@UrbThinkTank

U-TT is an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to research and design on a variety of subjects within contemporary architecture and urbanism.

 Zurich, Switzerland
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Joined February 2011
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The Disappearance of Robin Hood Official Trailer: youtu.be/jxkCdyiRPXM?a via @YouTube
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Thank you to all those who joined us at #Tech4Dev2018 ! We had a great group who helped us manually work through a land readjustment scheme, while parallel our team ran through a series of automated planning scenario generations using our digital planning tools.
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The Disappearance of Robin Hood - Official Trailer: youtu.be/eOjAG81QBiQ?a via @YouTube
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Asmara, Eritrea: art deco outpost & “Africa’s Miami” is now a Unesco Heritage Site. nyti.ms/2tYmpET
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A 360° @nytvideo look at the UAE's low-carbon ghost town. nyti.ms/2v3xLnQ
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Ettore Sottsass would've turned 100 this year. Many exhibitions & books out to celeb the Memphis-founding master. theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Ettore Sottsass: the godfather of Italian cool

A life of astonishing richness is revealed in a lavish new monograph on the Italian designer and architect, writes Rowan Moore

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Today on #SocialDesignInsights we're asking, Can We Design a Slum Friendly City? with honoree @UrbThinkTank! bit.ly/2iABFjp
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Thank you @designprize for this award! xitter.cf/designprize/status/882…
Curry Stone Foundation@currystonefdn5 Jul 2017
Our July honorees are @goonj, Himanshu Parikh, @UrbThinkTank, and @urbz_ for their design solutions in our poorest, densest neighborhoods.
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Great to be a part of #RIBAIntweek for some very thoughtful conversation on the future of arch & cities. architecture.com/knowledge-a…
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СANactions School@CANactions15 Jun 2017
Diego Ceresuela and @alexiskalagas / @UrbThinkTank Tank / VE and CH youtube.com/watch?v=0DT2ZoOJ…

Radical Design – Diego Ceresuela & Alexis Kalagas / CANactions Festival 2017

LECTUREDiego Ceresuela and Alexis Kalagas / Urban-Think Tank / VE ...

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We cannot abandon Venezuelan people as a "daily Tiananmen" occurs, writes @EnriqueKrauze in this moving editorial. nyti.ms/2uig045

Opinion | Stop Totalitarianism in Venezuela (Published 2017)

Europe and the major Latin American countries need to take decisive action against Nicolás Maduro’s tyranny.

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We've always been inspired by the Smithsons. RIP Robin Hood Gardens. dezeen.com/2017/06/15/robin-…

Drone footage captures brutalist Robin Hood Gardens ahead of imminent demolition

This drone footage shot by Dezeen surveys Alison and Peter Smithson's ill-fated Brutalist estate, Robin Hood Gardens, ahead of its imminent demolition

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As summer temperatures climb many reach for the A/C but there are plenty of low-carbon ways to keep cool. bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/0…

How to live without air conditioning - The Boston Globe

Could Americans kick our addiction to cool? Maybe more happily than we think.

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A sobering multimedia exploration from @ICRC examines the return of bloody urban warfare in Mosul, Taiz, & Aleppo. cityatwar.icrc.org/
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This afternoon @futurecapetown is visiting the #Empower Shack project by @IkhayalamiSA and @UrbThinkTank, with students from @Northeastern – at Cape Town, South Africa
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Housing Europe@HousingEurope13 Jun 2017
The @ishf2017 has just started @Westerunie_Club ! Stay tuned for the keynotes by @DougSaunders @maarten_van_ham @UrbThinkTank #housingfest
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Hallo A'dam! We're excited to speak at the opening of the @ishf2017 tomorrow afternoon. socialhousingfestival.com/ev…
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Very salient points by @GeorgeMonbiot on the need to spend (& tax) more to create & maintain quality civic spaces. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Public luxury for all or private luxury for some: this is the choice we face | George Monbiot

Labour at least wants to protect and improve our communal life. But even it ducks the biggest issues

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Interesting obit for the futurist and designer Jacque Fresco. nyti.ms/2qYd8Li

Jacque Fresco, Futurist Who Envisioned a Society Without Money, Dies at 101 (Published 2017)

A self-taught industrial designer, Mr. Fresco promoted an alternative society where resources would be distributed equitably by computers.

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The aspirational architecture of an emerging indigenous middle class in Bolivia's sprawling El Alto. averyreview.com/issues/14/fr…
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