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5 April 2021

5 April 2021TNOC SummitKaren Tsugawa

Art, Science, Action: Green Cities Re-imagined

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TNOC Festival pushed boundaries to radically imagine our cities for the future. A virtual festival that covered 5 days with programming across all regional time zones and provided in multiple languages: 22-26 February 2021, 2200 participants from 72 countries. Outputs and new emerging projects will appear in this space soon.

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Other Essays on: 26 Visions for Urban Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity

Ceci n’est pas une pipe: Unpacking Injustice in Paris
Francois Mancebo, Paris

“We all know the sound of two hands clapping. But what is the sound of one hand clapping?” says a famous Zen Koan. At first consideration, it seems impossible to conjecture about the “just city” without having already in mind what is an “unjust city,” and vice versa. But my opinion is that this...

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A City That Is Blue, Green and Just All Over
Cecilia Herzog, Rio de Janeiro

Since humans settled about 10,000 years ago, we have significantly altered and explored the landscape to create the civilization we now have. The landscape has been a source of material and non-material resources, feeding us in all senses. Ecologically rich landscapes associated with technologies were essential for all societies to...

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Why Design Matters
Jason Schupbach, Washington

My vision for a just city is one where design and its power as a tool against inequality is leveraged for the benefit of all residents. As the director of design programs at the National Endowment for Arts, and one of the U.S. government’s primary advocates for good design, I...

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A Democratic Infrastructure for Johannesburg
Ben Bradlow, Boston

There are two main legacies that define urban inequality in South Africa: housing and transport. Apartheid was not only a racial ideology. It was also a spatial planning ideology. Johannesburg’s development into a wealthy, white core of business and residential activity, with peripheral black dormitory townships, was a result of...

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10 April 2020 The Art of Designing Meaningful Public-Science Collaborations M'Lisa Colbert, Montreal

When many voices come together, they create a sound so loud it moves you. What you hear when you experience this is the very same thing that gives a good choir the power to deliver you from your sins—a powerful...

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14 April 2016 Linear Parks: Meeting People’s Everyday Needs for Secure Recreation, Commuting, and Access to Nature Ana Faggi, Buenos Aires
Claudia Zuleyka Vidal, Cali

In previous contributions to The Nature of Cities (for example, Das (2015); Tsur (2014)), some authors have reported successful experiences or projects of linear open spaces providing green access to more people across neighborhoods or adapting old infrastructure to modern needs. Linear parks are longitudinal areas, both green and grey, including greenways/corridors and urban edges; blue ways/waterfronts and transportation infrastructure...

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Two side-by-side pictures of a grassy field, one in infrared to show heat signatures

13 March 2023 The Tale of Lawns: The Story of Class, Deserts, and Potential Alicja Wójcik, Brussels

What connects all upper-middle-class houses, public institutions’ buildings, stadiums, and golf fields? A hint: it is aesthetic, it is high-maintenance, and it is a prime example of a single species use. The answer is ― the lawn. The history of...

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23 January 2023 Carmen Bouyer — Les savoirs vivent dans la terre // Knowledge is in the land Karen Tsugawa,
Carmen Bouyer, Paris

Nous vous invitons à embarquer pour un voyage artistique qui connecte l’urbain et le rural dans un désir de créer des formes artistiques qui nous relient à la nature locale // Join us on this artistic journey between urban and...

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