1. Megahacks:
city, region,
planet
A presentation by
Dr Cindy Frewen Wuellner, FAIA, @urbanverse
Frewen Architects and University of Houston Futures Studies
For APF Virtual Gathering Futures Festival 26-27 02011
5. hacking?
1. Intentionally altering an existing
system for new purposes
2. Frequently unauthorized,
sometimes subversive,
intentionally undermining
authority
3. Transformational or incremental
4. Harmful or beneficial to host
6. Why hack?
1. Solve a problem
– Add function
– Add beauty
2. Cause a problem
– Steal
– Destroy
3. Assert self
7. This is our world now… we make use of a
service without paying for what could be
called dirt cheap if it wasn’t run by
profiteering gluttons.
We explore… we seek knowledge… and
you call us criminals.
You make atomic bombs, wage wars, cheat,
lie, try to make it seem like we are the
criminals.
8. Yes… I AM A CRIMINAL.
My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is
that of judging people by what they say
and think, not how they look.
My crime… Is outsmarting YOU.
Something you never will be able to forgive
me for.
The Mentor, 1986
The Conscience of a Hacker
9. The people called the Third Culture are
hacking the planet. They are dissatisfied
with normality. They are changing things.
...
Hacking the planet is essential to the survival
of the human race.
Wesley Felter, 14 August 1998
THE HACK THE PLANET MANIFESTO
21. To use a building is to make it, by physical
transformation or by inhabiting it in ways not
previously imagined or by conceiving it anew.
Hill, 2001
51. History is the virtual made
actual, one hack after another.
MCKENZIE WARK
Thank you!
Contact
Cindy Frewen Wuellner
@urbanverse
http://urbanverse.posterous.com
