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REPROGRAMMING THE CITY
REPROGRAMMING THE CITY
ADAPTIVE REUSE AND REPURPOSING URBAN OBJECTS
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Public Health and Urban Wellbeing

Projects showing how public health and urban wellbeing of residents can benefit when an agile approach is applied to the urban landscape.

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

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

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

New Use for Shipping Infrastructure: Public Sauna in Göteborg, Sweden by Raumlaborberlin

Repurposing Shipping Infrastructure Into a Public Sauna

2019-08-15

Raumlaborberlin has transformed a piece of shipping infrastructure into a public sauna.Continue Reading

Repurposing Reykjavík Geothermal Water Tanks

Repurposing Reykjavík’s Geothermal Water Tanks

2019-07-06

Reykjavík has turned a piece of functional urban infrastructure into a cultural icon in the city by repurposing geothermal waterContinue Reading

Green New Deal Urban Infrastructure

Green New Deal: Creating Next Generation Urban Infrastructure by Repurposing It for New Use

2019-04-11

By only repairing urban infrastructure, we are missing an opportunity to repurpose it for new use, making cities more resilient and livable using by using the assets already in place.Continue Reading

By replacing advertising lights with anti-SAD light therapy bulbs in 30 city bus stops, Umeå Energi transformed functional urban infrastructure into mental health boosting units.

Repurposed Bus Stops Improve Public Mental Health

2019-03-29

By replacing advertising lights with anti-SAD light therapy bulbs in 30 city bus stops, Umeå Energi transformed functional urban infrastructure into mental health boosting units.Continue Reading

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Global Overview of Adaptive Reuse

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