General Articles

Swap-O-Rama-Rama: landfill empty, bank account full
25 February 2010
Swap-O-Rama-Rama: landfill empty, bank account full

Cre­ator of the Lyt­telton Swap-O-Rama-Rama, Kris Her­bert, invites vis­it­ors to bring unwanted clothes to trade for gar­ments found on site; tak­ing their pick for nix.

Turning gas stations into green spaces in Jakarta
10 December 2009
Turning gas stations into green spaces in Jakarta

27 gas sta­tions will be closed and con­ver­ted into green spaces in Jakarta, restor­ing catch­ment areas and provid­ing a pos­sible solu­tion to the floods which dev­ast­ate the city every year.

Creative awakening: Yokohama
30 November 2009
Creative awakening: Yokohama

Yoko­hama is using exist­ing assets — from canals, empty ware­houses and banks to liv­ing rooms and kit­chens — in innov­at­ive ways, driv­ing an artistic renais­sance and cre­at­ing a home for Japan’s next cre­at­ive generation.

Lonely in a crowd? Social Inclusion Week
27 November 2009
Lonely in a crowd? Social Inclusion Week

Some­times, in a big city, an indi­vidual can feel that they’re walk­ing alone in a sea of strangers. Social Inclu­sion Week aims to address the issue of social frag­ment­a­tion through fun shared experiences.

Building Beijing: continuous urban astonishment
18 October 2009
Building Beijing: continuous urban astonishment

After destruc­tion, con­struc­tion! While large parts of Beijing are lost, new appear. One year after the Olympic Games, Beijing’s build­ing bench­mark, Mov­ing­Cit­ies embark on urban re-explorations. Beijing is becom­ing a linked hybrid.

Gormley’s experiment: the public as public art
13 October 2009
Gormley’s experiment: the public as public art

Artist Ant­ony Gorm­ley has thrown Tra­fal­gar Square’s empty Fourth Plinth open to the people of the UK. For 100 days this iconic space in Lon­don, nor­mally reserved for the work of fine artists, became a stage for ordin­ary people to be liv­ing works of art.