CityArchRiver 2015
Thema: Urban transformation. Beschreibung: CityArchRiver 2015 will transform the Arch experience for everyone. CityArchRiver 2015 will make the Arch easier and safer for everyone to experience by connecting, invigorating and expanding the park’s grounds and museums. CityArchRiver 2015 connects the Gateway Arch grounds with the East and West riverfronts and the region. Through the creation … Weiterlesen
Park and Slide
Thema: Temporary urban transformation. Beschreibung: Enabling people to navigate the streets of their city in a new way, the slide is a simple architectural intervention and a playful response to the urban landscape. This massive urban slide transforms the street and asks people to take a fresh look at the potential of their city and … Weiterlesen
Energy Bunker
Thema: Urban transformation. Beschreibung: Wilhelmsburg’s former air raid bunker has been transformed into a symbol of the “Renewable Wilhelmsburg” Climate Protection Concept. Having languished almost unused since the end of World War II, the monument has now been renovated during the IBA Hamburg and converted into a power plant using renewable forms of energy, with … Weiterlesen
Transform Kansas City
Thema: A joint effort to develop a public discourse on the opportunities of rail transit and facilitate professional and community input in the development of a more sustainable built environment. Beschreibung: Transform Kansas City is intended to inspire the public’s imagination about regional mobility by showcasing built and un-built work from around the world that … Weiterlesen
Opportunity Detroit – Detroit is the Destination.
Thema: Radio show dedicated to showcasing Detroit’s gems – both hidden and prominent – and improving the region through thoughtful conversations with those committed to seeing Detroit’s revitalization. Beschreibung: There’s a lot going on in Detroit, and it’s time to get the word out to the rest of Michigan and surrounding areas. The show focuses … Weiterlesen
UNLEASHED – detroit dog park
Thema: Remodeling/reshaping of urban places. Beschreibung: Detroit Dog Park is a group of Detroit-area dog lovers who are working hard to bring a dog park to the city of Detroit. Our park is Macomb Park, also known as Macomb Playlot. It’s an old playground near the iconic train station and Roosevelt Park. The land is … Weiterlesen
Condominium project in metro Detroit
Thema: Detroit firm aims to use shipping containers for Midtown residences. Beschreibung: House hunters will soon be able to check out what may be the most unusual condominium project in metro Detroit — a 20-unit complex near Wayne State University built from empty shipping containers. A model unit and sales center will break ground in … Weiterlesen
Stockholm Royal Seaport – Norra Djurgårdsstaden
Thema: A new urban district in central Stockholm Beschreibung: A new urban district – Stockholm Royal Seaport – is developing in eastern Stockholm by the Royal National Urban Park. Here, modern architecture and environmental thinking is being combined, creating a new vibrant district for sustainable living, business and recreation. A former brownfield industrial area of … Weiterlesen
Improv Everywhere
Thema: Creating disturbances that would encourage random strangers to interact with each other. Beschreibung: Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents. … Weiterlesen
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Thema: From 2013 the Olympic site will be named the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Beschreibung: After the 2012 Olympic/Paralympic Games, the Olympic Park will be a blueprint for community living, sporting opportunity and leisure activity combining Games’ venues with family-led homes and community facilities developed around major new attractions, open spaces, waterways and new bridges … Weiterlesen
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