If you’ve been here before, you know that I am a major advocate of finding ways to bring the light in and people in to the outdoors as much as possible. The way our present day society works, means we spend far too much time indoors. And while no one expects to radically be able […]
The recent work done by Studio Roosegaarde at the Aflsuitdijk brought back into the spotlight the issue of light pollution. This is something that in my opinion, here in the Netherlands, does requires some attention. If not in the loop, you might be wondering why is there such an issue as light pollution. Is just […]
A while ago, Funda came up with a house design based on the information it has gathered through out the years. For those who don’t know, Funda.nl is a website for renting and/or buying real estate. For this project, it used what people mostly searched for in a house/apartment and made the ideal house based […]
While attending a recent business event, I was asked how what I advocate on Archi-Re financially benefits the architects (and implicitly their offices) that I aim to attract in this process. That made me realize that at a first glance the topic is all about the residents and not about the architects. I am a dreamer […]
The brain is truly amazing. It keeps us going, learning, keeps us safe and so much more. Its goal is to help us, so as soon as an action is repeated multiple times, the brain takes over and creates a neuronal path in order to automatize the process and preserve energy. The brain helps us […]
“To bring in the sun, that is the new and the most imperative duty of the architect”. Le Corbusier (The Charter of Athens) Reinventing the wheel is not usually seen as a good thing, as it tends to imply lack of perspective and vision. So what does that say about human beings and their intellectual capacity, […]