Archive for October 20th, 2008

Cheong Gye Cheon river restoration

Documentary about the Cheong Gye Cheon river restoration project in the centre of Seoul, South Korea. The river regained its symbolic value and leisure function in Seoul´s daily life. A 380 billion Won revitalization project took over two years to demolish the concrete expressway that covered the polluted stream from the 1970´s and to depollute [...]

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Experiment city

As usual the Germans are way ahead when it comes to ecological projects and temporary use of urban voids and abandoned buildings. This website bundles a number of these projects, research and contacts in Berlin, as well as a few international examples in – what a coincidence – São Paulo: They mention the Coopamare recycling [...]

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