Premio Europeo del Espacio Público Urbano: Acampada en la Puerta del SolMadrid [España] 2011Demostración masiva de ciudadanos que reclaman la mejora del sistema democrático a través de una acampada temporal en una de las plazas más representativas de Madrid.
Se ha asignado una «categoría especial» a esta intervención por haber sido objeto de la más profunda y prolongada discusión de un jurado dividido a partes iguales. Entre las cuestiones planteadas estuvo la del espacio público entendido como continente físico o como escenario de la expresión cívica y social. Esta intervención también dio pie al debate relativo a la forma de entender los parámetros que atañen a la arquitectura. Puesto que la mitad del jurado se mostró muy a favor de mencionar esta intervención y de subrayar su relevancia en el mundo actual, la «categoría especial» fue acordada por unanimidad, con el fin de reflejar esta opinión.
Fuente: http://www.publicspace.org/es/premio/resultados-para-pdf/2012
Más info: Public Space European Prize 2012
A graffiti wall in Zagreb. Shot with a heavy backpack on, walking to bus station to make our break fro the coast.
Jason
The grass along this stretch of tram tracks has a path carved out of it. Presumed thinking: If you’re not provided with a bike lane, make one.
(Source: soundbitecity)
One of the most insidious tenets of capitalism is the idea that all public spaces should be places to do business first and places to be people second.
(Source: signifierofmalepower)
Participate in crafting the Grandview-Woodland Community Plan! Follow @gwplan on Twitter. (too bad faith-based community excluded from walking tour…)
micro-urban gardening using a telephone pole in San Fransisco. by terrapin_sf
Brussel sprouts in Brussels: Fun public art = enhanced public space
public intervention // improvisation
Improv Everywhere is a New York City-based prank collective that causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents.
For their mission “Say Something Nice” they constructed a custom wooden lectern with a megaphone holster and an attached sign that read “Say Something Nice.” The lectern was placed in public spaces around New York and then left alone. The goal was to see what would happen if New Yorkers were given the opportunity to amplify their voices to “say something nice.”
Say Something Nice was produced by Improv Everywhere as part of the Guggenheim Museum exhibition stillspotting nyc.
Read more: http://improveverywhere.com
Little Boxes
I’ve been seeing painted boxes around Brussels like these, and it makes me think - why do standard boxes for municipal purposes like these always have to be drab and dull, metallic and gray? These painted boxes are so much more exciting.
(Source: soundbitecity)