Konstantin Dukhovnyy, IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika, 3/3/14 New Amsterdam, New York, New World, yet nothing new in the greed of the few. One of the most surprising yet understandable events that Russell Shorto’s Island at the Center of the World highlighted was how the settlement of New Amsterdam was taken by England and renamed New […]
Konstantin Dukhovnyy, IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika, 3/3/14 The evolution of sustainability in today’s society has led to a better understanding of the world we live in and the ground we walk on. As the “New York Restoration Project and ‘Edge-ucation’ Pavillion” showed us, more emphasis is being put on creating a sustainable landscape and public space, […]
Konstantin Dukhovnyy, IDC 4001H – Prof. Maciuika, 1/29/14 The ideals of Rousseau, Marx, and Paz have been lost in today’s age of so-called “efficiency.” Each of the three pieces describes how modernism has corrupted society and the individual. Corporations don’t care about ethics, governments aren’t looking to change society for the better, and individuals are lost in […]
