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Conclusions: ‘Infrastructure Revolution’ & ‘Igniting Fuses’
Posted on July 29, 2012 | No CommentsMy Dynamic Connections programs at the BMW Guggenheim Lab have been about ‘making’ cities and urban places with people – Dynamically connecting people and places through dynamic transportation and community... -
Will technology lead to ‘Open Governance’ in our cities?
Posted on July 26, 2012 | No CommentsWhen “Swampy” was up a tree or down a tunnel dug in the path of the then new extension of the A30 highway in Devon, it was my friend Mark... -
What can you learn about your city by mapping its food?
Posted on July 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsI should be the size of a beached whale, but thankfully I’m not, because I Iive across the road from the most amazing modern-take-on-an old-fashioned-grocers store. The thing that I... -
The future is new. We’ve made ‘wild speculations’ about future cities!
Posted on July 22, 2012 | No CommentsYesterday afternoon we split into workshop groups in the Lab, facilitated by Raumtaktik (spatial tactics); Matthias Böttger, architect and artistic director of Deutsches Architektur Zentrum (DAZ), and Ludwig Engel, to... -
Turning people on… the principles of positive communication.
Posted on July 21, 2012 | 1 CommentIt’s how things are said and not what is said that’s the core principle of influence because positive communication isn’t about transmitting information it’s about inspiring people. Part 2 of... -
What does ‘Open Source’ mean for Architecture?
Posted on July 21, 2012 | No CommentsAs part of the special report on open-source design published in issue 948 (June 2011), Domus approached Carlo Ratti to write an op-ed on the theme of open-source architecture. He... -
Tourism. It can warm our homes or burn down our house
Posted on July 20, 2012 | No CommentsI am genuinely passionate about tourism. I’m almost as passionate about tourism as I am about making cycling ‘normal’! I grew up in North Devon in the south west of... -
Carlo Ratti asks “Can make cities through crowd-sourcing?”
Posted on July 19, 2012 | No CommentsWhat would happen if a critical piece of urban infrastructure—like waste collection—was decentralized and put in the hands of citizens? How reliable and efficient would such a system be? Who... -
Copenhagen Bike Highways – “But we want to be better” says Traffic Chief
Posted on July 19, 2012 | 1 CommentI will be blogging from Copenhagen next week but in the meanwhile… By Sally McGrane Published: July 17, 2012 Copenhagen — Picture 11 miles of smoothly paved bike path meandering... -
Is your city selling off land? Case study: Free Space Berlin
Posted on July 19, 2012 | 3 CommentsHow would you feel if you knew that your city was selling off land that belonged to you, and you didn’t even have the right to know where that land...