On July 18th, 2013, the City of Detroit made U.S. history with the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country to date. “There is no roadmap… Read More »Detroit resilience, from reporting lines to desire lines
At D0, the half burnt man-tree destiny seems to be inexorably linked to his destroyed environment. The overall perspective raises the question of any possible… Read More »Do cities learn from getting burned?
A wildfire is an uncontrolled fire impacting a bush area. But as shown by the Australian tragedy, this definition could well be applied to urban… Read More »Do cities learn from getting burned?
The below work is inspired from the “Drawn Stones” of artist Goldsworthy, located at the entrance of the de Young museum, San Francisco.The original cracks… Read More »Feeling Sorry for SF.
To the question “Is San Francisco ready for the next quake?” you will find city officials saying yes (1) and experts saying no (2). On… Read More »Feeling Sorry for SF.
Climate change and regular heatwaves enhance the need for urban planning strategies to rebalance grey infrastructures with green “systems”. Urban citizens applaud the idea. Canopies… Read More »How green is urban resilience?
In the below work, the symbolic meaning of the place takes shape through a young girl drawing a sculpture of Korean artist Lim Dong-Mak. Point… Read More »How green is urban resilience?
The below series of photographs have been taken in Venice in April 2019. The first two underscore a self-delusion leading nowhere. Moving from D0 to… Read More »Venice: the failure of resilience.
When Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), better known as Canaletto, painted the Canareggio canal of Venice, could he guess that he would contribute, three centuries later,… Read More »Venice: the failure of resilience.
Is there any chance to escape urban data? The answer is simply no. Why? Because we are the data. We consume data, we create data,… Read More »Smart city.