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A piano on Santiago’s metro steps encourages users to take the stairs

Transportation | No comments

by Elsa Sidawy | 04.30.10

In Santiago Chile, private enterprises, in collaboration with the local subway provider, have proposed a melodious means to encourage users to take the stairs rather than the escalator.

Beijing 798 Space, a former factory converted into a bustling cultural place

Urbanism | No comments

by Richard Zelong | 04.30.10

Located in the Beijing suburb, the 798 Space is now bustling with the most original contemporary art experiments. The disused shops were actually gradually occupied by numerous cultural organizations and artists attracted by the easy access and unique Bauhaus architectural style.

Are cities saving bees?

Environment | 1 comment

by Elsa Sidawy | 04.29.10

In rural areas, bees are in fact victims of disappearing wildflowers overrun by excessive monoculture, the harsher climate and use of pesticides. The bees find refuge in the cities, where they readily forage the flowers of parks and gardens, thus promoting the necessary pollination of plants.

An artistic project to transform the city into a place for collective creation

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by Elsa Sidawy | 04.29.10

The artistic project “VillesAllantVers” is a participative and changing creation offering to make inhabitants actors of their cities and not mere spectators anymore.

European cities with the most traffic

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by Elsa Sidawy | 04.29.10

TomTom, a leading global provider of navigation solutions, has released rankings of the 59 most traffic-congested cities in Europe. By compiling the speeds of millions of users of its navigation tools, the Dutch enterprise established that Brussels was the most congested.

“I’ll meet you at the crossroads!”

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by Elsa Sidawy | 04.26.10

By implementing the “Tigard Neighborhood Trails Plan“, Tigard Neighborhood Trails Plan,” the city has found a novel way to promote walking and cycling. The idea is to encourage and facilitate access to passages that shorten citizens’ commutes.

The futur of public transportation with private cells

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by Dave Owsen | 04.26.10

Public transportation will feature diverse options depending on the needs of people and businesses. This design replaces bus systems with a more efficient and private “Cells” that also provide incentive for small business shipping and service industry distribution.

The Eiffel Tower is wearing green for the year of biodiversity

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by Elsa Sidawy | 04.25.10

For springtime, but especially for the international year of biodiversity, the Eiffel Tower is sheltering during the months of April and May a temporary garden of over 400 m2 showing the local Paris flora. Tourists will be able to discover these predominantly yellow and white vegetables: Saint-John’s-wort, milfoil, wallflower, box, birch… Definitely urban, this garden [...]

Jean-Baptiste Minchelli

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Director of technology | Idéeclic

« Idéeclic offers dynamic solutions for cultural institutions »

A Device for Understanding and Anticipating our Cities’ Architecture

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by Elsa Sidawy | 04.24.10

SARA is an application, developed by the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI). It has been touted as the world’s first to virtually penetrate the heart of buildings

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The Rise and Success of QR Codes in London

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Rotterdam’s Crowd-Funded Pedestrian Bridge

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Rennes wants to get its inhabitants involved in social issues

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Paris City Council Innovation Grand Prizes: French innovators awarded for their creativity

Education | Marilee | Il y a 79 jours et 1 heure

Are cities saving bees?

Environment | Sabine | Il y a 101 jours et 5 heures

An experimental store for the visually impaired

Social | Anita Aaron | Il y a 110 jours et 18 heures

“Wild plants from my street”: the urban wild plant observatory

Education | goa flowers | Il y a 114 jours et 5 heures

A bicycle pump for public space

Transportation | Naor | Il y a 144 jours et 3 heures

Smart street furniture in Paris: the winners of the call for projects are finally unveiled

Urbanism | No comments

Cultural short breaks on board a 2CV soon in your city?

Tourism | 2 comments

Virtual high angle shot in the city of Masdar, the future eco-city of Abu Dhabi

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For sure if we aim to change our habits, urban areas have to be equipped in such a way the citizen don't feel like constrained in their everyday life.

John F. sur Electric car charging stations: DBT aims 25% of the French market | 1 comment

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Robert Spizzichino | Partenaires Développement

Greater Geneva: an economic and social project at the heart of innovation

Urbanism | 12.16.11

The Greater Geneva project represents an economic and social challenge for that area spanning France and Switzerland. The aim is to set in motion again a process that will stimulate job creation in the French part and strengthen residential services in the Swiss part. Innovative activities should find their place in that territory.

Jean Haëntjens | Urbatopie

Innovation lies also in the strategy

Social | 09.08.11

Is the proliferation of urban innovations counter-productive? While some cities are experimenting with abandon and with no real apparent logic, others have adopted a long-term strategy to combine innovations to serve a smarter, more sustainable city. Jean Haëntjens returns to this forum to talk about how important it is for cities to approach innovation with consistency and control.

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London’s transport system is transformed into a massive playground

And what happens when a public transport network becomes the scene of gigantic team games? Inspired by the principle of Fun Theory, which suggests that environmentally responsible behavior can be encouraged through attractive infrastructure, Chromaroma invites London Underground users to participate in an eco-citizen turf war.

Blogs review

Pop-Up City , the blog of Jeroen Beekmans

Rotterdam’s Crowd-Funded Pedestrian Bridge

Urbanism | 01.05.12

The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and Rotterdam-based architecture firm ZUS have launched the project I Make Rotterdam, a spectacular temporary pedestrian bridge between the city’s Central and the North districts that will be financed through crowd-funding.

Quinte & Sens , the blog of Olivier Genevois

In Caracas, mimes ease traffic tension

Education | 11.07.11

Venezuela’s capital Caracas plans to manage its traffic flow in an unusual fashion. In addition to traffic police, 120 mimes dressed up as clowns were sent into the city’s streets. Their role? Curb the risky behavior of pedestrians and drivers, not by force or repression, but through silence.

Agenda Innov'in The City

May 9 to 11
Energy Cities annual meeting, Guimarães, Portugal.

May 12
International Workshop on Open Data, Nantes, France.

May 12
Stockholm Summit on Service Innovation in Cities, Stockholm, Suède.

Innovative city zoom

Toulouse has tackled issues ranging from urban lighting to public cleanliness with experimental innovation often on a shoestring budget, but the results continue to inspire many other cities in France and worldwide. A portrait of a city embracing urban innovation, helped along by the enthusiastic investigator Alexander Marciel, follows.