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Torino con 10 città del mondo per un progetto in 72 ore: OpenJapan

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 19:30 No Comments

Dal 10 al 12 giungno 2011 Cluster sarà la sede del contributo torinese per “OpenJapan”, una staffetta progettuale della durata di 72 ore che riunirà architetti e designer di dieci città sparse per il mondo. L’obiettivo è la produzione di idee per un futuro sostenibile per le aree del Giappone devastate dal terremoto e dallo [...]

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Torino joins 10 global cities in a 72hr WorkJam for Japan: OpenJapan

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 14:11 4 Comments

Cluster is pleased to host ‘Open Japan‘ a 72hr volunteer workJam which will bring together architects and designers across 10 global cities from June 10 – 12 2011 to produce ideas for a sustainable future in the areas destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan on March 11 2011. ‘OpenJapan’ is an initiative [...]

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Living Labs Global Award 2011 Winners Announced

Friday, May 13, 2011 14:34 11 Comments

The eight winning solutions of the Living Labs Global Award 2011 were announced yesterday in Stockholm. The competition called for technological solutions that would address the local societal problems pinpointed by eight global cities in search of the latest service innovations to make their cities smarter, greener and more inclusive. The participant cities were: Barcelona, [...]

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Spatial Agency: a conversation with Tatjana Schneider on architecture as a quietly revolutionary practice

Thursday, April 21, 2011 14:10 8 Comments

Corrado Curti and Marcia Caines met with Tatjana Schneider, lecturer at the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield – where she teaches design studio, history and theory – in Torino following her participation in the international conference Qui è Ora: Spazio e tempo Pubblici on March 14/15 at the Fondazione Sandretto Rebaudengo in Turin. In [...]

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Lagos: Will Service Innovation Secure the Future of Nollywood?

Friday, February 25, 2011 16:31 6 Comments

Q&A with Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, Commissioner for Science and Technology of the State of Lagos, and Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Centre for Internet for Society of Banglaore. Lagos is one of the world’s fastest growing cities, and the largest in Sub-Saharan Africa; the destination of choice for mass numbers of job seekers [...]

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