Urban acupuncture is a socio-environmental theory that combines contemporary urban design with traditional Chinese acupuncture, using small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban context. Sites are selected through analysis of aggregate social, economic and ecological factors, and are developed through a dialogue between designers and the community. Just as the practice of acupuncture is aimed at relieving stress in the human body, the goal of urban acupuncture is to relieve stress in the built environment. "Urban Acupuncture, " Urban Applications, 2013.  In Taipei, there was an urban acupuncture workshop that aimed to "produce small-scale but socially catalytic interventions" into the city's fabric.Ruin Academy – Casagrande Lab. In Architectural Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory, ed. Ariane Lourie Harrison. Routledge, 2013. Urban organism Originally coined by Barcelonan architect and urbanist Manuel de Sola Morales, i Rubió, Manuel de Solà-Morales. Progettare città. Vol. 23. Electa, 1999.De Solà-Morales, Manuel. "The strategy of urban acupuncture." Structure Fabric and Topography Conference, Nanjing University. 2004. the term has been recently championed and developed further by Finnish architect and social theorist Marco Casagrande , this school of thought eschews massive urban renewal projects in favour of a more localised and community approach that, in an era of constrained budgets and limited resources, could democratically and cheaply offer a respite to urban dwellers.Could cities' problems be solved by urban acupuncture? – Leon Kaye, The Guardian 21 July 2010 Casagrande views cities as complex energy organisms in which different overlapping layers of energy flows are determining the actions of the citizens as well as the development of the city. By mixing environmentalism and urban design Casagrande is developing methods of punctual manipulation of the urban energy flows in order to create an ecologically sustainable urban development towards the so-called 3rd Generation City (postindustrial city). The theory is developed in the Tamkang University of Taiwan and at independent multidisciplinary research center Ruin Academy.Anarchist Gardener Issue Two HK special 安那其建築園丁港深建築雙城雙年展特別版 – Nikita Wu, Ruin Academy 2/2012 With focus on environmentalism and urban design, Casagrande defines urban acupuncture as a design tool where punctual manipulations contribute to creating sustainable urban development, such as the community gardens and urban farms in Taipei.
Urban acupuncture is a socio-environmental theory that combines contemporary urban design with traditional Chinese acupuncture, using small-scale interventions to transform the larger urban context. Sites are selected through analysis of aggregate social, economic and ecological factors, and are developed through a dialogue between designers and the community. Just as the practice of acupuncture is aimed at relieving stress in the human body, the goal of urban acupuncture is to relieve stress in the built environment. ‘Urban acupuncture’ to alleviate stress in informal settlements in Mexico – Alejandro Lastra Dorina Pojani, Journal of Urban Design 2/2018 doi:10.1080/13574809.2018.1429902 In Taipei, there was an urban acupuncture workshop that aimed to "produce small-scale but socially catalytic interventions" into the city's fabric.Ruin Academy – Casagrande Lab. In Architectural Theories of the Environment: Posthuman Territory, ed. Ariane Lourie Harrison. Routledge, 2013. Urban organism Originally coined by Barcelonan architect and urbanist Manuel de Sola Morales, Rubió, Manuel de Solà-Morales. Progettare città. Vol. 23. Electa, 1999.De Solà-Morales, Manuel. "The strategy of urban acupuncture." Structure Fabric and Topography Conference, Nanjing University. 2004. the term has been recently championed and developed further by Finnish architect and social theorist Marco Casagrande . This school of thought eschews massive urban renewal projects in favour of a more localised and community approach that, in an era of constrained budgets and limited resources, could democratically and cheaply offer a respite to urban dwellers.Could cities' problems be solved by urban acupuncture? – Leon Kaye, The Guardian 21 July 2010 Casagrande views cities as complex energy organisms in which different overlapping layers of energy flows are determining the actions of the citizens as well as the development of the city. By mixing environmentalism and urban design Casagrande is developing methods of punctual manipulation of the urban energy flows in order to create an ecologically sustainable urban development towards the so-called 3rd Generation City (postindustrial city). The theory is developed in the Tamkang University of Taiwan and at independent multidisciplinary research center Ruin Academy.Anarchist Gardener Issue Two HK special 安那其建築園丁港深建築雙城雙年展特別版 – Nikita Wu, Ruin Academy 2/2012 With focus on environmentalism and urban design, Casagrande defines urban acupuncture as a design tool where punctual manipulations contribute to creating sustainable urban development, such as the community gardens and urban farms in Taipei.
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