Roland Karthaus
@rolandk.bsky.social
Bicycle rider, plant eater, open water swimmer, homebrewer
Recovering Architect
Consultant @ Inner Circle
Plastic Dutchman
Recovering Architect
Consultant @ Inner Circle
Plastic Dutchman
Lovely
Quelques Feuilles / Some Leaves
New thing - this is a part of a much larger work. Each square comprises 4 of the colours of an actual leaf collected over a series of walks, and then photographed, uploaded, compiled and arranged in chronological order. The entire work has 144 leaves and 576 colours.
New thing - this is a part of a much larger work. Each square comprises 4 of the colours of an actual leaf collected over a series of walks, and then photographed, uploaded, compiled and arranged in chronological order. The entire work has 144 leaves and 576 colours.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Lovely
Evidently someone's a fan of Those Who Remain, but as I'm currently partway through a #SystemicDesign for #Complexity course, I enjoyed the everyday example of a rebalancing causal loop diagram.
#systemthinking #design
#systemthinking #design
November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Evidently someone's a fan of Those Who Remain, but as I'm currently partway through a #SystemicDesign for #Complexity course, I enjoyed the everyday example of a rebalancing causal loop diagram.
#systemthinking #design
#systemthinking #design
Superb book by @samfr.bsky.social - lots of familiar stories marshalled together in a compelling narrative that explains our current predicament.
Hard recommend
Hard recommend
October 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Superb book by @samfr.bsky.social - lots of familiar stories marshalled together in a compelling narrative that explains our current predicament.
Hard recommend
Hard recommend
October 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
Carl Benz has an idea
![[Scene is a 19th century drawing room with a sign outside saying TRANSPORT INVENTORS CLUB. Inside, the German Engineer KARL BENZ is addressing a meeting of gentlemen about his new transport idea]
1
KARL BENZ:
OK guys - you’re gonna love this
2
KARL BENZ:
So it’s like, a box made of metal that goes at up to 120 miles an hour, yeah?
[Karl shows them a diagram of a car]
3
KARL BENZ:
And your drive it down one side of the road, and the boxes going the other way go on the opposite side, so we don’t need to build two roads!
4
OTHER GUY:
What’s down the middle?
KARL BENZ:
A white line.
5
OTHER GUY:
So like, a white barrier…
KARL BENZ:
No a white line. Drawn on the floor.
6
OTHER GUY:
And who’s piloting these machines?
KARL BENZ:
I was thinking: random members of the public.
7
[Pause, the other guys all look with concern at Karl]
8
OTHER GUY:
Karl are you OK
KARL BENZ:
No listen it’s fine
9
OTHER GUY:
You know we’re worried about you, don’t you?
KARL BENZ:
No really it’ll work -
10
KARL BENZ:
Once hundreds of millions of people have died and the world’s started ending because of the fumes it’ll all be normal.
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OTHER GUY:
Is that normal like the ‘commuter travel device’ you brought in last week which was just…
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OTHER GUY:
…an iron maiden fired from a catapult?
[The other guy displays a diagram of an iron maiden being fired from a catapult]
KARL BENZ:
THAT WOULD’VE WORKED!
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September 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Carl Benz has an idea
If you live in, or are interested in #walthamstow join us for an evening of rapid 'chit chat' talks about architecture on 1st October from 8pm
Bit.ly/chitchat6
Bit.ly/chitchat6
September 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you live in, or are interested in #walthamstow join us for an evening of rapid 'chit chat' talks about architecture on 1st October from 8pm
Bit.ly/chitchat6
Bit.ly/chitchat6
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
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August 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Fascinating piece on Giroscope in Hull's inventive approach to developing property for social purpose. As shared by a current PhD student I'm supervising who is studying self help models for homelessness
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Why not work the system’? How punks inspired by Thatcher built a Hull housing cooperative
Set up in the 1980s, Giroscope has morphed into a social agency running neighbourhood services and creating jobs
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Fascinating piece on Giroscope in Hull's inventive approach to developing property for social purpose. As shared by a current PhD student I'm supervising who is studying self help models for homelessness
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
My piece on racism for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
August 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
My piece on racism for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
August 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings.
That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
August 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Incredible to finally experience the new @sohotheatre.bsky.social in Walthamstow!
August 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Incredible to finally experience the new @sohotheatre.bsky.social in Walthamstow!
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
Bon courage! To all #LEL2025 cyclists leaving the London area on Sunday: have a great ride, keep pedaling, we're cheering you all on! Only 1500km to go! #LEL25
Live rider tracking here:
londonedinburghlondon.com
Live rider tracking here:
londonedinburghlondon.com
London Edinburgh London 2025
Britain's greatest cycle challenge. Ride from London to Edinburgh and back in five days. 3-8 August 2025
londonedinburghlondon.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Bon courage! To all #LEL2025 cyclists leaving the London area on Sunday: have a great ride, keep pedaling, we're cheering you all on! Only 1500km to go! #LEL25
Live rider tracking here:
londonedinburghlondon.com
Live rider tracking here:
londonedinburghlondon.com
Reposted by Roland Karthaus
Waves hello at @cyclinguk.bsky.social ... with over 2700 long distance cyclists registered for this event, we're hoping Cycling UK members might keep their eyes peeled, and cheer them along the route!
🎉🚴♀️🚴🎉
🎉🚴♀️🚴🎉
If you're riding London Edinburgh London this week, please share updates with the tag #LEL2025
londonedinburghlondon.com
londonedinburghlondon.com
London Edinburgh London 2025
Britain's greatest cycle challenge. Ride from London to Edinburgh and back in five days. 3-8 August 2025
londonedinburghlondon.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Waves hello at @cyclinguk.bsky.social ... with over 2700 long distance cyclists registered for this event, we're hoping Cycling UK members might keep their eyes peeled, and cheer them along the route!
🎉🚴♀️🚴🎉
🎉🚴♀️🚴🎉
Even though you can barely see it from the street, Coop Himmelblau's original project in Vienna didn't disappoint. If felt like such a big deal back in the day - whilst others were getting tied up in deconstructivist nonsense, they were just having fun!
July 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Even though you can barely see it from the street, Coop Himmelblau's original project in Vienna didn't disappoint. If felt like such a big deal back in the day - whilst others were getting tied up in deconstructivist nonsense, they were just having fun!
Enjoyed this church in Leipzig
July 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Enjoyed this church in Leipzig
Also with my colleague Isadora! Recommended!
Looking forward to this! What does it take to be a mission-driven organisation? Event this Thursday - sign up below.
Mission-driven gov is on the rise - but what does it take to get it right?
Join @jamestplunkett.bsky.social and @danhonig.bsky.social for an online session on 17 July to explore a new framework for making missions work.
Register: bit.ly/4k2IhUK
Join @jamestplunkett.bsky.social and @danhonig.bsky.social for an online session on 17 July to explore a new framework for making missions work.
Register: bit.ly/4k2IhUK
July 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Also with my colleague Isadora! Recommended!