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REPROGRAMMING THE CITY

ADAPTIVE REUSE AND REPURPOSING URBAN OBJECTS

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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

JetBlue JFK T5 Farm Rooftop urban farming

Using an Airport Terminal as Urban Rooftop Farm

2019-06-26

JetBlue’s T5 farm is a 24,000 square-foot rooftop farm at the Departures level of JFK.Continue Reading

Growing Underground has transformed a series of abandoned subway tunnels into growing chambers for greens and salad leaves.

Growing Underground: Urban Food in Abandoned Subway Tunnels

2019-06-20

London Underground sometimes uses the phrase “Moving London” as a slogan to describe the service it provides for the city.Continue Reading

Reuse of Dupont Circle

Speculative New Use of Dupont Circle, Washington D.C. and “This Could Be…” Thinking

2019-06-18

One of the key catalysts for real resourceful change in cities is when someone looks at an existing asset withContinue 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

First Class Meal aims to repurpose closed US Postal Service buildings by using the buildings, services, and systems to address urban food insecurity.

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

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Reprogramming the City Book: Adaptive Reuse

Global Overview of Adaptive Reuse

41 Projects from 17 Countries

“A hopeful anthology of solutions for our hot, crowded planet.” – Renée Loth, AchitectureBoston

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Toolkit: How to Reprogram the City

40 Pages of Examples and Exercises

A self-guided adaptive reuse toolkit to help you unlock potential in your city.

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