Overview of the seminar Looking for Legacy: for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure

By The City Factory

Major sports infrastructures are a great asset when it comes to the remodelling of a city. They are a unique opportunity to launch large urban renewal projects, and they also answer the need for social cohesion. To achieve legacy, these facilities have to be designed anticipating the decades to come. This means conceiving facilities which... en savoir plus

After the Games

By Richard BROWN

Presentation of Richard Brown, Strategy Director of the Olympic Park Legacy Company at La Fabrique de la Cité Seminar held in London January 25th around the topic of "Looking for legacy: for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure".  en savoir plus

Economic Impact of major sports infrastructure

By Bridget ROSEWELL

Presentation of Bridget Rosewell, Consultant Chief Economic Adviser of The Greater London Authority, at La Fabrique de la Cité Seminar held in London January 25th around the topic of "Looking for legacy: for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure". Bridget Rosewell talks about the economic impacts of major sports infrstructure and... en savoir plus

Looking for legacy : for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure

At a time when more and more major sports events are being planned (London 2012 Olympic Games, Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Russia, Euro 2016 in France, Rio 2016 Olympic Games, etc.), La Fabrique de la Cité/The City Factory decided to explore the potential impact of major new sports facilities on urban areas... en savoir plus

Sports infrastructures

By John BARROW

Presentation of John Barrow, Senior Principal in the consulting firm POPULOUS, at La Fabrique de la Cité Seminar held in London January 25th around the topic of "Looking for legacy: for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure". en savoir plus

The Olympics and Urban Regeneration

By Kay HUGHES

Presentation of Kay Hughes, Project Sponsor and Principal Design adviser of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) at La Fabrique de la Cité Seminar held in London January 25th around the topic of "Looking for legacy: for a sustainable impact of major sports infrastructure".  en savoir plus

Co-creating the digital city

Some 75 percent of French people consider that digital sciences have made useful contributions to the transportation sector; however, one in three do not consider that digital technology is useful for the environment, agriculture or art. Those are the findings of a barometric survey presented by the Institut National de Recherche en... en savoir plus

The reversible city ? (only available in french)

Study on “The reversible city?” by students in the regional and urban planning graduate program at ENPC (École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) (national school for bridge and road construction) in partnership with The City Factory. en savoir plus

How real-time data analysis can help to make urban infrastructure more effective ?


By Carlo RATTI

Carlo Ratti, Director of the SENSEable City Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)presented, during La Fabrique de la Cité seminar about new technologies and mobility (Nice, november 2011, experiments currently under way in a number of large cities, notably, Venice, Copenhagen, and Singapore. en savoir plus

Toward strategies designed to enhance the drawing power of intermediate metropolises

How can quality of life be enhanced in “intermediate metropolises,” which may be defined as medium-sized cities whose scope is primarily regional? This was one of the key questions raised by the International Urban Development Association (INTA) at its annual congress, which was held in Lyon and Grenoble from November 6 to 10. en savoir plus