STEVE JOBS VS. SAM WALTON

Fortune has a fascinating article contrasting Apple’s Steve Jobs and WalMart’s Sam Walton, based on interviews with two men who knew them: Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs, and John Huey, author of Sam Walton: Made In America. Brief Excerpt:

Isaacson: Steve knew how to open a store too, and he was a showman too. But there was a basic and fundamental distinction. Steve was focused on product and did not focus mainly on profit. He said, “If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. Continue reading »

Ελπίζουμε σε κατεδαφίσεις…

Στην Ιρλανδία προχωρούν σε κατεδαφίσεις στα ακίνητα «φαντάσματα»

Ξεκινά τις κατεδαφίσεις ακινήτων η Ιρλανδία, σε μια προσπάθεια να καθαρίσει το τοπίο της χώρας από τις περίπου 1.850 οικοδομές που στέκουν ημιτελείς

Πριν από λίγες ημέρες, η αρμόδια υπηρεσία, η οποία συστάθηκε το 2009, προκειμένου να καθαρίσει τα τοξικά τραπεζικά δάνεια που συνδέονται με την αγορά ακινήτων, προχώρησε στην πρώτη κατεδάφιση ενός συγκροτήματος διαμερισμάτων.
Οπως ανέφερε χαρακτηριστικά ο υπουργός Στέγασης Γιαν Ο’ Σάλιβαν, σε αρκετές Continue reading »

Acropolis of Athens

While I watch this video I feel like I have to fall on my knees and bow my head in respect to Iktinos, Kallikratis and Fidias as well as to all the people who contributed to the creation of this wonder. Harmony and perfection in each and every line. I feel the need to refer to Acropolis and its monument and to some of their very specific characteristics. We hope the spark of their glory illuminates our minds and  reveals for us the way to paths unapproached for centuries.


In the Acropolis among many other monuments we can see:

(το κείμενο διαθέσιμο πιο κάτω και στα ελληνικά) Continue reading »

Bring them back…

Has to do with our history, with our proudness, with justice…

Transformers…

Interesting solution for a very small house…

Installation of a residential house. Apple© infrastructure

G.KTIZEIN Ltd, was first in Greece that have installed an holistic system like this. All systems of installation is functioning in a unified environment! Taylor made graphic design for multitouch screens/iPads and ready for apple products to plug and play…

Central Control Multitouch Display 19’/IPad

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  • Heating and aircondition system control/Set temperature in each room independently
  • Check/control of openings
  • Security control
  • Desalination system
  • Geothermical system
  • Lighting system
  • CCTV
  • Water supply
  • Irrigation system
  • Sound system-in and out sources/tuners/control
  • Cental control pannel-alarms
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Χωροταξικός & Πολεοδομικός Σχεδιασμός – Πρόταση

Nice expansion
Μελέτη επέκτασης της γαλλικής πόλης της Νίκαιας και παρουσίασή της στην κορυφαία έκθεση για το Real Estate & Development της MIPIM.

Αισθάνομαι την ανάγκη να γράψω κάτι σχετικά με τον χωροταξικό & πολεοδομικό σχεδιασμό γιατί νοιώθω πως ενώ αρκετοί έχουν ακούσει αυτές τις λέξεις δε γνωρίζουν την έννοια και την επιστημονική τους σημασία.

Κατ’ αρχήν χωροταξία και πολεοδομία είναι επιστήμες και όχι ασκήσεις επί χάρτου. Πεδίο έρευνας και μελέτης τους είναι η ορθή διευθέτηση του ανθρώπου και των δραστηριοτήτων του στο περιβάλλον, η εναρμοσμένη σχέση τους και ανάπτυξη τους. Ακόμα, η σχεδιασμένη ανάπτυξη των πόλεων, ο καθορισμός των βιομηχανικών περιοχών, των ζωνών πρασίνου, των κοινόχρηστων χώρων, καθώς και η εξάλειψη των επιπτώσεων της ανθρώπινης παρέμβασης. Οι μελέτες αυτές οφείλουν να γίνονται σε βάθος χρόνου έως και πενήντα χρόνια, σε σχέση πάντα με την εκτιμώμενη πληθυσμιακή μεταβολή.

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Quality of life

I am inspired by those people who “have” quality. I use the verb “have” as a set of words and concepts, such as: Live, Eat, Drink, Feel, Savour, See, Smell, Think. These are words and concepts in which the main subjects are the human senses. You can only accomplish quality by expressing these feelings. You achieve quality when what you do, is mainly because you Feel it. Then you must try to accomplish it, to want even more, to want the best.

I hate those people who “say” that they “have” quality. By using this verb, “say”, I emphasise in meanings such as Boast, Wear, Buy, Eat, all of which are subjects of human vanity.

GOUTOS KTIZEIN builds places to house the first type of people. Built by people, for people. With emphasis on the quality that we lack today. Firstly, we must make the quality known. Spread the word to tell the world it is there. There are people that can deliver this level of quality. Yes, it is possible to have quality. Quality is not luxury. Luxury is to buy cheap, useless objects, from a doubtful origin and method of production.

Cities, villages, homes, shops, all of these are badly or barely designed. We simply “made” them, which is why they do not stand the test of time. Firstly, we ourselves must learn, and then teach our children the meaning of designing the spaces we live in. What is studying? What is programming? What does architecture mean exactly? Every school should set an example in architecture; even better, for them to be used as field research, innovation, new ideas and applications.

Let’s start to live better. To want more.

We, in GOUTOS KTIZEIN, hope to achieve this.

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