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
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
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
Renewable Energy Under City Streets: Generating Power from City Water Pipes
2019-01-28
LucidPipe applies the same principles of hydroelectric dams to urban water systems, generating power from the movement of water through the city’s pipes.Continue Reading
Future of Industrial Infrastructure: Student Housing?
2018-12-28
Grünerløkka Studenthus is a repurposed industrial grain silo that became a 226-unit student housing complex in Oslo, Norway.Continue Reading
Adaptive Reuse and Repurposing Urban Objects for New Use
2018-12-28
44 international urban repurposing projects showing how existing urban infrastructure, surfaces and systems can be reused and adapted for new use.Continue Reading
Micro Park Created on a Hong Kong Stairway
2018-08-07
The Cascade is a mini urban park designed to be installed on top of an existing stairway, offering shoppers and businesspeople a moment of rest and relaxation.Continue Reading
Transforming a Billboard to Provide Clean Drinking Water
2018-01-07
The UTEC Water Billboard is a repurposed billboard in Lima, Peru, that generates clean drinking water from the air, using a humidity collection system.Continue Reading
Future Food Source? Repurposed Bridge Provides Food and Energy
2017-07-15
An algae growing system was installed on a Geneva highway bridge, turning part of the city’s grey infrastructure into an air-cleaning platform for future urban food and fuel.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