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Flashback: 2003 Rotterdam (The Netherlands). Rottenpot by...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:37:08 -0400

Flashback: 2003 Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

Rottenpot by Superuse Studios. To turn waste (cable reels) into a new mean of transport or a play structure.

publicdesignfestival: Located in the commune of Recoleta...

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:34:17 -0400

Located in the commune of Recoleta (Chile), the Children’s Bicentenary Park by Elemental is a wide public space, which answers to the social need of green areas and is tailored to its little users, with wooden slides, tree houses, water playscapes and the former grillwork turned into a red labyrinth.

Built in 2011 in London, Ridleys: Temporary Restaurant by...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:12:41 -0500

Built in 2011 in London, Ridleys: Temporary Restaurant by Atelier ChanChan turned a void inside a market into a new food experience. Meals with “zero food miles’” were prepared at ground-floor level, cooking the market produce and then were raised by a mechanical table up to the guests on the first floor.

Wereld van de Witte de With is not a tongue-twister but is the...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:09:03 -0500

Wereld van de Witte de With is not a tongue-twister but is the street where the homonymous 3-days festival is taking place in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). From 14 to 16 September the public will be asked to take part, shape the urban fabric, think of alternative ideas to solve social issues and make the public space more vibrant.

To learn more: here.

amonlab: // Ready, Steady. Go! – Sandra Janser and Elisabeth...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:36:05 -0500

amonlab:

// Ready, Steady. Go! – Sandra Janser and Elisabeth Koller

via: dezeen

On Space Time Foam (by Tomas Saraceno)

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:46:12 -0400

On Space Time Foam (by Tomas Saraceno)

Endesa Pavilion / IaaC

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:33:50 -0400

Endesa Pavilion / IaaC

Photo Mash-Up Reinterprets The Brazilian Favela

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:07:21 -0400

Photo Mash-Up Reinterprets The Brazilian Favela

A21 Architects - Architect’s own home and studio, Hochiminh...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:42:48 -0400

A21 Architects - Architect’s own home and studio, Hochiminh City 2012. Via.

Dance, urban landscape and gaffa tape. It’s TAPE RIOT, a project...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:39:28 -0400

Dance, urban landscape and gaffa tape. It’s TAPE RIOT, a project by the German Asphaltpiloten that leads the audience to discover unusual perspectives of the city.

Raffaello Rosselli - Tinshed, renovation of a rusted storage...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:38:20 -0400

Raffaello Rosselli - Tinshed, renovation of a rusted storage shed in which the corrugated siding was re-purposed, Sydney 2012. Via Peter Miller.

Within the 2012 Salon exhibition curated by COAL, the collective...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:33:52 -0400

Within the 2012 Salon exhibition curated by COAL, the collective Encore Heureux has presented Table-Hamac, the new outdoor temporary furniture designed for the Chamarande domain (France).

A New Installation Channels Edison And Newton With Kinetic...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:30:53 -0400

A New Installation Channels Edison And Newton With Kinetic Lightbulbs

Summerstreets is back again this year: on August 4, 11 and 18,...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:29:48 -0400

Summerstreets is back again this year: on August 4, 11 and 18, from 7 am to 1 pm, nearly seven miles of New York City streets are opened “for everyone to play, run, walk and bike.”

To learn more: here.

Mobile Suburbia by Aaron Berman Columbia GSAPP student Aaron...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:27:52 -0400

Mobile Suburbia by Aaron Berman

Columbia GSAPP student Aaron Berman imagines a new way of creating recreational spaces. Suspended backyard platforms attached to apartment windows produce a suburban sense of expanded space in the dense urban environment.Backyard platforms can be ordered, customized and delivered to city residents and installed on masonry facades.

This project is part of Experiments in Motion - a partnership between Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Audi of America.

architizer: A Pavilion Made Of Paper Stars Lights Up Castle...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:13:46 -0400

architizer:

A Pavilion Made Of Paper Stars Lights Up Castle Ruins In Greece

futurejournalismproject: picturedept: Right Before Your Eyes:...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:11:09 -0400

Whitney Curtis -- Gateway Mercy Ministries orphanage in the Natete community of Kampala, Uganda. GMM provides services to 72 boys and girls in the slums of Uganda's capitol city.

Dmitry Markov -- Rostok, a Russian organization that manages a boarding school and social adaptation program for adolescent boys with disabilities who are learning how to live independently.

Rachael Jane -- True Light Family Resource Center, a US organization that gives shelter, social services, and food to homeless families in need.

Jonathan Torgovnik -- Foundation Rwanda. Established in 2008 to support the mothers and children surviving the trauma of the 1994 genocide.

Adam Nadel --The Malaria Consortium, an international non-profit organization with the aim of improving disease control at global, regional and local levels.

Gyula Sopronyi -- Foundation for the Future of the Carpathian Basin supports childcare institutions and schools for children in need.

Katie Orlinsky -- Caritas provides medical relief with a mobile clinic to areas that lack basic medical services. Orlinsky took this photograph at the Beach Refugee Camp in Gaza.

Dmitry Markov -- Rostok, a Russian organization that manages a boarding school and social adaptation program for adolescent boys with disabilities who are learning how to live independently.

Zoriah Miller -- Raising Up Hope for Uganda, a small organization run by a young man who made it out of the slums of Kampala and decided he wanted to help other orphans to find better lives.

Mary Calvert -- A Congolese National Army soldier, who is not accused of rape, listens to sensitivity training sponsored by Women For Women International.

futurejournalismproject:

picturedept:

Right Before Your Eyes: Photography Driven By Social Change

Right Before Your Eyes honors the work of photographers who bring attention to the most pressing public policy, human rights, and environmental concerns, through collaboration with existing nonprofit organizations. Presented by PhotoPhilanthropy, an organization that promotes social change and charitable work by connecting photographers with nonprofits, the visual stories expressed by these mutually inspiring partnerships have the potential to influence policy around the world.

The exhibition is free, hosted in the Visitors Lobby of the United Nations building, and open to the public August 16 – September 10. For detailed information about visiting requirements and hours, visit the “Exhibit” page on the United Nations website.

FJP: And… added to this month’s field trips.

Caine’s Arcade A 9 year old boy - who built an elaborate...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:08:00 -0400

Caine’s Arcade

A 9 year old boy - who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto part store - is about to have the best day of his life.

"Every time you have a chance to do something, try to wedge in as many qualities as possible. What is..."

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:09:56 -0400

““Every time you have a chance to do something, try to wedge in as many qualities as possible. What is really going to change the world is not a thousand conferences on climate change, it is specific examples that do specific things that can be observed, enjoyed and copied.””

- Bjarke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group - on the importance of holistic design ideation.

urbanoactivo: Slacklines. Temporary installation in Villamanin,...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 01:02:53 -0400

urbanoactivo:

Slacklines. Temporary installation in Villamanin, Italy, by Cliostraat.