UD Corner

just interesting things. If you come across those things you want to share. post them here with a comment and we put it on.

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// Seen  in London. Cineroleum.

Everybody knows the pictures of abandoned petrol stations. Young architects and designers thought that this is rather boring: Welcome to the cineroleum! A cinema in a petrol station. Info

// Seen  in Guangzhou. Lin Yilin’s safe street crossing.

source: linyilin.com, Title: Safely manoovering across lin he road

// Seen  in the streets. Big Bang Boom.

.the new wall-painted animation by BLU.

// Seen  in Utrecht. Urban Pop-up street furniture.

Source: carmelabogman.nl

The Pop-Up is a furniture that can be pumped out of the pavement by the inhabitants. After use it can be pumped back and it will disappear into the pavement. […] Source: carmelabogman.nl

// Seen  in Berlin. Urban Intervention.

source: BZ, Ambar Servin

Make it visible! They came in the late afternoon- several bycicles with buckets full of color. The result is a vivid urban piece of art! Visible till the next Berlin spring rain!

// Seen  in New York. Pixel Invasion.

New York invasion by 8-bits creatures. Written, directed by : Patrick Jean.Director of Photograhy : Matias Boucard

// Seen  in Porto. Useful Swedish furniture.

The designers Diogo Aguiar and Teresa Otto have asked themselfs in a competitions of the Universidade do Porto what all that things we love to buy in swedish furniture shops can used for- here is the answer. 420 multi-use boxes are a bar! At night illuminated with LEDs.

// Seen  in Berlin. Mobile Party with rental trucks.

See Video. “Four furniture lorries drive around the city, each equipped with one quarter of a hip bar. They meet at a random place and park side by side. Within a moment, a large and cozy internal space is created. Gentrification pioneers start meeting and right after it got around, the bar is taking off again.” rebel:art

// Seen recently. Shanghai’s Skyscrapers.

A slideshow through the development of Shanghai by the WSJ.

// Seen recently. Swiss protest against the new minaret ban law.

After the ban of minarets in Switzerland (via a popular vote) a business man in Bussigny demonstrated his opinion about the new regulation -by building a small minaret on top of his company house.

// Seen recently. From Burj Dubai to Burj Chalifa. The grand opening.

// Seen in Berlin. “Public Playground”

The white sign on the wall offers this likely place to be a “play ground”. So let’s have some fun!

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// Seen in Brussels. 1-2-3 China!

It’s so easy! Call your local architect and change the appearance of our home today!

// Seen in Rotterdam. Public [Party] Space.

Video: The Public Space Dj by Ties Ten Bosch form Rotterdam. NL.

// Seen in Berlin. Stop gentrification yourself!

A do it yourself tutorial by the initiative “It’s raining caviar”.

All you need is a “Lidl-shopping bag” and some other accessories.

// Seen recently. Global Crisis & Urban Development in China.

“China’s economy is continuing to grow despite the global recession, helped by a massive government stimulus package of $585bn.” Al Jazeera

// Seen in New York. The Highline. Conversion at its best.

Have a look (film) at the brand-new project.

//A palace for everyone! Download & assemble your own one.

copyright by berlinerluft.org

“The Palace of the Republic was built from 1973 to 1975 by an architectural collective under the direction of Heinz Graffunder and Karl-Ernst Swora. Inside was the seat of the East German parliament, a multi-purpose hall with 5,000 seats, a theater, cafes and restaurants. From 1990 to 2003, the palace was closed for asbestos removal and demolition began in January 2006.”  [www.berlinerluft.org]

//Facade projection in Hamburg.

“China’s economy is continuing to grow despite the global recession, helped by a massive government stimulus package of $585bn.” Al jazeera

“How it would be, if a house was dreaming”

//seen in Marzahn. Playing Tetris with architecture. Level one.

The Berlin Block Tetris by sheeein.

// Seen in sweden. Experimenting on  public space

Changing  people’s habits.

“We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory.”  initiator