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Morlans tunnel: The tunnel of a railway that turned into a bike path
An urban project in Basque Country transformed an obsolete tunnel into a pathway for bikes. This new pathway runs along […]
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UFO: Unexpected fountain occupation by EXYZT.
Rehabilitation of an old fountain in Warsaw. Today we present this wonderful idea for those wanting to activate the old […]
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C.A.R. urban cages by Anónima
Car cages transformed into social spaces. In some Mexican cities, the urban environment is characterised by the presence of car […]
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The Better Block Project
The Better Block project is a website that informs us about the environmentally friendly transformation of cities in North America. […]
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OFFICINA ROMA by Raumlabor
“The OFFICINA ROMA is a villa entirely build out of trash. It consist of a sleeping room, a kitchen and […]
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The Petite Ceinture, on the peripheral Paris. Culture and nature vs. mercantilism
The real treasure of the city of love, is not among the paths Haussmann. Cultural diversity and natural value acquired […]
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fdp_The re-tuin experience by Arantxa Lara Perea
__ Title: The Re-tuin experience Authors: Arantxa Lara Perea School: Escuela superior de arquitectura y tecnología de la UCJC Tutor: Marta Toral Year: 2013 […]
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Pierce´s Park by Mahan Rykiel Associates
“Pierce’s Park is a multifunctional green space that combines play, stormwater management , and environmental education into a one-acre urban oasis. […]
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TED Talk by Aziza Chaouni: “How I brought a river, and my city, back to life”
“The Fez River winds through the medina of Fez, Morocco—a mazelike medieval city that’s a World Heritage site. Once considered […]
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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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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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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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Megurizaka pond renovation project involves children
“The “Megurizaka pond renovation” project started in 2008 by creating a place for children to play and help restore nature […]
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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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Ruin Pubs in Budapest
(…)”Each ruin pub is unique, but they all share certain similarities. The main ingredient is usually an abandoned building, preferably […]
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fdp_TRAVELLING THROUGH AN INFRASTRUCTURE by Adrián Segura Sánchez
___ Tittle: TRAVELLING THROUGH AN INFRASTRUCTURE: FROM THE SEA TO THE SALT-WATER MARSHES OF TORREVIEJA School: UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE Tutor: […]
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fdp _ MIRA, cómo éRAMOS by Mª Pepa Ramos Mira
Title: MIRA, cómo éRAMOS School: University of Alicante Tutor: MIGUEL MESA+ENRIQUE NIETO+PASCUAL SAURA Year: 2013/2014 _____________ Prologue *The Neverending […]
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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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BU SAC by Supermachine.
“A recycled building.” (source: Metalocus) “SAC (Student Activity Center) is one of the most challenging projects that Supermachine studio has […]
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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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Red Ribbon in Tanghe River Park
“The minimum intervention approach to urban greenway against a background of natural terrain and vegetation, is a “red ribbon” spanning five […]
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Pink Punch: A landscape installation with pink trees.
“The installation Pink Punch, by the landscape artist Michaela MacLeod, aims to attract visitors by its striking color, off the beaten path, through […]
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Cubic Prism by Akane Moriyama
“This project (by Akane Moriyama) is a huge prism suspended between two buildings of the University of Texas has been designed […]
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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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Metelkova City – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Metelkova military barracks were transformed into an artistic city. “Metelkova City (full name in Slovene: Avtonomni kulturni center Metelkova mesto, […]
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Hyuro
“Sreet artist Hyuro blends politics and a surrealist sensibility in her uncanny black-and-white murals, paintings, and drawings. In dreamlike compositions, […]
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SALINE JONICHE by Grupo Aranea + AutonomeForme
“The proposal restores the flooded prairie landscape, over imposing it to an obsolete industrial layer adapted to bring life.” —————————– […]
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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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Chamfer Home
‘The Chamfer Home is a tiny self-sufficient shelter with a clean modern design that is made from eco-friendly materials. Designed […]
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Tiny Eco-Friendly Student Housing Pops up in Sweden
‘Affordable student housing meets sustainable chic in a tiny living unit designed by Tengbom Architects. Within just 10 square-meters, the […]
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Lovo by Ecru Architetti
“Lovo is a regression to an embryonic state, an uterine space connected with nature. A space free from dimensions that has […]
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Skinners Playground by Phooey Architects
“This kidscape puts four discarded shipping containers to use as the primary spaces for childhood adventures. Designed by Melbourne-based Phooey Architects, […]
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Wall Plays Music When It Rains
“Designed by Heike Bottcher in 1999 for Dresden’s Kunsthof Passage farm collective, the Court of Water features a fascinating array […]
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La Fabrique 125: from textile industry to housing. By Humà Design.
“The transformation of this old textile industrial building into a new housing project is set in the context of Quartier […]
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Potteries Thinkbelt by Cedric Price
“Cedric Price’s proposal was to take the whole rusting and decaying industrial infrastructure of the Potteries, and turn it into […]
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Nike’s 250-ft Floating Skate Park
“A group of lucky NYC skaters had the opportunity to catch some air at a pretty unusual location – atop […]
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Linking Gear by Make it Better
“The proposal is a hybrid platform of links, exchange, leisure and innovation. We propose the reinvention of 3 main elements of […]
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Dream Hamar by Boa Mistura
“The Architect firm Ecosistema Urbano invited us to make an intervention at Hamar´s main square, which they are redesigning. We […]
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Narrowest house in the world
“Polish architect Jakub Szczesny claims to have built the world’s narrowest house, just 122 centimetres across at its widest point. […]
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Seeds of Change / Gitta Gschwendtner + Maria Thereza Alves
“Behind an exhaustive investigation of the ancient routes of navigation, Alves discovered that sailors used to fill ships’ ballast mixed up with soil, stones and seeds […]
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Preservation of the Mbaru Niang by Rumah Asuh / Yori Antar.
” The fourth proposal of this unusual and great selection of projects from the Aga Khan Architecture Award 2013, us […]
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Battersea Power Station-London
“London’s Battersea Power Station is transformed into a museum of architecture and surrounded by a giant roller coaster in […]
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Jan Vormann’s Lego Art
“Jan Vormann is the German artist who travels around the world repairing buildings with broken crevices and filling […]
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798 ART DISTRICT-Beijing
“’798′ is located in the Dashanzi area, to the northeast of central Beijing. It is the site of state-owned factories […]
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Reviving New York’s rivers — with oysters!
“Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, […]
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Felice Varini – Urban Anamorphosis
“This technique falls under the label of ‘Anamorphosis’, or Multi-Surface Perspective Images. Essentially its the process of creating a […]
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Sans Souci cinema
“This project took the form of a campaign to rebuild the Sans Souci community cinema in the Soweto township district […]
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Rolling Masterplan by Jagnefalt Milton
“Buildings roll through the city on railway tracks in this masterplan by Swedish architects Jagnefalt Milton for Åndalsnes in Norway. […]
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Dutch Resource by Next architects
“The base material for the exhibition consisted of over 600 large cardboard boxes, literally the building blocks. At the beginning […]
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Urban Nests by Dom Arquitectura
“One day someone made a wall, it was cold, sad and dead, over time, the sparrows made it his home. […]
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Back to the Start
“The film, by film-maker Johnny Kelly, depicts the life of a farmer as he slowly turns his family farm into […]
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Water Tank Project
“An initiative to transform some of NYC’s most iconic structures into revolutionary, water-themed art.(…) They recently launched a (…) campaign […]