just for an extra few second - to the issues we&#8217;re facing and some solutions that are being proposed. Cynicism may be &#8216;hip&#8217;, my ninjas - but it doesn&#8217;t get shit done, now does it?</p>
<p>So wear <span style="color: #2b65ec">BLUE</span>, plant a tree, throw eggs at that soccer mom next door who drives a hummer [feel free to throw them at the hummer, too] - and think about how much you like this whole &#8216;life&#8217; thing, and how dependent it is on a planet we abuse everyday.
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		<title>Horizons of Sze Tsung Leong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>[<em>Image: Canale della Giudecca I, Venezia, 2007</em>]</p>
<p>I just learned about the work of <a target="_blank" href="http://homepage.mac.com/szetsungleong/">Sze Tsung Leong</a> over at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/arts/design/06geft.html?_r=1&#038;oref=login">New York Times</a> - a 38 year old New Yorker, he studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and then Harvard. His photographs - of landscapes and cities all over the world - are composed with a unique play on the horizon that seemingly connects all of the pieces in his &#8216;Horizons&#8217; series [view them <a target="_blank" href="http://homepage.mac.com/szetsungleong/horizons_index.htm">side by side here</a>]. Shooting with an overcast sky brings the viewer&#8217;s focus to the landscape and architecture/cityscape itself - which, along with ensuring that the horizons of each image line up, creating a visual connection between these locations from all over the world.</p>
<p><img id="image3019" alt="sze_tsung_leong-amman.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sze_tsung_leong-amman.jpg" /></p>
<p>[<em>Image: Amman, 2007</em>]</p>
<blockquote><p>Viewed in a continuous line, the images suggest an unfurled view of the surface of the globe. This view, however, does not necessarily correlate with conventional perceptions of proximity and distance, as places in these images that are seemingly unrelated or unconnected may find themselves adjoined. According to Leong, “the distances separating near from far, familiar from foreign, inside from outside, iconic from quotidian, extraordinary from mundane, picturesque from unsettling, are never constant.” The relationships and gradations between these opposites that are suggested by the photographs—and the fact that the images can be rearranged to form different landscapes and visual sequences—are meant to reflect the complex and perpetually transforming relationships between regions, cultures, and nations that give form to the contemporary world and that shape the experiences of each individual viewer [<a target="_blank" href="http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2008_04-sze_tsun_leon/">via</a>].</p></blockquote>
<p><img id="image3018" alt="sze_tsung_leong-dahshur.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/sze_tsung_leong-dahshur.jpg" /></p>
<p>[<em>Image: Dahshur, 2007</em>]</p>
<p>Sze Tsung Leong&#8217;s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.yossimilo.com/exhibitions/2008_04-sze_tsun_leon/"><em>Horizons</em></a> will be exhibited at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.yossimilo.com/">Yossi Milo Gallery</a> in NYC through May 17th. A 40 page monograph of selected images from the exhibit, and an essay by can be purchased from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.yossimilo.com/publications/">the gallery here</a>.</p>
<p>::<em>All images from <a target="_blank" href="http://homepage.mac.com/szetsungleong/">Sze Tsung Leong</a>&#8217;s website</em>::
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6978036213146571382">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6978036213146571382</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;<em>L&#8217;objectif suprème de toute activité créatrice est l&#8217;architecture</em>&#8221; [damn right]</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure this is from the <em>Architectures</em> video series [which is pretty dope - <a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/B0000D0YUG/103-2623357-2642211">check it out</a>]. Sure, it&#8217;s a little bit introductory level for some of you ninjas - but it never hurts to brush up on the basics.</p>
<p>Enjoy.</p>
<p>::<em>Video Sundays, or VS, is a weekly feature here on architecture.MNP. For more architecture-related videos, click on any Sunday in the sidebar calendar - or on the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=57">‘videos’ category</a> in the ‘archjutsu’ section. Additional videos that have been featured on any of the MNP sites can be found here on our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/MNPgdotnet">YouTube page</a></em>::
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		<title>IKEA Train</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Everyone&#8217;s favorite inexpensive furniture retailer, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ikea.com/">IKEA</a>, has invaded the <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe">Kobe</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/japan/kobe/how-to-get-in/transportation-in-kobe/portliner-monorail-kobe.html">Portliner Monorail</a> - transforming it into a giant moving advertisement for the Swedish company.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=38">My ninjas, <em>please</em></a>.</p>
<p><img id="image3013" alt="ikea_train-2.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/ikea_train-2.jpg" /></p>
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		<title>Sugar Blocks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Designed by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.truexdesign.com/">John Truex</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://spiceshipstudio.com/">Audrey Russel</a> - &#8216;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.truexdesign.com/">Sugarblocks</a>&#8216; are just a little too silly not to be on AMNP. I mean, you&#8217;re an architect / designer /  builder - why would you want those common sugar cubes when you could have sugar CMUs?</p>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=38">My ninjas, please</a>.</p>
<p>[<a target="_blank" href="http://www.trendsnow.net/trends_now_/2008/02/sugarblock.html">via</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.trendsnow.net/">TrendsNow.net</a>]
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		<title>Eye Candy: Ville Spatiale</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>[<em>Image: </em><em>Ville Spatiale collage, 1960</em>]</p>
<p>For this week&#8217;s edition of Eye Candy I couldn&#8217;t help but find some images related to our review of <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=2960">Yona Friedman&#8217;s <em>Pro Domo</em></a> - so here we have some collages and drawings done by Friedman of his &#8216;Ville Spatiale&#8217; polemic.</p>
<p><img id="image3007" alt="yona-friedman_collage_1960.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/yona-friedman_collage_1960.jpg" /></p>
<p>[<em>Image: Ville Spatiale collage, 1960</em>]</p>
<blockquote><p>In 1960 Friedman published his two seminal manifestos, Architecture Mobile and La Ville spatiale. He defines the function of the space frame as follows: Critical for the Ville Spatial is what I call ‘spatial infrastructure’: a multi-storey space-frame-grid, which is supported by widely-spaced piles […]. This infrastructure forms the fixed element of the city. The mobile element consists of walls, base-surfaces and dividing walls which make the individual division of the space possible; it could be called the ‘filling’ for the infrastructure. All elements which come into direct contact with the users (i.e. those they see, touch etc.) are mobile, in contrast to the infrastructure, which is used collectively and remains fixed [<a target="_blank" href="http://www.megastructure-reloaded.org/en/yona-friedman/">via</a>].</p>
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<p><img id="image3006" alt="yona-friedman_1956.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/yona-friedman_1956.jpg" /></p>
<p>[<em>Image: La ville spatiale, 1956</em>]</p>
<p><img id="image3009" alt="friedman_2.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/friedman_2.jpg" /></p>
<p>[Image: La ville spatiale]</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t miss <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=2960">AMNP&#8217;s review of Yona Friedman&#8217;s newest book</a> - <em><a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/8496540510/103-2623357-2642211">Pro Domo</a></em>.</p>
<p><em><em>::<em><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=60">Eye Candy</a> is a weekly post on exactly what it sounds like - something cool to look at, whether because the project is ill or simply because it warrants a ‘<a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/::Eye%20Candy%20is%20a%20weekly%20post%20on%20exactly%20what%20it%20sounds%20like%20-%20something%20cool%20to%20look%20at,%20whether%20because%20the%20project%20is%20ill%20or%20simply%20because%20it%20warrants%20a%20%27my%20ninjas,%20please%27.%20Find%20it%20here%20on%20architecture.MNP%20every%20Wednesday%20along%20with%20the%20Ninja%20Arithmetic%20feature%20-%20because%20hump-day%20is%20a%20bitch%20for%20ninjas,%20too::">my ninjas, please</a>‘. Find it here on AMNP every Wednesday along with the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=58">Ninja Arithmetic</a> feature - because hump-day is a bitch for ninjas, too</em>::</em></em>
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		<title>food riots</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>GreenMNP has been covering the food riots that have been developing all over the world - thanks to the ingenious concept of turning FOOD in FUEL. Better than our cars eat than us, I always say&#8230;[click the title of this post to view more images at GreenMNP]
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		<title>Ninja Arithmetic XXXI</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=58"><em>Ninja Arithmetic</em></a> is back! After a month long hiatus, we&#8217;re bringing back our weekly dosage of architectural ninja-math. This week&#8217;s calculation was submitted by our ninja Eric from <a target="_blank" href="http://eyecandy-webcandy.blogspot.com/"><em>Eye Candy</em></a> [a site you should definitely check out].</p>
<p>If you have an idea for a <em>Ninja Arithmetic</em> post, please hit us up! You can email an image you&#8217;ve put together - or just the images/links to images themselves, for AMNP to assemble - to architecture@myninjaplease.com</p>
<p>::<em><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=58">Ninja Arithmetic</a> is an MNP original feature that you can find here every Wednesday</em><em>. For past entries, click on any Wednesday in the calendar - or click on the &#8216;Ninja Arithmetic&#8217; category under &#8216;archjutsu&#8217;</em>::
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		<title>New MNP Mixtape: Flavor for the Non Believers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Our ninja Trizlam - editor over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/music/">MusicMNP</a> - put together this siiick tracklist to share with the massive… enjoy the selections and make sure to check out all of his posts over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/music/">MusicMNP</a>.<br />
Download Link: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MITBDGQZ"><em><strong>MmNpPlayl$t#003-Flavor for the Non Believers</strong></em></a></p>
<blockquote><p>::tracklisting::</p>
<p>01 Naive to the Facts - <em>Concrete Click</em><br />
02 All Out - <em>Connecticut Kartel</em><br />
03 Burn Out (Original Version) - <em>Godfather Don</em><br />
04 This Shit is Real (Remix) - <em>Fat Joe</em><br />
05 Down Goes the Devil - <em>Channel Live</em><br />
06 Stop Sweating the Next Man - <em>Lord Finesse</em><br />
07 Emotions - <em>Micranots</em><br />
08 Crushin&#8217; Em - <em>T.D.S Mob</em><br />
09 The Brooklyn Uptown Connection - <em>Ill Al Skratch</em><br />
10 Landslide (Remix) - <em>MF Grimm</em><br />
11 Flavor for the Non Believers - <em>Mobb Deep</em><br />
12 Birth of the Ghetto Child - <em>Main One</em><br />
13 Cold - <em>Sunz of Man</em><br />
14 Kings of Kaos - <em>Sleestack&#8217;z </em><br />
15 Stick Da Butt Out - <em>Rough House Survivors/Grand Puba<br />
</em>16 Brother J Exclusive - <em>X Clan</em></p></blockquote>
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		<title>Jetson Green: The Real Green World</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Preston, green ninja master over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>, writes:</p>
<p>Think MTV [has] teamed up with Bunim-Murray Productions to green the next, certain-to- be-dramatic installment of the show.  It&#8217;ll be the first time they&#8217;ve gone with green finish outs for the show.  The greenly decorated house includes environmentally friendly products ranging from solar panels and hybrid cars, to bamboo flooring, energy efficient appliances, and a number of recycled and reused products around the house.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/04/real-world-holl.html"><em>Click here to read read the rest of this article</em></a> [this is just an excerpt] over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>.</p>
<p>[MNP editors note: Want to know what would be even more green? Not filming a bunch of people doing nothing but drinking and acting stuey.]</p>
<p>::<em>article written by Preston, founder + editor of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a> - original article entitled <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/04/real-world-holl.html">The Real World Hollywood&#8217;s Green Digs [PICS]</a>. These articles from Jetson Green on <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">MNP’s Green Tuesdays</a> are part of a feature you can find here every week - just click any Tuesday in the calender and enjoy! And for more ‘green’ news + info, head on over to <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">Green.MNP</a></em>::
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		<title>Yona Friedman: Pro Domo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Yona Friedman, probably best known for his &#8216;Ville Spatiale&#8217;, has been developing his theories on &#8216;mobile architecture&#8217; for 50 years - and has now compiled a personal sampling of these works into one hardcover monograph: <em>Pro Domo</em>.</p>
<p>As Friedman states on the very cover of the publication, <em>Pro Domo</em> isn&#8217;t so much a &#8216;book&#8217; as it is a collection of &#8216;fragments on scattered topics produced in different periods of [his] life&#8217;. The resulting monograph gives the reader a look into the mind of Friedman - providing samplings of his work spanning the past 50 years. Filled with insightful anecdotes, design proposals, photos, collages, plans, sketches, and descriptive storyboards, <em>Pro Domo</em> is both visually rich a great read.</p>
<p>One thing that becomes apparent while looking through the book is that Friedman is a man ahead of his time. His theories on mobile architecture - &#8216;mobile&#8217; referring not to architecture that moves, but rather architecture that allows for the future social movements of it&#8217;s inhabitants [an inspiration <a target="_blank" href="http://www.archigram.net/projects_pages/plug_in_city.html">for this</a>, perhaps] - called for a new and contemporary way of designing our cities that  was attempting to respond to 20th century demands. His theories and proposals span all levels of design, calling for large scale movements such as a globally interconnected rapid mass transit system, city-sized space frames that would provide the structure for a new type of user-generated architecture [through the use of the &#8216;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.interactiondesign-lab.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/YonaFriedmanInterview">flatwriter</a>&#8216;, a machine much like a typewriter that Friedman envisioned helping people design their homes, etc], a proposal for community-driven urban agriculture, and more.</p>
<p><img id="image2995" alt="yona_friedman-pro_domo-11.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/yona_friedman-pro_domo-11.jpg" /></p>
<p>I think that one of my favorite parts of the collection was Friedman&#8217;s thoughts on urban agriculture. In a section titled <em>Towards a Policy of Urban Survival</em> Friedman shares with us a contribution he made to a UNESCO conference on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.unesco.org/mab/mabProg.shtml">Man and the Biosphere</a> - where he argues that cities have for too long been dependent on their surrounding communities, and must develop into self-sustaining entities rather than leaching off of their neighbors.</p>
<p>To achieve a working urban agricultural system, Friedman proposes that the city be divided into the various zones required - allocating a large portion of the city to producing its own food, power, etc. He uses his &#8216;Ville Spatiale&#8217; model as an example of how the city can be layered so as to maximize space without the need for building too high [and therefore putting what some consider too many people in one condensed location] - claiming that a city would not need to rise above 3-5 stories if his vision took shape. These space frame structures would then be populated by the city&#8217;s inhabitants and their dwellings, while leaving a certain percentage of the floorplates open for public parks + gardens, and some open to the sky for light + ventilation. Friedman even goes so far as to break down the man hours required for creating a truly sustainable urban agriculture - assigning some kind of agricultural or food production work to each citizen based on a 50 hour work week as follows: 10 hours for food production, 12 hours for crafts + services for self-help or barter, and 28 hours for intellectual, social + cultural activities. This may seem ridiculous/unmanageable, but imagine how much money you&#8217;d save by producing your own food/helping to produce food for the entire community - and imagine if 28 hours of your work week were set aside for &#8216;intellectual, social + cultural activities&#8217;. Pretty siiick.</p>
<p><img id="image2996" alt="yona_friedman-pro_domo-3.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/yona_friedman-pro_domo-3.jpg" /></p>
<p>While many of Friedman&#8217;s ideas are utopian - and therefore possibly unachievable - just as many are visionary in their socialist/community oriented propositions, and could be attained if we were prepared to drastically alter the way we design, build, and live within our cities. Yona Friedman is a designer who understood 50 years ago the problems of today, and <em>Pro Domo</em> gives a glimpse at his innovative and thought provoking solutions.</p>
<p>Overall, this collection of of Yona Friedman&#8217;s self-described &#8216;preoccupations&#8217; is a highly enjoyable and thought provoking monograph - with what may be a near perfect balance of theory/text and descriptive images/photos/collages [you&#8217;ve got to love architectural theory that comes with great visuals, my ninjas]. Definitely recommended + ninja approved.</p>
<p><img alt="4outof5.gif" id="image2993" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/4outof5.gif" /></p>
<p>Additional links:</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://yonafriedman.blogspot.com/">A blog devoted to Yona Friedman</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://12.172.4.131/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A8109">A collection of Friedman&#8217;s work at MOMA</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.megastructure-reloaded.org/en/yona-friedman/">Friedman at MegaStructure-Reloaded</a></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.frac-centre.asso.fr/public/collecti/artistes/friedman/noti01en.htm">Biography/works</a></p>
<p>Yona Friedman&#8217;s <em>Pro Domo</em> can be purchased <a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/8496540510/103-2623357-2642211">here from the MNP store</a> or <a target="_blank" href="http://www.actar.com/index.php?option=com_dbquery&#038;task=ExecuteQuery&#038;qid=2&#038;idllibre=2032&#038;lang=en">here from the publisher</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.actar.com/">ACTAR</a>.</p>
<p>::<em>Special AMNP thanks to Marla and the people at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.actar.com/">ACTAR</a> for generously supplying a review copy of this book</em>::
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p><img alt="helmut_jahn-hudson_yards.jpg" id="image2990" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/helmut_jahn-hudson_yards.jpg" /></p>
<p>Metropolis Magazine takes a look at what it calls the &#8220;flawed selection process&#8221; of the Hudson Rail Yards project and the recently declared winner, Helmut Jahn&#8217;s design for Tishman Speyer Properties and Morgan Stanley [click the title of this post to read the full article].
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Yona Friedman discussing some of his current work [above], and a video of a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myfirstsecondlife.com/yona-friedman/index.htm">Second Life interpretation</a> of Friedman&#8217;s &#8216;Ville Spatiale&#8217;.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSVzrFfsaI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSVzrFfsaI</a></p>
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<p><em>An inspiring documentary on the <a target="_blank" href="http://astore.amazon.com/architecturem-20/detail/0865475873/103-2623357-2642211">Cradle to Cradle</a> design concept of the chemist <a target="_blank" href="http://www.braungart.com/indexEN.html">Michael Braungart</a> and the architect <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mcdonough.com/">William McDonough</a>. Winner of the Silver Dragon at the Beijing International Science Film Festival 2006</em>.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting + informative documentary on McDonough + Braungart&#8217;s Cradle to Cradle concept in action -  in essence showing us that waste is unnecessary, and that with smart design we can basically eliminate it.  Of particular interest is that they&#8217;ve been pretty successful in convincing corporations of their cradle to cradle theory, because these businesses want to get the most for the money. Funny that being environmentally friendly is, in the end, economically friendly as well - we seem to have fought nature for so long to get ahead, and we&#8217;re now finally at a point where working with it is the next step in our development. Should be great.</p>
<p>::<em>Video Sundays, or VS, is a weekly feature here on architecture.MNP. For more architecture-related videos, click on any Sunday in the sidebar calendar - or on the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=57">‘videos’ category</a> in the ‘archjutsu’ section. Additional videos that have been featured on any of the MNP sites can be found here on our <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/MNPgdotnet">YouTube page</a></em>::
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		<title>Pecha Kucha Night Boston 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pechakucha/">Boston&#8217;s 4th Pecha Kucha Night</a> - at the GSD - is <strong>tonite</strong> [Thursday, April 10th]. Don&#8217;t sleep.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pecha-kucha.org/">Whats about your city</a>?
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		<title>testing freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p><img alt="breaks1-freedomtower.jpg" id="image2983" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/breaks1-freedomtower.jpg" /></p>
<p>Freedom Tower mock-ups have been subjected to all sorts of testing - wind tunnels, rain + earthquake simulations - and has now also been blown-up [click the title of this post to read the full article].
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		<title>Obama Wanted to be an Architect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>This isn&#8217;t why we&#8217;ve <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=2680">officially endorsed Senator Obama</a>, but it doesn&#8217;t hurt.</p>
<p>I am, however, tired of people appropriating the term &#8216;architect&#8217;. Karl Rove being called an &#8216;architect of &#8230;&#8217; makes me cringe.
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		<title>3x over budget?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p><img alt="2012olympic_pool.jpg" id="image2980" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/2012olympic_pool.jpg" /></p>
<p>The London 2012 Olympics aquatics centre will cost more than three times as much as originally estimated - £242m, not the £75m quoted in London&#8217;s winning bid - despite a reduction in its size [click the title of this post to read the article].
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		<title>Escalators Can&#8217;t Break?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>[Image: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gilclavejo.com/ready%20images/portfolio%20images/photography/escalators.jpg">Untitled</a> by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.gilclavejo.com/">Gil Clavejo</a>]</p>
<p>This was one of the &#8216;quotes of the day&#8217; on my Google homepage today, and I couldn&#8217;t help but throw it up on MNP:</p>
<blockquote><p>I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience.</p>
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		<title>Eye Candy: eVolo Skyscraper 2nd Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>I think I actually prefer <a target="_blank" href="http://www.evolo-arch.com/cskyb.html">this design</a> - by Rugel Chiribog + Ted Givens, 2nd place winners of the eVolo Skyscraper Design Competition, 2008 - to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.evolo-arch.com/cskya.html">the winner</a>. Craziness - but pretty siiick drawings, I must say.</p>
<p>View the full submission - completer with explanation of the project&#8217;s &#8217;sustainable&#8217; aspects - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.evolo-arch.com/cskyb.html">here</a>.</p>
<p><img id="image2975" alt="rugel_chiriboga-2.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/rugel_chiriboga-2.jpg" /></p>
<p><img id="image2976" alt="rugel_chiriboga-3.jpg" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/rugel_chiriboga-3.jpg" /></p>
<p>Previous eVolo winner on MNP: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.somnathray.com/webHabitatXn.html">Para-City</a>, by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.somnathray.com/EEEA.html">Somnath Ray</a>.</p>
<p><em><em>::<em><a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=60">Eye Candy</a> is a weekly post on exactly what it sounds like - something cool to look at, whether because the project is ill or simply because it warrants a ‘<a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/::Eye%20Candy%20is%20a%20weekly%20post%20on%20exactly%20what%20it%20sounds%20like%20-%20something%20cool%20to%20look%20at,%20whether%20because%20the%20project%20is%20ill%20or%20simply%20because%20it%20warrants%20a%20%27my%20ninjas,%20please%27.%20Find%20it%20here%20on%20architecture.MNP%20every%20Wednesday%20along%20with%20the%20Ninja%20Arithmetic%20feature%20-%20because%20hump-day%20is%20a%20bitch%20for%20ninjas,%20too::">my ninjas, please</a>‘. Find it here on AMNP every Wednesday along with the <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=58">Ninja Arithmetic</a> feature - because hump-day is a bitch for ninjas, too</em>::</em></em>
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		<title>New MNP Mixtape: One Perfect Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Our ninja Jessie - editor over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/">GreenMNP</a> - put together this siiick tracklist to share with the massive&#8230; enjoy the selections and make sure to check out all of her posts over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/green/">GreenMNP</a>. Downoald the tracks here: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3MR13JTA"><strong>GmnpPlayli$t#002</strong></a></p>
<blockquote><p>01  they say i&#8217;m different - betty davis<br />
02  gin house blues - nina simone<br />
03  the joint is jumpin&#8217; - fats waller<br />
04  i&#8217;m bad like jesse james - john lee hooker<br />
05  do i move you? - nina simone<br />
06  decapitated orgasms - five deez<br />
07  somersault - mf doom<br />
08  victory - urban thermo dynamics<br />
09  hussel (feat. afrikan boy) - m.i.a.<br />
10  innocence - björk<br />
11  lay down - floetry<br />
12  sober and unkissed - sia<br />
13  cherbourg - beirut<br />
14  in lust you can hear the axe fall - xiu xiu<br />
15  sunrise - yeasayer<br />
16  glory box - portishead<br />
17  silver stallion - cat power</p></blockquote>
<p>Also - don&#8217;t forget to check out our music site, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/music/">MusicMNP</a> [tough to remember these names, I know] for all your auditory needs. You can check out MusicMNP&#8217;s playlist from a couple weeks ago - about 90 minutes of mostly Bay Area releases from the late eighties through the mid nineties - <a target="_blank" href="http://www.myninjaplease.com/music/?p=2131">here</a>.
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		<title>Jetson Green : City Center Lofts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Preston, green ninja master over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>, writes:</p>
<p>[The first] mid-rise container building in the U.S. is planned for downtown Salt Lake City.  The project was designed by none other than Adam Kalkin, container architecture expert, and will be called <a target="_blank" href="http://www.citycenterlofts.net/index.html">City Center Lofts</a>.  The green, ultra-modern condo building will have eight units and a ground level art gallery.</p>
<p>Developed by Adam and Dessi Price of Almost 4th &#038; 4th, LLC, City Center Lofts will be constructed with 50% recycled content by weight and include features such as a green roof, on-demand hot water heaters, abundant natural light and ventilation, high performance windows, radiant heat, low VOC paints and finishes, and high efficiency air to air heat exchange and HEPA filtration.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/03/city-center-lof.html"><em>Click here to read read the rest of this article</em></a> [this is just an excerpt] over at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a>.</p>
<p>::<em>article written by Preston, founder + editor of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/">Jetson Green</a> - original article entitled C<a target="_blank" href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2008/03/city-center-lof.html">ity Center Lofts, Green Container Condos by Kalkin</a>. These articles from Jetson Green on <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">MNP’s Green Tuesdays</a> are part of a feature you can find here every week - just click any Tuesday in the calender and enjoy! And for more ‘green’ news + info, head on over to <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com//?cat=40">Green.MNP</a></em>::
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		<title>is bamboo just &#8216;greenwashing&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>A lot of companies offer bamboo flooring and panel so they can sell a green product, but many of them also use toxic adhesives and other chemicals that take away the advantages of using bamboo [click the title of this post to read the  article].
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		<title>going geothermal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>Head on over to AIARchitect to learn how to use the constant temperatures below ground to create an active, cost-efficient solar heating and cooling device for a home or business [click the title of this post to read the article].
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		<title>Hypocrite in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		
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<p>I&#8217;m going to come right out and say that this thing is a) basically the same as maaaaaaaddddd other <a target="_blank" href="http://www.daniel-libeskind.com/">Daniel Libeskind</a> designs [I&#8217;m pretty tired of these starchitects, frankly] and b) carbon copy or not, it&#8217;s kind of a mess.</p>
<p>But, being a fan of the design or not isn&#8217;t even the point - as Libeskind has taken a commission in China, a nation that he suggested architects boycott earlier this year [so, a month or so ago]. Libeskind was speaking out against the human rights violations attributed to China, and called for architects to &#8216;take a more ethical stance&#8217; - saying that HE &#8216;won&#8217;t work for totalitarian regimes&#8217;. So what&#8217;s changed, you ask? Well the project is in Hong Kong, which apparently is no longer part of China. <a target="_blank" href="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?cat=38">My ninjas, PLEASE</a>.<br />
In response to the news, his wife [and the firm&#8217;s manager] gave the following statement:</p>
<p>“This is not a dogmatic idea for Daniel,” she said. “It’s a personal thing for him. We’ve seen what has happened in Tibet, but there is a rule of law in Hong Kong that Daniel is comfortable with” [this quote, and the previous quote via <a target="_blank" href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/architecture_and_design/article3439582.ece">Times Online</a>].</p>
<p>Sorry Daniel, but you can&#8217;t separate one from the other just because you want the $do-re-me$ - which is what this is all about. Regardless of Hong Kong&#8217;s appearance, it is only that way because it is a tool of the Chinese government. While MNP isn&#8217;t taking a stance on whether or not architects should accept projects there, I will say this: anyone who thinks doing business with Hong Kong is alright but the rest of China is morally unacceptable is PLAYING HIMSELF.</p>
<p><img alt="libeskind_hong_kong-3.jpg" id="image2963" src="http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/libeskind_hong_kong-3.jpg" /></p>
<p>By the way - hasn&#8217;t Libeskind done work in Israel? He can&#8217;t see a parralel between that and the China-Tibet situation?<br />
::<a target="_blank" href="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3110409">news</a> via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/">BDonline</a>::
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