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The City of Dangsan Namu: A Photo Essay
The City of Dangsan Namu is not a place, but a mindset and a state of being. In this way, it can exist anywhere that people and trees have a respectful…
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Patrick M. Lydon
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The City of Dangsan Namu: An Introduction
There is a link between how we see a tree, and how sustainable a city can be
Apr 11
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Patrick M. Lydon
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March 2024
The Benefits of Loving a Typhoon
Last year Suhee and I were invited to the Suncheon Visual Media Center in Korea for a talk. During the talk, one audience member told us an amazingly…
Mar 27
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Patrick M. Lydon
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Bikes, Parks, Kids, and the Slow Tide of a Political Movement
A true story of a politician and his 'crazy' idea for making cities more livable
Mar 13
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Patrick M. Lydon
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February 2024
Staying Put: How to Replace Public Transit with Cars, Part 2
This week we imagine what our urban areas would look like if everyone had electric cars, and we completely removed public transit, cycling, and walking…
Feb 28
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A New Space, Part V: A Tea Bar Materializes (kind of)
This week, a few photos of the progress on our studio and herb tea bar. We stick with the theme of using all of this pallet wood, but this time, it gets…
Feb 21
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Patrick M. Lydon
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Moving Through: How to Replace Public Transit with Cars, Part 1
Somebody asked recently, why not just have everyone drive electric cars, and make wider roads. They proposed that, for the sake of our freedom and the…
Feb 14
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Patrick M. Lydon
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A New Space, Part IV: Pallet to Wood Floor!
I am going to spoil the surprise by saying that we have a new wood floor, made almost entirely from lovingly-restored wood shipping pallets! Just to…
Feb 7
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Patrick M. Lydon
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January 2024
Wolf in the Garden
If we take the time to see what is called ‘difficulty’ without judgment, we find both lessons and opportunities are waiting for us. On a recent trip…
Jan 31
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Patrick M. Lydon
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A New Space, Part III: On Smallness and Moving Slow (with guest writing from Suhee)
If you just joined, we are continuing The Beginnings of a New Space, a series charting our progress, as we remodel a building for our planned studio in…
Jan 24
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Beautifully Abnormal Urban Japan, Part II: Jūsō and The Pedestrian Empires
Last time in Part I of this series, we explored the rail corridor between Osaka and Kobe, uncovering why it is so cheap and reliable compared to those…
Jan 17
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The Beginnings of a New Space: Part II
links between upcycling pallets, modularity, and Japanese architecture
Jan 12
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