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Manuel Castells at Occupy London |

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Manuel Castells at Occupy London. Manuel Castells gave a powerful speech about the underlying challenges generated by our current era of international finance capitalism at the Occupy London encampment last Friday November 25. See the video of Castell’s speech below, courtesey of the Polis Blog:. Getting it right in the first place: how to create thriving new communities. Seoul: community need and housing aspirations. →. One Response to “Manuel Castells at Occupy London”. February 19, 2012 at 2:20 pm.

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A Community Land Trust for the Olympic Park: Making it work |

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A Community Land Trust for the Olympic Park: Making it work. That the first new neighbourhood in the Olympic Park could include a pilot community land trust scheme creating 80-100 homes is to be welcomed, albeit cautiously. Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are popular with politicians as they offer a democratic model for empowering local communities and delivering affordable housing. Boris Johnson speaking in June 2009 at a London Assembly meeting describes. Right to reclaim land’. Despite being portrayed as...

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Somers Town: Perceptions of Place |

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Somers Town: Perceptions of Place. Exploring different perceptions of place is essential in understanding social and physical changes to an area as the case of Somers Town demonstrates. The case of Somers Town. Practical resources on the importance of place can be found here. Guest post: Oliver Gregory- Future Communities Intern and former UCL MSc Urban Studies student- @oligregory. Riots overshadow loss of high tech Olympic legacy. Tottenham Together: Voices from Tottenham after the 2011 riots →. The Yo...

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Getting it right in the first place: how to create thriving new communities |

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Getting it right in the first place: how to create thriving new communities. Today the Young Foundation has launched a new report,. Design for Social Sustainability. Based on an international review of new towns and communities and sets out a framework for built environment professionals and policymakers involved in planning, design, and creating communities and cities. Underpinning the report is an extensive online tool kit. The report finds that communities that do not work socially, at best fail to fl...

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We are moving to a new home … |

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We are moving to a new home …. The Future Communities blog is moving to a new home at Social Life. A new venture created by the Young Foundation. Please come and visit us and thank you for your interest, comments and contributions over the past couple of years. A Community Land Trust for the Olympic Park: Making it work. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. Urban and Ec...

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Battling Art Ennui: March 2009

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Friday, March 27, 2009. Chuck chuck bo-buck banana fanna. Some Chuck Close goodness. Full interview with Charlie Rose. And for something a little more mature. :P. Sesame Street - Chuck Close Paints a Self Portrait Season: 32. Thursday, March 26, 2009. Web Crit #8: Mess Hall. Content:Images galore. I love photos of recent and previously shown work. As for other content, I was left somewhat confused, even though I have heard people rave about Mess Hall a couple times now. . Web Crit #8: Pros Art Studio.

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Events |

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Out of the Ashes: Britain after the riots. Organised by: The RSA. Venue: 8 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6EZ. Urban Design and Public Health. Organised by: Urban Design Group. Venue: The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ. Date: 18 January 2012. Cities of Tomorrow – Cities and the Language of Architecture by Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners. Venue: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD. Date: 31 January 2012. Event: RCA 2011/12 Architectural Lecture Series. Styke- 2 February 2012. Getting it ri...

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openrsa: RSA is "the RAC of civic activism" - Matthew Taylor

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Helping re-invent the RSA from the outside in as well as the inside out. Read about the RSA Networks event - see the videos. Information about RSA networks and OpenRSA here. And how to join in. Tuesday, 17 February 2009. RSA is "the RAC of civic activism" - Matthew Taylor. Part of the evaluation by NESTA - who funded development of RSA networks - involved video interviews and clips from events, and they've been promising for a while that these would go up online. Their site. RSA - A new vision for the RSA.

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Seoul: community need and housing aspirations. |

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Seoul: community need and housing aspirations. The rate of change of Asian mega cities dwarfs the European and North American experience. In South Korea, urban development in the capital Seoul is characterised by the replacement of older neighbourhoods with acres of anonymous looking new apartment blocks. But at the same time neighbourhoods are flourishing in many of the older ‘hanoc’ areas often called urban ‘villages’. The City’s redevelopment is rapid. In June 2011. But, I was told on a recent visit, ...

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Tottenham Together: Voices from Tottenham after the 2011 riots |

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Tottenham Together: Voices from Tottenham after the 2011 riots. Haringey Council has established a Community Panel. To understand how they viewed the impact of the recent riots on Tottenham. The Panel will develop recommendations to ensure continued confidence in Tottenham as a place where people choose to live, work, study and invest. To do this, the Panel commissioned the Young Foundation. For more information and updates, visit our blog. And follow us on Twitter. Somers Town: Perceptions of Place.