February 2012
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URBZ: Crowdsourcing the city →
Domusweb, the online expression of Domus magazine, has explored the streetscapes and irregular pattern of Dharavi, one of Mumbai’s districts, where urbz enhances and supports the self-organisational and pragmatic approach to urban design of its inhabitants.
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Design 360° - about Public Design Festival →
“AS THE CITY IDENTITY WITHIN REACH, PUBLIC FURNITURE HAS TO ACHIEVE AN ULTIMATE GOAL: THAT IS TO MAKE ALL OF US EXPERIENCE THE CITY, FEEL THE CITY, AND LOVE THE CITY. “
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Irrigate →
The six miles of the Central Corridor Light Rail line in Saint Paul (USA) is a temporary free open-air gallery for creativity. Since the opening of its construction site Irrigate has invited local artists to present projects, engaging in the community in a collaborative placemaking process.
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January 2012
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The Disposable Memory Project →
Since 2008 over 350 disposable cameras have been left in public spaces all around the world with some instructions for the lucky finders: to pick up the camera, take some photos, pass it on and then send the camera with its precious content back. The aim is to build a memory-archive of stories, faces and landscapes.
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Take colors to the streets →
Interesting article by the architect Gianmaria Sforza about the use of the language of color to enhance the infrastructures. (in Italian).
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An Urban Anatomy →
The project by David Molander focuses on the traffic junction named Slussen, located in the heart of Stockholm (Sweden) and aims at documenting the relations between memory, urban landscape and human beings. During the period of a year he collected hundreds of night and daytime images and film clips, that he cut up and then reconstructed into a large-scale moving collage of the area.
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December 2011
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