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Something Fishy About London’s Most Innovative Urban Farm
London urban farming
This urban farm is embracing aquaponics, a food production system that combines aquaculture and hydroponics, and it’s both hygienic and sustainable.[read more]
Converting Construction Sites into Public Spaces
Bland Hoke of Soft Walks, from Vimeo
No one would ever think of enjoying the space within construction scaffolding (or sidewalk sheds). But, in New York City, they are so prevalent (stretching 189 miles if lined end to end), that students from the Parsons School of Design created Soft Walks - simple DIY kits with chair pieces, a counter, a light fixture, a planter, and a green trellis that anyone can pick up and install onto the beams of their nearest scaffolded area.[read more]
Crowd Funded Projects a Model for Planning?
The internet has opened up new resources for funding opportunities. Platforms to advertise projects and find sponsors and funders are developing fast. On such platform is Kickstarter, where developers can promote their project and ask for funding to develop prototyps and deliver products. Others are Go4funds, JustGiving or Profunder....[read more]
Kickstarter Gives a Boost to Sustainable Urban Development
A new project listed on Kickstarter, a crowdsourced fundraising platform, is asking for support to create a documentary on gentrification in Brooklyn, New York. The documentary, “My Brooklyn,” will explore the public policies of the past 10 years that have led to gentrification. The film will document the fixation...[read more]
8-Bit Cities: Where Geek Meets Street
In the latest installment of my impromptu City Art series, I bring you 8-Bit Cities. 8-Bit City was created by Brett Camper. Brett started the project in 2010 with 8-Bit NYC. according to Brett, the project was: [A]n attempt to make the city feel foreign yet familiar, smashing together two culturally...[read more]
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“Spot on! I believe that incorporating concepts in anthropology (or biology, and so on) is absolutely necessary for our health in cities. It only makes sense that the environment we evolved in would impact our physiology today. How we can utilize this knowledge and research it further is crucial...”
“Great article, Kaid.Rethinking the future of what will hopefully be the inevitable demise of the suburban strip mall is an important exercise. Whether or not the next generation of strip mall tenants are big business or small scale artisans, does it really help to defuse the underlying flaws in the use patterns of the development type? The choice may change the feel of the suburbs, but isn't ...”