Mike at Stamen writes about a project proposing the reuse of small remaindered lots for urban renewal. Local Code / Real Estate on Vimeo.
Today, these remnant parcels represent an essential archipelago of opportunity.
Once each site’s urban performance is maximized its design can be engaged & extended for local benefit. Based on existing models of community design, as well as new research in digital democracy, we propose place-based media to shape opinions, engage communities, and even aggregate finances and funding. The final outcome is a network of urban places and virtual space combined.
I dig the digital overlays on paper maps & on video of the sites (near mid-video), and idea of online community engagement with small urban lots. (Yes, my mind is on Loveland lately, why do you ask?)
