Smith Rock is a world-reknowned climbing cathedral based in Central Oregon. This amazing natural structure attracts climbers not only for the great traverses available, it also is simply a beautiful, magical space to sit, meditate, and marvel at this landmass …
Dear RFP, I Love You
In the interest of brevity, of which Request for Proposals (RFP’s) most certainly are NOT synonymous, we at ToPa would like to offer a few words on our experience of this necessary evil that, when executed with focus and loving …
Designing Contribution: Reality Capture Marketing with Empathy
To My Dearest Collective Human Consciousness, Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these. ― Gautama …
Designing Contribution: Visualizing what could BE
There is a saying: You are what you think. What does it take to create something in one’s life that has never been imagined? Drawing from the concept of ‘perceptual blindness’, I recall a story from college about aborigines and …
Visualization: Careful with that Axe, Adopter
Not all that long ago, I wanted to work in a field that offered excitement. So I joined the Army. Then I wanted a stable life. So I settled into working for the local telephone company in my home state. …
Reclaiming Human Habitat in the Gila River Reservation, Arizona – Part 1 of 3
In March, 2013 I was afforded the opportunity to laser scan and create DTM models of two properties in the Gila River Reservation about 40 minutes south of Tempe, Arizona – home of Arizona State University. As I picked …
Reclaiming Human Habitat in the Gila River Reservation, Arizona – Part 2 of 3
In my last article, I spoke with Phil Allsopp of Transpolis Global, Inc. about their efforts to bring sustainable design and economic opportunity to the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. This is a continuance of that interview. Please note …
Reclaiming Human Habitat in the Gila River Reservation, Arizona – Part 3 of 3
In my interview with Phil Allsopp, co-founder of Transpolis Global, Inc. I asked him to provide a vision for the future of the Gila River Indian Community as well as similar communities he has been working with, touching on the …