tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554683912127026689.post3554823703346095052..comments2023-03-22T14:43:36.202+00:00Comments on Millennium People: a new london topographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554683912127026689.post-28351931373020602932009-10-14T09:48:11.895+01:002009-10-14T09:48:11.895+01:00It's a bit like watching any of those disaster...It's a bit like watching any of those disaster films – the heros are driving along and suddenly an asteroid rips across the sky and you're all like 'wow. that's awesome, I wish I could see that, but not be there.' and then you suck on your coke and pop some corn and realise that's exactly what is happening. I guess I like dreaming about the architectural equivalent of this double-think desire to indulge in destruction. *Nods at Ballard*Jack Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05526180971020730260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554683912127026689.post-91580207912777198792009-10-14T03:38:01.651+01:002009-10-14T03:38:01.651+01:00If the world population declines, as I fervently h...If the world population declines, as I fervently hope it will over time (lest Malthus be proved right), then this will become an issue facing the sprawling cities... How will they shrink? Will it be a sea of abandoned and rotting buildings (like half the Soviet Union is now) or will it be something more akin to your collage. I wonder if we'll be around to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554683912127026689.post-22827408010761632672009-10-12T22:26:29.678+01:002009-10-12T22:26:29.678+01:00That's an interesting take on it - unfortunate...That's an interesting take on it - unfortunately I had all the steam knocked from my sails when my tutors pointed out that it sounded like all I was doing was proposing a neo-post-modernism.<br /><br />Phh.<br /><br />The work I am doing directly at the AA is over at <a href="www.interseven.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Inter 7</a> to keep Millennium People 100% Millennium Pure.Jack Selfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05526180971020730260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554683912127026689.post-38072572204307334252009-10-11T23:18:57.109+01:002009-10-11T23:18:57.109+01:00Awesome project, keep us informed on how it goes. ...Awesome project, keep us informed on how it goes. The London Renaissance you referred to earlier, are you considering this a sort've worldwide phenomenon, where pilgrims come from China or India to study the sublime and paint Billy Turner knock-offs? What would be the impetus for something like this to happen?Kevin Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818068661869465555noreply@blogger.com