Eric Blix
A Genius of Place
As in a few humble objects, a coppice, a corner of a forest, a winding road, or a straggling village. The sun became a monstrous bulb. This is generally the extent of the view.
Unified Composition
There is a property in the park which no man has. As when the wings approach the shore, the hawsers are from time to time carried to the other windlasses, to contract the sweep of the park. The crews awaken. For the health of their eyes, they demand the horizon anew. Few adult persons can see the park.
Orchestration of Movement
I am traveling about for information. I am organizing information about our planet, this is my work on the ground. The park is not only the material, but is also the process and result. The city is an occult relation between man and the vegetable.
Orchestration of Use
In the next field, twenty men, or boys, were plowing. In the villages there were besides cotton mills, one woolen mill, one paper mill, a foundry, a cotton-gin factory, a machine shop, a learning system that predicts power output from wind farms 36 hours in advance. The soil was very friable.
Sustainable Design and Environmental Conservation
Flip on a light switch in many regions today, and you'll have no way of knowing what mix of technologies produces the electricity you use—or how much carbon is emitted as a result. In the camera obscura, the butcher's cart, I was completely controlled. Who can set limits to the remedial force of the park?
A Comprehensive Approach
When we speak of the park we mean a manifold of natural objects. The remainder is attributed to the region's grid mix. The data center is beginning to reveal what's possible.
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