The Mindful Designer

The Buddhist tradition is essentially about the discipline of the mind to attain Enlightenment or transcendental wisdom, but its techniques and outlook can (and should, for the Buddhist) be applied to any task at hand, including design.  The application of Buddhist thought as a non-religious, philosophical outlook to engage daily life, from psychology to literature,Continue reading “The Mindful Designer”

Founders of a pioneer academic program

Four alumni of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) are founding faculty members of the first landscape architecture program in the Caribbean. Olga Angueira, M.L.A. ‘04, José Lorenzo, M.A.U.D. ‘05, Edmundo (Mundy) Colón, M.L.A. ‘06, and José Juan Terrasa-Soler, M.L.A. ’07, teach at the new School of Landscape Architecture of the Polytechnic University ofContinue reading “Founders of a pioneer academic program”

PUT o K-PUT: El tiro de gracia o la resurrección de un muerto

Ha surgido nuevamente discusión pública en torno al Plan de Usos de Terrenos de Puerto Rico (PUT), que lleva años gestándose por parte de la Junta de Planificación de Puerto Rico (JP).  El PUT intentaría darle a Puerto Rico entero una base para la planificación del país, que hasta el momento ha tenido planes queContinue reading “PUT o K-PUT: El tiro de gracia o la resurrección de un muerto”