Ideas that Influence Me

Kaizen

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:55:05 +0000

/'kīzən/ kai•zen (noun) a philosophy of continuous improvement

Skeuomorph

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:56:02 +0000

An element of design or structure that serves little or no purpose in the artifact fashioned from the new material but was essential to the object made from the original material.

Tactical Urbanism

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:31:53 +0000

Incremental, typically small-scale, improvements that improve livability at the street, block or building scale that serve as a stage for lasting changing.

- A deliberate, phased approach to instigating change;
- The offering of local solutions for local planning challenges;
- Short-term commitment and realistic expectations;
- Low-risks, with a possibly a high reward; and
- The development of social capital between citizens and the building of organizational capacity between public-private institutions, non-profits, and their constituents.

Interventions (some sanctioned, some not) in the urban fabric that create a laboratory for experimentation and improvement.

Claude Debussy

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:51:15 +0000

"Music is the spaces between the notes."

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Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:51:09 +0000

Shoshin

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:38:21 +0000

Shoshin is a Zen Buddhist concept meaning "beginner's mind;" an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner in that subject would.

Tikkun Olam

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:04:56 +0000

Hebrew for "repairing the world."

Palimpsest

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:08:43 +0000

a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.

something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.

something having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

Critical Regionalism

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:08:16 +0000

Critical Regionalism is an approach to architecture that intentds to counter placenessness and lack of identity. The design is conscious of a building's geographic, historical and enviromental context.

2030 Challenge

Kevin Kazuhiro Yoshida, AIA — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:17:30 +0000

Goals to increase fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings and major renovations:
70% in 2015
80% in 2020
90% in 2025
Carbon-neutral in 2030

Ideas that Influence Me

Kaizen

/'kīzən/ kai•zen (noun) a philosophy of continuous improvement

Skeuomorph

Tactical Urbanism

Claude Debussy

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Shoshin

Shoshin is a Zen Buddhist concept meaning "beginner's mind;" an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner in that subject would.

Tikkun Olam

Hebrew for "repairing the world."

Palimpsest

a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.

something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.

something having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

Critical Regionalism

Critical Regionalism is an approach to architecture that intentds to counter placenessness and lack of identity. The design is conscious of a building's geographic, historical and enviromental context.

2030 Challenge

Goals to increase fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings and major renovations:
70% in 2015
80% in 2020
90% in 2025
Carbon-neutral in 2030

(using no fossil fuel GHG emitting energy to operate)

Courtesy of Ed Mazria

Ideas that Influence Me

Kaizen

/'kīzən/ kai•zen (noun) a philosophy of continuous improvement

Skeuomorph

Tactical Urbanism

Claude Debussy

-

Shoshin

Shoshin is a Zen Buddhist concept meaning "beginner's mind;" an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner in that subject would.

Tikkun Olam

Hebrew for "repairing the world."

Palimpsest

a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing. something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form. something having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

Critical Regionalism

Critical Regionalism is an approach to architecture that intentds to counter placenessness and lack of identity. The design is conscious of a building's geographic, historical and enviromental context.

2030 Challenge

Goals to increase fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings and major renovations:70% in 201580% in 202090% in 2025Carbon-neutral in 2030

(using no fossil fuel GHG emitting energy to operate)

Courtesy of Ed Mazria

a manuscript or piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing.

something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.

something having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

Goals to increase fossil fuel reduction standard for all new buildings and major renovations:
70% in 2015
80% in 2020
90% in 2025
Carbon-neutral in 2030