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Walled World
September 17, 2009Accelerated through the fear from the attacks of 9/11 and all what followed, the so called ‘Western Society’ is constructing the greatest wall ever build on this planet. On different building sites on all five inhabitable continents, walls, fences and high-tech border surveillance are under construction in order to secure...
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Lost Cities, Lost Empires
August 20, 2009The decline of cities is of all times. However it is of utmost significance when this decline goes hand in hand with the decline of an entire civilization. Their disappearance remains sometimes a mystery, very often it is a result of war but also climate changes and natural disasters...
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On Hold, Hold On
August 20, 2009‘On hold’ is probably the most heard phrase in the past several months in architecture offices around the world. What might sound at first as a slight delay has had an effect similar to stepping on an active garden hose: either the stoppage is brief and the project jumps into...
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Sky High, Dow Low
August 20, 2009In the history of modern capitalism, the direct connection between office towers and speculation is undeniable. Skyscrapers, as the most expressive typology of office buildings, are like amplitudes from glass and steel, reflecting the extremums at the stock exchange.
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Nord-Havnen
August 15, 2009For imagining a new future for Nordhavnen, it can be helpful to rethink its origin. By looking closely at this strangely shaped peninsula which was used for decades as harbour, one can easily trace the outlines of five ships.
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Work Now
June 27, 2009The project “World At Work” will be presented for the first time as physical machine in real space at the exhibition "Work Now" at the art center Z33 in Hasselt (Belgium).
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"No Way Out Of Africa" Lecture at HafenCity University Hamburg
June 07, 2009According to the ‘Out Of Africa’ theory a small group of approximately 150 people left Africa some 70.000 years ago in order to populate the rest of the world. At this time it is assumed that the human tribe counted 5.000 members, a small enough group to imagine that at...
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Visualisation Magazine Volume 2 – Circles
May 18, 2009The Visualisation Magazine Volume 2 – Circles is released, showing a brilliant collection of visualizations. TD is happy to be published in the Visualisation Magazine with an updated and reorganized version of ‘High Rise’, a national skyline. Visualisation Magazine Volume 2 – Circles Visualthinkmap Chris Watson
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Liberty City
May 05, 2009On May 5 2009, the national Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) which marks the end of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, TD and restruct were present on the Museum Square in Amsterdam to introduce the Liberty City project.TD investigates in collaboration with Partizan Publik the status of liberty in Amsterdam.