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Wecyclers Turns Waste Recycling Into a Game
Wecyclers is a social initiative that encourages low-income households to recycle their waste through garbage collectors on cargo bikes.
Beijng’s Underground Bomb Shelters Get New Life As Community Centers
The Digua Community transforms Beijing's former bunkers into underground community centers.
Getting Lost In Hong Kong’s Narrow Back Lanes
Hong Kong In-Between invites you to experience the bustling city’s narrow back lanes — the spaces in which we can find the true identity of Hong Kong.
Living With The Dead On Manila’s North Cemetery
With a population of over 10,000, Manila's North Cemetery has become an enormous living necropolis where life is among the dead.
The Next Economy: An Introduction To IABR—2016
Cities are the economic superpowers of the future. Which implications does this have for citizens? Kicking off on 23 April, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam investigates the relationship between spatial design and the Next Economy.
On Kebab Foxes And The Urban Wildlife
Did you know that the average domesticated cat eats around sixteen birds a year? Your cat is not that innocent as it may appear — it's still a wild tiger, only now living in a forest of houses instead of trees. The oyster-catcher used to reside in coastal areas, but now lives on the roofs of our cities. Crow's nests made out of cable ties, string and pieces of wire — meet the urban nature of today.
The Church Of The 21st Century Is Not A Church
Imagine your own utopia, a quiet and peaceful place where you can lay back and relax. With its Yourtopia pavilion, Amsterdam-based architecture office SeARCH wanted to create such a place. The structure, officially called Het Nieuwe Paviljoen, represents a utopian view on living in the early 21st century, answering the question: What is minimally needed to achieve an optimal quality of life?
Building On Trash In Jakarta
In Jakarta garbage is recycled in a quite special way. The waste from the Ciliwung River is stored alongside the water, creating foundations for the poor to build their homes on.
IABR Lesson #48: How To Create Your Own Cyber Garden
Gardening in the 21st century is not about a shovel and a rake any more. Today we talk cyber-gardening, that's all about applying the latest technologies to produce our food. London-based design office EcoLogicStudio has developed a new agro-urban prototype for algae cultivation — a digital design project that combines urbanism, food manufacturing and ecology.
Don’t Touch The Ground In Hong Kong!
In the Netherlands many kids play a game called 'voetje van de vloer', which is about keeping your feet off the ground as long as possible. The Cities Collective makes this game come to life on a city-wide level by presenting a series of three-dimensional maps of Hong Kong which you can use when you would like to experience the city without 'touching the ground'...
How To Move An Entire City
Have you ever thought about moving a complete city of 23,000 inhabitants? It's probably not on your mind, but the people in the Swedish city of Kiruna can't think about anything else.
Urban By Nature — An Introduction To IABR 2014
On Wednesday 28 May, the sixth edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) was officially opened. The central theme of this year's IABR is 'Urban by Nature', with various venues across Rotterdam featuring appealing exhibitions and events. As an official media partner we will report the most interesting projects of the IABR in the coming three months.
