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Author Archives: valentinschipfer
Public Space: Putting a Soul into Copenhagen’s Problem Child Superkilen
by Valentin Schipfer Together with ideas from 62 different nations Copenhagen turned a former undefined, urban strip into a vivid, permanent, open-air exhibition. Where riots got out of hand in recent years, youngsters play basketball alongside elderly chess players now. … Continue reading
From Augmented to Integrated Urban Realities
by Valentin Schipfer When I blogged about augmented reality apps more than a year ago, I’ve already thought that our society was finally entering futuristic, sci-fi realities. This entry will show you that I was wrong, that my assumption was … Continue reading
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Tagged augmented reality, doors of perception, google, google glass project, google goggles, integrated reality
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Second Hand Spaces – Recylcling Sites with Temoporary Use
by Valentin Schipfer It all began at Vienna’s Ur3anize! Festival which lasted for a week in October this year. There I attended an evening discussion on temporary use of abandoned or vacant urban spaces. The two guys and discussants from … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged base, bastian lange, Berlin, book review, Copenhagen, Hamburg, second hand spaces, temporary use, Vienna
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From User to Neighbour – How Social Media Enters the Local Level
by Valentin Schipfer One could assume that individualism in urban areas has been underpinned by a sense of communitarism since the last decade. Terms like community gardening, food coops, shared bike workshops, neighbourhood meetups or backyard sales are gaining weight. … Continue reading
More Innovations from Informal Settlements!
Lately it has become kind of a trend to talk or write about informal settlements – mainly about those in the southern hemisphere. Often these discussions are linked to the term Slum Upgrading. But what does this dubious term actually … Continue reading
Fresh from Motown – A Shrinking City as an Incubator for Social and Creative Start-ups
by Valentin Schipfer I have always been fascinated by shrinking cities like Detroit. Maybe because of their mysteriousness, their myths and the thousands of pictures of ruins in the internet. But last week’s book presentation by Katja Kullmann (author of … Continue reading
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Tagged AccessArts, art projects, Capuchin Soup Kitchen, Detroit, Earthworks, Forward Arts, Katja Kullmann, social projects, Soup Kitchen
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Mission (im)possible: Place Branding a City Built from Scratch
by Valentin Schipfer Building a city from scratch is not an easy task, but branding a city which still has to be built from scratch is even harder. Will the invented brand really accord to reality? Is it possible to … Continue reading
Pick of the day: The Vertical Garden City: Towards a New Urban Topology
The Vertical Garden City: Towards a New Urban Topology | Chris Abel | Comment is free | planetizen.com
Posted in opinions, pick of the day, research
Tagged Ebenezer Howard, Foster + Partners, garden city, High-rise Architecture, Ken Yeang, Linked Hybrid Building, Menara Mesiniaga, Norman Foster, peter hall, Project for Regents Place, public realm, sky gardens, Steven Holl, vertical city
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