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6 Container House, Melaque, Mexico

Welcome to "design" tuesdays at myninjaplease! the aim in these parts is to pose questions about the world around us. to get started, we would like to showcase a local, Costalegre development unfolding out in Melaque, Mexico. the architect is working primarily with stucco, cement, and shipping containers. having recently breathed a level 3 hurricane that basically wiped out the whole town, the house will have to endure the possibility of another tide in the next ten years. is stucco really necessary?

Wall Art Chair

The first foldable cantilever chair, goes from wall art to functional furniture with a flick of the wrist. With an inspiring take on the maximization of space and the transformation of an object from 2D to 3D, it epitomizes designer Dror Benshetrita€™s vision: the emotion of art intertwined with simple poetics of form following function.AA

Designer: Dror Benshetrit

from yankodesign

Tham & VidegA¥rd Hansson - House K

First and foremost - linear houses are great, and I wish I had one. That fact, combined with both the simplicity of the volume [its a box] and that scale-like siding has me drooling over Tham & VidegA¥rd Hansson Arkitekter’s [of Sweden] House K [located in Stocksund, North of Stockholm].

The 285 square meter house was completed in November of 2004 - with a structure constructed of site cast concrete, finished in white plaster and white ash [interior wood details, seen below].

Read the rest at architecture.mnp

William Rodriguez

William Rodriguez, is a native of Puerto Rico, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the State of New Jersey. On September 11, 2001, and for approximately nineteen years prior thereto, Rodriguez was employed as a maintenance worker at the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York, New York.

On 9/11, Rodriguez single-handedly rescued fifteen (15) persons from the WTC, and as Rodriguez was the only person at the site with the master key to the North Tower stairwells, he bravely led firefighters up the stairwell, unlocking doors as they ascended, thereby aiding in the successful evacuation of unknown hundreds of those who survived. Rodriguez, at great risk to his own life, re-entered the Towers three times after the first, North Tower impact at about 8:46 A.M., and is believed to be the last person to exit the North Tower alive, surviving the building’s collapse by diving beneath a fire truck. After receiving medical attention at the WTC site for his injuries, Rodriguez spent the rest of 9/11 aiding as a volunteer in the rescue efforts, and at dawn the following morning, was back at Ground Zero continuing his heroic efforts.

Rodriguez lost his employment of 19 years and his means of earning a living as a direct result of the attacks on the WTC on 9/11. Deeply affected, as one might imagine, by his experiences of 9/11, Rodriguez has, in a variety of capacities and through several different organizations, worked ever since that terrible day to help others who were affected by the atrocities committed. He has continued in these labors, notwithstanding the fact that, due to the loss of his employment, he has been unable to earn a living, and was even homeless for a time.

william911 :: via goodkarmapr

thanks to antonio for sending this

Creek n Crag’s - Wild Canopy Reserve

unusualhotelsoftheworld via ecotourismblog

Surface View murals

Surface View creates "bespoke wall murals" for ninjas’ walls

via chicago.apartmenttherapy

Detroit Citizens Turn to Urban Gardening

In the July issue of Harpers magazine, writer Rebecca Solnit explored modern-day Detroit and found that the wilderness was returning to the city’s many abandoned buildings and empty lots. Her piece, "Detroit Arcadia: Exploring the Post-American Landscape", showed how some city dwellers were reclaiming those empty lots by turning them into urban community gardens. While Solnit’s piece was rightfully dinged in letters to the editor for being too optimistic that these activities would somehow lift all those living in Detroit out of poverty, the idea of new life returning to what was once one of the most populous cities in America is fascinating.

Now the Detroit Free Press offers a more down-to-earth take on the city’s gardens and microfarms in a piece published late last month. Click through to read about urban farms in old, roofless factories, and how the city and foundations actively support the new farming methods.

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Chuck Chair

harryallendesign via freshome

Sao Paolo on the bill

With the "Clean City" legislation, the government of the Brazilian megalopolis of 11 million (the most populous city in the Southern Hemisphere) aims for a cultural overhaul:

…This city…overwhelmed by what the authorities call visual pollution, plans to press the "delete all" button and offer its residents unimpeded views of their surroundings.

But in proposing to transform the landscape, officials have unleashed debate and brought into conflict sharply differing concepts of what this city, South America’s largest and most prosperous, should be. City planners, architects and environmental advocates have argued enthusiastically that the prohibition, through a new "clean city" law, brings SA£o Paulo a welcome step closer to an imagined urban ideal.

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