It is clear that knowledge, as experience, is at the core of the design of both these spaces. They provide iconic examples of how space can reproduce knowledge and shape actions.
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A space to dance: “the community of stars”, Bangkok, Thailand
Last week, in Bangkok, I visited a magical little place…
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Chess, Life & the City: from Bogotá to Geneva
Do you know how to play chess? Some people would classify it as an ‘intellectual’ game. Apparently chess is very much like life, it teaches you to think, plan, organise your thoughts, and take action. “The modern game—essentially unchanged now for about 500 years—is perfectly designed to stretch the human mind to its outermost limits,…
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Re-imagining spaces in the city: Clear out or collaborate?
(Leer en Español….) Somewhere today, on the streets of northern Bogotá, Jhonatan sells what Colombians know as ‘arepas’. They are delicious maize pancake-like things that are split through the middle and stuffed with cheese, ham and scrambled eggs, at your command. They are usually quite cheap, no more than $3,000 COL ($1.00 USD), depending on what…
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