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  • 1.  "The History of the Future of Cities"

    Posted 02-07-2014 07:44 PM
    This message has been cross posted to the following Discussion Forums: Committee on the Environment and Regional and Urban Design Committee .
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    Friday, February 7, 2014

    "The History of the Future - The Post Oil City"

    "Post Oil City - The History of the City's Future" is the title of an exhibit currently shown at theArchitecture Department of the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Anybody who may wonder what the "history of the city's future" would be about will detect the answer quickly when strolling along the exhibit boards: Here we find neatly side by side many futuristic ideas of the past, and some of the presence. The one project really still in the future is Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. Even though Masdar supposedly represents the best of today, its luster oddly fades next to all these other ideas that now look at best quaint, at the worst ridiculous and almost always obsolete. In other words, the big ideas of the past are anything but futuristic from today's perspective, weather it is Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia, the Futurama World Fair exhibit of New York or various personal transport systems and monorails that seemed to have been a favorite topic of futurists. In the exhibit announcement promises: "Though different in method and scope, the projects presented in "Post-Oil City" all have something in common: they exemplify the combination of reason, innovation, and flexibility that we'll need to make our cities and planet sustainable for the future,"
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    Klaus Philipsen FAIA
    Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
    Baltimore MD
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  • 2.  RE:"The History of the Future of Cities"

    Posted 02-21-2014 04:11 PM
    Ladies and Gentlemen at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and Goethe-Institut Washington:
         Congratulations on Your Current "Post Oil City - The History of the City's Future" Exhibition & Workshops at the Architecture Department and Its Publicity by the American Institute of Architects Knowledge Communities "Committee on the Environment" (COTE) and "Regional and Urban Design Committee" (RUDC), as well as Your Earlier Exhibit on "... A Journey into The City of Tomorrow"!  If pdf PowerPoint Presentations are Available on-line after March 1st, I would Very Much Appreciate those links, as I will be unable to Attend from Hawaii -- Thank You!
         In a Recent AIA COTE/RUDC e-mail from Nikolaus ("Klaus") Phillipsen, FAIA, He Writes, " The one project really still in the future is Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. Even though Masdar supposedly represents the best of today ..."  For Your Institutional Information, My Article on "Masdar, sustainable desert city" is available in the 2014 McGraw-Hill Yearbook on Science and Technology via <AccessScience.com>
         Hopefully, in the near Future, I will have an Opportunity to Visit Washington, D.C. and have the Time to Visit Your Historical, Contemporary and Futures-Oriented Architecture Department Exhibition Gallery and Attend some of Your Exciting Workshops!
         Very Best Wishes for a Bright Future!!!
    Mahalo and Aloha,
    Andrew Charles Yanoviak, Arch.D., AIA, APA, CSI
    Environmental Systems Planning and Design Consultants


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    Andrew Yanoviak AIA
    Environmental Systems Planning & Design Consultants
    Honolulu HI
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