Publication by UG members: “Inflating the public: A Series of Urban Interventions”

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  A new publication has been released on public spaces by UG members Veronika Antoniou, René Carraz, and Yiorgos Hadjichristou. Abstract: The Green Urban Lab took the form of public installations that were placed at various locations in four cities in Cyprus. These installations – through which a series of events, activities, workshops and research …

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Best practices handbook

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Best practices for designing urban spaces. The handbook is a guide for municipalities and urban planners on best practices on urban spaces and spatial interventions that focus particularly on: participatory design; community-led initiated projects; DIY urbanism; urban gardening that promote social and environmental awareness. Download the report

A way through order and disorder: Conference

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Samy Barkat and Dimitri Vey suggest an overview (non-technical) of some ingredients and key motifs of the dynamic systems theory, chaos and complexity. In the beginning, the unpredictable behavior of the deterministic systems was called chaos and later, it captured our imagination and formed the way we see the world. The two scientists present an introduction to …

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Video: Green Urban Lab 2015

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The Green Urban Lab  took the form of public installations that were placed at various locations in four cities in Cyprus. These installations – through which a series of events, activities, workshops and research took place – were the main tools in regenerating a series of urban public spaces. The video presents the ΦουσκόPolis and …

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Urban Gorillas @ Kyoto University Japan

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University Professor and Urban Gorillas member Yiorgos Hadjichrisou presented the Green Urban Lab research finding at Kyoto University, Japan: — Kyoto University, Global Environmental Studies Department, Master course, 11.11.2015, 16:00-19:00:— Kyoto University, Architecture Department, Architectural and Environmental design, Takeyama Kiyoshi lab, Seminar,  9.11.2015, 16:30-20:00: The discussion was very instructive and managed to combine view points …

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