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New Urbanism
Innovations in Art, Design and Architecture

Babelgum

Innovations in Art, Design and Architecture

From roof-top farming to dumpster swimming pools and underground opera houses, this series covers everything you need for imaginative, sustainable urban living.

New Urbanism
| 15 videos
 
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New Urbanism Trailer
New Urbanism is an original Babelgum series exploring transformed spaces, imaginative urban living, and sustainability. We'll be featuring some of the most innovative and spectacular art, design and architecture projects in the world.
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New Urbanism: ep 1 teaser - NYC Waterpod
The Waterpod is a floating eco-habitat that will study self-sufficient, water-based living. Four artists will rotate living on board the 30-by-100-foot barge as it moves to different sites around NYC for the next five months. For all other episodes, interesting links, more info, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism
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New Urbanism: ep 1 - NYC Waterpod
A floating eco-habitat that moved around the waterways of New York in the summer of 2009, in order to conduct a study of self-sufficient, water-based living. Four artists rotated living on board the 30-by-100-foot barge as it moved to different sites over five months.
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New Urbanism: ep 2 - Rooftop Farming
Solutions for Urban Living #2: Turn warehouse roofs into city farms and grow local, sustainably produced food. Annie Novak and Ben Flanner have been farming the rooftop of a Brooklyn warehouse since May 2009 and the 6,000 square-foot farm has over 30 different varieties of vegetables. Nearby restaurants have caught on to the idea and the urban farmers have been making deliveries on their bikes - now that's local. For all other episodes, interesting links, more info, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism
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New Urbanism: ep 3 - Dumpster pools
From smelly and ugly to fresh and entertaining: Macro-Sea turns three large trash dumpsters into swimming pools on an empty industrial lot in front of the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. This adaptive re-use project presents the neighborhood with new recreational opportunities. For more in this series, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism
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New Urbanism: ep 4 - Subway Opera
Imagine a graffiti-ridden deserted place suddenly turned into hub of music! Raumlabor Berlin transforms the Eichbaum subway station into an opera house. For all other episodes, interesting links, and more info, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism
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New Urbanism: Ep 5 - Urban Mini-Golf
The putting lot is a parking lot transformed into a nine-hole miniature golf course in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The theme of the course is “neighborhood sustainability” which encompasses both environmental sustainability and the sustainability of communities. For all other episodes, interesting links, and more info, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism
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New Urbanism ep 6 - Tent City
Inspired by the Hoovervilles of the Great Depression artists and activists take down a fence, transforming a vacant lot (owned by JPMorgan Chase Bank) into a living, temporary village. For more episodes in this series, visit: New Urbanism
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New Urbanism ep 7 - Grow Shelter
The Grow Shelter is a living environment where humans, plants, and animals co-exist. It consists of three connected spheres covered in earth and seeds. The habitat evolves with the seasons showing the cycle of life. The concept is to bring people closer to the environment. For more episodes in this series, visit: New Urbanism
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New Urbanism ep 8 - Rooftop Dwelling
Terreform, a nonprofit architecture collective transforms the rooftop of a building in downtown Brooklyn into a shelter and farm for urban refugees- people displaced by the mortgage crisis. Their two-week project, called Terrefarm, used only materials found in the building, and involved students and teachers from around the world. For more episodes in this series, visit: New Urbanism
 

ABOUT

We live on an urban planet. For the first time in history, a majority of us live in cities. How we grow those cities, how we build neighborhoods, how we provide housing, how we choose to get around, how well we incorporate nature into the places we live - these are the challenges that will largely determine our future. Although we’re seeing a boom in urbanization, we’re also seeing a boom in urban innovation. New Urbanism showcases some of the most innovative and spectacular green design, art and architecture projects that are taking place today around the world.

The series is a co-production by Kelly Loudenberg and Babelgum.

  

Festival Selections

Rooftop Farming and Dumpster Pools were selected for screening at Impakt Festival 2010 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

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