
Awesome Charrettes: Part 2 – Language
The hardest part of any charrette is encouraging full and free communication without allowing degradation into negativity and restrictions. Somehow, each of us has learned […]
Continue reading »The hardest part of any charrette is encouraging full and free communication without allowing degradation into negativity and restrictions. Somehow, each of us has learned […]
Continue reading »First, what is a charrette? The historic term comes from French design schools where project would be picked up at midnight in a cart. The […]
Continue reading »Resilience in our daily lives: Public transit, sidewalks, electric infrastructure, bike lanes all lead to resiliency, so everyone has more than one way to get […]
Continue reading »“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein In my last blog post I used www.thesolutionsproject.org to illustrate […]
Continue reading »I don’t know if I should class this as a language discussion or a systems thinking discussion, but in the understanding that true solutions come […]
Continue reading »Did I get your attention? Good. Below is a chart recently adopted by NYS as the projected Sea Level Rise levels for NYS. Through a […]
Continue reading »In recent blogs I’ve talked about the buildings systems and synergies, including the building enclosure working together with itself and with mechanical HVAC and power […]
Continue reading »I’ve had an interesting conversation on Facebook the past few days, which has reminded my that there are very few people who truly understand that […]
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