SPORE’s Rehabitat Hub: A DIT (do it together) an evolving toolkit for urban sustainability projects that anyone can do.... Read More>>
The demonstration plot is designed for habitat of the Eastern Bluebird, Missouri’s state bird. With an attention to detail based around it... Read More>>
We propose to establish an outdoor art gallery on this site: a Community Canvas. Through partnerships with local art museum(s), we will disp... Read More>>
Type(scapes) proposes to clean the soil in lots 5 and 6 by using simple bioremediation techniques. Growing specific plants in contaminated s... Read More>>
We plan to design and create orchards that are a long term self-sustaining solution for St. Louis’ vacant land.... Read More>>
We propose to build, maintain, and design an urban farm, in cooperation with local artists and sustainability experts, to create a vibrant g... Read More>>
Refab proposes a multifunctional space that facilitates: the selective deconstruction of nearby dilapidated houses, the repurposing of salva... Read More>>
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we propose a site-specific, community-oriented infrastructure which enable a variety of public, transformative programs. These will restore ... Read More>>
The incisions we propose will be pattered against existing water flows and planted with native, flood-tolerant species to increase the absor... Read More>>
The concept of "home furniture", KIT HOUSE, tries to get the user playing leading role in the star of their home, being able to decide the s... Read More>>
Create a unique play environment for children using, simply, sand.... Read More>>
Based on bamboo and its inspiring, fast-growing, oxygen-releasing nature, BambooLAB will provide entrepreneurial, volunteer and educational ... Read More>>
“Mound City” is a land lab study that looks at the sustainability of not only the ecology but also the economy, culture and history of t... Read More>>
Our initial demonstration project will include an Aquaponics greenhouse operating free from external sources of energy. ... Read More>>
We propose providing amenities that would attract food trucks and customers to the site at 1303 Montgomery Street. These amenities would ini... Read More>>
Site Selection: LOT 5. 1300-06 Montgomery Street Concept & Team Summary: The “Birds and Bees” design concept is to develop a ... Read More>>
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The city of St. Louis is located on the Mississippi flyway and the Monarch butterfly migration path. It is well known that the numbers of bi... Read More>>
We propose to convert the vacant lot into a nectaring garden composed of native perennial plants that carry out extended seasonal flowering ... Read More>>
Site Selection: Lot 4. 1318-1324 Warren Street Concept & Team Summary: Water is the source of life. Water is fun. Water cools peo... Read More>>
Turn the vacant city lot into an herb garden that will be a demonstration garden as well as produce income for part-time youth gardeners.... Read More>>
Our idea is to grow sunflowers on the vacant lot because sunflowers grow well here and they naturally remove toxins from the soil. Sunflower... Read More>>
The conceptual premise of our proposal is to infill vacancy along/over alleys through an armature for public space and amenity. The adjacenc... Read More>>
Create a landmark, populate the calendar with unique events on the landmark, draw people, interest, and investment to Old North.... Read More>>
A proposal to create interactive public polling machines that are, quite literally, poles.... Read More>>
By empowering neighboring property owners of 1314 Warren Street to take ownership over the vacant lot adjacent to their building, they will ... Read More>>
Develop and test an urban typology for power generation, storm water management, economic development, food systems, and especially, communi... Read More>>
The “Growing Together” team proposes a combination hydroponic farm, small business, meeting space and event venue on Lot 3.... Read More>>
We’d like to create a space in Old North for a tool library that allows residents, property owners and community groups to borrow tools an... Read More>>
Site Selection: Lot 3. 2613 N. 14th Street Concept & Team Summary: The simple binomial operation of subtraction– further voiding e... Read More>>
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We will create a seating area, dog park and water garden on site #2 that can be used for strollers during the day and offer up a portable ou... Read More>>
Given that 13% of non-hazardous Missouri landfill waste comes from demolition, we propose setting up a sustainable urban ecology for re-colo... Read More>>