Daniel Nguyen

Guy Debord’s writings bring up psychological perceptions of the environment and manifests his ideas through his development of the derive. The derive itself is a paradox, combining subjective and objective methods of observation and interpretation. It emphasizes entrances and exits, something I find surprisingly astute since those are the things we look for most often in an urban setting.... more

The colors of the paint splats indicate the type of restaurant according to Google Maps, which draws supplemental data from Yelp as well as its own Google+ site. The size of the splats indicate the rating the restaurant received.

In Howell's article, “The ‘Creative Class’ and the Gentrifying City”, he argues that as the focus of development moves from production to consumption, the city should become an entertainment machine. This trend is echoed in other industries, particularly the technology sector where companies like HP that have traditionally catered to large business accounts (workstations, copy machines)... more

Burgess defines differentiated zones created from the expansion of the city, where people are sorted by residence and occupation. He describes a process of organization, disorganization, and reorganization in terms of metabolism moving toward equilibrium. Reading this part of the text, I was reminded of how cities Los Angeles are so segregated that each neighborhood functions almost... more