Creating New Opportunities From What We Already Have
Creating new opportunities begins by understanding that everything has the ability to do more than its original function. Continue Reading
I am an urban strategist and author who has created, developed, and directed initiatives for over a dozen cities worldwide. I am the author of Reprogramming the City and contributor to Metropolis, The Guardian, Architizer and others.
I have addressed The World Bank, The World Urban Development Congress and the European Cultural Conference on strategies for resourceful design, urbanism and creative engagement in cities, and have consulted and delivered keynote addresses on the topic in over 20 countries.
Creating new opportunities begins by understanding that everything has the ability to do more than its original function. Continue Reading
The key to realizing potential can be found by shifting skills from one discipline to another to meet new needs and provide new perspective.Continue Reading
Understanding that everything exists in a state of impermanence is the gateway to create more fluid, agile, and meaningful uses for everything.Continue Reading
Conditional thinking gives us the freedom to change our perspective of the material world—and frees our objects from their prescribed use.Continue Reading
How to Reprogram the City is a 40-page self-guided repurposing and adaptive reuse toolkit of insights, examples, and exercises to help people discover the untapped potential in their own city. Continue Reading
In conjunction with the arrival of the Reprogramming the City book, Metropolis asked me to write an Op-Ed / Opinion piece for them: “By Simply Repairing Infrastructure, We’re Missing Huge Opportunities to Make Cities More Resilient and Responsive to Citizens’ Needs” which outlines why reprogramming existing assets is such a vital need for cities.Continue Reading
The culmination of years of research, exhibition, and projects, the Reprogramming the City book is now available! “Anyone reading Scott Burnham’s essential book will emerge reassured by the transformative power of agency and creativity in the world’s urban centers that isContinue Reading
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