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Go public. From the successful spaces designed to be enjoyed by the community to the tools citizens have to influence those areas, common or not. From new design methods that create extraordinary opportunities to decisions that challenge our basic public structures. And all this through documentation, investigation and idealization of what can be done; because we believe in the power of public. Yes, that is you.

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Demand and Propose

Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

Open Manifesto for Mass Creation

Architect Lick Fai Eric Ho proposes a new way of approaching design

Superirresponsible

Designer Andrew Clark visualizes the SUPERFUND program

Shanghai Streets

Photographer Rob Smith captures images of everyday life in the streets of Shanghai

Despair

Architect Edward Emile Richardson explains the impact that the public housing laws have had in the public housing system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina

Is There a Future for the Recent Past in New Orleans?

Essay by Francine Stock, president of DOCOMOMO US/Louisiana

White House 2.0

Text and project by Arielle Assouline-Lichten & Wayne Congar of the think-tank lab/RAD

Narrow Streets Los Angeles

Photographer David Yoon narrows existing streets of Los Angeles to see the effects on the city

El Peine del Viento

Luis Chillida, son of sculptor Eduardo Chillida, talks to Iker Gil about “El Peine del Viento”

What is Your Favorite Public Space?

We asked you, our public, about your favorite public space

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European Prize for Urban Public Space

The European Award for Urban Public Space selected this year projects by KARO* with Architectur + Netzwerk and SNØHETTA