Wrath Of Gnon

@wrathofgnon

Traditionalist.

Vrijeme pridruživanja: kolovoz 2014.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. prije 1 sat

    There is no reason you can't wall a village. Here is Naganeupseong in Korea, built in 1397. Similar fortified villages exist all over the world, from Alaska to Italy to Sri Lanka and Nigeria. If it was 2-3 times larger with a proper center it would be a perfect medieval town.

  2. prije 4 sata

    Here is another famous "corporate campus". The difference needs not be pointed out, it is human scaled.

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  3. prije 4 sata

    Apparently the "greenest" top 500 corporation in the US is Cisco Systems. Look at their HQ in San Jose. Acres of parki g lots. They are just mocking us at this point: no corporation can be called green if their employees need cars to work there.

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  4. prije 19 sati
    Odgovor korisniku/ci

    Gridded cities are above all colonies, subjects. Rome and Athens are good examples of free cities (or ruling cities), as contrasted with their colonies (for example Piraeus and Londinium). I am not a fan of grids!

  5. prije 19 sati

    ... or just wide enough for a garden.

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  6. prije 19 sati

    Let me try this: just wide enough for a tram ...

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  7. prije 20 sati

    Modern art is just a giant project to generate waste. Paris, March, 2019.

  8. prije 20 sati

    The Kasr (fortified village) typically has about 1000 houses, all built with 3-5 rooms around a central courtyard, in stone of 50cm thickness, about 1000 years ago. The courtyard means no AC is needed, unlike modern homes or eco "passivhaus". At night occupants sleep on the roof.

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  9. prije 20 sati

    The designer of the inside of this carbuncle (the outside he is not responsible for), John Pawson, undoubtedly reserves the nicer things for himself and his family. Here is his home in the Cotswolds, complete with a medieval fish pond.

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  10. prije 20 sati

    Souk Lalla Achou in the middle, is about 0.2 acres, used as a market square on most days. Not many parking spaces in this city.

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  11. prije 20 sati

    The holy city of Beni Isguen in Algeria, funded in A.D. 1051 and originally walled twice over (only one set remains today). 0.14 km², with about 7500 inhabitants (about 54k per km² without any buildings taller than two floors).

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  12. prije 21 sat

    When your local UK politicians say they are committed to fighting global warming, just hold up a photo of the Design Museum. If they don't care, why should we?

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  13. prije 21 sat

    On the left, the environmental disaster that is The Design Museum in Kensington, £83 million in 2016, expected life span: 30 years, with a bit of luck and millions in funding. On the right, Cafe Wien in Wernigerode, built by hand in A.D. 1583, ca. £10, sustainable indefinitely.

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  14. prije 22 sata

    Most people use their backyards far less than they think they do.

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  15. 3. velj

    The interior is even worse. Full of colorful garbage in simplistic shapes that mirrors the contents of your weekly plastic recycling bin. But with an average price of £29.95.

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  16. 3. velj
    Odgovor korisnicima

    It is easy to overdo things with trees, but it is hard to deny that they are popular. The main square in Bratislava was turned into a park after it lost its civic function after the communist takeover. Squares are bourgeoisie maybe? It was far more rustic in 1843.

  17. 2. velj

    “Postwar America spent most of its fortune on a single project, building bigger houses farther apart from one another, and the result was that people ran into each other less: the number of close friends claimed by the average American dropped by half.” — Falter, Bill McKibben

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  18. 2. velj

    “A lack of social connection carries with it a risk of premature death similar to that of smoking and is roughly twice as dangerous to our health as obesity.” — America the Anxious, Ruth Whippman, 2016

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  19. 2. velj
    Odgovor korisniku/ci

    The pot has a rounded bottom and is called hagama (羽釜), the wooden lid (木蓋) is shaped like that to not lose it shape from decades of use and to be heavy enough to create a tight seal over the lid. A sort of pressure cooker, cuts down on fuel use. The modern is called 炊飯器.

  20. 1. velj
    Odgovor korisnicima

    First Reich was the Best Reich. Also they had the Italian Hajnal line of Butter down perfectly.

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