Category Open source – the commons

The city as a living organism seminar in Ekenäs!

Welcome to the City as a living organism ART & SCIENCE SEMINAR – How do we create a holistic urban environment? Seminar about finding a common language. Ten experts of different areas of Science and Art come together to discuss and work concretely on site. The Experts start already on 27th of May by building […]

CiTyBee community Tool Box

The people involved in the CiTyBee online community wants to make it more inclusive and playful for people to create the city together.  On the CiTyBee site you can find inspiring stories, tools for cooperation and mapping the city, urban mapping and dialogues and discussions about how the city could be something we co-create. The […]

Take it to the streets – Architecture that ‘spatialises’ the discussion about space

When I graduated at the School of architecture in Copenhagen I left a place that I thought was happily lost in its on world far away from the very real world that surrounds the school and the students (and the profession as such). When i got to know the UK architect Jeremy Till years later…

Är kulturhuvudstäderna rena på utsidan och smutsiga på insidan?

“Jag vet inte när jag först hörde orden ”kulturdriven tillväxt”. De där som på kort tid kommit att utgöra syftet med titeln som Europas kulturhuvudstad i år. Smaka på dem. Det är kulturen som driver tillväxten. Tillväxten är syftet, kulturen medlet. Så berättigas dess existens, och så berättigas en satsning på kultur. Vi som inte […]

Norrebro bikes for clean air

I recently came home from a week in Copenhagen  where I took this picture. The Norrebro kids learn early that: “Norrebro bikes for clean air” as the sign on the banner says. I also found a wonderful collection of bike photos from Copenhagen on the blog Copenhagen cycle chic. I love shadow pictures….

Alterville master’s degree

ALTERVILLE’S Master’s Degree: Political and Strategic Alternatives for the Towns, Cities and Metropolises of Tomorrow is a master’s degree program conceived by the Université de Lyon. A suggestion for all who still believe that there are alternative solutions for towns and cities with limited urban capital (or for you who would like to believe). The Alterville masters’ course will […]

Find your place on the planet and dig in!

It makes me so happy when I find that there are people out there doing great things in a world marked by cynicism and greed. It makes all the difference! From Backdoor jobs: Sustainable Living & Farming Jobs: In a world focused on technology and getting ahead at all costs, it might be time to look […]

A Vision for a Self-Reliant New York!

I want to reblogg this important bloggpost from Archdaily because I get so happy when I read it! “In an era of incompetent nation states and predatory transnationals, we must ratchet up local self-reliance, and the most logical increment of organisation (and resistance) is the city.” This is how Michael Sorkin, writing in Aeon Magazine, explains his hypothetical […]

Their effort to make others happy….

…makes me happy! There are so many good projects in the world! When I see films like Erik Johanssons Photoshop in Real Life I am reminded of how Internet is a wonderful workshop, forum and arena for creative people and can create community.

Vi ska skapa plattform för dialog!

Hoppas kunna skapa nätverk och dialog inom stadsplaneringen i Raseborg och Ekenäs.   Yle.fi artikel