lab for the city
[mexico city]
first intro via Gabriella at mit talks..
her tweets:
Exploring the Megalopolis and beyond. (Words by
@gggbriella, head of@labCDMX: Mex City’s gov office of civic innovation & urban creativity.) All things city.
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further intro’d via Pat Kane here:
Final shout for my @scotnational on how cities drive progress, from Glasgow to Mexico City https://t.co/VRDGKTmEfi
Imagination fires Mexico City as Lab reclaims forgotten spaces
..our urbanised planet is not proceeding according to the tidy plans of city bosses in stable regions and nations. I’m writing this from a hotel room Mexico City, whose city government invited me to speak this Thursday about play, creativity and city life.
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what Laboratoria Para La Ciudadare trying to do – …. – is to generate different realities for its citizens, using small but powerful interventions in urban space.
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We want to prove that imagination isn’t a luxury or a simple nice-to-have, but a requisite for a city that thrives,” they say.
Laboratory for the City’s website is http://labcd.mx/labforthecity/.
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/theplayethic/status/673177689759555592
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play
in the city.
as the day.
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energy\ness
let’s do this first: free art-ists.
be you. 