PUC × MOMENT
![Ogawamachi](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ogawamachi-11-800x1000.jpg)
Tracing the Fruits of Local Production and Consumption: Ogawamachi, a Mecca for Japan’s Organic Farming
A bakery with home-grown yeast, a coffee shop that serves lunch made with regional ingredients, an organic farm that grows and collects their own seeds for harvest, and a 100% self-sufficient brewery. We trace the fruits of Ogawamachi's local production and consumption to explore the future possibilities of trans-locality.
![Renny Ramakers](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Renny-Ramakers-2-800x1200.jpg)
The New Era of ‘Home’ — With Renny Ramakers
Dutch design collective Droog has shaped contemporary design practices through their modern, minimalistic and innovative products. In recent years, they've expanded their scope, now spearheading urban-related projects. What is co-founder Renny's take on the drastic changes we witness in our cities?
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A Stroll Around Hong Kong With Michael Leung
Michael Leung is an artist, educator, urban bee-carer and everything in between. While being a designer and lecturer, he also channels his energy into building community resilience by engaging and supporting local food and production.
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ParkUp Is Breathing Life Into Neglected Spaces in Taipei
ParkUp is a unique platform for citizens to be creative and demonstrate ownership over spaces in their city.
![Rural Japan](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Rural-Japan-1-800x533.jpg)
Connecting Cultures and Communities in Rural Japan
A DIY bookstore by the lake, a cozy smoke sauna in a 30-people village, and a bakery that ferments bread with wild yeast. On a trip to Tottori and Okayama, Japan, MOMENT visit spaces where citizens come and go to nourish their minds and bodies.
![Akoaki Detroit](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Akoaki-Detroit-2-800x516.jpg)
Reimagining Detroit With Akoaki
In 2014, a DJ booth resembling a spaceship flew around Detroit's North End, starting parties wherever it landed. It's one of the brainchildren of Akoaki — the architecture office that carefully calibrates aesthetics and spatial design for cultural production and equitable development.
![Little White House Taipei](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Little-White-House-Taipei-1-800x420.jpg)
Taipei’s Circular Transition Starts at Little White House
Little White House is a neighbourhood repair space nestled in a corner of a residential quarter in Taipei. Youth and seniors alike gather to share tools, life stories, and the collective experience of repairing.
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Flying Grass Carpet Landing in a City Near You
Looking for a way to spruce up dull and empty public space? Say hello to The Flying Grass Carpet — a uniquely designed turf carpet that travels to different cities to bring life to urban spaces that need it most.
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Waste Currency Motivates Citizens in Amsterdam to Recycle
Amsterdam-based initiative WASTED motivates citizens to recycle their household waste. It has launched a neighbourhood currency that rewards recycling with discounts at local businesses.
![Copenhagen Islands](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Copenhagen-Islands-6-800x449.jpg)
Copenhagen’s New Public Spaces Are Modular and Can Float
Architects Marshall Blecher and Magnus Maarbjerg are on a mission to breathe new life into Copenhagen's old harbour. They're working on a floating archipelago that will introduce a new type of public space.
![Green Fab Lab](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Green-Fab-Lab-4-800x533.jpg)
Exploring a Sustainable Urban Future in the Mountains of Catalonia
Why does the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), a world-leading university in the field of architecture, continue its research deep in the woods outside Barcelona?
![Superblocks Barcelona](https://popupcity.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Superblocks-Barcelona-2-800x534.jpg)
Superblocks: Redesigning Barcelona’s Grid for Pedestrians
Barcelona's Superblocks project generates new public spaces that allow pedestrians to engage actively with their city.