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The round-up: thanks for showing us your cities!
Explore 12 outstanding entries in our Show Us Your City competition, as creatives and urban thinkers guide us through great creative cities around the region.
What makes a great creative city?
For several years, Charles Landry has asked people to describe the qualities of the great creative places to live in and to visit. What three words would you use to describe the creative city?
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.
Charles Landry helps cities reach their potential by triggering their imagination and thinking. Working closely with decision makers and local leaders and acting as a critical friend, he inspires, facilitates and stimulates so cities can transform for the better.
In a series of video interviews Maria Stukoff and Kasama Yamtree take us through the challenges posed by the site, describe the audiences they’re hoping to connect with, and explain the ideas behind their work.
Atelier Bow-Wow consider Tokyo as being comprised of various pieces – car parks, buildings and alleyways – and suggest imaginative re-uses of them, like turning buildings into sundials or cutting footbridges in half to make observation points.
Fortitude Valley is developing from being a red-light district into a hub for eclectic urban culture, home to a diverse community by day and night. Hannah Suarez introduces us to Brisbane’s creative heart.
Victory Monument is one of Bangkok’s busiest intersections with thousands of Skytrain, bus and car commuters passing through each day, together with hundreds of vendors who ply their trade there. It is also known as the ‘zero marker’ for the centre of Thailand, the starting point from which all distances are measured.
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