FLUCTUAT NEC MERGITUR

Plenty of water can be a blessing and a curse. Both Tokyo, formerly Edo, and Paris have suffered damages from river overflow and heavy rainfalls since the beginning of time.

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KODAN EXPERIMENTAL HOUSING PROJECT

In the late 70s the Japanese government in collaboration with the private sector started a research on how to design housing that can last longer while being able to adapt to the changes that come with time. Kodan Experimental Housing Project (KEP) was one of those researches.

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LA FONDATION
(THE FOUNDATION)


Titans of industry have long made contributions to charitable causes. Modern philanthropy is a Gilded Age invention, meant to battle the increasing socio-economic inequality following industrialization. Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was the first to give away most of hist vast fortune to endow – among others – universities, concert venues, and almost three thousand libraries.

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NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER

The Nakagin Capsule still stands today in the neighbourhood of Giza. In oblivion, the soon to be demolished building awaits its destiny. The first of his class, capsules were a recurrent theme in Metabolism, an architectural movement of the late 50s in Japan.  A post-war opportunity to change, where theoretical and tangible projects were created based on the reshaping of the new city.

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PEPPER®

Manufactured by SoftBank Robotics, Pepper was first introduced in 2014. A semi-humanoid robot with the ability to read emotions through expressions and voice data recording. Often used in hospitality, pepper sells at the price of 1.600 dollars, by 2018, 12.000 units were sold in Europe alone.

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