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  A comment on Talk: Candy Chang: Before I die I want to...

  Dec 8 2012: This is truly an inspiring talk. I think all buildings should provide this opportunity for the community they are placed in. Not only abandoned buildings should be able to carry messages and help discover people what matters in their life, but also new building being constructed everywhere should have as a main role to fulfill a communities need for a common space to express their concerns, anxieties, ideas and hopes. As an architect I would love to create architecture not for the aesthetic of what it will create in its surroundings, but for it to be like this, an clean chalkboard for people to make it their own.
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  A comment on Talk: Jonathan Foley: The other inconvenient truth

  Apr 28 2012: Another great reason to do sustainable architecture that incorporates vegetation. Population growth is decreasing, but even at a rate of 1 child per couple, world population increases exponentially, thus this is not the only solution. Pursuing vegetarian diets is already practiced in most of the developing nations, but again we see the highest consumption of meat and animal products takes place in wealthy, developed societies, which represent perhaps only 30% of the world population. From the other 70%, most of the population migrates to cities in search of better living conditions, increasing the built environment. The development of architecture in urban areas that incorporates vertical gardens may perhaps prove to be the solution to the problem.

• A comment on Talk: Michael Norton: How to buy happiness

  Apr 28 2012: I was expecting more from this talk, money can indeed buy you happiness, but not from buying a present, but from generating change, this would have been a very powerful talk and to me it falls short.
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  A comment on Talk: Thomas Heatherwick: Building the Seed Cathedral

  May 29 2011: Wow, this is truly fantastic, it is so good to see an amazing architect doing amazing work and still being able to control his ego. He is a genius who knows his place in the world and is working with his craft and passion to contribute in the way he can, through beautiful spaces that are inviting rather than intimidating. Absolutely love this talk!!
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  A comment on Talk: Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema's top youth orchestra

  May 21 2010: Programs like El Sistema could inspire the long needed change in all Latin America countries, where our children need opportunities to explore their talent and capabilities, to transcend in their communities and improve the quality of life of their families and their nations. With the inequity and injustice of our systems, all children should have be allowed to explore and express their passion. I only wish Ecuador could have a program as inspiring that could spark the love of kids and young people for their own surroundings and not send them looking for opportunities abroad.