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  • Mass Exodus and the New Megalopolis

    Focusing on the impact our transition into a post-planetary society may have on our home planet, “Mass Exodus and the New Megalopolis” looks into the future of existing cities and the emergence of new metropolitan hubs and regional and global networks. A big thanks to my partners, Mateusz Rek and Berkay Guney, for everything they did to help […]

    May 17, 2014 / Brian Pickard / No Comments

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  • Mass Exodus and the New Megalopolis: Research Proposal

    Our research group in the Post-Planetary Design seminar at Parsons is focusing on the impact our transition into a post-planetary society may have on our home planet. Our research centers around (1) the future of existing cities, (2) the emergence of new metropolitan hubs, which will be covered primarily by Mateusz Rek, and (3) the […]

    April 3, 2014 / Brian Pickard / 4 Comments

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  • Presentation from the Post Planetary Capital Symposium

    For those of you who were interested but unable to attend the Post Planetary Capital Symposium on Monday, March 24th, at The Center for Transformative Media at Parsons The New School for Design, I have uploaded images of the slides from my presentation and included my notes in the captions. I encourage you to provide feedback […]

    March 27, 2014 / Brian Pickard / 14 Comments

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  • Introducing “Mass Exodus & the New Megalopolis”

    I will be presenting a brief introduction to “Mass Exodus and the New Megalopolis” at the Post Planetary Capital Symposium this Monday, March 24th, at The Center for Transformative Media at Parsons The New School for Design. “Mass Exodus and the New Megalopolis” is a research project my colleagues Berkay Guney, Mateusz Rek, and I are working on as […]

    March 22, 2014 / Brian Pickard / 3 Comments

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  • Archi-fi: Design looking forward

    Still of Alexis Rhee in Blade Runner (1982)

    Architecture, as a practice and a field of study, exists in constant tension between the pragmatic and the innovative, between tradition and the desire to invent an entirely new reality. Architecture is itself a form of science-fiction. Imagining a world that does not yet exist, from the spaces and forms to the environment and technology […]

    February 11, 2014 / Brian Pickard / No Comments

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