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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

Reprogramming the City of Culture in Timisoara, Romania

Reprogramming The City (of Culture) in Timisoara, Romania

2019-12-03

RTC went to Timisoara to get the city to think in new ways as it prepares to be a City of Culture. Continue Reading

Ubitricity is repurposing street light poles into EV charging stations

Repurposing Street Light Poles Into EV Charging Infrastructure

2019-10-08

SimpleSocket enables any street light to be converted into an electric vehicle charging station. 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

Hydroponic Food from a Repurposed Billboard: Air Orchard

Hydroponic Food from a Repurposed Billboard: Air Orchard

2019-07-01

Along a roadside near Lima, Peru, hydroponic food can be found in an unlikely location: at the base of aContinue Reading

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Reprogramming the City Book: Adaptive Reuse

Global Overview of Adaptive Reuse

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