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"C'est à Khlong Toei, un quartier très peuplé de Bangkok, que la société AP Thaï vient créer de nouveaux terrains de football dont les dimensions ne sont pas communes. Pour pallier le manque d'espace disponible dans cette ville, AP Thaï, en collaboration avec l'agence digitale CJ Worx, ont mis au point des terrains qui jouent avec les limites des superficies existantes."

"Despite bankruptcy, unemployment and crime, Detroit has also attracted artists and urbanists. It has become famous for creative uses of abandoned buildings and infrastructure.  Artists, such as the Heidelberg Project and the Alley Project, flock to Detroit, taking over abandoned houses and former industrial spaces, painting them in stunning and contrasting hues. Organizations, such as Project for Public Spaces, have worked to create a new urban identity through place-making, working to regenerate Detroit's core. Detroit is also at the forefront of the current urban agriculture movement.  City farming orgs, like Keep Growing Detroit, Hanz Woodlands and Greening of Detroit, lead the charge: combining education and community building, alongside growing food. Another way to use Detroit's abandoned spaces?  Urban Skiing.  Street Skiing trio Karl Fostvedt, Khai Krepela and Max Morello were filmed by Poor Boyz Productions in an epic conquest to bring new life to Detroit's abandoned spaces.  Using lingering rubble and debris, combined with trucked-in snow, they revamped these former urban and industrial areas to a new glory. Check out their video, which could rival any Warren Miller piece, while adding an urban twist.  One method to save Detroit? Street skiing…"

"Maintenant que l'excitation suscitée par le choix de Tokyo pour la tenue des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d'été en 2020 commence à retomber, il est temps pour les planificateurs de s'attaquer aux dures réalités de la préparation des Jeux. Parmi les tâches qui les attendent, l'ironie du sort veut que figure l'arasement de l'un des symboles les plus persistants des Jeux olympiques de Tokyo de 1964 : le Stade national de Kasumigaoka. Le 31 mai dernier, le stade national a fermé définitivement ses portes et les préparatifs en vue de sa démolition doivent bientôt commencer, car il faut faire place nette pour le Nouveau stade national, une gigantesque structure de 80 000 places assises conçue par l'architecte Zaha Hadid."

"Des dizaines de légendes du basketball ont commencé leurs carrières sur des terrains de rue, dans leurs quartiers respectifs aux Etats-Unis. C'est sur le bitume du mythique terrain de Rucker Park, le «jardin d'Harlem», que des stars telles que Julius Erving, Stephon Marbury et Rafer Alston (pour ne citer qu'eux) ont fait leurs preuves et cultivé leur style, attirant des foules de spectateurs obligés de s'assoir sur les toits, ou de se hisser sur des branches pour avoir une vue dégagée sur le match."

"Originally designed by Asturian architect Manuel del Busto in 1912, the church of Santa Barbara in Llanera, Asturias, was abandoned for years and crumbling from neglect. Luckily, a group of enterprising individuals lead by a collective called the 'Church Brigade,' with help from online fundraising and Red Bull, the church was salvaged and turned into a public skate park dubbed Kaos Temple."

"ith a predicted one in six cars sold being electric by 2025, the prevalence of electric vehicles is to grow substantially in the coming years. What to do with all those fuel gas stations that will likely become obsolete when demand for petrol declines? Reebok and Gensler have presented their view on this development in their Get Pumped campaign. The campaign entails a series of ideas for transforming gas stations into fitness hubs and wellness centers. Due to their often highly convenient locations, gas stations are thought to be the perfect spot for making health and wellness more easily accessible to all: "What do you do with all those perfectly-placed fuel stations in every community? Turn them into fuel for our bodies instead." Reebok and Gensler provide three location scenarios that show how different types of gas station sites could be adjusted so that they eventually become "places of community"."