Wikiplanning is a workshop method that applies the consensus-building process of wikis such as Wikipedia to urban design. The aim is to facilitate more substantial interaction between architects and “ordinary” people, so that laypeople can make positive and constructive…
Cities are dynamic entities where the abandoned territories are mutable, in keeping with economic interests, urban plans, diverse occupations, etc... Urban vegetable gardens are spontaneous appropriations of neglected territories. They are an impulsive way, through which the local inhabitant…
This project is about rethinking public transport in occidental cities and particularly in optimising the use of taxis. The idea is that when someone would stop and go in an empty taxi, if he or she wishes, a display…
En la 8a Edición del Máster de Diseño y Arquitectura de la Escuela Superior de Diseño ELISAVA (UPF) se realizó un trabajo de investigación dirigido por Ricardo Devesa (Doctorando de la Columbia University, New York y profesor de Composición, ETSAB-UPC)…
Os presento aquí la "Historia del Agua Embotellada" un vídeo de animación realizado por Annie Leonard autora bien conocida por su anterior trabajo "Historia de las Cosas" (Story of Stuff) un excelente vídeo sobre la sociedad de consumo en…
Interesante video en el que Big explican la mejora de la eficiencia energética de un edificio para oficinas y vivienda. Os dejo con el vídeo:
Os presento este vídeo genial del artista Alexandre Orion que realiza un graffiti limpiando la suciedad pegada a una reja de una carretera. Sería de hecho el arte más ecológico que además de no consumir (a parte de los…
By SamiGrover for Treehugger - Image credit: SendAndReceive From IEA whistle-blowers to the US military warning of peak oil in a few years, there's plenty of reason to question the sustainability of our energy intensive ways. But when I wrote about the Dark Mountain Projects' rejection…
