Rankings periodically come out listing various cities and countries in terms of GDP or "gross national happiness" or other measure of the quality of life. The process is inherently reductive and tries to judge widely different contexts against the same measure. GDP is the simplest means of comparison, roughly calculating the sum total of economic... Continue Reading →
04/14: Sourcemap and Trash/Track
'Out of sight, out of mind' applies often to most of the goods we buy. Everything I own or use has had a long life before it got to me and will likely have a long and much more sordid life after. As abstract concepts, it is easy to understand that the cell phone in my... Continue Reading →
04/05: The Agency of Mapping
The following is a written response to The Agency of Mapping by James Corner. Corner - Agency of MappingDownload James Corner objects to the depiction and use of mapping as a tool for representation, a means of describing objective and neutral truth. To Corner mapping is an active, engaging and revealing process which is able... Continue Reading →
01/12: Map versus Plan
A brief post today, wrapping up documentation for the Medellin armature project. First, a bit of site analysis. At a certain scale the world plan seems inappropriate. Map would seen to indicate a bit more freedom, a bit more looseness resulting from trying to represent a territorial scale. Even design moves, taken at this scale,... Continue Reading →
Adam Achrati 