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Integration of design,
strategic planning, management and information technology. For details, contact Laurie Barlow, AIA |
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View some small commercial projects built and completed in the Los Angeles area. Some of them have been torn down since. You're not a real architect until that happens! |
The Project Map I developed an interactive Google Map for discussion of Pasadena, Calif. planning and design issues, using technology to address communication issues. Feb 2009
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The
Greensward:Civitas Check out my blog, which discusses a very proactive approach to sustainability. This involves implementing a regenerative philosophy in urban areas, a healing methodology that brings Nature back into the everyday human experience. An early pioneer of this synthesis is Stuart Brand, who not only produced the Whole Earth Catalogue/Co Evolution Quarterly, but wrote an important book called How Buildings Learn. He also contributed to the 1979 California Water Atlas produced by William Kahrl, a premier government resource for the water infrastructure industry in California. Contact (in digital pig latin): nc_barlowco at yahoo dot com
Healing the Colonial disruption of native African culture with new infrastructure and civic buildings. These reflect the heritage of the African continent. The first step to integrate not only the culture but the financial and physical resources of South Africa is to establish transportation linkages. These facilities reflect the language of symbolic native culture and ecology, to rise above the old history of apartheid and visually embrace a sustainable future driven by consensus process. From a visit in 2007.
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Imagine
Mars 2004
for the kids. Then on to High School and the
Space Settlement
Competition! I've participated as an instructor and on the
judging panel since 1992. NASA's information on Space Settlement is
here.
The case for Private Space Development
The case against Private Space Development
The world is increasingly aware that fundamental changes will be
necessary to meet the growing demand for energy. There are many
possible scenarios about what may emerge in the foreseeable future.
Four such scenarios were constructed by the Millennium Project
and are presented here (excerpt from the 2006 State of the
Future)
According to Sevastyanov, there is enough helium in the Moon to power all human needs for at least a century. Indeed, the binding energy of helium is much higher than nuclear fission and even than hydrogen nuclear fusion. However, the space race has opened new and easier sources like space solar power satellites. |
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Intelligence: One step at a
time . Rationale for the development of Integrated Project Delivery for clients and professionals. A discussion on the management portal issue is here. .
Heat and Light!. A resource page that illuminates the issues .
Systems Applications. Information management supports project management in the AEC industry. Translation: AEC deliverables are produced under Customer Support in this business model. |
Charting the Design Process
. Here's the nature of the beast: early analysis and planning of the entire process pays off with lower costs, better projects and more time and effort devoted to good design. .
Free Form
. The team effort is collaborative and external, rather than the old internal heirarchal structure. This lets the information flow back into the project , even after construction and the project continues to "learn" in post-evaluation phases. |
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Search
Engine Relationship Chart
® This chart shows the data relationships between the search engines. It's the chart everybody has on their wall! But this one is interactive and updated. From Bruce Clay, Inc.
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NASA
datasets have
been specially reprocessed for use with the freely-available Google
Earth. These generate Earth studies maps which are crucial for
understanding the big global picture.
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