Date: June 3, 2015 By Frederick Rickmann Renewing our cities can take really many forms. Old buildings can be torn down and some of the more outstanding ones can be rebuilt. Whole areas can be cleared and then stand vacant for years. The old Central District of Taichung city once used to be called "Little Kyoto" because of its charm. But today, the word "charm" would hardly be an appropriate adjective. Years of commercial despair and planning neglect have left this area a gho

A bit too heavy-handed for a light transport system. Today we have a generation of architects that have seen their own work torn down again within the span of their professional careers. The architecture was wrong. The urban planning was completely wrong. This disgraceful waste of time, materials and energy cannot continue. What else went wrong? More details are on page 21 of Creating Compact Cities. (https://www.steenssen.com/product-page/creating-compact-cities/) #Bangkok #

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Date: April 17, 2015 Rethinking urban spaces has been the focus of UrbanLab - an urban development initiative undertaken by 8 Danish municipalities - during the last 2 years. Headlined by the municipality of Horsens, UrbanLab is quite different from the normal development projects usually going on in different cities around Denmark. From the very beginning the focus here has been on redeveloping former industrial areas of each of the 8 cities involved, and doing so through co

PATTERN AND REPETITION Refer to "BLUE and other shapes 2", page 94. https://www.steenssen.com/product-page/blue-and-other-shapes-2 #Macao #PatternAndRepetition #單元反複 #澳門 #TheGreenGoodDesignAward #iFDesignAward #SDGTechAward #SkiftIDEAAward #PublishingAndMediaDesign #architect #FrederickRickmann #ThinkingUrban #70MEDiA #DNgroup #1234Design #UdgivelseOgMediedesign #arkitekt #Danmark #建築師 #出版社 #帝山諾 #丹麥設計 #出版とメディアデザイン #デンマークのデザイン

"BLUE and other shapes 2" is a book that really makes you think about how we live in cities. As the title implies, the book is the revised and expanded imprint of the original title "BLUE and other shapes" from 2019. The original book certainly met with an enthusiastic response and in this second edition, the text is extended, giving greater depth and more explanation. Many photographs speak for themselves, others don't, and these need a helping hand. Since the first edition,

How far do you want to walk to your favourite café? Can your kids walk to school safely, without the need to be driven? Can you walk or cycle to work? Should we ban cars from the neighbourhood or can we just make them unnecessary? How many trees can you see from your window? All these simple questions can show ways of creating a more livable city environment, if they are answered properly. The answers can also reduce Co2 emissions and pollution by significant levels. The new

By Richard Herriott March 3, 2015 There is commonly a failure among architects and planners to accept that the built environment we live in now is inferior to those of the classical period. It works in a mechanical way but it is dispiriting. There are no postcards of suburban Copenhagen, for example. People do not take city vacation in the Banlieus of France. People with money choose either to live far away from the city or deep within it. The suburb is a compromise. Still we

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