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Castelgrande’s bunker-like entrance captured in photos by Simone Bossi

by Dezeen | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized

Swiss architect Aurelio Galfetti’s stark hillside entrance to the medieval Castelgrande in Bellinzona, Switzerland is the focus of this architectural photography series by Simone Bossi. Captured on film, the series highlights the imposing qualities of the...

Rome’s Colosseum arena set to be reconstructed with retractable floor

by Dezeen | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized

The Italian government is planning to add a retractable floor to the Colosseum amphitheatre in Rome so that performances can be held within the arena. Under the plans developed by the Colosseum Archaeological Park and Italy’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage and...

Bjarke Ingels’ Masterplanet vision for Earth is “a continuation of the colonialist project” says Liam Young

by Dezeen | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized

Developing a masterplan for the planet could entrench existing inequalities and make climate change worse, according to the architect behind the new Planet City movie. Architect Liam Young described the Masterplanet project by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) as “a...

Haneul Kim fashions plastic stool from 1,500 discarded surgical masks

by Dezeen | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized

South Korean designer Haneul Kim has collected thousands of used disposable face masks from his university campus and recycled them to create a stackable stool. Called Stack and Stack, the project hopes to set an example for how the 129 billion single-use face-masks...

Liam Young’s Planet City could tackle climate change by housing 10 billion people in a single metropolis

by Dezeen | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized

The entire population of the earth could live in a giant sustainable city occupying a fraction of the earth’s surface, freeing the rest of the world for rewilding and the return of stolen lands, according to a new movie by architect Liam Young. Young’s...
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“A bee puts to shame many an architect in the construction of her honeycomb cells. But what distinguishes the worst architect from the best of bees is this, that the architect raises his structure in imagination before he erects it in reality.”
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Karl Marx – Das Kapital

Refugio bee shelters by MaliArts – source: Dezeen

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