Envejecimiento: Viviendas y ciudades

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Usuarios de una residencia para la tercera edad

El problema del envejecimiento en las sociedades avanzadas, tanto en Europa como en el resto del mundo, se está convirtiendo en un asunto prioritario al que convendría prestarle una mayor atención colectiva. En España, dentro de treinta años el 37% population

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European Prize for Public Space 2012

RENEWAL OF THE RIVER MARGINS Atelier Boris ljubljanica Podrecca. Ljubljana, Slovenia. 2011

The 20 April 2012 has failed the European Prize for Public Space seven European institutions convened biannually to recognize the best works in this continent.

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Hamburg Hafen City

Three-dimensional image of the Hafen City Master Plan. KCAP, Rotterdam, 2001 The city of Hamburg has become the last decade a benchmark for collective action to transform a city into more accountable patterns with the sustainability of the planet in the long term.

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Citizen participation in the planning

Analyzing the set of actors involved in the process of city building, the citizen's role should be highlighted, from initial planning process of the municipal assembly to implementation through the development and construction. The citizen must be present in all phases of the process ensuring that

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Monuments evocative

One of the ponds Memorial 11 September. Peter Walker and Michael Arad. NY, 2011 This week in New York are commemorating the tenth anniversary of the tragic collapse of the twin towers of World Trade Center. One of the activities related to that event will be at the opening of a monument

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The Goslar Warrior

A large sculptural event took place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in December 1973: the First International Exhibition of Sculpture in the Street, organized by the College of Architects, the Cabildo and the Savings Bank of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, well as by the city of the capital.

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One day in New York

The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.

After visiting the blog of Edgar Gonzalez , and watch the interesting video # 3721 Student City Ho Tak Lam, I tried a little research on the visual technique used to mix with time-lapse tilt-shift. The time-lapse video is a sequence of accelerated, where

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Banganga en Bombay

Tanque de Banganga, Bombay. Espacio del manantial. Photos: Inese Pumala Mumbai is an extensive and very dense city that houses over 15 millones de personas. Its unique public spaces, known as maidans and thirtas- son escasos en relación al tamaño del territorio urbanizado y, thus, constituyen allí un bien muy preciado. Call it

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High Line Park. Inauguración del 2º tramo

Photos: Iwan Baan In June 2009 wrote about the new park opened in New York, the High Line. As mentioned, This project involves the transformation of an abandoned railway line nine meters high converted into a linear space that runs along the west of the island of

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Playground in Montreal

Surfing the net I located this playground located in Montreal, Canada. It is made by the study of landscape and architecture Cardinal Hardy. It is characterized by forming the silhouette of a salamander from small artificial slopes and surreal structures created for kids games. More information and images: http://www.landezine.com/index.php/2010/09/salamander-playground/

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