Future of Industry? Repurposing Factory Chimneys For New Skyscrapers
2022-07-11
Could the Future of Industry be Source Material for Adaptive Reuse? As industrial operations move away from dense and expensiveContinue Reading
8 Ideas for Old Subway Cars: Proposals to Repurpose Retired BART Trains
2022-03-22
San Francisco’s BART transportation agency has released eight ideas for old subway cars that were the winning proposals to repurpose retired trains from the fleet.Continue Reading
Urban Mining: 50 Ways to Mine the City
2021-09-14
Urban Mining and Harvesting City Resources Can Create a Sustainable, Circular Economy Year after year, resources are fed into theContinue Reading
Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces
2021-03-05
Repurposed railway arches leverage and utilize urban infrastructure for more beneficial uses.Continue Reading
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: 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
Food Deserts: Is Reusing Closed Post Offices as Food Distribution Centers the Answer?
2019-04-10
First Class Meal aims to repurpose closed US Post Office buildings by using the buildings, services, and systems to address urban food insecurity.Continue Reading
Repurposed Buses Become Mobile Hygiene Stations
2017-07-14
Lava Mae has converted city buses into mobile shower and sanitation units for the homeless. The new use for city buses allow the organization to bring services directly to urban areas with high concentrations of homeless people.Continue Reading
Converting Phone Booths into EV Charging Stations
2017-06-16
As part of a “Green Innovation” initiative, Telekom Austria’s A1 division has been replacing underused phone booths with EV Charging Stations.Continue Reading
Turning Parking Meters Into Urban Communication Systems
2017-04-26
City Tickets harnesses the full potential of parking meters, turning them into two-way communication systems between the city and citizen.Continue Reading