Video and Toolkit: How to Unlock Hidden Potential in Your City
To spread the benefits of repurposing far and wide, I am offering access to my most recent webinar, How to Unlock Hidden Potential in your City, and the recently released … Read more
Reprogramming The City (of Culture) in Timisoara, Romania
A workshop series and newly created version of Reprogramming the City recently launched in Timisoara, Romania to motivate a discussion on repurposing urban objects in Eastern European cities as part … Read more
Repurposing Street Light Poles Into EV Charging Infrastructure
If Herbert Hoover’s historical promise of “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage” were updated to meet contemporary expectations, the new version might end with “and … Read more
Webinar: How to Unlock Hidden Potential in Your City
Repurposing existing assets to improve cities and communities. On September 26, I presented a live webinar to show people how to discover and leverage extra abilities contained in existing urban … Read more
Repurposing Shipping Infrastructure Into a Public Sauna
In Göteborg, Sweden, firm Raumlaborberlin has created a new use for shipping infrastructure moorings: a public sauna built from recovered materials.
Repurposing Reykjavík’s Geothermal Water Tanks
Reykjavík has turned a piece of functional urban infrastructure into a cultural icon in the city by repurposing geothermal water tanks into Perlan a landmark building and cultural center. Perlan … Read more
Hydroponic Food from a Repurposed Billboard: Air Orchard
Along a roadside near Lima, Peru, hydroponic food can be found in an unlikely location: at the base of a repurposed billboard. The Air Orchard billboard produces thousands of heads … Read more
Railway Underpass Transformed into a Climbing Wall and Community Play Space
In Ammerud, Norway, a dark disused railway underpass has been reborn as a play space with climbing wall and exercise equipment to turn a public eyesore into a loved feature … Read more
Using an Airport Terminal as Urban Rooftop Farm: JetBlue’s T5 Farm at JFK
The recent re-opening of Eero Saarinen’s 1960s TWA terminal building as a luxury hotel at New York’s John F Kennedy airport has received a lot of deserved attention recently, but for Reprogramming … Read more
Repurposing Water Pipes as Micro Housing in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s shortage of affordable housing leaves residents with few options. Those who can afford it can pay well over $2,000 a month for a tiny one-bedroom apartment. Those who … Read more