tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post117095099630899167..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Urbanlab Wins City of the FutureLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1171303025268381092007-02-12T11:57:00.000-06:002007-02-12T11:57:00.000-06:00To all interested, Urbanlab and other Chicago part...To all interested, Urbanlab and other Chicago participants (Garofalo Architects, Sierralto/Strawn) will be giving brief presentations on their projects at the UIC School of Architecture on February 19th, 2007. The lecture starts at 6pm in Gallery 1100, and will allow for discussion at the end of the presentations.<BR/><BR/>UIC SoA lectures sometimes get crowded (like LOT-EK last week), so get there around 5:30 or so if you definitely want a seat.<BR/><BR/>Also, Thom Mayne is coming up in April- not to be missed.Jwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290836819977286554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-1171218732203613862007-02-11T12:32:00.000-06:002007-02-11T12:32:00.000-06:00Technically, I cant argue with the assessment made...Technically, I cant argue with the assessment made by an engineering aquaintance that this scheme is eco-baloney. <BR/><BR/>Still, while it may not be feasible to create a series of open sewers lined with habitations, which also steal away the drinking water of New Orleans, and running the CTA through abandoned sewer tunnels, it does create a visually compelling vision of the kind of habitat we would like to build for the future. <BR/><BR/>The basic difference between engineering and architecture is that one solves practical problems, while the other helps society define and express the problems we want to solve. <BR/><BR/>This beautifully executed vision does the latter. It expresses our collective desire to inhabit the earth in harmony with nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com