Bold, Beautiful, Blooming Barcelona asks: What would it mean to win?

(March 2009: First published on indymedia Ireland. Also on Indymedia Barcelona + It’s a funny old world) The Gracia community garden radio documentary trilogy and accompanying article  Springtime in Europe and the Earths life’s cycle is in bloom again. The 3 parts of the radio documentary capture magical moments in the recent history of one of […]

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UNILIVRE, The Open University of the Environment

  Location: Curitiba, Brazil Architect: Domingos Bongestabs Year of construction: 1991 Typology: Educational, bioconstruction, landscaping, urban recycling Address: Rua Victor Benato, 210, Pilarzinho Website: http://www.unilivre.org.br   This is a very very special place, a perfect composition of how humans can design in harmony with, and in celebration of, nature. Located in the centre of Curitiba, […]

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Barcelona FAD Award 2014 proposal: Curitiba, CicloIguaçu (Association of Cyclists from the Alto Iguaçu river)

CicloIguaçu were founded in May 2011 in Curitiba with a clear purpose: To create an interface for constructive dialogue with the government in order to strengthen the development of bicycle mobility policies. They were key organizers of the incredible #FMB3 (3rd World Bicycle Forum) in February, have a city centre HQ; Bicicletaria Cultural, are leading […]

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