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Basel, Gundeldinger Feld

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, A - News, B - Trends, E - Reportages, tagged , , , , , , , on December 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today, I’ll take you to Basel, at Dornacherstrasse 192,where an old factory has been transformed into a neighborhood center, Gundeldinger Feld. The history of this place could be the same as many other places around the world: a 19th century factory in the inner city suddenly moving to the suburbs in order to look for [...]

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retrofitting suburbia in 3 steps

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged , , , , , , on April 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »

(photo: flickr) This month, everybody talks about suburbs (and about the prominent feature of suburbs, cars): some posts on RSR website (here, here and here), the last edition of the forum Ecoparc: So, it’s the right moment to talk about this subject, and to propose a strategy to align autorities and developers’ interests. 1 – [...]

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Crowdsourcing the eco-district of Lausanne Blécherette: consuming

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.2 - workplaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, A - News, B - Trends, tagged , , , , on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On september 10, another crowdsourcing session has taken place in Lausanne. This time, the theme was “consuming”: shops, energy, water, wastes. Here is a list of the wishes that came out during the session: – Small independent shops rather than big chain suburban supermarkets (Most of people had few hopes that this would have been [...]

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Crowdsourcing the eco-district of Lausanne Blécherette: growing up

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 3 - events, A - News, tagged , , , on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

(source video: OLA Métamorphose) The city of Lausanne is promoting a serie of crowdsourcing sessions for the new eco-district of Pontaise-Blecherette. Last Tuesday I was in the first of them, called “Grow Up”, and heard lots of interesting ideas. First of all, people wanted a small-scale district: small roads that will help random meetings, small [...]

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Free hugs campaign: the best example of the Flash Mob test

Posted in 1.4 - public spaces, 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged , , , , , , on July 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This video shows a classic of flash mobs, the Free Hugs Campaign, and shows us how the flash mob test reveals the different visions of public space carried by different actors: police officers viewed it just as a circulation space, while users viewed it as a place to meet and as an informal stage. It’s [...]

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dancing flash mob

Posted in 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged , , , on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here is another example of flash mob, from various locations around the world. (source: where the hell is matt?, urban prankster)

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white nights

Posted in 3 - events, D - reflections, tagged , , on June 22, 2008 |

A lively community must show itself from time to time, in order to catch the attention of people from the outside world. A good way to fill this purpose can be the organization of a “white night”, a night in which the city becomes a big stage for actors, musicians, dancers, sportsmen… In the organization [...]

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