Entrapped Spaces
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Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
An important element of Ottoman architecture in Turkey was the addition of birdhouses affixed to the outer walls of significant city structures, a safe space for regular avian guests to nest outside of mosques, inns, bridges, libraries, schools, and fountains.
In addition to providing shelter, the birdhouses fulfilled a religious vision. They were thought to grant good deeds to those that built the tiny homes. Through their abundance and care, the structures encouraged a love of animals in the Turkish public, citizens who adopted several nicknames for the homes over the years including ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
itscolossal:
Danish Street Art Project Has Built Over 3,500 Urban Bird Houses Since 2006 ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
itscolossal:
Miniature Installations of Decorative Doors Hidden in Plain Sight on the Streets of Atlanta ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
Urban Sprawl Up Kabul’s Mountainsides, With Splashes of Color:
urbangeographies:
Creative placemaking in Kabul: does house painting by the authorities really improve the lives of impoverished migrants in the city’s informal periphery? Does it promote pride of place or mere aesthetic improvement? The debate reflects the views of local residents, as quoted in The New York Times (30 May 2017):
While many of the residents have been supportive of the effort, it has also stirred some backlash among activists who say it is a type of whitewashing of the poverty that prevails in those neighborh ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
An installation in the museum’s Process Lab, Citizen Design invites visitors to engage, empathize, and help envision a better America by encouraging civic dialogue at a local level. Through a series of questions and choices, visitors identify issues that personally matter and use design-thinking tactics to creatively brainstorm possible interventions. Interactive features designed for the installation allow visitors to explore how their concerns align with those of other visitors to the museum ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
Grant Hamilton's illustration of a futuristic city called 'What We Are Coming To' (1895)
Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin, “Hill with a Hole” (1987/90) (courtesy of Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc)
Frank R. Paul, "Betelgeuse Walking Cities," (1944)
Imaginary/Visionary Cities ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
unconsumption:
As shipping containers continue their mission to have everything made out of them, it only stands to reason that entire shipping container cities would be next.
This “art city” in Poland doesn’t exactly qualify as a real city, but it’s still pretty neat. Called kontenerART, it’s designed by a different architect every year—this year (its seventh) it’s Adam Wiercinski Architektthis.
Via Here’s a Whole Little ‘City’ Made of Shipping Containers - Flipped - Curbed National
— rw ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
How Architecture Can Detangle Complex Geo-Political Relationships ..read more
Entrapped Spaces
2y ago
City of Chicago cuts ribbon for its first Boombox, an innovative micro retail kiosk.
The Boombox at Mautene Court serves as a prototype for future temporary retail and cultural spaces in People Plazas across the City in the next several years. A Boombox is a prefabricated micro retail kiosk that combines the successful features of pop-up shops and festival booths. It provides an innovative transitional retail space at an affordable cost for budding local entrepreneurs ..read more