Archive - Detour Ahead

Parking should cost more

Parking covers more acres of urban American than any other one thing and most of it doesn't even pay for itself.

Jul 19 •

June 2024

Point Access Block, Hallways, and Staircases

Exploring how we design our buildings and how they affect our lives

Jun 28 •

Getting back into it

I’m back! When I started this newsletter I approached it with the assumption that if we all owned less, shared more, and lived in dense environments, we…

Jun 20 •

September 2023

Was post-secondary education the happiest time in our life?

Those of us who were privileged enough and willing to go to post-secondary education likely experienced a vast range of ups and downs throughout, at…

Sep 4, 2023 •

August 2023

Balconies are a waste of space

Like many young adults living independently in North America, I live in an apartment with a balcony

Aug 14, 2023 •

Personal space & office space

Let's add some personal space and some office space to our totally imaginary neighborhood

Aug 7, 2023 •

I'm going to imagine a neighbourhood

Last week we explored the idea of moving all the people from a small Fort Worth, Texas neighborhood into sleeping pods instead of houses.

Aug 1, 2023 •

July 2023

Pod beds for the neighbourhood

Last week I explored the idea of moving cities into pod hotels in order to try and understand how much space we take up as people.

Jul 24, 2023 •

What if instead of homes we just had beds?

Hypothetically, you can get everything you need a day outside of your home. There are activities, food, places to relax, places to work, etc. But there…

Jul 17, 2023 •

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