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The pop-up designs changing the city landscape

Rowan Moore

August 03, 2013 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London

Pop-ups, temporary constructions intended to enliven public places, can often be used as temporary structures and events as marketing tools, and as camouflage for their larger and less charming permanent developments. But young architects in London, their talent and energy outrunning their employment opportunities, initiate, design and build pop-ups as glimpses of what a better city – more open, more social, more pleasurable, more surprising – might be

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Street Fight

Phillip Pantuso

August 01, 2013 |

Bklynr |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Public-private partnerships, nonprofit organizations, and community members themselves come together to make Brownsville, a neighborhood in NYC, a more collaborative, friendly and safe place. Though the neighborhood has seen decades of poverty and crime, organizations, police and government officials put on events like street fairs and community forums in order to make the community feel safer and provide services and support. The community has also offer anti-violence support for youth, using a comprehensive approach to uplift the Brownsville community.

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Hot, Crowded and Smart

Sarah Goodyear

July 22, 2013 |

Next City |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

For the past three years, water levels in the San Antonio Edwards Aquifer have decreased to uncomfortable levels and drought periods may continue as the population booms. The San Antonio Water System organization has set up rules to limit water use and has recycled water for conservation frugal innovation.

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A Vision of Vertical Slums in Mumbai

Mark Bergen

December 11, 2012 |

Next City |

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Response Location: India, Mumbai

For a megacity with more than 18 million people in its metro area, Mumbai, India is not a particularly vertical city. Many of its inhabitants squeeze into low-rise slums crammed into the urban space. But an ongoing slum rehabilitation program seeks to clear these corrugated metal shacks and relocate the slum-dwellers to new high rises.

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What the world can learn from Singapore's safe and squeaky-clean high-rise housing projects

Naomi Rovnick

November 22, 2012 |

Quartz |

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Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

Unlike many other countries who have found public housing facilities to be highly prone to crime and toxic loan practices, Singapore uses a mix of resident home ownership, policing, and mixed-income developments to create thriving, clean housing options that may provide a model for other countries.

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There IS a Bicycle Economy, Two Cities Find

A.K. Streeter

October 02, 2012 |

TreeHugger |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Conventional merchants are afraid to lose parking spaces to bike parking or bike lanes. New York and Portland are finding cyclists increase local economies, and spend more money too.

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The Bicycle Revolution in Paris, Five Years Later

Julio Godoy

July 18, 2012 |

Inter Press Service News Agency |

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Response Location: France, Paris

Paris is a city plagued by traffic jams and air pollution. In 2007, the local government created a public bicycle sharing program called Velib that has drastically reduced the number of cars on the roadways and parking lots. During five years, over a hundred million people have used the program and it has a quarter of a million subscribers.

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Green Roofs in Big Cities Bring Relief From Above

Tina Rosenberg

May 23, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City black tar roofs cause a number of environmental problems, including air pollution, heat absorption that raises energy consumption, and storm water runoff in the sewer system. Efforts to turn these old roofs into green spaces cool the buildings, enable the containment of more rainfall, reduce sewer discharge, generate energy, and absorb carbon emissions. New York City has a pilot program offering financial help for green roofs.

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Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellín, Colombia

Michael Kimmelman

May 18, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Colombia, Medellín

Medellin, Colombia has looked to architecture to help combat its high homicide rate and other problems. Over the past few decades there have been massive public architecture development, transit improvements, creation of public spaces that have all contributed to renewing this city.

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Why the Streets of Copenhagen and Amsterdam Look So Different From Ours

Sarah Goodyear

April 25, 2012 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

When Amsterdam and the Netherlands were facing an urban dilemma between building bicycle or automobile friendly streets, citizens organized to promote the prioritization of cyclist safety above all else. This public outcry and strategy lead to these cities becoming a model for livable streets.

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