![FIGMENT, the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) have hosted since 2010 a competition to […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Organic-Growth-Izaskun-Chinchilla-New-York-City-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "Organic Growth, Summer Pavilion on Governors Island 2015 by Izaskun Chinchilla Architects")
![Blue Freedom is an electrical generator that produces portable energy to charge any electric devices using the power of flowing water. The electric […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/blue-freedom-hydropower-plant-more-than-green_2-195x110.jpg "Blue Freedom: a portable hydropower plant")
![Shipping containers recycled into entrepreneurs’ stalls of a street market in Toronto. LGA Architectural Partners has developed a project to […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/market-707-more-than-green-2-195x110.jpg "Shipping containers market in Toronto")
![Rafael Beneytez stresses the importance of atmospheres in architecture. Thus began to put emphasis eternal architectural discussion between gravity and […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ted-talks-your-cloudmachines-creando-atmosferas-atrapando-nubes-creating-atmospheres-trapping-clouds-rafael-beneytez-more-than-green-morethangreen-5-195x110.jpg "TED Talks: “Your cloudmachines”. Creating atmospheres and trapping clouds with Rafael Beneytez")
![Street artists have been using the sides of buildings, transportation infrastructure and billboards as canvases for years. These street artists are turning […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/street-art-more-than-green_2-195x110.jpg "Street art: turning objects into infrastructure")
![Agronautas is a multidisciplinary project that addresses the relationship between people and the countryside. Through activities such as workshops, interviews […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/more-than-green-morethangreen-juan-dopico-pezstudio-AGRONAUTAS-CARTEL-2-195x110.jpg "Agronautas: exploring relationships between people and rural")
![A few months ago we published this post about the development and manufacture of a technological ground which converts the kinetic energy […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/shell-pavege-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "Lighting a football field with the energy of players’ footsteps")
![“The goal is to make smart roads by using light, energy and road signs that interact with the traffic situation. […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/roseegaarde-_-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "VAN GOGH PATH by Studio Roosegaard")
![“Boyan Slat is a 20-year-old on a mission – to rid the world’s oceans of floating plastic. He has dedicated […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Boyan-Slat_more-than-green-195x110.jpg "Cleaning the oceans – Boyan Slat")
![Research from Harvard try to solve the critical point of the whole structure in thermal effects: the window. The necessity […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/ventanas-refrigeradas-evitar-puentes-termicos-paliar-gastos-energeticos-windows-refrigerated-avoid-thermal-bridges-alleviate-energy-costs-more-than-green-morethangreen-1-195x110.jpg "Refrigerated windows to avoid thermal bridges and alleviate energy costs")
![In the department of intelligent constructions of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is coming for years developing […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/hidrocerámica-hydroceramic-paredes-inteligentes-intelligent-walls-termosensible-autonoma-paramento-thermosensivity-autonomous-surface-iaac-more-than-green-morethangreen-2-195x110.jpg "Hydroceramic: intelligent walls. IAAC Research about thermosensitivity and autonomous thermal conditioning of surfaces.")
![Ele is a solar bicycle desgined by Mojtaba Raeisi with solar panels on its wheels that rotate 30 degrees on both […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ele-solar-bike-yanko-design-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "Ele Solar Bike, a solar bicycle")
![“CAT is an education and visitor centre demonstrating practical solutions for sustainability. It covers all aspects of green living: environmental […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CAT-more-than-green-05-195x110.jpg "CAT-Centre for Alternative Technology")
![“In 1967, Moshe Safdie reimagined the monolithic apartment building, creating “Habitat ’67,” which gave each unit an unprecedented sense of […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Habitat-67_moshe-safdie_more-than-green-195x110.jpg "TED Talk by Moshe Safdie: How to reinvent the apartment building")
![“Santiago Cirugeda is a leading figure in a socially responsible and responsive collective movement in Spanish architecture that seeks to […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Recetas-Urbanas-Santiago-Cirugeda-more-than-green_6-195x110.jpg "Santiago Cirugeda: guerrilla architect, low-cost projects")
![“Kevin Bullis explains how a powerful new way to generate electricity could eventually make electric cars and electronic gadgets run […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/mit-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "MIT: “Progress on a Powerful New Way to Generate Electricity”")
![“The construction of a small single-family home twenty kilometers north of Kigali, Rwanda is now complete. The building is demure: three small […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/GA-Collaborative-Masoro-Village-Project-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "Masoro Village Project: empowering communities through architecture")
![“Tectonic Landscape is the artificial landscape fit to the exhibition space(Umi Hall) at Daegu Art Museum. The project represents a […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/more-than-green-tectonic-landscape-geometrias-experimentacion-experimental-geometries-recycled-pallets-reciclados-2-195x110.jpg "Tectonic Landscape: geometrical experimentation with recycled pallets")
![We published two years ago in this post a photo essay about the magnificent rehabilitation of abandoned cement factory which Ricardo Bofill […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Ricardo-Bofill-cement-factory-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "The Factory: a walk through Ricardo Bofill’s house")
![‘Slow Uprising’ is a proposal by Ja Studio Inc which transforms an existing Italian highway into a sustainable city. “A region of southern […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Parasitic-City-Takes-Over-Decommissioned-Italian-Highway-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "The reconstruction of a decommissioned Italian highway")
![”The garden of my hospital” is a intervention made by Riza Studio for jugaterapia foundation to bring a piece of […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/more-than-green-el_jardin_de_mi_hospi_RICO_Studio_1-195x110.jpg "“The garden of my hospital” by RICA Studio")
![This particular bar is solved from a landscape perspective and another energetic. In a natural environment as carefully as you […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wind-and-water-bar-refrigeracion-natural-en-entornos-naturales-natural-cooling-in-natural-environments-more-than-green-1-195x110.jpg "Wind and Water Bar. Natural cooling in natural environments")
![“Santiago Cirugeda is a subversive architect from Seville who has dedicated his career to reclaiming urban spaces for the public.In […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Santiago-Cirugeda-Rebel-Architects-More-Than-Green_1-195x110.jpeg "Rebel Architecture by Santiago Cirugeda")
![Weaving Street is open to participation project. A production process is performed during the year complete with an installation of […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tejiendo-la-calle-parasoles-de-ganchillo-creando-ciudad-crochet-umbrellas-creating-city-por-marina-fernandez-ramos-weaving-the-street-more-than-green-01-195x110.gif "Weaving the street: Crochet umbrellas creates city")
![“Beach sand can be used to make lithium-ion batteries that last three times longer than current models.” “This is the […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/more-than-green-sand-battery-1-195x110.jpg "Battery made of sand")
![“The project allows you to experience the satisfaction of building your own vehicle from scratch. The set includes bicycle cable […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bamboobee-DIY-build-your-own-bicycle-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "DIY: build your own bicycle with Bamboobee Bike Kit")
![“A world leader in the field of energy gathering tread, Pavegen, develops and manufactures ground technology that converts kinetic energy […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/pavegen-energía-con-tus-pisadas-more-than-green_11-195x110.png "Energy with your footsteps")
![“Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years’ big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ted-ellen-dunham-jones-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia – TED Talk")
![Silk Leaf project consists of chloroplasts suspended in a matrix made out of silk protein. Julian Melchiorri has developed a synthetic […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Silk-Leaf-by-Julian-Melchiorri-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "Silk Leaf project, a man-made biological leaf that turns light and water into oxygen")
![“Unveiled in a pilot project at the International Building Exhibition (IBA) in Hamburg in 2013, the world´s first bio-reactive façade generates renewable energy […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/solarleaf-solar-leaf-fachada-algas-bioreactivas-more-than-green-Biq2_900x700-195x110.jpg "SolarLeaf. Algae bio-reactive facade")
![This tour shows the latest bicycle innovations in Copenhagen: a wonderful new bridge (the Cycle Snake); the Green Wave, where cyclists going […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/streetfilms-copenhagen-a-journey-around-copenhagens-bicycle-innovations-more-than-green_2-195x110.jpg "A journey around Copenhagen’s bicycle innovations")
![“Moss FM is the world’s first plant-powered radio, and the first working moss-powered object requiring more electricity than an LCD. […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/more_than_green_fabianne_felder_fm_1-195x110.jpg "Moss FM by Fabienne Felder")
![“A new prototype brick hexagonal cells, developed by researchers at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, has been honored and awarded […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/ladrillos-celda-hexagonal-ruido-bricks-cell-noise-more-than-green-Sin-título-195x110.jpg "Brick of hexagonal cell. New geometries against noise")
![“From 2012, every time they are more the neighborhoods of New York that separate their organic garbage. With the garbage renewable […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/more_than_green_isla_basurero_ny_3-195x110.jpg "Compost islands proposed for New York")
![Robert Neuwirth, author of “Shadow Cities,” finds the world’s squatter sites — where a billion people now make their homes […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/robert-neuwirth-Stealth-of-Nations-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "“The hidden world of shadow cities” by Robert Neuwirth")
![“Humanity’s greatest social innovation remains the city, says an article in the October 2011 issue of The Atlantic mentioning SFI […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Urban-Metabolism-cities-scaling-sustainability-santa-fe-institute-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "Urban metabolism: cities, scaling and sustainability")
![“Improvisto’s project is based on the principle of cohousing, an approach that is popular in Scandinavia, where communities consist of […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/improvistos-alfafar-valencia-more-than-green_4-195x110.jpg "Revitalization project in the run-down neighborhood of Orba in Alfafar, Valencia")
![___ Title: Navitas Biotopo Name: Antonio Campos Villanueva School: Universidad Europea de Madrid Tutor: Acebo X Alonso Year: 2013 ___ Energy […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1.A.portada.SECCIÓN_pfc_navitas-biotopo-antonio-campos-195x110.jpg "fpd _ NAVITAS BIOTOPO by Antonio Campos")
![“A portable & wearable tricorder like multisensor that turns your smartphone into a super environmental monitor.” “The Sensordrone is a […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/sensordrone-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "Sensordrone")
![“Smart Citizen is a platform to generate participatory processes of the people in the cities. Connecting data, people and knowledge, […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/smartcitizen-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "Smart Citizen")
![“With the project Couleurs Carolo, the Dutch company AkzoNobel aims to support the Belgian city of Charleroi to become a […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Couleurs-Carolo-AkzoNobel-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "Let’s paint the world’s ugliest city")
![” The Beijing-based artist and beekeeper Ren Ri is a focused man. His new three-part series — titled “Yuansu” in reference […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/more-than-green-geometricas-esculturas-colmena-ren-ri-4-195x110.jpg "Geometric Beehive sculptures by Ren Ri.")
![“As the world’s cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/teddy-cruz-ted-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "Teddy Cruz’s TED talk: How architectural innovations migrate across borders")
![“IDYS aims to be a new shared workspace in expanded educationthat promotes further training related to the processes of collective construction or self-construction. It focuses on key laboratory for the testing and development of open source prototypes with the intention of promoting research and experimentation processes related to citizens’ initiatives and the exchange of knowledge. Creators, makers and open source enthusiasts are invited to join the team and begin the production of their own projects (furniture, ephemeral architecture, building systems, mobile […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/instituto-do-it-yourself-todo-por-la-praxis-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "IDYS: Instituto DO IT YOURSELF by Todo por la Praxis")
![“The term guerrilla gardening might scare off some people, but the practice has a long history of both radical and community-building […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/guerrilla-gardening-more-than-green_1-195x110.jpg "Guerrilla Gardening: green up your neighborhood")
![“Around the world, 768 million people don’t have access to safe water, and every day 1,400 childrenunder the age of […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/0-warka-water-architecture-and-vision-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "“Warka Water: drinking of the air” by Architecture and Vision")
![“A scientist and an award winning poet, both at the University of Sheffield, have made a giant poster that uses […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sheffields-pollution-poster-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "“In Praise of Air” by Simon Armitage and Tony Ryan")
![“El Hierro, the spanish island the smallest of the Canary Islands, with just 10,000 residents is about to do […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/more_than_green_el_hierro_islas_canarias_1-195x110.jpg "El Hierro, the first self-sufficient island thanks to the renewable energies")
![[By Julia Cervantes Corazzina] More than green has been collecting hundreds of works which define ways of transforming the reality […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/agnes-denes-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "ABOUT WOMEN AND SUSTAINABILITY")
![“One year after they hit Panama for the “Somos Luz Project”, Madrid’s collective Boa Mistura went to Mexico, in Qerétaro’s […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/colonia-las-americas-boa-mistura-more-than-green-1-195x110.jpg "Colonia Las Américas by Boa Mistura")
![There are a lot of brilliant ways to take full advantage of small spaces in your garden: the key is […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DIY-vertical-gardens-More-Than-Green_1-195x110.jpg "DIY: designing vertical gardens for tiny spaces")
![ALGAETECTURE FOR EXPO 2015: Algae systems to design and feed the city. Algae is the seemingly unlikely term that is being […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/algaetecture_more-than-green_00_EXPO-CARD-SIMPLE-195x110.jpg "“ALGAETECTURE: algae systems to design and feed the city” by ecoLogicStudio")
![“The Energy Cooperative Kaštela wants to encourage people in their community to start using renewable energy sources. The primary school […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/energy-independent-school-croatia-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "The “Energy Independent School” of Kaštela")
![“Campaigning for a fairer sharing of wealth, power and resources within and between nations.” “Humanity urgently needs to move beyond […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/share-the-world-resources-adam-parsons-more-than-green-195x110.jpg "“Sharing the World’s Resources” by Adam Parsons")
![“The world’s largest solar plant started creating electricity last February. “The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now operational and […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/google-planta-solar-600x337-195x110.jpg "Ivanpah: The world’s largest solar plant")
![“When 27-year-old Luke Saunders told his former boss he was turning down a substantial raise and promotion to create a […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Luke-Saunders-vending-machine-1-195x110.jpg "The new Vending Machine designed by Luke Saunders")
![‘Just a few weeks ago the world’s largest solar thermal power plant switched online in Nevada, and now the largest […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Aura-solar-I-farm-Latin-America-1-537x3581-195x110.jpg "Latin America’s Biggest Solar Farm")
![“Using state-of-the-art 3D graphics and the timing of a stand-up comedian, world-famous statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Hans-Rosling-overpopulated-bbc-documentary-195x110.jpg "“Overpopulated” – BBC Documentary by Hans Rosling")
![“Mill Junction provides students with a unique living space in the heart of Newtown. To produce this world first, Citiq […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Mill-Junction-01-195x110.jpg "“Mill Junction” hotel")
![“This extraordinary Hyper Filter Skyscraper was designed to inhale carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and exhale oxygen. This biomimetic […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Hyper-Filter-Skyscraper-195x110.jpg "Hyper Filter Skyscraper by Umarov Alexey")
![‘One year after Electric Mobility Company (EMC) unveiled the Xkuty One electric bike in Spain, the company has now developed […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/01-195x110.jpg "Recharging Station for the Xkuty One Electric Bike")
![A new book about urban sustainability. “How do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013_architecture_of_necessity_05-195x110.jpg "“How to Study Public Life” by JAN GEHL and BIRGITTE SVARRE.")
![“The study of architecture and urbanism NLE, with offices in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Lagos (Nigeria), constructs a prototype of a […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/more_than_green_makoko_school_00-195x110.jpg "“Makoko floating school” by NLÉ in Nigeria")
![“OuiShare is a collaborative economy project and was born as an experiment of collaborative organization. As laid down in our […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ouishare-fest-195x110.jpg "OuiShare")
![While advertise products are supposed to make our homes look prettier, badly designed billboard ads make buildings and sometimes entire […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/OBI-Renovated-Billboards-More-Than-Green_1-195x110.jpg "‘Renovated Billboards’, an innovative urban and advertising intervention")
![“Most of us want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. But things aren’t as simple […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/pillar-195x110.jpg "“Leyla Acaroglu: Paper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folklore” TED TALK")
![“Janet Echelman creates incredible hovering string sculptures by using traditional net-weaving techniques to transform simple spools of thread. Her beautiful […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/janet_echelman02-195x110.jpg "String Sculptures by Janet Echelman")
![[by Julia Cervantes Corazzina] Europe is going through one of the worst moments of its economical history: high levels of […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/JULIA_1-195x110.jpg "Crisis: the opportunity for sustainable innovation.")
![“Kenya recently laid out an ambitious plans to construct nine solar power plants at a cost of $1.2 billion, with […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/panel-install-195x110.jpg "“More Than Half of Kenya’s Electricity Will Come From Solar Power by 2016” Inhabitat")
![The most of the solar cooking work pretty much in the same way. There are also a lot of evacuated […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/GoSun-Stove-solar-cooking-More-Than-Green_1-195x110.jpg "Reinventing solar cooking: GoSun Stove")
![“In recent years there has been a growing concern about space debris as proliferation poses increasing peril for today’s orbiting […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Spacejunk3-195x110.jpg "Space debris is becoming an increasingly widespread concern – GMV")
![“CityHeroes connects people with their closes circles of friends, workmates and communities to report and solve daily problems and help […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/completo-195x110.jpg "CityHeroes")
![‘BREEAM, the certification system for sustainable building, has certified the first building of maximum sustainability in the world. Where? in […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Wuhan-New-Energy-Center-4-195x110.jpg "The building with the highest certified BREEAM of sostenibility: zero carbon and zero energy")
![It’s an urban bike device designed in MIT. “Transform your bike and transform your city.” “Smart, responsive and elegant, the […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/the-copenhagen-wheel-1-195x110.jpg "Copenhagen Wheel -MIT-")
![‘HALO is a social and environmentally conscious home built for students by students. Designed by 25 scholars from Chalmers University […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Chalmers-University-Of-Technology-Solar-Powered-HALO-1-195x110.jpg "Halo. Passive home")
![“BikeLine (projected by Ecosistema Urbano) combines the physical and virtual spaces of the city in a light, resource-efficient and simple […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/bikeline-image_1024-620x211-195x110.jpg "BikeLine by Ecosistema Urbano")
![“Once the powerhouse of America’s industrial might, Detroit is more recently known in the popular imagination as a fabulous ruin, […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/toni_griffin-195x110.jpg "Toni Griffin: A new vision for rebuilding Detroit")
![“A billboard that can capture this humidity and turn it into potable drinking water” “According to the UN, about 60% […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/520e591be8e44e4bf90000f6_billboard-in-lima-harvests-drinking-water-out-of-thin-air_panelagua-528x297-195x110.jpg "DRINKING WATER OUT OF AIR")
![“Imagine being able to watch and listen to the process of photosynthesis. After the massive earthquake that shook Japan in […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/forest_symphony_3-195x110.jpg "Forest Symphony by Ryuichi Sakamoto")
![‘A new eco-friendly vehicle from Absolute Design could make independent, low-emission transportation possible for people who utilize a wheelchair. Most […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Equal-Smart-Compact-EV-For-People-With-Disabilities-3-195x110.jpg "Equal")
![“A hemispheric art installation made from recycled plastic bottles and LEDs lights-up the Hong Kong cityscape. Hong Kong-based studio Daydreamers […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Daydreamers-Design-Rising-Moon-botellas-recicladas-More-Than-Green_1-195x110.jpg "Rising Moon: lantern pavilion made from recycled bottles")
![“Biolace is a speculative design-led research project that investigates the intersection of synthetic biology and textile design to propose future […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cropped-doilly1-195x110.jpg "Biolace by Carole Collet")
![“Long before sustainability became a buzzword, architect Shigeru Ban had begun his experiments with ecologically-sound building materials such as cardboard […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/paperbridge1-195x110.jpg "Shigeru Ban: Emergency shelters made from paper")
![‘Vertical Forest is the project of two residential towers designed as part of the rehabilitation of the historic district of […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20130904-225112-700x437-195x110.jpg "Vertical forest")
![“The Dogbir generator is a vertical axis mini-wind turbine with concentric rotor that can be divided into two parts so […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dobgir31-195x110.jpg "Dogbir")
![‘Hundreds of vacant lots in Detroit, Michigan will soon be transformed into the world’s largest urban farm. Governor Rick Snyder […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/urban-farmMMW-Horticulture-Group-537x358-195x110.jpg "Hundreds of Vacant Lots to Become World’s Largest Urban Farm in Detroit")
![“Finding value in what’s been thrown away. He visits Belgium to meet the first prospectors digging for treasure in trash. For […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Captura-195x110.jpg "Tom Heap discovers landfill mining-BBC radio")
![‘Avatar Architettura is a multidisciplinary Italian office architecture and industrial design founded in 2001 by Nicola Santini and Pier Paolo […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/01-195x110.jpg "Recycled Pallets Pavilion / Avatar Architettura")
![“YOUR TEXT HERE (by Marcos Zotes-UNSTABLE) is a participatory, site-specific light installation that aims at empowering local communities by providing […]](http://www.morethangreen.es/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/marcos-zotes-your-text-here-detroit-02-195x110.jpg "YOUR TEXT HERE by Marcos Zotes")
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innovation Archive
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Organic Growth, Summer Pavilion on Governors Island 2015 by Izaskun Chinchilla Architects
FIGMENT, the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) and the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) have hosted since 2010 a competition to […]
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Blue Freedom: a portable hydropower plant
Blue Freedom is an electrical generator that produces portable energy to charge any electric devices using the power of flowing water. The electric […]
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Shipping containers market in Toronto
Shipping containers recycled into entrepreneurs’ stalls of a street market in Toronto. LGA Architectural Partners has developed a project to […]
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TED Talks: “Your cloudmachines”. Creating atmospheres and trapping clouds with Rafael Beneytez
Rafael Beneytez stresses the importance of atmospheres in architecture. Thus began to put emphasis eternal architectural discussion between gravity and […]
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Street art: turning objects into infrastructure
Street artists have been using the sides of buildings, transportation infrastructure and billboards as canvases for years. These street artists are turning […]
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Agronautas: exploring relationships between people and rural
Agronautas is a multidisciplinary project that addresses the relationship between people and the countryside. Through activities such as workshops, interviews […]
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Lighting a football field with the energy of players’ footsteps
A few months ago we published this post about the development and manufacture of a technological ground which converts the kinetic energy […]
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VAN GOGH PATH by Studio Roosegaard
“The goal is to make smart roads by using light, energy and road signs that interact with the traffic situation. […]
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Cleaning the oceans – Boyan Slat
“Boyan Slat is a 20-year-old on a mission – to rid the world’s oceans of floating plastic. He has dedicated […]
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Refrigerated windows to avoid thermal bridges and alleviate energy costs
Research from Harvard try to solve the critical point of the whole structure in thermal effects: the window. The necessity […]
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Hydroceramic: intelligent walls. IAAC Research about thermosensitivity and autonomous thermal conditioning of surfaces.
In the department of intelligent constructions of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) is coming for years developing […]
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Ele Solar Bike, a solar bicycle
Ele is a solar bicycle desgined by Mojtaba Raeisi with solar panels on its wheels that rotate 30 degrees on both […]
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CAT-Centre for Alternative Technology
“CAT is an education and visitor centre demonstrating practical solutions for sustainability. It covers all aspects of green living: environmental […]
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TED Talk by Moshe Safdie: How to reinvent the apartment building
“In 1967, Moshe Safdie reimagined the monolithic apartment building, creating “Habitat ’67,” which gave each unit an unprecedented sense of […]
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Santiago Cirugeda: guerrilla architect, low-cost projects
“Santiago Cirugeda is a leading figure in a socially responsible and responsive collective movement in Spanish architecture that seeks to […]
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MIT: “Progress on a Powerful New Way to Generate Electricity”
“Kevin Bullis explains how a powerful new way to generate electricity could eventually make electric cars and electronic gadgets run […]
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Masoro Village Project: empowering communities through architecture
“The construction of a small single-family home twenty kilometers north of Kigali, Rwanda is now complete. The building is demure: three small […]
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Tectonic Landscape: geometrical experimentation with recycled pallets
“Tectonic Landscape is the artificial landscape fit to the exhibition space(Umi Hall) at Daegu Art Museum. The project represents a […]
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The Factory: a walk through Ricardo Bofill’s house
We published two years ago in this post a photo essay about the magnificent rehabilitation of abandoned cement factory which Ricardo Bofill […]
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The reconstruction of a decommissioned Italian highway
‘Slow Uprising’ is a proposal by Ja Studio Inc which transforms an existing Italian highway into a sustainable city. “A region of southern […]
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“The garden of my hospital” by RICA Studio
”The garden of my hospital” is a intervention made by Riza Studio for jugaterapia foundation to bring a piece of […]
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Wind and Water Bar. Natural cooling in natural environments
This particular bar is solved from a landscape perspective and another energetic. In a natural environment as carefully as you […]
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Rebel Architecture by Santiago Cirugeda
“Santiago Cirugeda is a subversive architect from Seville who has dedicated his career to reclaiming urban spaces for the public.In […]
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Weaving the street: Crochet umbrellas creates city
Weaving Street is open to participation project. A production process is performed during the year complete with an installation of […]
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Battery made of sand
“Beach sand can be used to make lithium-ion batteries that last three times longer than current models.” “This is the […]
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DIY: build your own bicycle with Bamboobee Bike Kit
“The project allows you to experience the satisfaction of building your own vehicle from scratch. The set includes bicycle cable […]
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Energy with your footsteps
“A world leader in the field of energy gathering tread, Pavegen, develops and manufactures ground technology that converts kinetic energy […]
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Ellen Dunham-Jones: Retrofitting suburbia – TED Talk
“Ellen Dunham-Jones fires the starting shot for the next 50 years’ big sustainable design project: retrofitting suburbia. To come: Dying […]
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Silk Leaf project, a man-made biological leaf that turns light and water into oxygen
Silk Leaf project consists of chloroplasts suspended in a matrix made out of silk protein. Julian Melchiorri has developed a synthetic […]
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SolarLeaf. Algae bio-reactive facade
“Unveiled in a pilot project at the International Building Exhibition (IBA) in Hamburg in 2013, the world´s first bio-reactive façade generates renewable energy […]
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A journey around Copenhagen’s bicycle innovations
This tour shows the latest bicycle innovations in Copenhagen: a wonderful new bridge (the Cycle Snake); the Green Wave, where cyclists going […]
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Moss FM by Fabienne Felder
“Moss FM is the world’s first plant-powered radio, and the first working moss-powered object requiring more electricity than an LCD. […]
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Brick of hexagonal cell. New geometries against noise
“A new prototype brick hexagonal cells, developed by researchers at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, has been honored and awarded […]
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Compost islands proposed for New York
“From 2012, every time they are more the neighborhoods of New York that separate their organic garbage. With the garbage renewable […]
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“The hidden world of shadow cities” by Robert Neuwirth
Robert Neuwirth, author of “Shadow Cities,” finds the world’s squatter sites — where a billion people now make their homes […]
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Urban metabolism: cities, scaling and sustainability
“Humanity’s greatest social innovation remains the city, says an article in the October 2011 issue of The Atlantic mentioning SFI […]
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Revitalization project in the run-down neighborhood of Orba in Alfafar, Valencia
“Improvisto’s project is based on the principle of cohousing, an approach that is popular in Scandinavia, where communities consist of […]
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fpd _ NAVITAS BIOTOPO by Antonio Campos
___ Title: Navitas Biotopo Name: Antonio Campos Villanueva School: Universidad Europea de Madrid Tutor: Acebo X Alonso Year: 2013 ___ Energy […]
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Sensordrone
“A portable & wearable tricorder like multisensor that turns your smartphone into a super environmental monitor.” “The Sensordrone is a […]
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Smart Citizen
“Smart Citizen is a platform to generate participatory processes of the people in the cities. Connecting data, people and knowledge, […]
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Let’s paint the world’s ugliest city
“With the project Couleurs Carolo, the Dutch company AkzoNobel aims to support the Belgian city of Charleroi to become a […]
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Geometric Beehive sculptures by Ren Ri.
” The Beijing-based artist and beekeeper Ren Ri is a focused man. His new three-part series — titled “Yuansu” in reference […]
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Teddy Cruz’s TED talk: How architectural innovations migrate across borders
“As the world’s cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the […]
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IDYS: Instituto DO IT YOURSELF by Todo por la Praxis
“IDYS aims to be a new shared workspace in expanded educationthat promotes further training related to the processes of collective construction or self-construction. It focuses on key laboratory for the testing and development of open source prototypes with the intention of promoting research and experimentation processes related to citizens’ initiatives and the exchange of knowledge. Creators, makers and open source enthusiasts are invited to join the team and begin the production of their own projects (furniture, ephemeral architecture, building systems, mobile […]
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Guerrilla Gardening: green up your neighborhood
“The term guerrilla gardening might scare off some people, but the practice has a long history of both radical and community-building […]
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“Warka Water: drinking of the air” by Architecture and Vision
“Around the world, 768 million people don’t have access to safe water, and every day 1,400 childrenunder the age of […]
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“In Praise of Air” by Simon Armitage and Tony Ryan
“A scientist and an award winning poet, both at the University of Sheffield, have made a giant poster that uses […]
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El Hierro, the first self-sufficient island thanks to the renewable energies
“El Hierro, the spanish island the smallest of the Canary Islands, with just 10,000 residents is about to do […]
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ABOUT WOMEN AND SUSTAINABILITY
[By Julia Cervantes Corazzina] More than green has been collecting hundreds of works which define ways of transforming the reality […]
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Colonia Las Américas by Boa Mistura
“One year after they hit Panama for the “Somos Luz Project”, Madrid’s collective Boa Mistura went to Mexico, in Qerétaro’s […]
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DIY: designing vertical gardens for tiny spaces
There are a lot of brilliant ways to take full advantage of small spaces in your garden: the key is […]
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“ALGAETECTURE: algae systems to design and feed the city” by ecoLogicStudio
ALGAETECTURE FOR EXPO 2015: Algae systems to design and feed the city. Algae is the seemingly unlikely term that is being […]
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The “Energy Independent School” of Kaštela
“The Energy Cooperative Kaštela wants to encourage people in their community to start using renewable energy sources. The primary school […]
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“Sharing the World’s Resources” by Adam Parsons
“Campaigning for a fairer sharing of wealth, power and resources within and between nations.” “Humanity urgently needs to move beyond […]
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Ivanpah: The world’s largest solar plant
“The world’s largest solar plant started creating electricity last February. “The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now operational and […]
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The new Vending Machine designed by Luke Saunders
“When 27-year-old Luke Saunders told his former boss he was turning down a substantial raise and promotion to create a […]
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Latin America’s Biggest Solar Farm
‘Just a few weeks ago the world’s largest solar thermal power plant switched online in Nevada, and now the largest […]
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“Overpopulated” – BBC Documentary by Hans Rosling
“Using state-of-the-art 3D graphics and the timing of a stand-up comedian, world-famous statistician Professor Hans Rosling presents a spectacular portrait […]
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“Mill Junction” hotel
“Mill Junction provides students with a unique living space in the heart of Newtown. To produce this world first, Citiq […]
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Hyper Filter Skyscraper by Umarov Alexey
“This extraordinary Hyper Filter Skyscraper was designed to inhale carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and exhale oxygen. This biomimetic […]
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Recharging Station for the Xkuty One Electric Bike
‘One year after Electric Mobility Company (EMC) unveiled the Xkuty One electric bike in Spain, the company has now developed […]
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“How to Study Public Life” by JAN GEHL and BIRGITTE SVARRE.
A new book about urban sustainability. “How do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, […]
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“Makoko floating school” by NLÉ in Nigeria
“The study of architecture and urbanism NLE, with offices in Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Lagos (Nigeria), constructs a prototype of a […]
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OuiShare
“OuiShare is a collaborative economy project and was born as an experiment of collaborative organization. As laid down in our […]
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‘Renovated Billboards’, an innovative urban and advertising intervention
While advertise products are supposed to make our homes look prettier, badly designed billboard ads make buildings and sometimes entire […]
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“Leyla Acaroglu: Paper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folklore” TED TALK
“Most of us want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. But things aren’t as simple […]
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String Sculptures by Janet Echelman
“Janet Echelman creates incredible hovering string sculptures by using traditional net-weaving techniques to transform simple spools of thread. Her beautiful […]
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Crisis: the opportunity for sustainable innovation.
[by Julia Cervantes Corazzina] Europe is going through one of the worst moments of its economical history: high levels of […]
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“More Than Half of Kenya’s Electricity Will Come From Solar Power by 2016” Inhabitat
“Kenya recently laid out an ambitious plans to construct nine solar power plants at a cost of $1.2 billion, with […]
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Reinventing solar cooking: GoSun Stove
The most of the solar cooking work pretty much in the same way. There are also a lot of evacuated […]
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Space debris is becoming an increasingly widespread concern – GMV
“In recent years there has been a growing concern about space debris as proliferation poses increasing peril for today’s orbiting […]
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CityHeroes
“CityHeroes connects people with their closes circles of friends, workmates and communities to report and solve daily problems and help […]
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The building with the highest certified BREEAM of sostenibility: zero carbon and zero energy
‘BREEAM, the certification system for sustainable building, has certified the first building of maximum sustainability in the world. Where? in […]
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Copenhagen Wheel -MIT-
It’s an urban bike device designed in MIT. “Transform your bike and transform your city.” “Smart, responsive and elegant, the […]
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Halo. Passive home
‘HALO is a social and environmentally conscious home built for students by students. Designed by 25 scholars from Chalmers University […]
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BikeLine by Ecosistema Urbano
“BikeLine (projected by Ecosistema Urbano) combines the physical and virtual spaces of the city in a light, resource-efficient and simple […]
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Toni Griffin: A new vision for rebuilding Detroit
“Once the powerhouse of America’s industrial might, Detroit is more recently known in the popular imagination as a fabulous ruin, […]
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DRINKING WATER OUT OF AIR
“A billboard that can capture this humidity and turn it into potable drinking water” “According to the UN, about 60% […]
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Forest Symphony by Ryuichi Sakamoto
“Imagine being able to watch and listen to the process of photosynthesis. After the massive earthquake that shook Japan in […]
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Equal
‘A new eco-friendly vehicle from Absolute Design could make independent, low-emission transportation possible for people who utilize a wheelchair. Most […]
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Rising Moon: lantern pavilion made from recycled bottles
“A hemispheric art installation made from recycled plastic bottles and LEDs lights-up the Hong Kong cityscape. Hong Kong-based studio Daydreamers […]
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Biolace by Carole Collet
“Biolace is a speculative design-led research project that investigates the intersection of synthetic biology and textile design to propose future […]
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Shigeru Ban: Emergency shelters made from paper
“Long before sustainability became a buzzword, architect Shigeru Ban had begun his experiments with ecologically-sound building materials such as cardboard […]
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Vertical forest
‘Vertical Forest is the project of two residential towers designed as part of the rehabilitation of the historic district of […]
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Dogbir
“The Dogbir generator is a vertical axis mini-wind turbine with concentric rotor that can be divided into two parts so […]
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Hundreds of Vacant Lots to Become World’s Largest Urban Farm in Detroit
‘Hundreds of vacant lots in Detroit, Michigan will soon be transformed into the world’s largest urban farm. Governor Rick Snyder […]
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Tom Heap discovers landfill mining-BBC radio
“Finding value in what’s been thrown away. He visits Belgium to meet the first prospectors digging for treasure in trash. For […]
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Recycled Pallets Pavilion / Avatar Architettura
‘Avatar Architettura is a multidisciplinary Italian office architecture and industrial design founded in 2001 by Nicola Santini and Pier Paolo […]
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YOUR TEXT HERE by Marcos Zotes
“YOUR TEXT HERE (by Marcos Zotes-UNSTABLE) is a participatory, site-specific light installation that aims at empowering local communities by providing […]
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Parkcycle Swarm, modular parks pop-up in Azerbaijan
“Parkcycle Swarm, modular pop-up park created by Rebar Group and N55. The design, a combination of a park and a […]
