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3 months ago

When a Neighborhood Reclaimed Its Lost Shore With 9,200 Face Masks - Yanko Design

Here's something you don't expect to sit on: surgical masks. Nearly 10,000 of them, to be exact. But that's exactly what Design PY created in Hong Kong's Tai Kok Tsui neighborhood with Tidal Stories, a spiraling urban installation that quite literally traces where the ocean used to be. The concept is brilliant in its simplicity. Tai Kok Tsui was once a coastal area, but over a century of land reclamation pushed the shoreline further and further away.
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6 months ago

East Germany's divisive Plattenbau back in spotlight DW 09/10/2025

Plattenbau residential blocks in former East Germany shaped collective memory, social life, and remain contested urban symbols prompting reflection on belonging, community, and reunification.
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