drbubb Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Inspiring Images of our Energy Future A great one to start with / source: http://www.donfoley.com = = = = = LINKS: Environmental Art : http://greenmuseum.org/what_is_ea.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cletus VanDamme Posted April 2, 2006 Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 What about BedZed, it's not a concept, it's a completed development, powered by CHP, solar and wind. http://www.bedzed.org.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbubb Posted April 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2006 Bedzed... if it works, and is an appealing place to live, they will build more. But it looks very gimmicky to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cletus VanDamme Posted April 7, 2006 Report Share Posted April 7, 2006 Bedzed...if it works, and is an appealing place to live, they will build more. But it looks very gimmicky to me Haven't heard much about BedZed for a couple of years now. But it features from time to time in The Guardian and Observer, e.g. http://www.guardian.co.uk/airlines/story/0,,1723804,00.html Apparently we will see more BedZeds in the future, up to 500 more per year: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/st...1604405,00.html We need to see a BedZed in a trendy area before it takes off though, no-man's land outside Croydon isn't good enough, maybe a BedZed in Crouch End would be good for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spline Posted April 8, 2006 Report Share Posted April 8, 2006 Interesting historical visions of the future ... The House of Tomorrow 1933-1934 Designed by: George Fred Keck + own airplane hangar + machine dishwasher + energy efficient 12-sided wedding cake shape + all-glass hermetically sealed walls + humidity controlled air-con and dust free + electric eye doors + passive solar heating Links: http://www.historiclandmarks.org/feature/feature0802.html http://www.nps.gov/indu/History/House%20of%20Tomorrow.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansouryar Posted November 21, 2007 Report Share Posted November 21, 2007 . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollandPark Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 LOL sharks win, i suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansouryar Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Man’s effort to move better … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansouryar Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Sorry if you've seen these pictures before: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gall...cture=333204031 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbubb Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Man’s effort to move better … Circular logic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrieb Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Man’s effort to move better … That's Shanghai Nanpu Bridge Interchange taken by Edward Burtysky, I was just looking through his site for for more pictures for this thread and I found the same picture in his China page under urban renewal. http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/ more pictures here I can't link to any of the photographs at the site, but I recommend you check out the Nickle Tailings, Tire mountains and Ship breaking beaches in Bangladesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mansouryar Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Circular logic? I don’t know that Michael; am not an expert of civil engineering or architecture neither. However, this is an architectural masterpiece in my opinion, as a layperson. We need such things to move better and use less energy. This picture reminded me some scenes of sci-fi movies like “Minority Report”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrieb Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 I don’t know that Michael; am not an expert of civil engineering or architecture neither. However, this is an architectural masterpiece in my opinion, as a layperson. We need such things to move better and use less energy. This picture reminded me some scenes of sci-fi movies like “Minority Report”. I agree that it is a architectural master piece, at first It looks like an Escher drawing but it is a brave and interesting piece of architecture and I probably wouldn't expect to see such a innovative structure here in England. It shows the incredible innovative design skills and vision of traffic planners doing their very best to cut traffic congestion by making traffic flow faster using conventional wisdom. However I have to agree with Andres Duany when he says that 'what a city needs to decide, is whether you want traffic congestion as a constant, its a constant and this has been know since the 1950s that traffic will grow to fill capacity, what you need to decide is, if you would like to have your allotment of traffic congestion at four lanes, or whether you would like your congestion at eight lane or traffic congestion at twelve lanes or at twenty four lanes...' 'As long as traffic flows people make idiotic decisions about where they live and where they work' part 2 of the lecture, well worth watching all 9. So having things moving better ends up being factored into where you live and work ultimately using more energy and stopping things moving better. I would have actually fully agreed with you that the Nanpu Bridge was better for energy use and traffic congestion until I read the 'New Urbanism, New Vision thread' and viewed the Andres Duany lecture, its made me think about traffic problems/solutions in a completely new light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrieb Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Edit: double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbubb Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 However, this is an architectural masterpiece in my opinion, as a layperson. We need such things to move better and use less energy. This picture reminded me some scenes of sci-fi movies like “Minority Report”. Eventually, they will build an eye-popping skyscraper in the middle of it I would have actually fully agreed with you that the Nanpu Bridge was better for energy use and traffic congestion until I read the 'New Urbanism, New Vision thread' and viewed the Andres Duany lecture, its made me think about traffic problems/solutions in a completely new light. Agreed. For readers of GEI, I would say that one of the best investments of time would be to watch Duane's videos about New Urbanism: here Want a bright and less-polluted future?? Help spread the "Cars are Last" movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drbubb Posted May 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 That painting is tremendously evocative! Are there any others? Is it one of a series? It is not related to the book, as far as I knows. But it seemed to fit the book review. Here's where it comes from: http://www.androidblues.com/gallery/roadtrip2.jpg "The art of Steven Stahlberg" Here's another from the same source The prodigal son returns to the old homestead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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