Urbanism

This "mobile laboratory" initiative by BMW and Guggenheim was an interesting manifestation of the optimistic 'change is possible if we want to make it' vibe prevailing at the time (2011-12).

What was the role of digital tools in the evolution of the architectural design process? Archaeology of the Digital, a transdisciplinary exhibition at Montreal’s CCA (2012) attempted to craft an answer.

A team of creative neighbourhood-changers that assemble as a non-profit think tank to come up with interesting ways to start conversations, renew a sense of community, and unfold curiosities.

Cities thrive when they successfully service our basic needs with intelligence and simplicity. Recovering from 60 years of automobile-focused development and sprawl, urban planners are taking things in the right direction—backwards.

French photographer and installation artist Clement Briend has a Banksian fetish, attempting an innovative methodology to engage with public space, nature and the cityscape.

Dan Hill on “dark matter”: a term borrowed from the historian Wouter Vanstiphout referring to the hidden mass of policies and power that affect decision-making, the process, as well as the success or failure of projects.

A big issue with our prevalent production model is that the cost of disposal of obsolete goods is excluded from profit calculations. In most cases, it means that cost is either ignored or passed on to society. Enter: the circular economy.

As people are realizing that design can become a valuable differentiator, designers are pulling more weight, leading the charge, and even breaking out on their own.

Bought at auction in 1997, Fougaro (which translates to ‘smokestack’) has been under renovation for the past 15 years and has at long last unveiled itself as a creative paradise in 2012.