Tag: Space
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A Non-Toxic Park: Gas Works in Seattle
Adam Nowek (@adamnowek) presents a photoessay on Seattle’s Gas Works Park, one of America’s most aesthetically unique public spaces. .
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Dubai: Romanticising the Past
Leon van Keulen goes for a walk amongst the authentic and the inauthentic on the streets of Dubai.
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No Place to Rest in New York City
Jolien Groot examines how difficult it is to find eternal rest in New York’s overcrowded city cemeteries. test
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The Suicide Cycle Tour: Hong Kong
Leon van Keulen offers the first Asian instalment of The Suicide Cycle Tour, through the Kowloon side of Hong Kong.
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Designing Activism: An Interview with Ann Thorpe
Author Ann Thorpe made a digital visit to The Proto City’s temporary Hong Kong bureau to talk shop about design, activism, the built environment, and where we go from here as academics and designers. Her new book, Architecture & Design versus Consumerism: How Design Activism Confronts Growth, was released this summer. The Proto City: Let’s…
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Amsterdam: One Square Says it All
Leon van Keulen writes about the Oudekerksplein in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, and how it acts as a symbol for Dutch faith, liberality, and demography.
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Urban Object of the Month: The Würstelstand
The first urban object of the month is the Würstelstand, home of the night owls as well as the working class man craving for beers&snacks.
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Tehran, a Venue: Urban Art with a Message
When the urban space becomes a platform for artistic expression, what does that art then aspire to? – An article by Donya Ahmadi, with pictures from Reza Ravasian
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It’s Not Just a Solution, It’s a Way of Life
In the cemeteries of the industrial revolution a new definition is given to urban living. What is seen by many as a temporary solution to an urban problem is, for others, a political alternative to the dominant interpretation of urban living. Due to great examples such as the Flughafen Tempelhof in Berlin and the NDSM-werf…