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Reuse

Plumbers Made the Terracotta Army Possible – The Power of Repurposing Skills

2018-11-07

There is tremendous power in the cross-pollination of skills and their application. Mastering a skill or craft is a great achievement, but the full potential of a skill is often unrealized when it is not applied outside a specific discipline.Continue Reading

Reprogramming the City:
Opportunities for Urban Infrastructure

2013-08-07

Now that the media and blogging community has had first dibs on covering my latest project, it’s time to talk about it here. Reprogramming The City: Opportunities for Urban Infrastructure is a global overview of ways in which existing urbanContinue Reading

Recycling the elements of Jesolo, Greater Venice, Italy

Reuse and Repurposing of Existing City Materials for New Use: Jesolo, Italy

2012-09-05

Can you recycle a city? In an age of limited resources, I explored the notion of recycling existing urban materials for new design use in Jesolo, Greater Venice, Italy. The language of limitation has been shaping our  dialogue for severalContinue Reading

Urban Hacks and Re-Use for 2010: The Urban Guide for Alternate Use

2010-01-11

UPDATE: The Urban Guide for Alternate Use is now live! http://www.altuseguide.com I was recently asked by Die Fabrikanten in Linz, Austria for ideas for their upcoming Exchange Radical Moments Europe-Wide Festival. The result is The Urban Guide for Alternate UseContinue Reading

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Reprogramming the City: Adaptive Reuse and Repurposing Urban Objects

Adaptive Reuse and Repurposing Urban Objects for New Use

41 PROJECTS FROM 17 COUNTRIES

“A hopeful anthology of solutions for our hot, crowded planet.” – Renée Loth, AchitectureBoston

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adaptive reuse and repurposing toolkit

Learn How to Discover Opportunity in Your City

examples and exercises to help you unlock hidden potential in your city.

A 40-page toolkit based on dozens of workshops held around the world.

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This Could: Creating Opportunity from Limited Resources by Scott Burnham


Tools and strategies to increase resources, reduce waste, and change everything.

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