...yet an Artificial Topography

... this time in Ordos, Mongolia!

Chinese Domination

In the near future,

China will need 2,800 airplanes within 20 years.

Chinese air traffic shall by multiply by 4 and the amount of aircrafts by 9!

(Up-to-date, Americans takes the plane twice per year, Europeans takes the plane once per year, Chinese takes the plane once each other 30 years).

Furthermore,

In 2013 a space machine is expected to explore the Moon soils during 90 days,

In 2017, selected samples will be brought to Earth and,

between 2020 and 2030 Chinese astronauts will operate permanently on the Moon ground (Americans are expecting to operate their space station by 2024).

…who said China could only manufacture cheap t-shirts?

Source: BBDO, December 2009

To know more about my living experience in China click here.

It's been demolished; razed; obliterated

…It's much cheaper this way. Restoring it would take too much time and money…

Photos: Jorge Ayala

To know more about my living experience in China click here.

Plasma Studio TV Show

Dynamic and sparkling -seeking for a coffee- also frank and funny, Eva Castro interacted with Middle East TV Show -journalists, producers and team- last week.

With this combination of pragmatism and radical thinking (in her thick South American accent) Eva answered an interview about the direction her practice is taking, developing new inclusive and responsive processes of design applied at many types of projects, in different scales.

Backstage

Special Thanks to Beirut-based Rima Ghosn and Pamela Tannoury, Abu Dhabi TV producers for including PlasmaStudio in their agendas.

Landscape Urbanism_ESA Mars 2010

Jorge Ayala commencera le séminaire Landscape Urbanism Lundi 1 mars 2010 à 9 heures à l'Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture [ESA] à Paris, dans le cadre de la 4^ème et la 5^ème année d'architecture.

To know more about ESA Paris click here.

AALU Thickened Waterfront_Drawings

Thickened Waterfront Concept

AA Landscape Urbanism

Lead by:

AALU Tutors Eduardo Rico, Alfredo Ramirez

AALU Director Eva Castro

Design Team: Jorge Ayala, Hossein Kachabi, Minjoo Baek

To know more about AA Landscape Urbanism click here.

AALU Thickened Waterfront_Masterplan

Thickened Waterfront Concept
AA Landscape Urbanism

Lead by:
AALU Tutors Eduardo Rico, Alfredo Ramirez
AALU Director Eva Castro

Design Team: Jorge Ayala, Hossein Kachabi, Minjoo Baek

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To know more about AA Landscape Urbanism click here.