FutureCityLab (ftr.ct.lb)
ftr.ct.lb is a collaboration of leading engineers, universities and scientists worldwide in or- der to elaborate a (positive) urban vision for the next generations.
This vision should help to establish the planning directions that we need to take today.
See more visions and join the discussion here ftrctlb.com
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FutureCityLab participant Wolfgang Kessling (Transsolar) is featured at TED.
In April this year Wolfgang Kessling of Transsolar was talking at the TEDx Summit in Doha about outdoor comfort showing our projects for the FIFA football world championship bit in Qatar and Masdar city plaza.
Today the talk got featured at the main TED page and already hit 100.000 views!
Have a look at the inspiring talk or try the outdoor comfort calculator by yourself:
http://www.transsolar.com/index.htm?../01_startseite/01_outdoor_comfort_calculator_d.htm
(via transsolar)
How much PV do you need for a generic family in Northern Europe?
Wolgang Kessling of TRANSSOLAR has the answer!
Wolfgang Kessling at TEDxBerlin 2011
In 2010 Thomas Auer was speaking at the TEDxHamburg about why design matters (have a look at the talk here) in 2011 Wolfgang Kessling from our Munich branch was invited to Berlin to talk about High Energy.
This week the talks were finally published online and you can have a look at the inspiring talk. It´s worth seeing not only for the once who are interested how much PV panels a generic family needs to satisfy their electricity demand. Guess: Is it 10.000, 1.000 or 10 sam. I am sure you will be surprised by the answer.
(via transsolar)
Interview with Thomas Auer of Transsolar in Italian magazine CITY VISION magazine:
This issue deals with the past and the future, conservation and innovation. Innovation is an art. It is an art to know how to grant a new, unique vision to the world. It is because of this talent that I always regarded Francesco Borromini as one of the key innovators of his time and the one that laid the foundations for what we call parametric architecture today, or rather, the possibility to transform variable geometric entities into a calculated series to obtain something that is geometrically new. Transforming architecture into spacial innovation while still maintaining a relationship with established traditions was the key to Borromini’s success and the concept that inspired cityvision.
