April 2013
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SOMOS LUZ (We are light)
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Begonia I building. Avda. de los Poetas. El Chorrillo (Panamá)
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Using participative urban art as a tool to encourage regeneration in run down communities
The
new painted layer rejects the rigid grid that usually defines private
housing units, in favor of an overall colorful message that encourages
the community concept.
Read more:http://europaconcorsi.com/projects/227357
Read more:http://europaconcorsi.com/projects/227357
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10th April 2013
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Architect and Artist Paolo Soleri (1919-2013)
Paolo Soleri died Tuesday morning at the age of 93.
He was an artist and an architect known for his critical views on urban sprawl and the development of Arcosanti, an experimental sustainable community in Arizona. He moved to the US to work for Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin West in 1946.
His entire life was dedicated to his dream the ideal sustainable city and to promote the concept of "Arcology".(Archcitecture+Ecology).
From: Phoneix News
