It is about entering a new phase in our life – retirement. Even though retirement might be reincarnated as “second career” or “post main career”, even though we might not be able to afford retirement or choose not to retire, there is still retirement – retirement...
Dear members of AT HOME WITH GROWING OLD, To be at all – to exist in any way – is to be somewhere, and to be somewhere is to be in some kind of place. Place is as requisite as the air we breathe, the ground on which we stand, the bodies we have. We are surrounded by...
Dear members of AT HOME WITH GROWING OLD, The discussion we had on older San Franciscans living alone triggered so many thoughts. Thank you for spending two hours of your time with me! It was one of my most stimulating experiences. I was lucky to gather even more...
Cities are human ecosystems – they pose challenges and opportunities. They are democratic. As Jane Jacobs said they are about density, diversity and dynamism. With the National Zoning Act of 1923 such diversity became illegal or highly regulated. Both the car and...
Greetings all! We have been super busy at my architecture firm, Stadler &. I do intend on debriefing you all on the previous At Home with Growing Old group meetings, but today I would like to debut a speculative project we have been working on in the office:...
Musing Exploring Sharing Learning Connecting Expanding One’s Thinking These were some of the words a group of participants in AHWGO’s first strategy session used to describe what they thought the purpose of our get-togethers were. Multidisciplinary ...
