Water

The second incarnation of the Project Global triptych investigates the water cycle—relevant as both input and output for the metropolitan metabolism. The thematic spans in terms of scale and lens: from geopolitical aspects to the individual human body, seeking to explore water as a crucial factor in the design of the built environment. Vienna served as an exemplar of a modern planned metropolis, related to water infrastructure and regulations. Mexico City, a city flooding and at the same time running out of water, formed the ground for interrogation.


1R, XK, XDK, XLDK

The average size of an apartment is sixty seven square meters per household. Many agents will refer to the price of the apartment per tsubo (one tsubo = 3.3 sqm).

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“AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY”

Certain spaces are framed out of the urban condition, made impenetrable to the public domain, mostly for security reasons. Power plants, control rooms, electrical cabins, transformers, and emergency fire hydrants, represent the high number of “pocket-spaces”, or “urban pockets”, within contemporary cities.

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地産地消
(CHISAN-CHISSHO)

“Chisan-chissho” is a japanese expression that literally means “local production, local consumption”, as it advocates particular local dynamics in relation to power, and therefore distribution and consumption on the smaller scale.

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CLEAN COAL

When it comes to Fuel, public opinion has been determinant in defining what is an environment friendly means of running our cities and what is not. What is a ‘Clean’ fuel and what are the ‘Dirty’ ones.

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ELECTRICITY METER

An electronic meter is an automatic reader that measures electricity usage and monitors power quality, communicating the data to the gateway node.

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