TURNING EMPTY SPACE INTO AN OPPORTUNITY

Unlocking otherwise empty property for innovative, temporary non-profit projects.

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3Space are thrilled to be announced as one of the top 4 European entries in the 2013 #FTCiti Urban Ingenuity Awards! This awesome little video has been just been released, have a watch and listen to 3Space founder Henry Mason explain his vision for 3Space. Enjoy!

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We're delighted to be featured in the Financial Times' Urban Ingenuity Report as one of the strongest contenders for their 2013 Urban Ingenuity Awards! Read their case study on our Blackfriars Hub and information on the other featured projects in the report, available online.

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Our friends over at This Big City have just launched their #Urbanism Tumblr campaign and we're super excited to support it!

This Big City say:

Over 50% of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, this is widely expected to reach 70%. Cities are undergoing unprecedented change and urbanism is one of the most crucial issues of our time. 

Here at This Big City we think the important and exciting issue of urbanism should be brought to the attention of Tumblr users by promoting the urbanism tag to featured status.

Featured tags are selected based on volume of content and engagement with content, which is why we need Tumblr’s fantastic urbanism community to support this campaign. Please reblog this post and add the urbanism tag whenever you share content related to the topic!

Together we can build an engaging catalogue of content on the crucial issue of urbanism, hopefully resulting in the promotion of the urbanism tag to featured status. If we achieve this, the crucial issue of urbanism will land in the dashboard of millions of Tumblr users across the globe. 

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Within the project of renovation of Lower Marsh Market, London’s oldest market, Aberrant Architecture has just designed a blue multi-purposed mobile stall, reusing the structure of a trailer chassis. It is a local information point, with a covered seating area, where to talk and play chess, and a tiny stage for events.  

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We love the tiny stage!

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The Wimbledon Championships are just around the corner, and we’re getting into the swing of things (sorry) by throwing a launch party for our Wimbledon Hub on Friday 5th July, from 2-6pm. Pop down for a chance to see the space in action, meet some of the Hub users, and talk to the 3Space team about how you can get involved. Book your free tickets online now at http://3space.eventbrite.co.uk 

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PLAYscapes

Do you have an idea about how to inject some fun into abandoned, unloved and underutilised spaces in your neighbourhoods, towns and cities? Then Building Trust International want to know!  Registration for their latest design competition PLAYspaces closes Monday, 1st July, so sign-up now and have all of July to plan, create and submit your design!  The winner will have a chance to see their design realised with help, guidance and all-important funding from Building Trust International.

For more information, read the PLAYscapes brief here!

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Design firm Rietveld Landscape wire cut from styrofoam a giant image of their 2010 master plan vision for Amsterdam—a vision that took vacant, underutilized properties and turned them into the buildings blocks of a science driven creative economy. The installation recently went up in an expansive space at Centraal Museum. It’s a beautiful and reflective bird’s-eye look at one of many potential configurations for Amsterdam’s future built environment.

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3Space Re:THINK, 1st-3rd May 2013 A celebration of how we think about and use resources in our towns, cities, and our lives, the 3Space Re:THINK festival was a fantastic three days of fun, learning, discussion and creativity. Our 3Space Blackfriars community hub played host to over 50 organisations, running workshops, panels, talks, exhibitions and interactive experiences - everything from hands-on, collaborative art with 21 Artists, to town planning workshops with This Big City and getting the low-down on guerrilla gardening from the Edible Bus Stop. Thanks to everyone who got involved - presenters, visitors, artists and general revellers; it was a truly inspiring couple of days! Re:USE | Re:ANIMATE | Re:CYCLE | Re:SOURCE | Re:IMAGINE

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3Space Wimbledon is an exciting new kind business hub dedicated to nurturing local businesses and non-profit organisations.  An 8-month incubator project offering charities, social enterprises and start-up businesses a unique, supported co-working space and meeting environment, 3Space Wimbledon is the first 3Space property to open its doors to start-ups as well as non-profit organisations.

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The above picture explains how aquaponics works, and our latest post explains why it might be the future for food supply in Pacific Islands, and maybe cities too.

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Come along to 3Space Re:THINK next week for an interactive talk with GrowUp, a start-up set to build an aquaponics farm in a shipping container, right in the heart of London. For free tickets, click here.

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10 Most Awesome Guerrilla Gardens from Around the World

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From 1st - 3rd May, 3Space's new hub in Blackfriars will be transformed into an interactive playground for Re:THINKing the ways that we use our cities and resources

We'll be hosting exhibitions, interactive displays, workshops, talks and discussions, panels and parties, all of which are designed to get you and your organisation exploring, promoting and celebrating new ideas for the ways that we interact with our environment. 

Check out the full schedule below, register for FREE tickets and keep an eye out for festival updates via #3SpaceRethink and on Facebook. 

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A message from Rozi Collier at 3Space:

From 1st to 3rd May 2013, 3Space are hosting a 3-day ‘Re:THINK’ festival at our Blackfriars community hub (an ex-courthouse building) to explore and celebrate innovative use of resources in our cities, and we’re looking for some volunteers to...

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“A good city is like a good party – people stay longer than really necessary, because they are enjoying themselves,” Jan Gehl.

Photo my own, London, England.

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Jump for joy - it's a trampoline bridge!

We'd love to live in a world where a trampoline bridge was a plausible way to travel across the River Thames! So much fun.

(via Dvice)

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What happens if you hand over an empty storefront to 21 different artists over 21 days? Check out our latest post to find out.