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URBACT: Madrid

Category: ⚐ ES+urbact


Madrid
, capital de España, tiene una población de poco más de 3,3 millones. La ciudad se compone de 21 distritos y 131 barrios. El Ayuntamiento de Madrid centra sus esfuerzos en promover la salud y prevenir enfermedades. La Agencia de salud de Madrid es el principal órgano responsable del desarrollo de medidas de intervención en salud y seguridad. Madrid va a desarrollar un sistema de indicadores globales para evaluar la salud medioambiental, más allá del aspecto puramente médico, teniendo en cuenta otros elementos como: el impacto de los servicios prestados a la ciudadanía, el grado de concienciación de los ciudadanos, sus necesidades y expectativas y el nivel actual de cobertura de los servicios. continue reading

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Win Tickets To Open Source 2010 In Porto!

Category: ⚐ EN+architecture


Attention all Porto-dwellers and beyond! In collaboration with cirdodeideas, Arkinet are giving away two tickets to the Open Source 2010 seminar featuring renowned engineer and architect Cecil Balmond, taking place on June 12 from 2:30pm to 8pm at Porto’s spectacular Koolhaas-designed Casa da Musica. The seminar focuses on the concept of “open source” in relation to the exploration of architecture through diverse perspectives and professions, and includes speakers from artistic to scientific fields, such as TED speaker andethno-mathematician Ron Eglash, and Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno. continue reading

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2011 Open ARchiTecture Challenge: Ghana

Category: ⚐ EN+architecture

CALLING ALL ARCHITECTS, ECO-COMMUNITY DESIGNERS, STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS & IMAGINATIVE OTHERS:

Goal of the challenge is to design and build units of a model arts village in Ghana with a budget of $42,000-$62,000 and earth under the feet. The competition is a part of the Foundation’s ongoing project: tapping local resources for sustainable development in the African settings in the 21st century. We are interested in design solutions that integrate art into architecture for a more sustainable future. Join us! A grand prize winner and twenty top finalists and will be chosen. Show the world how to re-invent the African semi-suburb! Establish your name, and contribute your ideas and designs to a real need. continue reading

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Conferencia de Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow)

Category: ⚐ ES+arquitectura+eventos

Pony Garden by Atelier Bow-Wow

El próximo martes 10 de noviembre tendrá lugar la segunda BIArch Open Lecture a cargo de Yoshiharu Tsukamoto llamada Architectural Behaviorology y presentada por Dominique Boudet. continue reading

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Open and free web repository that aims to provide public access to US Federal Government datasets

Category: ⚐ EN+technologies

gov_data

Twitter is currently echoing the excitement of open data advocates and data geeks alike, due the release of data.gov, an open and free web repository that aims to provide public access to US Federal Government datasets. Or, in official terms: “The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government“. continue reading

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open peer to peer

Category: ⚐ ES+creatividad+cultura abierta

openp2pdesignorg_large

El pasado mes de octubre participé en el citilab de Cornellà (Barcelona) al urbanlabs, unas jornadas para presentar, compartir e incluso crear proyectos de acción ciudadana, innovación, comunicación, aprendizaje, con un fuerte componente social y tecnológico. Entre las personas que conocí se encuentra Massimo Menichinelli: un chico italiano con el que había tomado contacto a través de twitter. continue reading