Urban River Revitalization Across the Globe

Urban Times offers a list of 13 urban river renewal projects spanning from Medellin to Manila.

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June 14, 2014, 9:00 AM PDT

Courtesy WXY Architecture + Urban Design / Brooklyn Bridge Beach detail, part of WXY's East River Blueway Plan

In this eclectic list of 13 projects, the size scope and locations reveals a hopeful commitment to allowing natural spaces with water back into the most populated human realm.

Among some of the more obscure projects include a floating school project on the Makoko River in Lagos, Nigeria which aims to create a sustainable, alternative building system. The best part is that while conceptual, the project begins as a school: "it is scalable and adaptable for other uses, such as a community hub, health clinic, market, entertainment centre or housing." Then there is New York's hyped +Pool, which builds a swimming area atop the Hudson's polluted waters, "by water-filtering river water so that it’s clean enough for everybody to swim in."

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Architecture Community / Economic Development Environment World River Revitalization New York +pool les berges Paris France Cheonggyecheon River South Korea Medellin River Project Colombia Dallas Texas Trinity River Corridor Project Río La Piedad Project Mexico Fez River Dotonbori Canal Osaka Japan Flussbad river Berlin Germany Kallang River Singapore Makoko Floating School Project Lagos Nigeria hames Baths Project Pasig River Rehabilitation manilla Philippines View More

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