The urbaninform Competition 2010: "The Architecture of Social Engagement. Architecture and Urban Design Projects Shaping the Urban Future." is officially launched!
Social business, green business and good urban governance are new domains combining entrepreneurship with social and ecological values. The competition is looking for design projects that reflect this new spirit of sustainable urban production. How can we shape new models for socially inclusive and ecologically
sustainable urban economies? How does your project support ecologic responsibility, economic independence and social emancipation?
If your project is a social investment, submit and win!
For more information please use the "urbaninform Competition 2010" button!
urbaninform will be exhibited in the show "Small Scale, Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement" at Musuem of Modern Art, New York, from October 3, 2010 to January 3, 2011.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1064
Our network event "Upgrading Informal Settlements through Socio-ecologic Infrastructure Provision" will take place on Thursday, 25 March 2010, 16:30 - 18:30, in meeting room W2-15, in the course of UN Habitat's World Urban Forum 5.
In this event, we will discuss the different challenges and opportunities for infrastructure provision in informal settlements. Today it is recognized that functioning infrastructure is the major contribution in the process of upgrading: basic infrastructure (access, energy, water, sanitation, drainage, waste, food), social, cultural and recreational infrastructure (community centers, schools, medical centers, sport facilities, public open space, playgrounds, sport fields), economic infrastructure (markets, plazas, commercial streets, light industry). In order to ensure their long-term maintenance, the way they are planned, installed and organized with the community is of major importance. Our network event will discuss different strategies, comparing government organized and community based projects on different scales.
Seven projects will be presented and discussed by project teams and respondents:
- Konkuey Design Initiative: Productive Public Space in Kibera, Nairobi
- Bureau E.A.S.T: Rescuscitating the Fez River, Fez
- Prof. Undine Gieseke: Urban Agriculture as an Integrative Factor of Climate-Optimised Urban Development, Casablanca
- Flavio Janches, Max Rohm: Playspaces in Vila Tranquila, Buenos Aires
- MMBB: The Antonico River in Paraisopolis, São Paulo
- Urban Think Tank: Grotão in Paraisopolis, São Paulo
- Alejandro Echeverri: The Library Parks of Medellin
http://www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=584