http://www.animalarchitecture.org/flight-path/ Explorations in Cospecies Coshaping Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:00:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.animalarchitecture.org/flight-path/comment-page-1/#comment-80 admin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:46:46 +0000 http://www.animalarchitecture.org/?p=643#comment-80 Thanks for the comment Matt. I think the point is that regardless of how much money the added amenity brings to a given project, it is will always remain a potential alternative revenue source. That is to say, when the going gets tough, some money is better than none. And for argument's sake the initial investment in this project appears to be fairly low making the odd for an investor's ROI look like a pretty good bet. But, good point! Thanks for the comment Matt. I think the point is that regardless of how much money the added amenity brings to a given project, it is will always remain a potential alternative revenue source. That is to say, when the going gets tough, some money is better than none. And for argument’s sake the initial investment in this project appears to be fairly low making the odd for an investor’s ROI look like a pretty good bet. But, good point!

]]> http://www.animalarchitecture.org/flight-path/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Matt Crnkovich Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:26:30 +0000 http://www.animalarchitecture.org/?p=643#comment-78 I think it is a good project and generally a pretty awesome concept. The main drawback I see is with what Ned called the added value of it (to the existing project). I’m assuming that he didn’t pull that out of thin air—if I remember, part of the project assignment alluded to creating something that is at least somewhat economically productive. I’m just not entirely set on how much something like this would add to a factory that sees millions of dollars of materials moving through it every day. However, as a contrary to that, I’ve had a professor or two at Rice indicate that there is a fairly significant group of birdwatchers nationwide who travel to Houston for a weekend to rent a car and drive to some of the nature preserves N and NE of the city, and then head home—all in the hopes of seeking a handful of species unique to the region. So, a leading migratory butterfly facility may be able to have this power, too. I think it is a good project and generally a pretty awesome concept. The main drawback I see is with what Ned called the added value of it (to the existing project). I’m assuming that he didn’t pull that out of thin air—if I remember, part of the project assignment alluded to creating something that is at least somewhat economically productive. I’m just not entirely set on how much something like this would add to a factory that sees millions of dollars of materials moving through it every day. However, as a contrary to that, I’ve had a professor or two at Rice indicate that there is a fairly significant group of birdwatchers nationwide who travel to Houston for a weekend to rent a car and drive to some of the nature preserves N and NE of the city, and then head home—all in the hopes of seeking a handful of species unique to the region. So, a leading migratory butterfly facility may be able to have this power, too.

]]> http://www.animalarchitecture.org/flight-path/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Ed Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:05:04 +0000 http://www.animalarchitecture.org/?p=643#comment-75 For another of Marina's projects check out her entry on BLDGBLOG: http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/search?q=marina+nicollier For another of Marina’s projects check out her entry on BLDGBLOG:
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