Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged cars, cohousing, community, coworking, housing, reflections, trends 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 – Complete the [...]
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 3 - events, A - News, tagged community, lausanne, news, switzerland 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 [...]
Posted in 1.4 - public spaces, 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged community, events, flash mob, pedestrians, spaces, streets, trends 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 [...]
Posted in 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged community, events, flash mob, trends 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)
Posted in 3 - events, D - reflections, tagged community, events, reflections on June 22, 2008 | Comments Off
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 of [...]
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