[AD201105_06] 4D Hyperlocal: A Cultural Toolkit for the Open-Source City

“One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on the planet, Aleppo now lies in tatters. This devastation of a designated World Heritage Site is a poignant example of the human and cultural cost of armed conflict — in this case the Syrian Civil War. A project run by the Center for Spatial Research at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of New York’s Columbia University is analysing satellite imagery and reports from the ground to assess the damage and casualties caused there by barrel bombs.”

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Daylight as a Driver of Change

“Improving lives goes hand in hand with improving health. Hippocrates of Kos (c. 460 – 370 BC), Considered to be the ‘Father of Western Medicine’, is renowned for his planning advice for health, in which he assigned sunlight, baths and fresh air a central role in the way cities and buildings were planned. His considerations are currently being re-introduced in planning, building and healthcare.”

—Issue #24 of Daylight and Architecture magazine. Download PDF HERE.

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Thong House in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Architecture by NISHIZAWAARCHITECTS. Photography by Hiroyuki Oki. Via ArchDaily.