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Madrid Paving Slabs + Internet Connectivity = iPavement
City: Madrid, Spain Created by: Via Inteligente Being “connected” in the city means many things to many people. Real estate agents highlight how connected to the city certain residential areas are via...
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Bus Stop + Anti-SADD Lamps = Umea Light Therapy
City: Umeå, Sweden Created by: Umeå Energi Improving public transportation infrastructure can be instrumental in the quality of life for a city’s residents. But expanding the number of functions that...
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Business District Stairway + Urban Mini Park = The Cascade
City: Hong Kong Creator: Edge Design Institute Hong Kong’s extreme density has made its residents particularly skilled at maximizing the use of their city’s structures and surfaces. Morning Tai Chi...
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Parking Pay Meter + City Communication Platform = City Tickets
Mayo Nissen (left) and Brian Del Vecchio (right) at work reprogramming a Multispace Parking Pay Unit City: Boston Created by: Mayo Nissen, with thanks to JD Hollis and Brian Del Vecchio Parking meters...
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Phone Booths + Electric Car Charging Stations = A1 Charging Booths
City: Vienna, Austria Created by: Telecom Austria One definition of an innovative idea is when someone connects two dots others wouldn’t think of connecting. Telekom Austria had one dot on their hands...
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Street Light + Public Umbrella = Lampbrella
City: Saint-Petersburg, Russia Created By: Mikhail Belyaev Keen urban observers will notice that lamp posts have begun to wear accessories. Small antennas, diodes, and other sensor components are...
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City Electric Utility Box + Public Seating = Looking for a Landscape
City: Cambridge, MA Created by: Matthew Mazzotta The large gray metal boxes found on street corners are objects of mystery to most people – they hum, buzz, click, lock, and frequently sport warnings...
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Call for Ideas and Projects for Stockholm
In June 2015, ArkDes, The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design, will launch Reprogramming the City: Stockholm. As part of Reprogramming the City: Stockholm, ArkDes is issuing a call for ideas,...
View ArticleReprogramming the City on Sweden SVT National News
A particularly satisfying part of launching Reprogramming the City at ArkDes in Stockholm was being featured on Sweden SVT national news. Towards the end I explain what sets the Stockholm show apart.
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Interview in Totally Stockholm magazine (in English)
For English readers, I thought I’d share a piece of media coverage from Reprogramming the City: Stockholm that doesn’t require Google Translate. Totally Stockholm magazine ran a nice interview with me...
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Burnham Outlines RTC for American Planning Association’s “The Big Chance”...
On Thursday, October 1, 2015 I will be delivering the latest lecture in The American Planning Association’s “The Big Chance” lecture series in Chicago. In The Big Chance series, the APA (American...
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Madrid Paving Slabs + Internet Connectivity = iPavement
City: Madrid, Spain Created by: Via Inteligente Being “connected” in the city means many things to many people. Real estate agents highlight how connected to the city certain residential areas are via...
View ArticleStockholm’s “What If” Campaign
Stockholm communication agency Le Bureau put together a video overview of their campaign for Reprogramming the City at ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. The agency did a...
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Rio de Janeiro Billboard Repurposed to Kill Zika Mosquitos
While putting together the latest issue of Reprogramming Roundup, the RTC Newsletter, I was writing a brief summary of the Rio billboard designed to attract and kill Zika mosquitos, when it became...
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Transforming a Billboard to Produce Clean Drinking Water
City: Lima, Peru Created by: FCB Mayo/UTEC A cruel contradiction exists in Lima, Peru. It is one of the world’s largest cities located in a desert, second only to Cairo. Its dry environment makes...
View ArticleBuzzBuilding Stockholm
Project: BuzzBuilding City: Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm’s population will reach close to one million people in the next few years and the city will have to face a challenge familiar to most growing...
View ArticleCulture Urbaine Genève
Project: Culture Urbaine Genève City: Geneva, Switzerland Carbon absorbing, oxygen producing, air cleaning; an alternative energy source, ecological beauty aid, vitamin-rich power food – these are not...
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The Power of “This Could Be…”
During recent talks in Oslo and Malmö, I’ve been showing how a simple shift in thinking can open awareness and generate new possibilities. My goal in that specific part of the presentation is to get...
View ArticleSidewalk Tiles Reimagined to Mitigate Climate Change
Project: Klima Flise (Climate Tile) City: Copenhagen, Denmark Created By: Third Nature New York is covered by over 20,000 kilometers of sidewalk; Los Angeles: 17,300 kilometers; Seattle: 3,700...
View ArticleReprogramming the City: THE BOOK
The finish line is within sight for the Reprogramming the City book! Written and curated by Reprogramming the City creator and director Scott Burnham and designed by Samantha Altieri, the book will...
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