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Eat Out at the Allotment

Eat Out at the Allotment

This is what happened yesterday under our window! An exceptional dining experience was organised in an inner city allotment. The event was part of the Vacant Lot programme of the architectural office What If, located in London. The project maps vacant and neglected spaces that surround inner city housing estates. Strategies have been developed how...
Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities

Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities

“Alex Steffen, a designing optimist, lays out the blueprint for a successful century.” -The New York Times “Alex Steffen explores our planet’s future, telling powerful, inspiring stories about the hard choices facing humanity … and our opportunity to create a much better tomorrow.”-TED.com Alex Steffen is one of the world’s leading voices on sustainability, social...
Phase II research is now online

Phase II research is now online

Phase II research, including our second test case, is slowly making its way onto the site.  Check the tabs above for the most recent work which focuses on spatial development of our prototypical Productive City, including: – programming of the urban circulatory network – a new emergent productive urban block organization – combinatorial strategies for...