Taro Matsuno
@matsunot.bsky.social
Charlottesville-based architect. Affordable housing, urban design, planning.
People say AI search is better, is that true? Are they wrapping the same results up in nicer packaging? Scraping stuff Google can’t scrape?
January 3, 2026 at 3:10 AM
People say AI search is better, is that true? Are they wrapping the same results up in nicer packaging? Scraping stuff Google can’t scrape?
@hiddenarchitecture.bsky.social has some great images, I googled for Price's own writeup of the project in the 1966 Architectural Design: archiblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
@hiddenarchitecture.bsky.social has some great images, I googled for Price's own writeup of the project in the 1966 Architectural Design: archiblog.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Price's flexible framework anticipated and accommodated change even as it recommitted to small towns and communities. Something worth remembering as we watch these transformations unfold. More on our newsletter Building Reading Working:
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Post-post-industrial
Cedric Price's mobile university and the future of small college towns
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December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Price's flexible framework anticipated and accommodated change even as it recommitted to small towns and communities. Something worth remembering as we watch these transformations unfold. More on our newsletter Building Reading Working:
open.substack.com/pub/building...
open.substack.com/pub/building...
I'm not saying Price's university-on-rails is the answer, but it's fertile ground for thinking about higher ed's role in local economies as we shift from serving the young through education to providing care for an aging society.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm not saying Price's university-on-rails is the answer, but it's fertile ground for thinking about higher ed's role in local economies as we shift from serving the young through education to providing care for an aging society.
Colleges also function as builders and urban designers. What happens to existing facilities as needs change? How do they rebuild while reinventing themselves?
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Colleges also function as builders and urban designers. What happens to existing facilities as needs change? How do they rebuild while reinventing themselves?
Mary Baldwin University is undergoing similar restructuring. Faculty, staff, students, and community members are navigating immense uncertainty.
augustafreepress.com/news/staunto...
augustafreepress.com/news/staunto...
Mary Baldwin faculty vote no confidence in Board of Trustees
The first week of the 2025-2026 academic year began normally for Mary Baldwin University students, until their college president suddenly resigned.
augustafreepress.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Mary Baldwin University is undergoing similar restructuring. Faculty, staff, students, and community members are navigating immense uncertainty.
augustafreepress.com/news/staunto...
augustafreepress.com/news/staunto...
But now demographic and social trends are threatening this ecosystem. Megan Greenwell's Bloomberg piece on Albright College is a thoughtful look at these pressures facing small institutions.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why a College Fighting for Survival Is Slashing Econ and Physics Majors
At Albright in Pennsylvania, the new president is cutting programs, selling art and real estate, and vowing not to hire anyone with tenure. Is this the way forward for liberal arts colleges?
www.bloomberg.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
But now demographic and social trends are threatening this ecosystem. Megan Greenwell's Bloomberg piece on Albright College is a thoughtful look at these pressures facing small institutions.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
His vision came to pass—colleges became regional economic engines, supporting local economies of services, housing, and research-driven industries.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
His vision came to pass—colleges became regional economic engines, supporting local economies of services, housing, and research-driven industries.
Students wouldn't live in an insular quad, but in dwelling modules inserted by crane into a superstructure emdedded within small communities and villages on the rail lines. Their research would drive a new economic model based on education and industry partnership.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Students wouldn't live in an insular quad, but in dwelling modules inserted by crane into a superstructure emdedded within small communities and villages on the rail lines. Their research would drive a new economic model based on education and industry partnership.
Price imagined a decentralized applied science university built on the rail lines of North Staffordshire, home to a pottery industry that collapsed in the 1950s. His mobile university would hold classes in train cars traveling between stations.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Price imagined a decentralized applied science university built on the rail lines of North Staffordshire, home to a pottery industry that collapsed in the 1950s. His mobile university would hold classes in train cars traveling between stations.
Small colleges and universities are economic anchors for towns and rural communities across the country—many of which had previously relied on manufacturing and resource-based industries.
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Small colleges and universities are economic anchors for towns and rural communities across the country—many of which had previously relied on manufacturing and resource-based industries.
I think the only false note is the ending scene with the Ten Commandments? Though maybe a downer to end with 40 years of bickering in the desert
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I think the only false note is the ending scene with the Ten Commandments? Though maybe a downer to end with 40 years of bickering in the desert
So glad your posting project is porting over to Bluesky
December 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
So glad your posting project is porting over to Bluesky
And the idea that Moses and Ramses still love each other and have some mutual understanding as they go their separate paths is great writing
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
And the idea that Moses and Ramses still love each other and have some mutual understanding as they go their separate paths is great writing
Like, the idea that Moses might be a bit of a spoiled brat from growing up in wealth and privilege and has to open his eyes to the suffering of the Hebrews
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Like, the idea that Moses might be a bit of a spoiled brat from growing up in wealth and privilege and has to open his eyes to the suffering of the Hebrews
The characterization of Ramses and Moses’ relationship is great and adds so much from the, uh, source material
December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The characterization of Ramses and Moses’ relationship is great and adds so much from the, uh, source material
Reminds me of the Mendes Da Rocha church but apparently predates it by 20 years!
arquitecturaviva.com/works/capill...
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Chapel of Saint Peter, Campos do Jordão - Paulo Mendes da Rocha
In the town of Campos do Jordão, the Chapel of Saint Peter sits by Boa Vista Palace, the former winter residence of the...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reminds me of the Mendes Da Rocha church but apparently predates it by 20 years!
arquitecturaviva.com/works/capill...
arquitecturaviva.com/works/capill...
Thank you for cracking my wife’s Christmas gift
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thank you for cracking my wife’s Christmas gift
The pizza is our National fresh-baked bread
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The pizza is our National fresh-baked bread
Wow this is a great album
October 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Wow this is a great album
This is the most reasonable housing take in the world
September 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is the most reasonable housing take in the world
because a lot of ambient heads think they’re listening to the former when it’s really the latter
January 2, 2025 at 1:28 AM
because a lot of ambient heads think they’re listening to the former when it’s really the latter