La Cuccagna Project: A Farmhouse in the Centre of Milan
Cascina Cuccagna is the name of the XVIIth century farmhouse in the centre of Milan that creates exchange opportunities for people from different generations and cultures. It is a bottom-up project...
View ArticleThe Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013 – Project 2: the Pet Lamps
(This post is part of the project: “The Social Impact of Milan Design Week 2013″). Background It was in summer 2011 that Hélène Le Drogou, a psychologist and activist concerned with the plastic waste...
View Article7th World Urban Forum by UN-HABITAT
The 7th World Urban Forum (WUF) will take place in the city of Medellin, in Colombia from 5 to 11 April 2014. It is the World’s Premier Conference on Cities, a non-legislative technical forum...
View ArticleThe First Edible Schoolyard in New York
The Arturo Toscanini School in Gravesend, Brooklyn transformed part of the existing parking into an educational organic vegetable and fruit garden. The project, completed in 2014, by WORKac includes...
View ArticleEXPO Milano 2015 – So, What is it all about?
EXPO Milano 2015 – So, What is it all about? Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life is the core theme of Expo Milano 2015: “Food as nourishment Food as pleasure Food as taste Food as home Food as family...
View ArticleCulture and Creativity as a Lever for Cities Development – Part 1
Cultural performance in Shanghai, China Cities Today According to the UN: half of humanity – 3.5 billion people – lives in cities today. By 2030, almost 60 per cent of the world’s population will live...
View ArticleWorld’s most livable cities 2011
The “world’s most livable cities” is an informal name given to any list of cities as they rank on a reputable annual survey of living conditions. The three most prestigious are, the Mercer’s Quality...
View ArticleFog Catching
The human body contains from 55% to 78% water. To function properly, the body requires between one and seven litres of water per day to avoid dehydration. Globally, one every five person doesn’t have...
View ArticleWho is ruling our travels?
August, vacation time for antonomasia, inspired me for a series of considerations about Travel and Tourism. I love to travel, most of the people do! This makes us consumers of one of the world’s...
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