Interventions

Is quietness becoming a luxury in urban areas? The Hush City app maps quiet places in cities to help people unwind.

With his recent project, Public Shelter, Dutch artist Sil Krol has explored the possibilities of guerrilla street interventions.

The Detroit Bus Company started a campaign to make scooters available to kids in low-income neighborhoods.

In the neighbourhood of Valle de Chalco, one of Mexico-City’s most marginalised areas, architecture firm All Arquitectura designed a brand-new community space, with a popping bright blue sports court at its core.

Over the course of this parklet season, around 30 spots across the Austrian capital have already been transformed into outdoor meeting points.

Dutch artist, Willem de Haan, loves to take a humorous approach into his work. Strategically placed within the urban environment, his pieces will make you take a second look, and probably smile.

Public space around Rotterdam’s fancy high-rises isn’t the most social space. Local movement Happy Streets closed off one of the city’s streets to cars and opened it up to the people.

French visual artist Benedetto Bufalino has been giving a surprising new life to these outdated daily objects.

Nowadays, designer office spaces are becoming the norm for creative agencies around the world. In São Paulo, Brazil, the fancy digs are drawing concern to small neighbourhoods. Here’s how one agency is targeting the issue.