Historically, the idea of the sublime is often associated with grand and astounding natural scenery. This thesis investigates a twenty-first century idea of the sublime that includes dissonant phenomena such as extreme weather conditions due […]
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Newsletter (in Dutch) on the new law on spatial development
Please follow this link http://eepurl.com/cjWnTf Yours, Paul R.
Fourth (and last) letter on the sublime (introducing the Zen perspective)
‘Ningyo’ (Mermaid) by Katsushika Hokusai (1808) credits: many thanks to Derek Middleton, the language editor of all four letters Kyoto, Japan, February 2008 Highly esteemed Mister Venturous, Mister Criterion and dear Nana, dear […]
Famous oaktree Highway 58 to be cut down
This week, from October 17 to 25 at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven with the theme: What if…. There is an exhibition by a group of designers that have been commissioned by the National […]
Conversations with students, part I: land-art
There is a series of books called ‘conversations with students’. Various architects and other guru-like teachers are portrayed, as they interact with students. You can find a list here. I particularly like the book on […]
End of the year review: three future prospects for research through designing
‘echo of emptiness’ collage by Zuzana Jančovičová (see below) Being a teacher means to be future oriented. Whatever I bring from the past to my students will always be transformed into something that cannot yet […]
A near future with external memory storage and Bionet >>> wait a minute… bionet?
Will landscape experiences change by the influences of smartphones and on-site-extensive-information (OSEI)? Yes, probably just as radical as novels and travel guides have changed the perspective of the tourist/public gaze, since they first became popular. […]
Excerpts of stories that help to shape (urban) landscape experience
Starting this new year, 2014, I intend to create posts that are different from what I wrote about in the past months. There are literary excerpts to be shared with you, containing diverse aspects of […]
European Jungles
As a child I fantasized about woodlands bigger than the ones that existed in my native – Dutch – country. Big canopy trees with widespread roots and branches to hold a treehouse or two. Hills […]
Midsummer Journey
The last five days I spent with my long time friends driving two times a thousand kilometers to (re)find ourselves in the pristine Swedish landscape. We drove all through the night having little naps or […]
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