Headline & Editorial
Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
The Opinion
Magazine -> #13 Conscious projectEach second that passes means three more people are living on our planet. The demographic explosion - that has taken the world's population from 1.6 billion people at the beginning of the twentieth century to 6.12 billion at the start of the new millennium - is accelerating at an alarming rate, seriously threatening the planet's survival. The ec...
continue..“Their” Africa
Magazine -> #13 Conscious projectBurgeoning China and India are very much in the political and economic limelight lately. This once again means that Africa and its tragic conditions are put to shade, being considered little more than a source of natural riches ready for the pickings. This interview with the anthropologist Marco Aime, who spends long periods in Africa for his studi...
continue..The Hydrogen Economy by Jeremy Rifkin
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecology“Yes friends, I firmly believe that one day water will be used as fuel. The hydrogen and oxygen that go to make it up are a source of heat and light…” So spoke Julius Verne in 1874. His words not only strike us today for their foresightedness, but they also hold out hope for us in an age faced with at least three major threats such as food sh...
continue..Ecology Economy Ecumenism
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyYou’ve written that one of the tragic circumstances befalling our times is the fracture dividing the economy, ecology and ecumenism. The modern world in its Western, dominant and domineering version is characterised by a separation into spheres. That’s both its strength, because such differentiation allows for greater rationality and freedom, ...
continue..Beijing looks ahead
Magazine -> #12 Waiting for ChinaWhen and why did you establish the Graduate Center? The Graduate Center of Architecture at Peking University (Beida) was established in 1999 and classes were first offered in 2000. I have always valued the importance of research in architecture and the ideal research platform has always been the one that is built upon interactions between practice...
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