Small Things, Big Impact | Eco-puncture for more liveable, resilient cities
We rarely have the luxury of tabula rasa. Our cities and neighbourhoods, the complex flows of people and resources that support them, are mostly in place and functioning, successfully or otherwise. Often, the meso-scale between building and infrastructure is neglected - that subtle realm between private development and urban network, that tenuous in-between world between planned and unplanned. This is our commons. It might be civic space, it might be nesting place for birds; it might be a conduit for water. It may well be all of the above. This space functions or dysfunctions informally, with no assistance or attention. And because it has no name, no custodian, it is left to waste or (worse) eliminated in endless cycles of urban renewal.
What if we could claim that space with small acts of eco-puncture? What would that look like, and more importantly, what manner of change would that offer? How might many small things - functioning as discrete elements but acting together - trigger a systemic change, giving us more liveable, more resilient cities?
The Task
A submission should describe:
1. A Typology of Small Things. What they do depends entirely on the specific context of a particular city/ neighbourhood.
2. A Network of Small Things. How many small things, strung together and strategically placed, form a network of relationships.
3. The Impact of Networks. How new networks improve liveability and resilience of the city/neighbourhood.
4. The Making of Networks. How might this network be phased? How will it be extended? Who will make it? How will it be financed? Who will look after it?
Each entry shall make a case for how the proposal, through replicability, represents a strategic idea for a sustainable Asian city.
Site selection is at the entrant’s discretion and should be explained clearly in the submission.
Only sites in Asia or Australia will be accepted.
Small Things, Big Impact | Eco-puncture for more liveable, resilient citiesWe rarely have the luxury of tabula rasa. Our cities and neighbourhoods, the complex flows of people and resources that support them, are mostly in place and functioning, successfully or otherwise. Often, the meso-scale between building and infrastructure is neglected - that subtle realm between private development and urban network, that tenuous in-between world between planned and unplanned. This is our commons. It might be civic space, it might be nesting place for birds; it might be a conduit for water. It may well be all of the above. This space functions or dysfunctions informally, with no assistance or attention. And because it has no name, no custodian, it is left to waste or (worse) eliminated in endless cycles of urban renewal.What if we could claim that space with small acts of eco-puncture? What would that look like, and more importantly, what manner of change would that offer? How might many small things - functioning as discrete elements but acting together - trigger a systemic change, giving us more liveable, more resilient cities?The TaskA submission should describe:1. A Typology of Small Things. What they do depends entirely on the specific context of a particular city/ neighbourhood.2. A Network of Small Things. How many small things, strung together and strategically placed, form a network of relationships.3. The Impact of Networks. How new networks improve liveability and resilience of the city/neighbourhood.4. The Making of Networks. How might this network be phased? How will it be extended? Who will make it? How will it be financed? Who will look after it?Each entry shall make a case for how the proposal, through replicability, represents a strategic idea for a sustainable Asian city.Site selection is at the entrant’s discretion and should be explained clearly in the submission.Only sites in Asia or Australia will be accepted.
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