The Dwell Conference

This is the big Dwell weekend at the San Francisco Concourse (8th & Brannan) the magazine's component of the AIA's month-long Architecture and The City. It's also a gathering of the modernist prefab clan with recognizable names like Marmol Radzinger, Empryean and Michelle Kaufman. And out-from-the-mainstream, the Glassic Flat, or what Breckenridge is calling it's Perfect Cottage above. Alongside more prefab than you can shake a stick at, there will be a few classic Airstreams to lust over as well.

We came away from the Dwell conference with a few thoughts:
1. They should do it again next year!
2. San Francisco's homeless problems could be greatly relieved with a bulk purchase of Airstream Bambis, a few extension cords and a leased parking lot. Who says they have to drive away? At less than 40K each, substantially cheaper than building something.
3. Odegard now makes hemp rugs. Made in Nepal w/o child labor, what could be more San Francisco?
4. LEED may not be all it's cracked up to be, meaning developers can use offsets (like planting trees somewhere) to get certification. More on that, future posts.

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