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Survey on public spaces

06 July 2011

As part of the Barcelona seminar, OpinionWay realised a poll for The City Factory. 4,000 Europeans from the cities of London, Paris, Barcelona and Hamburg were asked to share their vision of the public space (their perception, their expectations, their opinion of what the governance of public spaces should be,...).find out more

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Publics spaces, social issues

30 May 2011

Public spaces are seen as places of meeting, gathering, communication. Social aspects are therefore important issues when it comes to forecast their creation, their redevelopment, their rehabilitation.find out more

Interview

Publics spaces designing contours

06 May 2011

What shape should public spaces have? What aspects of these spaces should be singled out (socialization, utility of the amenities,...)? Cynthia Nikitin, Thomas Melin, Philippe de Longevialle and Georges Amar try to answer this question...find out more

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his/her publications

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

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

04 April 2012

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 can...find out more

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What kind of city do the world's students dream of?

03 April 2012

“Is life in the city considered an ideal for students?” This is one of the questions that encouraged discussion between researchers at “The Making of Movement” conference on March 26 and 27 at La Bellevilloise in Paris. The international research program “The Making of Movement” headed by the Institut pour la ville en mouvement (IVM, City on the...find out more

Illustration : Overview of the seminar "What is the place for public spaces in the city of the future?"

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Overview of the seminar "What is the place for public spaces in the city of the future?"

26 September 2011

The overview of The City Factory seminar presents the participants’ various concerns and presents the principal challenges point by point.find out more

Illustration : Minutes of the seminar: "What is the place for public spaces in the city of the future?"

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Minutes of the seminar: "What is the place for public spaces in the city of the future?"

15 June 2011

The minutes reproduce the integrality of the interventions of the Barcelona seminar.find out more

Illustration : Synthesis on the conditions of the digital city

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Synthesis on the conditions of the digital city

19 August 2010

The question of the digital city was raised during the City Factory seminar held in Hamburg in April 2010 in an address by Colin Harrison, Director of Strategic Innovation for IBM Group. find out more

Illustration : Proceedings of the "City is alive" seminar

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Proceedings of the "City is alive" seminar

08 April 2010

As an expert in construction, roads, telecommunications and energy networks, property, transport and major infrastructure concessions, VINCI serves, and has always served, cities.At a time when all the major challenges of the 21st century – mobility, sustainable development, land-use planning, employment and diversity –are concentrated in cities,...find out more

Illustration : Synthesis of the seminar "City is alive"

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Synthesis of the seminar "City is alive"

06 April 2010

The overview of The City Factory seminar presents the participants’ various concerns and presents the principal challenges point by point.find out more

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