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REPROGRAMMING THE CITY

ADAPTIVE REUSE AND REPURPOSING URBAN OBJECTS

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Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces

Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces

2021-03-05

Repurposed railway arches leverage and utilize urban infrastructure for more beneficial uses.Continue Reading

Recovering Energy from Water Pressure

Recovering Energy from Infrastructure: Water Power

2020-10-21

Recovering energy from infrastructure is an opportunity gaining wide attention.Continue Reading

Parking Garage Performances for social distancing

Parking Garage Performances: Socially Distant Entertainment

2020-08-13

For live entertainment, parking garage performances became a way to create and connect.Continue Reading

Covid Parking Garage Stories: Emergency Uses for Humble Structures

Covid Parking Garages: Functional Structures Get Called to Serve

2020-08-13

When extra space is needed during the Covid-19 pandemic, parking garages are called into service.Continue Reading

Covid Resourcefulness: Trains converted to Quarantine Coaches

Covid Resourcefulness: Trains converted to Quarantine Coaches

2020-08-12

In times of need, human resourcefulness fills the void of resources, particularly in dire circumstances. Continue Reading

The future of energy storage could be woven into industrial brick buildings

Could Brick Buildings be Repurposed as Batteries?

2020-08-12

New Scientist reports that bricks can be turned into efficient energy storage devices.Continue Reading

Reducing Covid Risks while Commuting

Reducing Covid Risks by Repurposing Tour Buses

2020-07-29

Snap is hoping to redeploy open-topped tourist buses as Covid-safe pop-up transportation.Continue Reading

Bruparken Motorway Underpass

Transforming a Motorway Underpass into a Public Park

2020-07-11

Space beneath a motorway bridge in Drammen, Norway, has been transformed into a skate park and public area.Continue Reading

Microhousing using a repurposed water pipe

Repurposing Water Pipes as Microhousing in Hong Kong

2020-01-24

James Law Cybertecture has proposed an option for affordable microhousing by repurposing city water pipes.Continue Reading

Tunnelen: The Ammerud Underpass

Railway Underpass Transformed into a Community Play Space

2020-01-02

An underpass in Ammerud, Norway has been transformed from a dreaded space into a community play area.Continue Reading

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Reprogramming the City Book: Adaptive Reuse

Global Overview of Adaptive Reuse

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