Urban regeneration

The number of people living in urban areas worldwide is constantly rising. This puts significant pressure on resources in general—leading to an urgent need for the radical improvement of local infrastructure, especially housing, food, water and waste. Managing urban areas is therefore one of the most important development challenges of the twenty-first century. The built environment is a key element in urban living. Significant investments in infrastructure and further development must be…

Image 19 of 26 from gallery of H+ Bredgatan Winner of the WAN Awards 2012 Urban Regeneration / Erik Giudice Architects. plan

Image 27 of 34 from gallery of SOM, LMN Architects Among Winners of AIA Urban Design Honor Awards. © Sasaki Associates

This urban regeneration is part of urban conservation, that is to preserve historical tangible and intangible artefacts from the industrial era in Middlehaven in the past. The green factory that mentioned above is providing job opportunities for millennials generation, particularly in digital and economy creative industry. Those industries will not produce carbon dioxide. Moreover, there is an opportunity to create green electrical energy that comes from a thousand solar panels which are…

In recent decades, SOM’s urban design work in China has created several successful old town redevelopment planning projects—such as Shanghai Xintiandi and Foshan Lingnan Tiandi—that integrate China’s ancient urban heritage into a new type of urban placemaking, one that celebrates local traditions while also creating immeasurable economic, social, and cultural value. Guangzhou’s Old Town is the latest of these.

The Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKIUD) Urban Design Awards are held every two years to recognise urban design related projects with outstanding performance and contributions in promoting excellence in Urban Design. The awards are divided into a Built Project Category and a Plan / Concept category.

A MIXED, COMPACT AND INCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE OLD MERCEDES FACTORY A place to work, play and live in an industrial and cultural area, prepared to combat the climate emergency. This project reactivates the old industrial site with new economic and residential activity, contributing to the large urban regeneration project of Bon Pastor and Besòs, […]

Urban Design Practice gives a fascinating account of the state of urban design practice across the world today. Packed with invaluable local knowledge from on-the-spot contributors, its global scope o

In Fez, Morocco, the Place Lalla Yeddouna project brings new life to a historic urban hub—preserving cultural heritage, supporting local artisans, and reactivating the riverfront as a public space in the heart of the medina.

Since industrial revolution, cities and industries have evolved together. Despite this shared past, popular notion of manufacturing…

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