Early notes and questions

The car and how we live:
how much time fo we spend in out car
where do cars spend most ofd their time? parked? driving?
how much do we spend on out car/home/work/play?
what role has the car taken/will take in america with gas out of reach of most? what is out of reach?
-> bad inner cities?
-> mass transit?
-> alternative energies?
-> living in ourcars?
where do you park?
mobile living?
subtract ownership of home and put that $ into car
pets?
families?
end of architecture? or focus on public architecture
->existence minimum
eating at home? cooking? eating out?
school? internet? electronics? libraries?
non-urban/neo-urban planning?
machines for travel vs. machines for living
how many cars in the us?
how many parking spaces?
how many miles of roads, highways, streets?
how many parking garages?
how many driveways?
how many new homes/office towers/apt bldgs?
how many buildings?
Thoreau's Walden pond
bums sleeping on the bus
flop houses in NYC
growth in sales of RVs
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
American and European culture: where we diverged
commuting? how far is too far?
broken down cars
recycling of cars?
road rage linked to sprawl?
the great american ROAD TRIP!

Mobile and changable architecture:
evolving buildings: double shotgun; sips construction
commuting?
white/black flight
migration of human species
average american moves every 6 years
raising a house enough to provide a parking space (costs roughly $100,000) can increase the value of the lot by 70%


Architecture and the decay of social interaction:
buildings as tourist traps
paintings of Thomas Cole
Paintings of Edward Hooper
"not just housing but viable places to live"